What Makes Tower Defence Games Good?

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What Makes Tower Defence Games Good?

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5 жыл бұрын

I've spent many hours clicking away at various tower defence games, and there's something so addicting about them. Taking time to set everything up and watching them demolish everything in it's path. I know I'm certainly not the only one who has played hundreds of hours of TD games, but maybe I can try to pick apart certain mechanics of the game to show and explain to you why me and so many others love it so much.
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@RealityEscape 5 жыл бұрын

Hey guys! I didn't cover Bloons TD 6 because I haven't had a chance to play it yet. If I wanted to do it justice, I would have had to spend a lot of time playing it (Time I didn't have) and this video wouldn't have been out for another month. I chose 5 because I spent multiple periods of years playing it, I wanted to bring up co-op which from my understanding, 6 doesn't have, and I wanted to talk about Bloons TD Battles which uses the same system as Bloons TD 5 so it made the explanation a lot easier. I understand you may be confused or upset that 6 isn't in there, but please stop leaving comments implying I don't know what I'm doing, that I ignored the game on purpose, or as someone put in a now removed comment "that I have wronged the entire community by not mentioning it." I praised Bloons td 5 because I really really like it, and I will eventually play 6, but I only have so much time in a day and didn't want to delay the video any further. I'm going to dive into this a little bit more in about a week and a half on "Escaped Reality" which is an aftershow podcast I do, so I'll talk more about this then. Until then guys, I'm not disrespecting 6 by not talking about it. If I was going to talk about it, I wanted to do it justice, which I wouldn't have been able to do with the time frame I had set for myself.

@ajizod 5 жыл бұрын

It's okay, the video was great anyways

@Xanthopathy 5 жыл бұрын

nice

@veryhard8548 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I get it. I would recommend you play it when you have time, though. 13 different game modes per track does take a while if you want to really get the game, lol.

@hanneskillerblue6282 5 жыл бұрын

Hey RealityEscape, i don't think so, but have you tried Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare, it has a bit in common with the first person game you showed in this video, but it' mostly based on pvp, where you have to defend/capture a garden, and a standard defend the garden mode, only playing against bots. I whould really recomend it too, liked the video, bye.

@workingbutnotreally 5 жыл бұрын

is you wanted the full td5 experience you should have got the steam version which has better graphics and more towers... (But you probably already new that)

@1AmGroot 5 жыл бұрын

"The most common themes are: Military themed, which, makes sense. Medival themed, which, makes sense. Futuristic themed, which, makes sense. And monkey themed. Well, sure. Why not"

@atnorange5491 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@DrenchedAlgae 5 жыл бұрын

Haha it makes sense though xD

@sheep7815 5 жыл бұрын

Wow it’s almost like we watched the same video

@deletedaccount3047 5 жыл бұрын

Chris well, technically it wasn’t due to difference in system quality and pixel count

@squareplaygaming7206 5 жыл бұрын

as a "fellow gamer" ive got to say dd2 is a compete flop... its p2w now with crazy special OP tower mods you can "grind special coins" for or quickly hush over 10 bucks for a very much unbeatable flamethrower tower or massive AoE bosskiller dmg earthcuake towers... not only that but the devs dont respond to absolutely nothing from me after they pretty much trashed my gamefile of over 2 years and just gave me a few million coins and emblems witch are completely useless and can buy me a pretty crappy set of armor from the tavern... and then i would be broke again.. my file got so broke that i cant even finish the tutorial... all my chars are lvl 50(max) without any stats or points to spend.. all my legendary harbinger 7 nightmare stuff got tossed out and my legendary event pet dragon got dunped.. im all sorts of furious with this game but the things i listed are factually objective... and noone even took a look at my acc or tried to fix the mess

@gonemad_r6404 5 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, my favorite dungeon defenders character, heavy from tf2

@SJohann 5 жыл бұрын

POOT HEALING AURA HERE!

@U-Trance 5 жыл бұрын

Brass beast heavy with a medic haha

@qyline8008 5 жыл бұрын

I miss the modded weapons from that game - Staffs that killed the entire map, pets that just expolded

@peckledpeepers2958 5 жыл бұрын

Cool you noticed to! Pootis!

