This is what happens when you forget to un-mobile your mobile game. Shit UI, lacking basic features the previous entry had (no shortcut keys at launch LOL, missing mainstay towers, etc.) and some of the absolute worst progression I've ever fucking seen.
What? You're qualified to go for Impoppable? Too bad, you have to play Normal then Hard then Odd Bloons Blaster 3000 Monkey Shit Deluxe Round and THEN you can play Impoppable. Oh, and you have to do this for every map in the game. WHY. In TD5 you got access to Impoppable by just buying the difficulty outright for like $1k and got it on every map, no prerequisite difficulty unlock bullshit.
It's such a shame too because on one hand it's one of the most satisfying to actually succeed at and mechanically one of if not the most realized TD in the genre; but arbitrarily being told to grind constantly is fucking aids (or you can spend real money on it lololol did I mention this was a mobile game first). Some towers are so hopelessly dogshit without their permanent skill tree perks. This also becomes obvious when you attempt to do the "Boss bloons" relatively early level and have yet to get stupid passives that would've made it free or waste your monkey cash on big buffs, playing damn near perfectly but I lose to the Boss bloon by like 10% of its remaining health because hey guess what I don't have the remaining 25% increase in buffs from the various skill trees is very fun and epic guess I should go grind more :-DDDD
Fuck that. Game has absolutely zero respect for the player's time whatsoever.
What? You're qualified to go for Impoppable? Too bad, you have to play Normal then Hard then Odd Bloons Blaster 3000 Monkey Shit Deluxe Round and THEN you can play Impoppable. Oh, and you have to do this for every map in the game. WHY. In TD5 you got access to Impoppable by just buying the difficulty outright for like $1k and got it on every map, no prerequisite difficulty unlock bullshit.
It's such a shame too because on one hand it's one of the most satisfying to actually succeed at and mechanically one of if not the most realized TD in the genre; but arbitrarily being told to grind constantly is fucking aids (or you can spend real money on it lololol did I mention this was a mobile game first). Some towers are so hopelessly dogshit without their permanent skill tree perks. This also becomes obvious when you attempt to do the "Boss bloons" relatively early level and have yet to get stupid passives that would've made it free or waste your monkey cash on big buffs, playing damn near perfectly but I lose to the Boss bloon by like 10% of its remaining health because hey guess what I don't have the remaining 25% increase in buffs from the various skill trees is very fun and epic guess I should go grind more :-DDDD
Fuck that. Game has absolutely zero respect for the player's time whatsoever.