Score: 9

"Keep up the good work"

submission: StarCraft FA 5

date: May 8, 2008

Finally beat this on "standard" (aka hard) difficulty. It is very difficult and forces you to use varied tactics depending on the situation which I thought added to the fun. My main complaint is the randomness of some of the spawns make some points impossible to pass unless luck is in your favor on the spawn (so save after every level.) I also did not like that you can get damaged by friendly fire. Makes using the tears and more powerful abilities very risky close to your structures. Overall though great job!

Score: 6

"Good start but needs work"

submission: Black Sails

date: January 9, 2008

I'm well on my way to full conquest with only the largest cities left but it's been a pain just to get this far. Most of these bugs'suggestions have already been said but I'll say it again.
Bug/Suggestions
1) Need a mini-map in the combat screen
2) Chain shot does nothing to the enemy but cripples you quick
3) After Dec 31 1600, the year counter goes ape shit
4) Need some kind of reward (money, salavaged guns/ammo, something) as incentive to take out towns besides just to win the game
5) Maybe add some quests or some purpose for the contracts to earn money or ammo, not just a way to dump 2500
6) Fix the scrolling during combat

Tips
1) Except for the last ship, get all your other ships by stealing them. Grape shot them down to at most 30 crew and preferably fewer without getting to 0 then go in for the kill
2) Upgrade to long range cannons
3) Round shot is cheap but bombs are good for quick kills and worth the extra money (especially when facing 2 larger boats.)
4) Always carry more men/swords/guns than you will need in a fight not only so you win but also so you don't get nailed after the fight on the way back to a safe harbor.

In all, good potential with this game but needs a lot of fine tuning

Score: 0

"Good but needs some work"

submission: Cosmic Crush

date: July 30, 2007

Now that I have beaten survival mode here are some improvements needed and some tips:
1) Once you become a mega sun and swallow everything you can't end in a way so as to report your score (i.e. "give up" does not report your score, only dying does.) The result is if I get in the 120-150 mass range I can't brag :( (I have seem some super high scores so not sure how they reported them or if they used a cheat)
2) A mini map would be nice, even if it didn't show the location of the other objects so that at least you know where you are relative to the borders

Tips-
1) Stay to the outside edges until you are big enough to kamakazee into the middle (fun to do even if you can't get a score) and destroy everything in sight
2) Park yourself in the corners partially in the fuzzy border zone so that no gravity pulls on you, wait 10-15min for small rocks to spawn around the border regions, do a lap or 2 and gobble them up, park again and repeat
3) When you get bigger you can move a little further away from the border, just make sure you can alway resist the pull so you can escape if needed
4) Have patience- beating survival mode can easily take 2-4hrs depending on your spawning luck and how daring you get.