Tips

Below is complete list of in-game tips, which appear randomly after completing a level.

1. Spread has one of the best ROI of all the upgrades.
2. When you die you only keep half of your specials. Use them, don't waste them.
3. Each Hero has different starting upgrades and ultimate attacks. Try them all!
4. Biff has the slowest ship but can dish out a lot of damage. Biff doesn't need speed with a laser that big.
5. Ayumi's nuke can crack open asteroids which often drop powerups and super charges.
6. Sloane calls fighters to help her during battle. The fighters have a level two meson canon and one missile but upgrade with Sloane. By pressing the B button Sloans ships will change to different formations.
7. Asteroids are solid rock which means meson canons cannot destroy them. However plasma and missiles can.
8. There are special missions you can only access if you do really well on certain levels. Keep improving!
9. Marcus is the fastest Hero. He even shoots a bit faster!
10. Marcus, Biff, and Ayumi's special weapons can destroy enemy bullets. If you find yourself surrounded, fire!
11. Sometimes going for that powerup that just dropped right at the front of the battle isn't worth it. Wait for it to come to you.
12. If you're playing a multiplayer game don't hog all the powerups and specials. Your team won't be able to help you if they only have their basic weapon.
13. Marcus, Sloane, Biff, Carl, Sarah, Joe, and Ayumi aren't the only pilots sent by the Earth Defence Forces. Keep an eye out for others!

1. Sometimes you have to destroy an entire formation of enemies to get a powerup, sometimes you don't.
2. Don't forget to use your powerups!
3. Kill as many enemies as you can to get more powerups.
4. Often using your ultimate will result in another one dropping right away.
5. Marcus' special ability destroys bullets.
6. Try to use Sloane's ultimate before a big wave of enemies.
7. Every boss drops a different attachment.
8. If a friendly ship survives a level it will continue on to the next level with you.
9. Collecting and using Quantium gives you a higher score.
10. The Automatons get stronger in the later levels.
11. Missiles can destroy asteroids.
12. Meson makes your main gun stronger.
13. Spread, side, meson, and plasma all make the beam weapon stronger.
14. Plasma can destroy asteroids.
15. Some enemies target your ship with their weapons, don't stop moving!
16. In some levels you can sneak past the enemies without destroying them, but you miss out on important powerups.
17. You can bring dead players back to life by purchasing an 'Life' upgrade.
18. Most levels have 2 attachments you can unlock, one for killing the boss and another one hidden somewhere.
19. Some enemies have a chance to drop attachments related to their abilities.
20. When you die you lose your lowest value powerups. If you have +1 spread and +1 side you will lose your spread but keep your side.
21. Some attachments can be comebined to create new weapons, such as Heat Ray and S-Wave.
22. Some explosions destroy projectiles, such as mini nuke and Marcus' shockwave.
23. Enemies will target you, if you stay still they'll likely destroy you with their weapons.
24. Every boss drops at least two attachments. One with a 100% drop rate, and one with a 1% drop rate.
25. Sometimes too many speed upgrades is bad.
26. Attachments can make your ship much more powerful. Remember to equip them!
27. Each boss grants at least two different attachments, but one only drops sometimes.