Well, I managed to get one of those medals. I admit to being really turned off by how hard it was. It was especially the part with the boss. I think it was a boss? It was hard because he kept making more enemies. He even himself wasn't that bad, just the more mayhem he created!
It's still a very original design. I really appreciate how good the graphics are. You have to time everything with this game. The projectiles aren't as fast as the enemy ships. The sounds are great too.
Sorry about the boss. I think I made it too hard lol...
This is thoroughly enjoyable. A nice spin on the idea of "Missile Command" with various upgrades. Nice sound and graphics although I find the music to be annoying, but thats a slight nitpick.
For me, the thing that really detracts from this game is that its too bloody hard! hardly any of the upgrades are effective especially when the successive levels difficulty seems to far outmatch the number of upgrades you can get in place, and very quickly, the game ends. Enemies falling on already damaged areas of the city still counts towards damage and means you cant effectively mount a defense unless you can protect the whole city, plus the whole "collect bullets to be able to fire back" thing is a good idea on paper, but in practice, when you have more enemies that you can shoot on screen and they dont fire at you so you cant shoot them.... yeah, quite annoying that ive lost levels because of that, even though I have fully charged machine guns and flak cannons that dont fire independently.
All in all, this is good, and the nice touches that are there make it really original and challenging, but the difficulty is set a bit high for my liking and I cant see me coming back to replay it simply because its not enjoyable to lose to what I think are oversights in the design of the game. however, 4/5 for effort! we need more developers like this making games like this that push the boundaries instead of idle games
Thank you for the feedback!
Based on your feedback I modified the game so that when you lose you get more bonuses in money and research.
This is one of the better shooters on Newgrounds. The mix of weapons and enemy types makes the gameplay strategic enough to be quite fun and the building/upgrade system is great. This game offers a shooter with just the right amount of tweaking; the offerings manage to avoid adding much complexity to the controls while still offering an interesting level of tactics. This isn't the first game I've encountered that required the player to protect the bottom of their screen, but it's definitely one of the best of them.
A well-executed, fun game.
The exploding enemy effect is pretty cool and I like the concept too.
I love "get shot to shoot back" idea. Music nice, graphics- especially exploding enemy effect- VERY nice. Overall: well done.