When comparing Space Chicks vs Bloons TD 5, the Slant community recommends Bloons TD 5 for most people. In the question“What are the best casual co-op iOS games?” Bloons TD 5 is ranked 1st while Space Chicks is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose Bloons TD 5 is:
There's a great variation in towers, their stats and upgrade trees, as well as enemy types (bloons) and levels you have your battles in.
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Pros
Pro Compatible with older devices
Space Chicks was last updated in 2013, which makes the game accessible to a wider variety of mobile Apple devices. Any iDevice running on iOS 5.0 is compatible with Space Chicks.
Pro Well executed multiplayer mode
Space Chicks offers a multiplayer mode on iPads, which is entirely local. Two heroes will appear in the game and both players will be able to navigate through the different obstacles and levels. This co-op mode is well executed because the game virtually splits the screen in half, in order to provide simple controls for both players.
Pro Simple controls and good physics
As gravity plays a major role in Space Chicks, the controls and especially the realism of the physics is important. Luckily, many reviewers and players praise the game for it's simple controls and space physics that are right on point.
Pro Great depth and variety
There's a great variation in towers, their stats and upgrade trees, as well as enemy types (bloons) and levels you have your battles in.
Pro Clean graphics
The gameplay in previous games (TD4 and lower) was a bit laggy at times, luckily TD5 has cleaned up the graphics to make them a bit more simple while also allowing for new designs that differentiate things in the game in order to make it easier to tell what is going on. The cleaned up graphics also allow for smother gameplay due to them using less resources, meaning no more laggy gameplay.
Pro Co-op mode
Unlocked at rank 10, two players can work together to beat a game, with a set map and difficulty, of Bloons. In co-op mode players can transfer money between them opening up new possibilities of gameplay.
Cons
Con Extensive in-app purchases
Similar to most other endless runners, in-app purchases are the game's primary source of income. These range from $1.99 to $24.99 and can be traded for continues and vanity items.
Con In-app purchases
This app does contain in app purchases, and plenty of them. Though they're not necessary for normal play, they are still present, and needed to unlock special perks (double cash mode). Everything else can be purchased with coins and bucks, which can be earned (or bought) through normal game play. They range from $0.99 - $49.99 per item.
Con Old graphics
Bloons TD's 2D Graphics are old and they don't fit in nowadays standards.
Con Coop mode networking is spotty
Frequent disconnects which can ruin a long game, no LAN mode or direct connect (it uses facebook).