@gonemad_r6404 5 жыл бұрын

@@qyline8008 I really didnt, it ruined the game on Xbox 360 for people like me who wanted to play legit

@Intrafacial86 Жыл бұрын

I grew up playing against the AI in Starcraft, unknowingly treating it like a tower defense game where I would absolutely saturate my bases with defensive structures - almost to the point of not having enough resources left to build an army. When it finally felt like my base could handle anything that came its way, I would then build a massive fleet of units and just attack-move them across the map. This was most satisfying to do as the Zerg with like 80-90 Guardians, as they had that nice long range and heavy air-to-ground firepower. It was quite a rude awakening to find out much later that _that_ wasn’t how the “professionals” played the game at _ALL._

@philiptetherow71 8 ай бұрын

Totally same. I wouldn't move out of my base until I had 200 supply of carriers.

@JamesListener 2 ай бұрын

Exactly how I played Warcraft 3 xD Many towers and would not leave my base until I use up all the unit limit))))

@zzasdfwas 3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised you didn't include anything on Warcraft 3 custom maps. That was a huge part of the tower defense history. One advantage of the WC3 maps was that they were for the most part all multiplayer, and usually had several "classes" you could choose from, so your towers were usually distinct from the other players. Most were either coop or had independent players, but some of the coolest were competitive. Line tower wars was really good, since it forced you to balance defense and attacking other players.

@petiks6391 2 жыл бұрын

I miss Mafa TD

@MrZml0001 Жыл бұрын

Shibi's still the best td ever!

@angelo4678 Жыл бұрын

Azure TD was one of my favorite TD's. As I'm writing this, I remember pokemon TD as well but there are some maps that I definitely forgot that were my most played maps back in the days

@skyguy713 Жыл бұрын

Element TD was a favorite

@BNOOOOGERS Жыл бұрын

Legion TD even became its own standalone game on Steam, fully FIFTEEN YEARS after coming out in WC3

@Aliensrock 5 жыл бұрын

Would love to hear your thoughts on Bloons TD 6 once you try it, it's without a doubt the pinnacle of the genre. And you summed up my thoughts on Co-op really well: it needs a major overhaul before it gets added to 6, because right now, it just isn't very fun.

@ravinmarokef 5 жыл бұрын

Lol I don't think I've ever seen you comment on a video that's not made by the bloonstubers. Love the challenges and collabs btw!

@yellowbed 5 жыл бұрын

Ayyy Tyler love ur vids. I don’t even play BTD6 but I’ve been watching since Battles and you’re so funny I watch the BTD6 videos becuase of you. Keep doing what you’re doing, keep it up

@RealityEscape 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for the comment! I remember watching your stuff back when I was really into Bloons TD stuff. I'm thinking I'll most likely make a follow up video on it at some point once I've actually had the time to sit down and play it properly.

@AxyDC 5 жыл бұрын

Love the collabs man keep doing it

@sanjadg5066 5 жыл бұрын

I love ur vids

@RealityEscape 5 жыл бұрын

I can't believe I never caught "Cameo Bloons". Don't write and record and edit late at night, kids.

@gonemad_r6404 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@RealityEscape 5 жыл бұрын

I had just bought something on the cameo site and welp. As a kid I always got it confused. I really want to delete the whole video and redo that bit but oh well.

@gonemad_r6404 5 жыл бұрын

@@RealityEscape There's really no need for that. Its such a minor thing that it doesnt matter.

@jacedal 5 жыл бұрын

@@RealityEscape Don't delete the whole video, it's a little typo, it doesn't matter. Besides, it sounds cooler.

@gggaming2009 5 жыл бұрын

you should play the tower defence game on roblox called *mecha cubes* (edit) its good if you want 30 - 1 hour + games (edit edit) theres also coop and pvp mode and theres a speed button for the enemys and it has tower perks and you do get less starting money but you also get the same ammount of money liek the money shares too (edit edit edit)the video is great! no need to redo

@tankiflo7155 3 жыл бұрын

One Game I loved was Sanctum 2. It's like Dungeon Defenders but in 1st Person and with a lot of different guns and characters. You can (and need to) change the map by placing walls so the enemy takes longer to reach your base. I really have some fond memories of it!

@ciCCapROSTi 3 жыл бұрын

Who's the best? Sweet's the best! Ayyyeeeee!

