X-Morph: Defense

This is more of a general guide than a level by level guide as there are a wide range of levels to choose from.

For reference I got Gold on Canada, Germany and Mexico but the same rules apply to any map.

The trick to getting gold is a bit different than the main game as you can get golds on casual. Your score gets a 40% reduction but the increased survivability allows you to build mazes and get more upgrades and survive more waves.

Score is made up of 4 things as in the main game:
Waves Survived, Time Skipped, Debris Collected and regenerations

Waves survived: The points vary by map but this is your main earner and is a fixed amount per wave.

Time Skipped: Now this is your chance to really get more points easily. This is the time between waves for set-up, you'll know it when there is a count-down. You get big points by skipping the time and setting up during the waves. I'd thoroughly recommend this and on casual you get more leeway.

Debris Collected: This is worth doing but make sure your core doesn't suffer as a result. Debris doesn't stick around for long. After killing a big group change into ghost with Y and then use the trigger and you'll be able to collect the debris. If you find this tough to do on the fly focus on surviving instead.

Regenerations: This is how often your ship dies, its worth staying alive as much as possible but sometimes its worth taking a few hits if it means finishing a wave you wouldn't otherwise.

The main tips are:

1.On easy - build mazes to reduce the entrances to your base. By that I mean reduce the paths so there is only 1 or 2. Make sure you have enough money for anti-air as they ignore mazes. One reason for doing it on easy is because you are less reliant on your towers for damage early on and they can be used purely for building walls between them.

2. Skip all time between waves you can.

3. Focus on tower destroyers and shield tanks. There are 2 types of tower destroyers, big bombers and artillery, for both of those focusing with the laser gun is worthwhile.

4. 4 best tower types once you've got a maze going if you can get them are:
Rail gun - Get a long straight line and it causes big carnage.
Anti Air Flak - This does big dps on air, worth having multiple near your core if you can to protect it from drones. They can really help you out.
Artillery - Convert towers in part of the maze that doesn't do much damage to make them much more useful
Shockwave - Place these at turning points to make a big impact.

5. Focus on enemies that affect or ignore your maze. Jump bots, troops and air - killing these early buy you time to kill those stuck in the maze.

6. Upgrades - Survival is different in that you get upgrades every round, focus on getting your favourite towers as suggested above but another thing that is key if you can get it is the CORE SHIELD UPGRADE! This can help double your survivability and can make all the difference!

Also by levels lasting longer you can work towards these achievements easier:





Hope this helps and comments and feedback welcome.