It's a very good game but the boss is really hard.
I had some problems getting it to work using chrome on linux 14.04. The game stopped working right after day one. I had to use firefox to play this game.
Reviews for "UFO: Blackstorm shield"
I think I might have "broken" the game. after numerous defeat at the boss level due to my inferior reflex (to aim at that tiny window of opportunity whilst protecting the city), I "accidentally" sold my jammer and interceptor building to obtain more machine gun and rail gun. now I'm stuck in heaven/oblivion with everything charged up but no enemies in sight on "Day 4" ...
But great game! with the extra stuff you get after losses, you managed to make a difficult shooter game enjoyable for someone who serious suck at nonautonomous video games in general
eh you didn't just make it too hard. the whole game is too hard.
just bad overall difficulty design. please fix.
because the mechanics/sound/music/art/theme/basically everything but the difficulty = awesome.
Nice combo of Missile Command and Brick Breaker, with some upgrades thrown in. It's difficult, but unlike Missile Command, not impossible. 4 stars!
Yes, you DID make it too hard with that spawner ship. It easily blanketed the screen with the smaller ships, and if you 'accidentally' killed all the bad guys shooting at your city, you're left helpless to watch them easily kill your city. The description for the machine gun and flak buildings neglected to tell you that all it does is give you a powerup, replacing your standard weapon with a gun of that effect. The game would have been alright, if it wasn't for that oversight.
Tone down the spawn rate on that boss ship, and be a little bit clearer with the descriptions please. As well, state that the sell button replaces all spent cash on the building sold, and tell the player what kind of currency you're using to build with.
AleGui responds:
Good feedback, thanks.
I just implemented all these changes in version 1.2
The boss fight is now easier, I made sure I was able to defeat it with all buildings at upgrade level #2.
Still it is challenging, I recommend taking out the spawners ASAP using the rail or machine gun, or clearing the spawned ships with the flak canon if there are too many. Also sometimes stealing energy from shields to power your gun is essential.