@balazsnagy7717 Жыл бұрын

Ahhhhh the Pain Station

@Obi-Wan_Kenobi62 Жыл бұрын

*Laughs in Defense Grid: The Awakening*

@bobbbbEE 8 ай бұрын

The story progression is pretty basic but also cool

@Dota2OG 2 жыл бұрын

basicly i had the same experience with tds , staarted with w3 mods and than flash games , and than all tds on earth , now i am trying to do my dream and make the best TD ever , studiyng what is best in all of the ones i ever payed , i am on the estart of this journey and i hope i get to where i want , thanks for the video

@jakeread9668 5 жыл бұрын

Kingdom Rush was really well designed. I loved how you could only build towers in certain places as it meant you had to think way more about placements than just dumping hundreds of towers in one place

@fabian67307 5 жыл бұрын

I feel like it's the best out of its entire genre

@HellBlade-od2mf 5 жыл бұрын

Its the best one, huge variety of enemies, a good variety of towers, post-game campign is really challenging, BOSSES, most things are easily understandable and the best thing is the wave reduction updates (mobile KR) where u dont have to play 30 waves for a boss to come out.

@guilhermecandeias9697 5 жыл бұрын

So true. Love all of them

@zoont_ 5 жыл бұрын

I have trouble deciding which one is better. Kingdom rush or bloons

@HellBlade-od2mf 5 жыл бұрын

@@zoont_ Kingdom Rush, I've played both and, while Bloons is more complicated, the only goal in the game is to get as far as possible. In KR, there is the campign, post campign, challenges, bosses and other stuff

@Adamlovesvideos 4 жыл бұрын

The Kingdom rush franchise is my favorite tower defense games. Although it was showed I was a little bummed that it wasn’t looked further into because it does bring unique elements to the table.

@justthatonekid2491 2 жыл бұрын

Yea ikr I think kr is a rival to btd6

@Adamlovesvideos 2 жыл бұрын

@@justthatonekid2491 It defiantly does.

@hyd3334 2 жыл бұрын

I agree Kingdom rush has just an unique charm to it.

@fishergreer36 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@Twitching_Stars Жыл бұрын

unfortunately, he isn't going to spend hours playing every one of this games, I do agree kingdom rush brings up a lot of unique features, but he also missed many features about bloons series, and i'm sure he also missed features of the other mentioned games.

@seraphendipity 3 жыл бұрын

“Copying and pasting code” Well yes, that’s what coding is

@fortnitesexman 3 жыл бұрын

Seraphendipity unless you're a super brain genius who can code without doing that

@daguido742 3 жыл бұрын

but where does that code come from? what came first? the coder or the code?

@fortnitesexman 3 жыл бұрын

DaGido LP very obvious answer The coder did As I said if you're a super brain genius you can do it Well..or if you're a massive group of people collectively figuring out how code should function

@coolbugfacts3953 3 жыл бұрын

@@fortnitesexman a super brain genius would know not to waste their time reinventing the wheel and would know the best places to copy code from

@archive2500 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. It is logic. It is consistent. We want order and organization.

@Slash4764 Жыл бұрын

I don’t know if you already knew it but there is also infinitode (1 and 2) as a tower defence game . If you didn’t know this game, his particularity is that towers can be upgraded with a skill tree in the menu which use materials that we collect through the levels.

@konstick66-pepeland60 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! I've been searching for that game for a while now, and finally remembered it's name because of you. Thank you for help!

@GenericTerroristCS 4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, cameo bloons, my greatest adversaries

@uacrimsonbolt 3 жыл бұрын

Ugh. As a die-hard Bloons fan, I just cringed every time I heard that. Seriously, dude, it’s CAMO, it’s even spelled out in the game hints!

@douglaswetak9686 3 жыл бұрын

Same here

@TheBasikShow 3 жыл бұрын

I know, right? You’re sitting with your defense, having a good time, when suddenly Will Smith Bloon turns up for no reason. How do they expect to keep long-term engagement with this kind of shit?

@frostplays155 3 жыл бұрын

I just die at the end of 98 because I like the Wizard Lord Phoenix because I like phoenixes, but how I get to 98 is the druid, super monkey.

@frostplays155 3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I just spam necromancers or just a prince of darkness. But the Brewster always comes in clutch. Along with the alchemist to deal damage

@hiimapop7755 5 жыл бұрын

6:51 The name's Kingdom Rush :)

@hugo57k91 5 жыл бұрын

He put it once early one and later fogot about it, it seems

@tgnm9615 5 жыл бұрын

great game! made my TD god of mobile Ironhide my favourite is kingdom rush origins

@user-ms6yu3oy3l 5 жыл бұрын

@@tgnm9615 What's your opinion on kingdom rush vengeance??

