5 More Tips for Monster Soup: Play Like a Champion!
1. Use the two-finger drag to speed things up. This has two benefits. One, you can speed through the earlier, easy levels. Two, you can make longer chains with more monsters on screen. Big chains equal big points.
2. Be tactical with your Rescue Bombs. Every time you create a power up, it appears under the last monster of that chain. For items like the Warp Clock and the Bonus Coin, this is unimportant. With the Beach Ball and the Rescue Bomb, however, knowing this can be the difference between life and death. Often your screen will be unevenly filled with ice. When this happens dropping a Bomb in the right place is paramount. This advanced maneuver requires quick, critical thinking as to where you’ll start and end your chains—it will be crucial for high-level survival.
3. Stay in slo-mo as much as possible. Keep things moving at a manageable pace. An easy way to do this is by creating Warp Clocks one after the other. First, a bit about how these time-shifters work. A regular Warp Clock lasts for five seconds and halves the speed of the monsters. A Mega Warp Clock lasts for ten seconds and also slows things down by half the rate. Clocks do not affect each other. Two clocks don’t last twice as long or make things twice as slow. Your best bet is to let Warp Clocks get close to expiring before crafting another one.
4. Rack up the power-up bonuses. As we mentioned in our first Monster Soup tips blog post, power-ups are your best friends. Beyond their obvious in-game advantages, power-ups also give you extra points after you complete the level. Regular power-ups give you three extra points. Mega power-ups give you six extra points. Doesn’t seem like much, but over the course of a game, it all adds up.
5. It’s not over until the fireworks stop. Once the happy level-up music starts playing and the fireworks commence, the level isn’t completely over. The monsters stop floating upwards, but you can still make chains. Points still get tacked onto your score and make a difference in the long run. You also have an opportunity to use Rescue Bombs and Starshines to melt away ice (this can make a huge difference in the next level). Once you float down to the bottom of the soup sea, you can take a breather.
