Iis it me or the game is impossible in hard mode?

[JolyJew СлаваУкраине]

tried stage 5 in hard mode. its pretty damn ludicrious.

crap flies at you EVERYWHERE. you have miliseconds to react. there are times that enemy fire fills the whole friggin screen.

maybe i could have coped with that. but your weapons do LESS DAMAGE!

so by the time it takes to kill one large enemy. you want have shield energy left for anything else so you die regardless

after getting a game over after the second half of the level i got the 8th place out of everyone who bought this game. so im pretty sure it is pretty impossible

[Drilian]

It's not impossible (in fact, it's entirely possible to clear the stage on hard without getting killed at all), but it IS hard.

Honestly, it's possible that I made it a little too hard since I seem to be the only person that's actually cleared it on hard. If I weren't so out of practice I'd record a video, but at this point I'd probably just make a mockery of myself.

Here's one from a year ago, but I died three times (I just posted it because of the dodging I pulled off at 3:35).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4PkOsTPUOM

Yeah, it's hard (possibly too hard), but it can be done! Even without losing any lives.

[Pretentieux]

Hey Drilian! I got this game in the IndieGala bundle and I have to say it is really well done! Thanks. I wasn't expecting anything much when I first loaded it up and I have been pleasantly surprised. I love the difficulty as it will keep me playing much longer. I'm still trying to get past stage 4 on normal!

[Drilian]

Thanks! I'm glad you like it!