Fantastic game, only with a few bugs.
1- The game can get pretty complicated pretty quickly. I found myself repeating that one stage where you have only a few tiles to place on. The good news? IT TAUGHT ME TO BE OFFENSIVE AND NOT SO DEFENSIVE!
2- The rock/paper/scissors turret layout was interesting, however all failed compared to the all-mighty BOMB
3- Quickly, 90% of your malware becomes useless. There's either malware that is strictly superior, or completely useless.
Again, I really liked the game. I'll give everyone a hint how to win easily:
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Viruses
CIH Chernobyl: Probably the weakest of the "must have" malware. Generally you only use this when you want to send 1 of each and clear a plane. P
Pakistani Brain: Believe it or not, this is a really great malware for about 75% of the game. You use this brain to get in the extra damage, by spamming it along the line. Viruses in general are very weak in this game, (everything kills them, and they are weak).
Worms
Bubble Boy: One of the best malwares for 75% of the game. This is probably the first malware you want to research. Just save up brain power until you can, (or get pakistani brain if your really early on), they are VERY tough, and cheap to boot!
Slammer: Easily second best worm. when a row down, just spam these and you win.
Sasser: Decent worm due to high HP. I generally use this until I get Downadup as my wormie tank.
Downadup: Once you get this, I use it as my wormie tank.
Trojan
ALL TROJANS ARE FANTASTIC! ESPECIALLY KIDO!
Stratergy DEFENSE:
FIREWALL
Firewall is a pretty decent defense stratergy, however it's completely outclassed by bombwall. To do firewall, just use firewalls to make your wall 3 tiles thick. Make sure you upgrade at LEAST two of the firewalls, (the LAST and first). Last is especially important for those dumb teleporting malwares.
BOMBWALL
This will get you through the entire game. Start off by placing as many money programs as possible. Just keep going crazy until they start sending malware at you. When they do, make a transistor wall, (the 15 dollar WALL walls). this will stop them for a bit. You should have enough money to start making your bomb wall. Just make a wall of bombs. it's that simple! As soon as one blows up IMMEDIATELY put another bomb in it's place. Most malware will not damage it fast enough. When you get a wall of 4-5 bombs thick, you are invulnerable. Best part? IT USES VERY LITTLE CPU POWER!
Stratergy OFFENSE:
There are two stratergies you should use. The first one is the rush, and the second is the Tank method. Both are similar. Don't bother with rush later in the game, because AI will just crush it.
RUSH
Start by immediately researching Pakistani brain. If you are close to enough brain juice, start researching bubble boy. When one is researched, do the other. You need at LEAST these two. First, start by sending brains. Pick whichever row has the most money/cpu, and send at least 2 rows thick. Send about 5-6 each. The computer will freak out and build a buncha anti-virus turrets. IMMEDIATELY spam bubble boys on both. The computer will GENERALLY sell the turrets and build anti-worm turrets. when they do this, SWITCH BACK TO VIRUSES. At this point, they generally can't adapt. If you need extra help research kido and throw some in. This REALLY screws with the comp. This strategy will win you 75% of the game. mostly focus on bubble boy/kido. Pakistani brain is really on there to do extra damage.
TANK
Tank strategy works EVERY map, except the one where you only have the couple of rows.
Start off by making a bomb wall and going crazy. Get LOTS of money, and as soon as you get brain power, research one of each of your most POWERFUL malwares. Once done, just save up a bunch of brain power, and send 2 down 2 connecting rows. Comp will flip and immediately spam super defense for them. Immediately follow up with the other 2 malware programs. If you saved enough brain, you are guaranteed to win right there.
Ta Daa!!!!