Score: 6
"I don't know what to make of this"
date: November 8, 2009
Ok the first level is an incredibly simplistic TD level. The second level is a hard (as in a MASSIVE diffaculy spike... however having beaten Gemcraft 0, I didn't mind. But it IS hard) TD level, where you also have to worry about your turrets ebing attacked and managing your resoruces. The 3rd level is easier than the 2nd level, and the 4th level suddenly becomes some slows ass robot shooting game with 1 type of enemy and very sluggish movement. Bleh. And its the only level the level skip code doesn't. The one level that is boring enough for me to skip, doesn't allow me to skip it >_<. UnexpectedGenreChange for the lose.
As a TD its pretty cool. The fact their is only 1 tower is kinda lame, but the resoucre mamnagment aspect with the electricity station forces the player into a unique balancing stratergy. I dig, though the game would be better with more towers. If the rest of the game were like the 2nd level, and you actually warned people it was hard, I'd probably give this an 8. If you actually included a variety of towers, I'd give it a 9. The level skipping is an intresting idea, though you should have tested it on the 4th level >_< .
However I do not think the other levels were put together so well.
The 1st level serves the job of teaching people how to play the game. However once thats done, its both mindless, ridiculosuly easy, goes on to long and doesn't prepare people for the 2nd level.
The 3rd level was still pretty fun, but not as challenging or engaging as the 3rd level.
The 4th level frankly sucked. It was slow as hell and the "combat" consist of mashing the mouse button. And its the only level you can't skip. Weeee.
The level skipping thing was quite an inotative idea. Oher flash artists could use it to include levels that might be too frustrating for the average player, buy just fine for people looking for a challenge.
Overall, not a bad game, sans the 4th level.
For those stuck on the second level, either skip it, or: Start by building towers till you have $400. When you hit $500 build a power plant(electricity is, then when you get
