When comparing iBomber Defense Planet vs Bloons TD 5, the Slant community recommends Bloons TD 5 for most people. In the question“What are the best tower defense games on iOS?” Bloons TD 5 is ranked 2nd while iBomber Defense Planet is ranked 5th. 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 Levels of strategy
The game grows with you and you level up. As you level, you gain more customizable options and new strategies are available.
Pro Replayability
With the three difficulties, multiple objectives per map, and even bonus missions, iBomber Defense Pacific offers tons of replayability.
Pro Attention to detail
The graphics are extremely detailed and engaging. All the action is extremely fast and fluid, making it a smooth game overall.
Pro Not Pay to play/win
Paying for any in-app purchases will not give you much of an advantage over anyone else.
Pro Multiple difficulties
Being new to tower defense games won't hold you back. And neither will being a pro. There are three difficulties to choose from.
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 No real story
In the heat of the battle, there is no real time for iBomber Defense Pacific to tell a story. It is severely lacking in this department.
Con No save mid mission
Sadly, you cannot save mid mission in this tower defense game. If you have to put your phone down and haven't completed the mission, you're out of luck.
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).