Astro Avenger - Full Ace Run

Well, there's something really crusial about this game that makes it really easy, and you can realize with this question: How is it possible that the first World of this game is the HARDEST one of all? Simply, because the real CRUSHER exists, and once you buy it you win the game, really.
I mean, I believe that the game could be much more harder if the Crusher didn't even exist since some enemies in this game such as cargos and turrets have sooo much health and takes forever to kill with the rest of weapons... unless you use nukes of course.

I think that Astro Avenger II did a good job in buffing most enemy attacks and speed instead of massively buffing their health like some enemies in here... Whatever, I still quite like this game!

Now in detail about the levels (don't worry, there's not much):

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:23 - World 1 / Level 1 - 9

Your main goal in this world is to get both the Crusher and level 2 Battery. First upgrade your Driller to level 4 to be able to manage the rest of this world better, then save up for the level 2 Battery, then save up for the Crusher, then you can save up for either level 2 Armor or level 3 Battery. Always sell your rockets in order to get these faster.
Anyways, about this world itself... it's not even that hard. You may struggle to get rid of the turrets which are terribly annoying, but if you get the Crusher, you can just vaporize them easily. Still a world that can be hard sometimes though, mostly when the rocky stations appear which limits your moving area, so be careful.
00:19:10 - World 1 / Level 10 (Boss)
Easy level, easy boss. For the level, there's not much to say about it other than laser cargos start appearing in here, but they're not as deadly as they are in the sequel. Besides, you can just crush them with Crusher in a matter of a few shots!
About the boss, you get the shield right before you get to fight it, although this game bosses behave weirdly when you get closer to them, so kill them with the Crusher instead.

00:21:06 - World 2 / Level 1 - 9

Keep upgrading the Battery and the Crusher, and you can keep selling your rocket if you want too, it doesn't really matter because the Crusher makes this world even easier than world 1...
When you've upgraded your battery enough so that the Crusher doesn't entirely eat it all when shooting it, you have two roads: either complete the game with no trouble by using the Crusher forever and after, oooorrr start using different weapons during the whole game to make it more enjoyable!

Other than that, this world is really easy, it only introduces a new turret and some kind of an electric barrier which is easy to evade. Nothing much nor threatening at all...

00:44:11 - World 2 / Level 10 (Boss)

Another easy level and mediocre boss. I'll just talk about the boss which is useful to farm points since there are enemies which spawn constantly during the fight, and one of them even drops a shield in the middle of the fight too...

00:46:48 - World 3 / Level 1 - 9

Easy world, I think at this point I'll just stop saying that these levels are easy otherwise... well, you know.
I'll just say this: do whatever you want, as there's nothing really challenging at this point of the game.
Other than that, this world introduces another turret and nothing else, although some kind of enemies stopped appearing in here too for some reason. Doesn't matter anyways, so moving on...

01:14:20 - World 3 / Level 10 (Boss)

This is the first world whose enemies doesn't give you a shield before the boss... Not a problem when Crusher exists! Although this boss, even without the Crusher seems to be really easy to deal with...

01:16:50 - World 4 / Level 1 - 9

FINALLY! A world that introduces a new cargo! It's really easy to kill with nukes and the Crusher though. Oh, and there's a new turret too. That's pretty much about it.
Oh, and before playing it, I changed some modded music the world had as I used to kind of didn't like the song the world has. That's why there's a weird cut before playing level 1.

01:39:12 - World 4 / Level 10 (Boss)

I think this boss's textures are kind of buggy for some reason... Whatever, just vaporize it with nukes and the Crusher and you should be fine.

01:40:32 - World 5 / Level 1 - 9

Another world which I modded his music a while ago... whatever, I changed it back after the cut.
Use nukes in here, just nukes, bombard the enemies with nukes.
That's all.

02:07:37 - World 5 / Level 10 (Final Boss)

This is the shortest world, it introduces the final boss right in the start which you can bombard with nukes and vaporize it with the Crusher. Ironically, It's attacks are easy to dodge too, easier than some other bosses of this game for some reason...
That's really it.

02:08:00 - End

Aaaand that's how it ends. GG I guess, but I liked more the sequel after all.
Ignore the fact it's called Deadly Stars!!!! They're (probably) the same game after all!

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