Ape God! Initiate!Recently, the atmosphere in the editorial department is not very good, mini-game lovers don't play his "Potato Brothers", "Final Fantasy" die-hard fans don't watch the trailer of his new work, the famous Sogou put down his PlayStation 5, and the Iron Soul Kid forgot to scold "The Fallen Lord", and every night after work, he began to shout "Ape God" in the group like a code for the joint of heaven and earth! Initiate! and start playing online.
Of course, what they play is not the game that "two Chinese characters appear in a white light" when it is activated, but a tower defense game where a monkey throws darts and pierces balloons, called "Balloon Tower Defense 6". Because they are monkeys, it makes sense to be called "ape gods" - I very much suspect that the bad taste behind this name is one of the driving forces behind their tireless night and night play.
If it weren't for this reason, their choice would be puzzling. There are so many games out there, and the games on hand haven't been cleared yet, so they all come to play this tower defense mini-game that looks like "4399" - even if it can be online, "Guarding Sword Pavilion" can still be online, why not choose it?
Finally, on a dark and windy night, the evil curiosity of human beings drove me to nibble on their passionate and meaningful Amway. And then....Every night shouts "Ape God!" Initiate! "There's one more person.As it turned out, some things really don't work on your own, and it wasn't until I became a member of the group who chanted "Ape God" every night that I realized that when my colleague introduced me to the game, the bluffing-sounding descriptions turned out to be true.
Balloon Tower Defense 6 (Bloons TD 6), which sounds unremarkable, is actually the latest installment in a tower defense series with a history of more than ten years. The first generation of this series was born in 2007, and its series spans the web, mobile and PC eras, each of which is extremely popular, and is known as the "Three Phantoms of Tower Defense" along with the "Plants vs. Zombies" series and the "Kingdom Defense" series.As the latest work in the series, this work has more than 250,000 player reviews on Steam, and holds a "rave reviews" rating with a praise rate of more than 97%, which is comparable to the time eater of the "civilization" series for countless players.
And after its mobile phone ported version was launched on overseas platforms, it entered the top ten of the paid list of the Apple Store in the United States on the same day, and at the end of the year, it won the first place in the annual list of strategic tower defense games at both ends of the Google Store and the Apple Store, even if it is paid, the number of times has quickly exceeded 10 million times, which can be called "the game that grandma loves to play".
can be so loved by everyone, "Balloon Tower Defense 6" naturally has its charm.Compared with many tower defense games, although the basic logic of "Balloon Tower Defense 6" is also "reasonably match your defense towers to win the game", the way it implements this logic is very different, it has very strong RPG characteristics and customized elements.
The player's towers in the game are divided into two main categories: hero monkeys and normal monkeys.The Hero Monkey is the main combat unit, and there are many different types of heroes in the game, but players can only choose one hero to play in each battle. Heroes do not need to be manually leveled up, and will automatically level up as the player progresses through the round by gaining experience. Upgrading a hero not only strengthens their combat abilities and gains additional skills and traits, but also strengthens a certain type of normal monkey unit.
The ordinary monkey is another part of the combat power composition, there are primary, military, magic, support four categories of a total of twenty-three, ordinary monkeys need the player to manually upgrade, before the upgrade requires the player to use the unit to gain experience to unlock upgrades. Each normal monkey has three different upgrade routes, each with five levels of upgrades.
These two monkeys are not isolated from each other, they have a very deep connection with each other, and they can evolve an exaggerated number of combinations.First of all, as mentioned above, each Hero Monkey will affect the performance of certain normal monkeys after leveling up, for example, the hero "Gwendoline" will strengthen the "Fire" type of normal monkeys, and the hero "Vanguard Jones" will strengthen all normal monkeys that use cannonballs. Which hero you choose to play in will naturally determine the player's turret lineup inclination.
But the problem is that each normal monkey's attributes are not fixed, they will change their characteristics according to their own upgrade route, and among their three upgrade routes, they can choose one to ascend to the top and the other to ascend to two levels. This makes it possible for each normal monkey to have at least 6 different forms at its limit.
Taking the "Mage Monkey" as an example, his three upgrade routes correspond to three different abilities: Arcane (stronger piercing ability), fire (DOT damage ability), and Necronomicon (resurrect dead enemies to **), and after choosing one of these three routes, players can also strengthen the two skills on the other route, such as the fire wall of the flame route, and the perception of the necromantic route "Camouflage Balloon" (a balloon in the game that requires special abilities to break), etc.
Therefore, in "Balloon Tower Defense 6", just an ordinary monkey's upgrade item selection is full of quite rich room for choice, and it is very common to determine its function according to its location. At the same time, due to the "aura" attribute of the hero unit, the player must also choose a monkey with the corresponding upgrade item based on a certain inclination.The choice of the hero, the choice of the monkey, and the choice of the monkey form are a combination of these three choices, which is enough to be described as an exaggerated "possibility".
