The gameplay isn't that bad, since it plays out as your typical tower defense. You level up your partner bakugan and their corresponding unit the more you use them. Both of which have their own attribute advantage which can be used against the appropriate stage. There's also a fairly decent variety of enemies that come through each stage. I also found myself having to go through a few stages more than once due to how fast the rounds passed and how quickly/tanky some enemies were. Not to mention space management for units, cost/upgrades for units and the size of the stage were also a factor. Gate cards do give a small percentage boost against certain attribute bakugan which is nice. Music and character sprites are fine and I actually found most of the sprites for the scenery to be really well made, such as the ones for the science lab and lake areas respectively. Those are the only good things I can say about this game as its as mediocre as it gets.
The story consists of constant backtracking to areas you've visited to unlock a new area with a newly acquired ability. Nothing wrong with this, but the problem lies in the constant random pop up battles that happen once you enter that new area. I ultimately serve no purpose to the story and is just filler to level up your bakugan.
Tower defense gameplay on the other hand handles exactly how you'd think it does. The downsides to this are, once you've unlocked Aranaut, a unit that can target multiple ground and air units, you don't really need to go back and use the other attack oriented units as they'll have become obsolete. It basically boils down to spamming the field with a combination of Aranaut, Akwimos (slows down incoming bakugan) and Linehault (powerful single target attacker).
Stats on the enemy bakugan don't really mean much when it comes to attributes, as they all play the same regardless. There's zero post game, so you'll just end up back to the last area before you faced the final boss. Other than that there is a mode that let's you replay any of the 32 stages the game offers.
Overall, I'd skip this if you're a fan of the show as it introduces a completely different battle system than the original and not very satisfactory on completion.
Pros:
The gameplay is serviceable for a tower defense
Nice background sprites
Variety of enemies and unique units to level up
Cons:
Some stages are a challenge, but not enough
Lame story
Not much strategy as you can just wing it the set up I explained
Just play BTD6
The story consists of constant backtracking to areas you've visited to unlock a new area with a newly acquired ability. Nothing wrong with this, but the problem lies in the constant random pop up battles that happen once you enter that new area. I ultimately serve no purpose to the story and is just filler to level up your bakugan.
Tower defense gameplay on the other hand handles exactly how you'd think it does. The downsides to this are, once you've unlocked Aranaut, a unit that can target multiple ground and air units, you don't really need to go back and use the other attack oriented units as they'll have become obsolete. It basically boils down to spamming the field with a combination of Aranaut, Akwimos (slows down incoming bakugan) and Linehault (powerful single target attacker).
Stats on the enemy bakugan don't really mean much when it comes to attributes, as they all play the same regardless. There's zero post game, so you'll just end up back to the last area before you faced the final boss. Other than that there is a mode that let's you replay any of the 32 stages the game offers.
Overall, I'd skip this if you're a fan of the show as it introduces a completely different battle system than the original and not very satisfactory on completion.
Pros:
The gameplay is serviceable for a tower defense
Nice background sprites
Variety of enemies and unique units to level up
Cons:
Some stages are a challenge, but not enough
Lame story
Not much strategy as you can just wing it the set up I explained
Just play BTD6