When comparing Plants vs. Zombies HD vs Bloons TD 5, the Slant community recommends Bloons TD 5 for most people. In the question“What are the best iOS games to play on a long flight?” Bloons TD 5 is ranked 5th while Plants vs. Zombies HD is ranked 10th. 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 Many levels
Enough levels to feed an addiction, and since they get progressively harder, this will not be a game that's completed too quickly.
Pro Long lasting adventure mode
There are fifty different levels in the adventure mode and bunch of other game modes, meaning there's a ton of content to explore.
Pro It is easy and humorous
The game is a regular tower defense game, however it is a lot more humorous than most of them.
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 A lot of ads
Con Seriously reduces battery life
Plants vs. Zombies HD isn't that graphically demanding but will reduce your battery life to a significant extent.
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).