In addition to this, there is another path that extends the design of ordinary monkeys in the game - simulated management.The "Support" monkey class is full of functional buildings such as the "Banana Farm", which while some have combat attributes, but are not full combat turrets, and they provide more support attributes such as economy, attack speed bonuses, and additional construction and upgrade opportunities - in fact, the "Corsair" in the "Military" class is also this type of turret, as it has an upgrade branch of the "Merchant Ship".
This means that players don't have to sit back and wait to annihilate their enemies after building up their squad and setting up their turrets, and they also have to take into account the importance of support buildings in High Difficulty mode. In the actual game, this experience of fighting on the front line while collecting bananas away from the battlefield has gone far beyond the scope of conventional tower defense games, and has a full flavor of military simulation games.
The many choices, the long development line, and the special gameplay experience all make Balloon Tower Defense 6 a tower defense game like no other. Even though the Balloon Tower Defense series is one of the oldest tower defense games, its richness is still the best in its class.In addition to the richness, the difficulty and depth are equally high. Although its painting style is full of family feeling,But the medium and high difficulty of any picture in the game is not vegetarian.,The 80-wave furious challenge at high difficulty doesn't have any game understanding and reasonable lineup matching.,It's really hard to pass.。 What's more, there are many special limited modes waiting for you to savor.
But the difficulty and the amount of content are relative, and it is the existence of these difficulties that makes the rich upgrades and diverse choices of heroes and monkeys really have the value of existence. Just as the final boss has been seen in the meat pigeon game, the build game has ended before it has taken shape, which is an endless melancholy for players, and in "Balloon Tower Defense 6", even if you don't challenge the endless mode, the normal difficulty map also requires the player's miraculous achievements and racking their brains to have the possibility of clearing the level.
However, the fact that it is rich, fun and difficult is also quite conducive to Balloon Tower Defense 6 to stretch its charm in another way - online. As one of the few tower defense games that can be played online, Balloon Tower Defense 6 is also excellent because of its richness on the online side. In this game, although it seems that players just get together and set up turrets, in fact, in most online challenges, division of labor, lineup compatibility and appropriate mutual cooperation are the key to clearing the level, and the game itself is not low in difficulty and a variety of modes, which is the perfect stage for the "cooperative" gameplay experience to shine.
In all fairness, in this era, "tower defense" has gradually become a declining category. Its appearance is more as a product of the integration of gameplay elements into various other games, such as a well-known two-dimensional game, such as "Orcs Must Die". It's become increasingly rare for a game that is also willing to launch a new tower defense title and can bring a fresh touch to players in this regard.Among the three phantom gods in the past, the "Plants vs. Zombies" series fell into the kryptonite quagmire after the second generation was launched, and the third generation has not been seen for a long time; The "Kingdom Defense" series turned directly to the direction of war chess games, giving up its insistence in the field of tower defense.
Kingdom Rush: Legends is currently in a "mixed" state on Steam.Balloon Tower Defense 6 may really be the only one left, still like more than ten years ago, obsessively designing a group of all kinds of monkeys, throwing all kinds of balloons and throwing all kinds of darts at the pure.
However, for domestic players, the only fly in the ointment of "Balloon Tower Defense 6" may be that there is no mobile terminal. As the intensity increases in the middle of the game, the duration of a round will increase proportionally. In today's fast-paced world, many gamers may feel overwhelmed by this, especially if the game is also online, and it can be difficult to find a playmate who also has time.
At this time, the convenience of mobile games is reflected, otherwise after the international server of the mobile game "Balloon Tower Defense 6" was launched last year, it would not be so sought after. Whether it's using fragmented time to play two games anytime and anywhere, or calling friends to "ape gods!" Initiate! "It's a lot easier.And the good news is that in the coming December 17, the mobile game "Balloon Tower Defense 6" will officially launch the national server.
Balloon Tower Defense 6" national server in order to allow more players to experience the game,It will be changed from a simple paid** to a free** plus paid unlock full body mode,Other than that, all the content is the same as the original,There is no magic change,There is no pay to win。 The price of the whole body is 18 yuan, and the initial discount is 12 yuan.
In addition, the national server of "Balloon Tower Defense 6" also has a large number of "special benefits for the national server", such as the national style theme limited designed for national players and only national players can get**. This theme will feature a number of heroes, the first of which is "Flying General Quincy" from the hero "Quincy". This hero is not only the most important hero character in the stage, but also the first hero that all players (including the free version) get, so regardless of whether they pay for it or not, players can get this for free as long as they play the game.
Not only that, but after the game launches, players will also be able to check in on the game's TapTap store page to receive a redemption code, which can be redeemed for a series of rare items and exclusive cosmetics in the game, from avatars to online emotes, to special effects, custom banners, etc. Pay attention to XD*** There are also limited linkage items that can be received.
These extremely generous rewards are only the first round of the "National Service Special Benefits", after the game is officially launched, the official will announce the follow-up welfare content, and a series of welfare activities are waiting for players to unlock.Players who are interested in a fun, hardcore, and extremely playable traditional tower defense game may wish to try out the demo version of the game after the game goes live.