I tried this and then wandered away to play other games for a few months. Coming back to it now, I realise it is actually pretty solid. It will take a long time to upgrade everything for the achievements and I can understand why people don't put the time in but I am really enjoying this.

Some of the weapons are a real hoot. Basically, I am finding so far that the best strategy to build up plasma, which you use to buy the better stuff, is to buy 9 ammo refills and 9 base repair kits, which are both cheap and use your secondary currency, the cogs along with one upgrade for a base for the lightning gun then keep using the ammo refills on that base.

Plenty of the various weapons and boosters drop from the sky. They are a lot of fun - there's a black hole generator, an armageddon smart bomb, a little guy that resuscitates a destroyed base, homing missiles, a laser gun which can knock a few out with one hit and many more.

If you pay too much attention to some of the reviews you would think this is a flat experience. It really is not. I have been gaming a long time and this really is a fun game.

What I should add that I realise I didn't mention is that this is effectively a campaign game. The arcadey blasts of play serve to build up resources for you to upgrade everything you will use in the games ahead. I may revisit this review once I am deeper in but I have only reached level 15 so far.

Back quicker than I thought. I bought one upgrade for the lightning gun and reached level 26 on the strength of it. The game becomes insane the more you upgrade the weapons. This upgrade lets the lightning bounce from one zapped enemy to another, even across the entire screen. I just can't wait to max all the weapons since they seem to have similar amplifications of effect.

I tried this and then wandered away to play other games for a few months. Coming back to it now, I realise it is actually pretty solid. It will take a long time to upgrade everything for the achievements and I can understand why people don't put the time in but I am really enjoying this. Some of the weapons are a real hoot. Basically, I am finding so far that the best strategy to build up plasma, which you use to buy the better stuff, is to buy 9 ammo refills and 9 base repair kits, which are both cheap and use your secondary currency, the cogs along with one upgrade for a base for the lightning gun then keep using the ammo refills on that base. Plenty of the various weapons and boosters drop from the sky. They are a lot of fun - there's a black hole generator, an armageddon smart bomb, a little guy that resuscitates a destroyed base, homing missiles, a laser gun which can knock a few out with one hit and many more. If you pay too much attention to some of the reviews you would think this is a flat experience. It really is not. I have been gaming a long time and this really is a fun game. What I should add that I realise I didn't mention is that this is effectively a campaign game. The arcadey blasts of play serve to build up resources for you to upgrade everything you will use in the games ahead. I may revisit this review once I am deeper in but I have only reached level 15 so far. Back quicker than I thought. I bought one upgrade for the lightning gun and reached level 26 on the strength of it. The game becomes insane the more you upgrade the weapons. This upgrade lets the lightning bounce from one zapped enemy to another, even across the entire screen. I just can't wait to max all the weapons since they seem to have similar amplifications of effect.