that was fun
took me a while to figure out how to support other cells, but
it was well worth playing!
Reviews for "Tentacle Wars"
Original but...
Really liked this game. It was fun, original and also one of the only games i ever wished there were more levels in when i finished. Just one thing..
Authors Comments
"Sometimes your enemies are more powerful than you, but they can't compete with your clever tactics!"
Clever tactics=cutting tentacles. AI is just a bit slow.
Loved it
I loved this game, it took a while to learn a few of the tricks, and I had to consult the guide on a few, such as level 17, but despite a randomly steep learning curve, this game was soo much fun! I hope to see more levels appear on newgrounds in the future!
Wayyyy toooo short!
It whet my appetite. How could I get more?? =)
Just some thoughts:
1) A more descriptive tutorial.
I had to watch the walkthrough for a second to figure out I needed to drag to the cell and not just the length of the arrow in level 1. I had no idea what the arrow meant, and that cutting instantly moves the cut tentacle as power over, etc. --awkward.
In general, it just took me a while to figure out the basic mechanics of attacking/defending to make different strategies. I still haven't figured out some things since that would require me to compare the rates power ticks up given different sizes/power and # of tentacles attached/deployed.
Figuring things out on my own may have been part of what was so fun. But it may also be a reason why it felt so short. By the time I figured most of it out, I only had a few levels to learn the mechanics and optimal strategies, and a few levels to really apply them. Then I was done. I had to go back and play half the levels again.
2) Does having multiple tentacles split the power being sent? It doesn't look like it.. So it is in my advantage to throw out as many as you can to make myself bigger. But why doesn't the AI do it too? Self-handicap? Or just to make more intricate puzzles possible?
3) Why is there no advantage to having no tentacles? I guess this stops things from being out of hand.
4) Multiplayer. I would love to play this against someone.
5) And also, as of writing, I cannot get the 9th medal still...
Or is it the 7th level, since the medal's description is "try walking in their shoes"?? Infact, most of the descriptions don't line up....
"there is no possible way to beat level 10"
Obviously it is possible, you just couldn't do it. The game is deep with strategy, and there is very little wrong with it, nevermind a "fatal flaw".