OTTTD vs Bloons TD 5
When comparing OTTTD 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 Android?” Bloons TD 5 is ranked 2nd while OTTTD is ranked 9th. 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 Interesting mix of tower defense and real time strategy mechanics
At its core OTTTD is a tower defense game but it has an added mechanic of "heroes". Heroes allow for the layer to use them in ways on maps like one would in an RTS, placing then=m in specific tactical areas to utilize their special skills such as sniping or being a mechanic that fixes towers.
Pro Cloud save and achievements via Google Play Games
It supports Google Play Games features, such as cloud saving and achievements.
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 Paid upfront and includes in app purchases
OTTTD is a paid upfront game and yet it also includes in app purchases that go as high as $46.90.
Con Not recommended for phones
With so much happening on screen OTTTD is not recommended for phones and their small screens.
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).