@tgnm9615 5 жыл бұрын

劉宇軒 haven't tried that games yet bc the game is 5$ my god

@user-ms6yu3oy3l 5 жыл бұрын

@The Shpee Or just buy the steam version to get all of them

@DeathMane 3 жыл бұрын

Infinitode 2 is a TD game on PC and mobile and it takes what you know about tower defense games and flips it on its head with research, upgrades, leveling (upg and lvl are different), mining, "green papers", build-your-own-level, and much, much more to be coming and on it rn. I play it a LOT.

@gringusgaming 2 жыл бұрын

Pokemon Tower Defense and Minecraft Tower Defense are two that I remember loving a lot. All of the games mentioned in this video are super familiar, but I've forgotten the names of all of em except for PvZ and BTD

@starryyknight Жыл бұрын

pokemon tower defense was truly visionary, I'm surprised it wasn't more popular

@DarkShadow8754 Жыл бұрын

@@starryyknight It was very tedious to farm xp to level up your pokemon, that's probably the main reason.

@angusmalcolm6883 5 жыл бұрын

Tower defence games have to be one of the best genres of games, especially the large, notable ones like BTD5/6/battles, Kingdom rush and PVZ (OG) which practically raised children.

@btd5dp3 4 жыл бұрын

This series is my chillhood

@missourifishing8732 4 жыл бұрын

I wish I had the money for btd6

@skeletizer 3 жыл бұрын

Those 3 series raised me more than my patents did lmao

@coldterror7576 3 жыл бұрын

Gemcraft should be up there as well

@adriaen3538 3 жыл бұрын

@@skeletizer same

@bp_cherryblossomtree723 5 жыл бұрын

OCD people playing PVZ will always want to make their garden look nice

@ianray8383 5 жыл бұрын

I got too organized there was a time i kept losing bcus i do it by lane, and ignore the most vulnerable lane. Ahh, good times...

@naiyamay2356 4 жыл бұрын

I can confirm this.

@aboomeraang1035 4 жыл бұрын

Symmetry before anything

@jasonbraun1469 4 жыл бұрын

BP_CherryBlossomTree um....... I totally don’t try to do that...........

@sniksnak559 4 жыл бұрын

I agree so much

@benjaminbrugger4719 Жыл бұрын

I’d absolutely suggest the game „Cursed treasure 2“ it’s a pretty classic td Soptopad with cool sound design that lets you actually act on your own by casting spells and such. It also lets you use parts of the map as towers after raiding/buying/whatever-ing them. Overall really cool Game and one of my favourite tds

@qllams Жыл бұрын

Absolutely the best. One of the rare games where I play with the sound on. And it's so pretty, too!

@mechanomics2649 3 жыл бұрын

I actually got my start in tower defense games in the early '00s with StarCraft. I've played tons of tower defense games but haven't come across many that scratch that particular itch for me.

@temtempo13 4 жыл бұрын

I think my favorite Tower Defense game is Defense Grid -- I really liked what felt like a great variety in levels. As for what makes a Tower Defense game good, I think being able to understanding what makes a strategy effective is really important to me, which means being able to predict how well a tower will function. I really appreciate it when the tradeoffs for each of the towers is presented clearly and accurately, and when I can easily tell how well a kind of tower is performing. This is why I really liked PvZ, because it always felt extremely obvious how many shots each kind of zombie took, how effective each tower was and why exactly a plan fell apart. Defense Grid likewise felt like it was possible to quickly determine what towers worked best in what contexts; in contrast, I never really got a good sense of how to play effectively in Gemcraft; I gave up on it pretty quickly because it never ended up feeling satisfying.

@zioniczenko 10 ай бұрын

I want to double down on this: what made Defense Grid so enjoyable to me were clearly defined towers and save states. In Bloons, when I lose, it's generally to late-stage rush, and I have no clue what I could have done to achieve more power. In DG, the threats and counters are so specific that I instantly know how I could have been more clever last round - and then I can just hit backspace and play the last round again! Also, Dungeon Defenders has Heavy, but Defense Grid has GLaDOS. So I guess there is no clear winner 🤷‍♂️

@ismlamaroof6438 2 жыл бұрын

The open concept style is by far the more fun kind, imo. You get to make all kinds of mazes with your towers and that is a big part of the fun. It also allows for a lot more towers to be placed on the map. The best game I ever played for this was Tower Madness 1, which had a good choice of towers and you could upgrade them a lot. An AOE mortar tower eventually became a nuclear missile silo, rofl.

@Loctorak Жыл бұрын

I don't really agree. It always felt to me that there was the meta formation of tower placement that was the most cost effective, and once you knew you had to do that it was like... every game felt the same and like i had no choices to make, just tasks to complete in a time limit - it was really unrewarding for me so i stopped playing them after a couple of weeks 😔

@AlexanderNash Жыл бұрын

@@Loctorakbecause it's limitations that breed creativity.

