It is a good game, and hard. You have to use strategy to beat even the simplest of groups, or you'll end up losing a few guys. Also, make sure to upgrade your guys so you can make use of their secondary abilities.

@xX-StolenSoul-Xx I forget which is the 5th (on the desert area atm on normal), but if you have 5 slots for guys to pick in the mission, use 2 tanks, 2 archers, and the mortar guy. Have the archers positioned behind the tanks in groups, so the archers can heal and the tanks can taunt off enemies easily. Have the mortar guy lure the enemies in with his ranged ability and pound them as they walk to you. Just make sure he doesn't bomb your group. And just make sure the tanks are in defensive stance and taunt whenever mobs are loose and the archers heal the tanks up before they die. (If 4 slots, 2 tanks, 2 archers and have the 1 archer group range pull the enemies to you)

Yea it is super hard i could never rescue the gunner without loosing half my troops and then the 1st boss was the most frustrting boss ive fought. I only beat him cause he got stuck on a tree lol. It gets easier though if you keep at it, always have 2 archers to heal each other and troops, take your time and pick off enimies one at a time w archers, let waves come to you so you dont get overwhemled. They are patching casual difficulty soon doubling the gold, making it easier, and a few other balancing issues so it will be better. Its a dam* good game though, i really got into after i finally beat the swamp level i was stuck on. It gets good once you get new troops. Everyone should support a great psn developer by buying this, theyre really cool people. Plus it has a level editor with the ability to creat whole campaigns with cutscenes!