Pretty cool game! I feel like it hits a home run in terms of core structure as the gameplay, graphics, sound, music and so on feel great! While the swipe controls were a little confusing at first, eventually they create a good feeling flow to the strategy of moving your units around. The only issue I have at the moment is that, while it does do well at introducing new units and such each level to keep the pace going, it takes quite a while to introduce any cool story elements, and then the flow is kinda disrupted by the difficulty spike/need to grind. With some minor balance tweaks, however, I think this game would be incredible!
Reviews for "Listeria Wars"
MrRubel responds:
Thank you!
Graphics are nice and game play is pretty smooth. Nice background music too.
Suggestions:
Would be nice to maybe box select a group to move to a specific location.
A select all for each type of monster.
A select for all monsters.
MrRubel responds:
Thanks for the suggestions! I will deal with that
BEFORE ANYONE PLAYS PLEASE KNOW THAT THE MANA UPGRADE IS MANDATORY.
This game is fun and worth playing. Waves get crazy, and the difficulty spike imo is fun... But.. If you aren't spending gems on the right upgrades you are going to find yourself in a literal hell of a grindy ass luck based roulette of a game.
-Upgrades are super expensive
-Gems have a low drop rate
-Mana regeneration is CRAZY slow
-%80 units in the store are useless
-Caterpillar units are bonkers off the wall powerful.
-There is no pattern with how waves spawn enemies. You could be facing 10 enemy units in the first 2 seconds of the round... Or you could only be facing 1 enemy unit in the first 2 seconds of the round.
This is how you win
1. Upgrade the mana ASAP
2. Only units you need are; Slimes, Octopus, Bomber, Clerics. Upgrade Clerics and Slimes so they are tanky.
4. Get lucky and hope waves in later levels don't overwhelm you before you can get a second group of units out.
I never upgraded mana and i wasted gems on useless units and items. Once i got to level 29 it became impossible to beat the game. I was lucky if i could even get out 3 units before i straight up lost due to an overwhelming amount of tanky germs supported by an overwhelming amount of clerics to support them.
Since i lost before i could even start to play i couldn't grind out gems. I cant go back to easier levels to grind out gems. The germs i DID kill only offered a small chance of dropping a single gem. Adding all that to the outrageous upgrade cost to EVERYTHING i quickly found myself in Gay baby jail.
Did have fun though 4 stars.
MrRubel responds:
Thank you for the feedback! I will consider this
Today on Cells at Work, why its not a good idea to eat random things off the pavement, Its an enjoyable tower defense-esque title, didn't have time to finish but would like a little increase in gem drops early on so one can experiment with the defensive units
Good Game, but it is really frustrating when I save up points for five levels and still can't buy upgrades.