- Does the hectic aspect seem more balanced than before? And if not, what aspects aren't? For example, enemies being too quick/slow, etc.
It does seem to be more hectic than before and the constant pace is now broken up with my constant engagement with the shop.
- Are towers (now with variety) more balanced together, or are certain towers over/underpowered?
I could not find a reason to use the interstellar bridge, maybe I just wasn’t paying attention as much as I should have but I missed it. The price of the towers all being the same price is definitely interesting I’m not sure of that idea.
- Does the elemental aspect of towers to enemies feel smooth/intuitive to understand?
It does make sense and I understand that to deal with the elemental enemies I need to upgrade the towers. But on multiple occasions I was not able to collect enough elemental crystals to upgrade a single tower. I feel that the elemental crystal rate needs to be increased or the wave in which the elemental enemies spawns be pushed back.
- Does the flow of the game feel moderately smooth(er), and in what ways if not?
The gameplay seems relative the same to the first playtest in the same aspect of the player having to move between the crystals and the collectors.
- Is the UI intuitive and understandable? Any comments on adding/removing/clarifying anything to it?
Yes the UI is understandable and easy to recognize what applies to another part of gameplay.
- Did you find any interesting strategies during your gameplay? If so, please let us know what you found, and if not, tell us how we can give you more opportunity to strategize.
I felt like I needed to set up my turrets around choke points and places where paths cross multiple times. Also, I focused much of my towers around the two collectors to cut down on run time.
- What do you think about the multi-tiered currency? Does a currency dedicated to the blackhole give more incentive to complete it than before?
I feel like the separation between the crystals is a smart idea but it needs some work, the spawn rate of the yellow and blue crystals needs to be increased. On multiple occasions I encountered waves that couldn’t beat because I could not upgrade my tower. Not the fault of my own mismanagement.
- Is the wormhole tower (if used) sufficiently helpful with collecting currency?
Felt almost no effect on collection of currency, I feel like this is just a waste of yellow crystals in all honesty, I felt like I needed to do more and more dps.
I really did enjoy the game even though my responses say otherwise. I'm sad to see the settings button didn't make it into the game this playtest.