By annoying I mean that it will get to a point where the Story Levels will only be beaten by the toss of a coin. The levels should all have a tipping point where our colony becomes a powerhouse and I am worried that it will become annoying and not fun.

I highly recommend (and this is again from someone with 724 hours played on your game- mostly on Story Mode) that you reconsider. Fire ants die in droves and while I could twiddle my thumbs and sit around waiting for them to become free to hatch again every time I go out hunting, doing so removes the flow of the game. Either way would improve it.Įnemies - As stated above when I mentioned Mike, the ominous sound of things is that this will be 'working as intended' but enemies should be worth a lot more per kill. Outside - On Hard and Insane, there is either not enough food inside the player base to successfully build a decent size army to be able to handle the tiger beetles guarding the aphids on the map OR the tiger beetles just should not be there on day one. Slap tiles wherever you can fit them and squeeze in some 'paths' so you can try to upgrade what tiles you can. So, do not expect to have a 'cool' ant colony here. I think it is silly to have so much of it, especially since it's pointless anyway as the amphibians can dig through it.

Far too much 'you can't dig through this' rocks in weird patterns. Player Base - Unlike other levels, the player's base here is very poorly designed in my opinion. The artist did a great job as well, and the entire outside 'feels' like it should.Įnemies - They are myriad and that variety also helps the level come more to life. The shape of the map, the placement of things like aphids or caterpillars, gives this a natural feel to it. Outside - I think the design here is really good. Gameplay - The way the fire ants works is also done well and gives them a separate feel from say the Black Ants. Anyway, on to my (likely unpopular) opinions! lol Blizzard, EA, and other game companies do not get that, but I think we indie devs do. But as a video game developer myself, all I can say is that it's a good idea to listen to your fans. So, as devs you will probably disagree with some of my review here. And after playing the new levels 4 times each, I can already see how imbalanced they are. I think after playing Rising Tide probably 40 times or more, it's balanced.

I think it's wrong, entirely, on both counts. Please note that I DID read what Mike said in another thread about the food being 'balanced' on the Swamp and not balanced on say Rising Tide. Currently 724 hours played in total- about 10 hours played today in the swamp.

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