Bloons TD Battles app review: multiplayer tower defense for when you need some extra challenge 2021

Introduction

Bloons TD Battles by Ninja Kiwi is a multiplayer version of the popular tower defense games app Bloons TD. Bloons TD is already at its fifth iteration, but this multiplayer-only version certainly adds a ton of challenge as this time you’re not just popping balloons, but you’re also battling a human opponent.

Luckily this iPhone defense games app gives you some time to prepare before the battle starts; the game cranks the amount of balloons to shoot up gradually. The money you earn popping them also gradually increases. 

Is this one of the best defense games apps for iPhone and iPad? Keep reading our Bloons TD Battles app review to find out.

Beating your Opponent Quickly and Effectively

The way to beat your opponent is simple: just make sure you pop all the balloons on your side to make money and don’t use up your lives. To make the game a bit harder on your opponent, you can choose to use the coins you gain for popping balloons on extra balloon waves instead of building new towers.

This does make the game a bit harder for you, so this is a tactic decision you need to think about carefully while you’re playing.

When you win a battle, you receive darts as a reward, which in turn unlock new towers and upgrades for these towers.

Unlocking Towers, Upgrades and In-Game Currency

As you play, just like with many other free-to-play games, you lose a little bit of energy. This energy will replenish over time, so you will only run out if you play a few games in a row. You can buy extra energy in the store, just as you can buy medals. Medals are used to unlock top tier upgrades for your towers.

When you win battles you also receive darts, which, as I said before, can be used to upgrade and unlock more towers, though the ultimate upgrades are only for people with enough medals. Technically, you never have to spend any money on the game if you don’t want to, but to unlock towers and upgrades quickly, you need to spend some money in the store.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Free multiplayer tower defense
• Play against friends or strangers all over the world
• Annoy your opponent by sending extra waves of balloons

Cons

• Medals can take a long time to earn
• Energy runs out quickly

Conclusion

Bloons TD Battles is one of the most clever tower defense games I have seen as of yet. It is great fun to play tower defense competitively, while receiving rewards to unlock new towers and upgrades goes relatively quickly.

It’s too bad they made the best upgrades only available with medals, as this currency is pretty hard to come by unless you dish out some money in the store (prices are a bit steep as well!)

Energy runs out pretty quickly, but a few hours later you will be able to play again. This game is compatible with both iPhone and iPad and comes in just under 50 MB in size. Go pop some balloons!