Balloon Invasion Walkthrough

Introduction: Hey all, it's that time of the year again! Balloon Invasion is yet another arcade style game with RPG elements added to it, and I've decided to make another walkthrough to help you all destroy all of those balloons. I will try to get to the two impossible conditions, but it might take a while. I'll try to make this walkthrough step-by-step, but since it's a different type of game, it might be formatted a little differently, with general tips to aid you along the way. I am making this walkthrough as I play through the game, and since I'm jumping right into elite difficulty, I might have to restart the entire walkthrough because of a skill build issue or something, so bear with me. For now, I'll just try to post my notes and observations on the game as I progress.







Upgrades:

Shell Damage and Firing Speed both directly affect how much damage you can do. The more points you put into these two, the more damage you will be dishing out.

Ammo Capacity and Reload Speed affect how long you can do that damage for. The more points you put into these two, the longer you will be able to keep on doing that damage.

Accuracy and Shell Speed influence how much your attacks will actually hit the balloons. The more points you put into these two, the better chance you have at hitting them.

Now, I think that the most important thing is to be able to keep on attacking constantly for a long time before running low on ammo. The only thing that makes you run out of ammo is upgrading your firing speed. So basically, you have to have a balence of firing speed to reload speed balance, while putting some into your ammo capacity to be able to sustain it longer.


Elite Difficulty Walkthrough Notes


In my first attempt at this game, I tried to upgrade only the main cannon (accuracy, flak bombs, and whatnot), and it worked up until the first boss, where i got destroyed on the last wave. I'm going to try to beat the game through a modified version of this strategy.

I was able to beat all four levels up to the boss without using any airstrikes (since using airstrikes makes you get less prestige early on) with my upgraded cannon, except for the big blimps, where i basically spammed the first one, used the second one when it got near the middle, and used the third one where there weren't any small guys near it.


The first boss seems to OHKO your initial cannon if you let it get to it. I was thinking that you either had to build secondary cannons in order to tank the attacks, or like someone else mentioned, upgrade your building's health and auto repair. Either way, "spam" everything you have constantly at this level. When there's more than 4 blimps on the screen, use them.

Current Walkthrough:
Level 1 results: leveled up, 4 reload speed, 3 accuracy, 3 shell dmg
Level 2 results:leveled up, 3 shell dmg 1 accuracy. Used air strikes when necessary from now on, especially on the big blimps, in order to not be damaged.
Level 3 results:Leveled up twice, 5 stars. Just did the usual, calling air strikes when necesary, mostly on big blimps.

Use the first air strike and second air strikes frequently, especially once you see the big blimp. The 3rd air strike with the planes exploding should be used right now when the blimp is closer to the middle of the screen, so the other blimps don't block the ones going for the big blimp.

General Random Things:

There are two ways to think about spending your upgrade points. You could either increase your "Prestige Income", or upgrade your survivability. I think that in order to beat elite (the first part at least), you need to have enough damage to get through the waves, so you should increase your survivability. Later on, I think you would reach a point where you can survive easily, so you could start getting the
prestige things and replay the levels if necessary for more points.

I'm not exactly sure how whether upgrading one thing from level 1 to level 2 gives as much power as upgrading something from 6 to 7, but later on, things begin to cost 2 points to upgrade instead of 1. Due to this, i usually stopped upgrading it when it cost 2 points for the next level.

You need to achieve a balance between weapon damage, firing speed, ammo capacity, and reload speed consistently throughout the game. If you have too much speed, you'll run out of bullets, and if your weapon damage or firing speed isn't high enough, you won't do enough damage. You also need just enough accuracy and bullet speed so you don't miss constantly.




Notes:
The first boss of elite is a one hit KO. IF he gets to your main cannon, you die. I think you HAVE to have a secondary cannon/building to take that hit. So whatever you do, be sure to take a building upgrade along the way. I basically upgraded my main cannon to the max and spammed the specials to get to that point.