Wait wait WAIT.........

[victorzvyagin]

.. Just realised there are some options in the settings allowing you to get 200%, 300% xp rate, and so On- what's the Catch?
as If this game Didn't have enough difficulty twirks already.

[Kelson]

No catch. The designers want you to be able to adjust how difficult/easy the game is to your liking.

[François Bayou]

No, how hard you have to farm to go far. If you don't want to waste your time farming scraps to up your gears (the "difficulty" is still here) when you reach new game +, the challenge become more tense.

I may say that the need to farm something would not be considered as diffculty, if so, minecraft is the harcorest game ever made. nuff said

[buchecker]

Originally posted by D3FFBhake:

No, how hard you have to farm to go far. If you don't want to waste your time farming scraps to up your gears (the "difficulty" is still here) when you reach new game +, the challenge become more tense.

I may say that the need to farm something would not be considered as diffculty, if so, minecraft is the harcorest game ever made. nuff said

I kinda have to agree with this. Especially since once you can beat a map perfect on highest diff you can just repeat it over and over and over. Since that is too close to working i actually set everything to 300% fairly early on and spare myself the 'grind'.

[Kelson]

I can see that side of it as well. If you can't beat everything on Hard, then getting faster XP and scrap does make the game easier in a way because you can more quickly get your characters levelled up and geared so you can take on the harder difficulties. IMO this also makes the game easier, not just less grindy. But I can see how in the long run it's more of a cut down on grinding than actual difficulty.

[Ruebeus]

No catch.
You still earn achievements, etc if you change the rates. It is there simply for you to level/farm faster if you choose to.

[victorzvyagin]

Bloody HЕLL< this Is probablythe Most gameplay -customization in a Game I've ever seen.
I just..... I just dunno what to say in terms of how to improve it further- Obviously, graphics needs a big Boost, and some pets would be nice- but, rly, the story in a Tower defense game with out- of-battle Upgrades and various options to customise it- what else would ppl wish for?

[Talis Cat]

It lacks th option to lower XP gain to 0%, though :p
As for the 300% settings making the game easier ... Of course, but, as Bhake said you could just replay the earlier level over and over for the same result if the option weren't thre ... That's one of the isue I have with this game : early level become a walk in the park even at extreme difficulty once you have levelled ...
Also, if you want a challeng you can forbid yourself from playing each level more than twice (one time on Normal and one time on Extreme ...) Or even only once at the max ifficlty you can achievve !
And you can even LOWER the scrap XP gain ...

[victorzvyagin]

What's theFun in that, lol xDDDDD
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I mean, I always try to replay levels before going on to the Final ones, If I can- even with XMen Wolverine origins, I replayed levels , found as much collectibles Tags as I could- then moved on- same here, I try to basically play on hardest (extreme) levels Through previous battles before moving on.

[Casual-Aril]

Originally posted by victorzvyagin:

Obviously, graphics needs a big Boost

No they do not. This is the art-style and it's there for a reason. If you want modern graphics in a Tower Defense then you should play Sanctum or Defense Grid. I know many people, myself included, got attracted to this game because of it's pixelated art style. Advanced graphics isn't the same as better graphics, and better graphics doesn't equal a better game.

[Talis Cat]

+1 for what Kamerat said ^^ I hope they won't change the art in the sequel (well perhaps upagrade to a better resolution but nothing fancier than Kingdom Rush

[N'fol]

After you beat the game, you can use your characters in New Game+ mode. Besides the enemies just having more HP, they usually have one or more abilities, such as regenerate health. And if you somehow think that is still too easy, try playing through the two playthroughs without buying any recruits (so you only have one character of each class). Let me point out part of the achievement text for "Hero Mode++": "For your sanity, we recommend increasing XP gains to 300% in the options menu!".

Since a pretty hard achievement recommends doing something to make the game a bit easier, I fail to see how doing that something is considered a poor choice.

I personally am working on the no-generic-recruits achievements. I found even mid-to-late first playthrough got a bit grindy as I had to replay previous levels to be able level up the characters until I increased the XP gain (especially after some characters leave your party near the very end). (I'm playing this somewhat casually so I'm sure others don't feel the need to bump the gain until later in the second playthrough.)

[Talis Cat]

I also played with 300% gain in Hero Mode and feel it was not needed until about mid of NG+. And when I tried to get those 180 star I was REALLY happy that I didn't have to grind to get my Character to level 60 ... In fact I also set the absence malus to None since it was quite stupi not to get full XP just because I forgot to summon Niru just before killing the last enemy ...

[victorzvyagin]

Originally posted by Kamerat Aril:

Originally posted by victorzvyagin:

Obviously, graphics needs a big Boost

No they do not. This is the art-style and it's there for a reason. If you want modern graphics in a Tower Defense then you should play Sanctum or Defense Grid. I know many people, myself included, got attracted to this game because of it's pixelated art style. Advanced graphics isn't the same as better graphics, and better graphics doesn't equal a better game.

nope they do- the 3D Graphics Would look better, and its nothing to do with art style- they can keep the same art style, while making game in 3D, in Fact, if they make a sequel llike that, (considering, its still the same gameplay mechanics) it's almost guaranteed to be more popular and that more ppl would ourchase it.
Think of it from marketing point of view- if you look at the game' s screenshots and videos, would you rather see 3D world or 2D world? Whatever is more appealing- now, Im just one of those ppl who reads game' s description and judges by that, so I chose this game due to seeing good reviews and td mentioned in it- just caught my attention. (along with customization and story as key features)
Im not saying artstyle should necessarilly change- the graphics however, can do with an extra dimension.

[Talis Cat]

personnaly I think2D is better except if teh gameplay actually need 3D.
I just hte seeing good ol' JRPG getting crappy 3D when 2D was all it need. Sure ,now it begin to feel a bit more angular and ugly. But 2D was nice to look at right from teh start ... And get better when res get higher without needing a big comp. The only problm I can see with 2D is :
- It need good artist. You can't just get out with crazy effect and smooth curve line ...
- It needs time for animation, much more than 3D.

[Talis Cat]

3D Sam & MAx never appealed to me as much as the original version ...