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Bloons TD 5

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad Strategy Games
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Common Sense Media Review

Chris Morris By Chris Morris , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 9+

Monkeys pop balloons in tower defense game; needs tutorial.

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age 4+

Based on 6 parent reviews

willwill
willwill Parent
September 26, 2017
age 5+

Great

This is a great strategy game that shows different purposes. My kids love it!
Aria S.
Aria S. Adult
August 11, 2017
age 2+

Totally awesome

This was fun and all but I think that cobras (BTD battles) should be added
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What's It About?

Players must repel incoming waves of enemy balloons by placing defensive units (largely monkeys with varying abilities) to shoot and pop them as they progress. As the levels advance, the enemy becomes harder to defeat. Players will have to upgrade units (by tapping them and selecting from a menu) and more strategically place new units (found by tapping on the left hand side of the screen, then sliding them into position) and "agents" that are more effective, but cost in-game currency (by tapping on the bottom right side of the screen).

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (6 ):
Kids say (20 ):

It's hard to find true originality in the tower defense genre these days, and while Bloons TD 5 doesn't quite reach that point, it does manage to stand out from the crowd a bit. The gameplay is mostly the same as you're used to -- and doesn't vary tremendously from other Bloons titles, but the new units add some diversity, and the use of balloons as the enemy certainly makes the game more family friendly.

The cost to purchase units is high, though. And the lack of any sort of tutorial is annoying, since this game does a few things differently than other tower defense games, meaning it can be baffling for a few minutes when you first start playing and try to figure out what's what.

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