What happened?
It looked like you concentrated on graphics more then gameplay.
You know good graphic games can have really terrible gameplay yet in the other hand, bad graphic games can have really good gameplay. This one is totally not as good as its predecessor. The first Xeno Tactic had such originality. This one falls into plain ol boring, nothing new defense game.
so many flaws,
It hurts, i can see so much potential for this. here is my list of cons (I'm sorry in advance):
your rating system is off: easy = hard, normal = nightmare, hard = internal bleeding
I noticed a couple weapons would miss, mainly the skybeam.
there should be a better choice of weapon for the "both" category, or a cheaper and less effective "air" weapon.
why am I spending 225 gold to upgrade range (at the max) one unit farther?
the upgrade system overall could use an overhaul. I'd suggest a 1-10 level rating for each of the three categories, and a set price for each level (weapons with an already high stat would cost more to make it even more damaging)
Unfortunate
As many reviews have said the difficulty curve is not quite a curve as it is a small uphill road with a brick wall about 10 feet in. the air assaults need to be tweaked. either the air turrets cheaper, stronger, or the air troops come from one difinitive area not from ANYWHERE along the top. I do however enjoy playing the FIRST level over and over as long as i remind myself you WILL NEVER get through without losing any shield/life
Damn! fix the bug!
yea to much bug! it's nice! the choice of turrets are okay, and the animation is good too! but the turrets often miss their target, i play maybe 2 hours in the first level, well i never finish the noob level because i didn't want too, and it was too long!
Yet another: ++graphics / --balance / tired idea
Nice graphics, everything looks like painted die-cast metal toys from the 80s. The sounds weren't bad. But the game balance was outrageously dysfunctional, and I wasn't interested in trying harder to defeat the regenerating ships.