Ah, Bloons TD 6 ($4.99) is out now, and it’s nice to dive back into this series every few years or so. I like a good tower defense game from time to time, and while I don’t play the Bloons games that often, it’s always nice to dive back into Bloons TD. Mostly, because everything happens so much in this game. Other titles are slower, less chaotic. Bloons TD 6 is chaos, willing to throw endless hordes of creeps at you, with convoluted upgrade systems and dozens of units at you. If you like simplicity and efficient design, this isn’t the game for you! If you like engorging on content, maintaining upgrade trees for dozens of units, and watching your screen fill up with enemies all the time, this is perfect for you!
The rules of Bloons TD 6 are standard tower defense fare. Creeps travel along the path, and you have to play towers in fixed positions with certain target radii to destroy them, without getting rid of all your lives. Where Bloons TD 6 mixes things up is through having dozens of towers, each with their own upgrade trees, and also some fun units to play with that don’t fit the standard tower defense archetype. The plane and helicopters can patrol certain parts of the board, and you can set paths and formations for them! Towers of different types come into play, and certain objectives require you to use just those towers, so you want to learn about everything the game has to offer.
Visually, Bloons TD 6 mixes 3D monkey towers with 2D...