Kingdom Rush and Bloons TD 5 are both online tower defense games found on Kongregate. Each of these games brings their own unique elements to the tower defense genre and both are very successful in doing so. These unique elements in addition to well designed levels make both these game quite enjoyable and also make the most popular tower defense games found on the site. The tower defense genre has been around for a while now and is characterized by the placement of “towers” on various points on different maps to stop the incoming wave of enemies. While both games do stick pretty closely with the standard tower defense mechanics they address challenge and conflict in slightly different ways. This essay presents an analysis of challenge and
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Bloons TD 5 is the fifth installment of the Bloons Tower Defense series which has been popular since its first introduction. While this game seems like it was made for younger players/children due to the fact that is silly looking monkeys popping various colorful balloons on a path but as you explore the different maps and difficulties it becomes a truly complex and challenging game. Bloons TD 5 sticks with most others of the tower defense genre in that you just have one map and have a certain number of waves to “complete the level” but there is always the option to continue playing in freeplay mode. This is game is made challenging by the fact that you have to manage a limited amount of resources to buy and strategically place towers to defend yourself. This game is also unique in the fact that there are nearly 18 unique towers/monkeys each with capabilities to be upgraded and improved in a so many different ways, so there is large amount of available solutions to a presented challenge or problem. Challenge is mainly presented in this game through increasing the amount and speed of the balloons in the level. Though there are a few different types of balloons many of them just contain more simpler balloons when popped so they aren’t particularly
Bloons TD 5 is the fifth installment of the Bloons Tower Defense series which has been popular since its first introduction. While this game seems like it was made for younger players/children due to the fact that is silly looking monkeys popping various colorful balloons on a path but as you explore the different maps and difficulties it becomes a truly complex and challenging game. Bloons TD 5 sticks with most others of the tower defense genre in that you just have one map and have a certain number of waves to “complete the level” but there is always the option to continue playing in freeplay mode. This is game is made challenging by the fact that you have to manage a limited amount of resources to buy and strategically place towers to defend yourself. This game is also unique in the fact that there are nearly 18 unique towers/monkeys each with capabilities to be upgraded and improved in a so many different ways, so there is large amount of available solutions to a presented challenge or problem. Challenge is mainly presented in this game through increasing the amount and speed of the balloons in the level. Though there are a few different types of balloons many of them just contain more simpler balloons when popped so they aren’t particularly