@AranhaaTheSixtyninth 3 жыл бұрын

I recommend Mindustry, It is Tower defence and ""'sandbox""" like factorio, and 2d, It is N I C E

@leontius5502 3 жыл бұрын

Mindustry is a good game but I think it's either too small or has too little content to be in this video

@rafhaelgonzales3436 3 жыл бұрын

@@leontius5502 ikr. i mean theres multi player but it doesnt satisfy my hunger for content

@cancerguy5435 3 жыл бұрын

@@leontius5502 tfw, I've spent 100 hours on the game on V5, which was like 2 times smaller than V6. Also, you can make mods for this game or play ones made by other players, possibilities are almost infinite lol.

@redacted5937 3 жыл бұрын

@@cancerguy5435 true. When I play time just flies by. It's also very satisfying to see your factories work and grow.

@vwerlg9954 3 жыл бұрын

omg I love that game

@astrotortoise33 5 жыл бұрын

I saw your clicker game video when it came out and scratched my head when I didn't see 100k plus subs. I'm glad I subbed. These videos are great! Great quality and you definitely deserve more subs

@danzeelot4845 5 жыл бұрын

I noticed that there are more channels with amazing content but not with many subs these days

@b-rad9270 5 жыл бұрын

You know channels who make videos like this? Videos that are really long and make a "documentary" about a topic. Those channels are amazing but don't get the recognition they deserve, well we are Lucky we found them at least.

@crazymangoz9583 5 жыл бұрын

Same

@TheDeathOrange 3 жыл бұрын

@@b-rad9270 Razbuten makes fantastic documentary style content about video games as well.

@teamont5 5 жыл бұрын

4:00 enemies: 300k people towers: usa military track: nevada deserts ME AND THE BOYS RAIDING AREA 51

@gabijota11 5 жыл бұрын

more like 3 people tbh

@bearcatben4762 5 жыл бұрын

7:30

@KnightoftheSorryFace 5 жыл бұрын

69 likes

@pussinboots9983 4 жыл бұрын

LOL even the destination is named "Area 51".

@vappyenjoyer24 4 жыл бұрын

@@gabijota11 more like 1

@kyarumomochi5146 3 жыл бұрын

Arknights is an amazing tower defense game that also shows that tower defense games can go to the "offensive" specrtrum

@soul3r248 3 жыл бұрын

Finally I've found an Arknights comment, good luck dokutah

@kyarumomochi5146 3 жыл бұрын

@@soul3r248 good luck too doktah! I wish you wished me luck before i got an offbanner on ash :D

@soul3r248 3 жыл бұрын

@@kyarumomochi5146 Stay strong, you'll see in the kal'sit and skalter banner ;)

@Nov-ic3 Жыл бұрын

Tower Defense game for weebs ngl

@CrazyLikeUhFox Жыл бұрын

Surprised I had to scroll so long to find Arknights.

@rendomstranger8698 3 жыл бұрын

Well, KZfaq recommended this video just before I was planning to play some Creeper world. So I might as well tell those who don't know that Creeper World is a tower defence game that exists. A tower defence where you fight an ocean to be precise. Kinda puts the traditional tower defence games to shame.

@AbsoluteChazmania 3 жыл бұрын

Creeper World’s a good series, though 1 and 3 are the better ones, and 4 basically takes the way those two work and brings it into 3D, with some better realization of fluid dynamic. I’ve beaten 1, I’m stuck on day 12 (I think) in 2, I’m stuck at a particular system the number of which I don’t remember in 3, and I’m stuck on the final main story level in 4 not including the secret one after the story. On a scale of One to worse than the flood from halo how would you rate fighting an ocean?

@davidarvingumazon5024 2 жыл бұрын

Minecraft vs Zombies 2 by Zor Cuer

@stevez2158 2 жыл бұрын

I really do wish more people knew about this absolute gem of a game. It combines the best aspects of tower defense with the freedom of an RTS game.

@angelo4678 Жыл бұрын

I remember logging in to Armor Games and played so much of it during my high school years. I really loved it

@eric_pain. Жыл бұрын

I like creeper world, it doesn't (usually) force a "get this level done before x" (apart from i think level 5 or 6 in cw1 level 18 or 19 in cw2 and the 2nd to last area in cw3) i just like the whole "surrounded by enemy" thing :/

@thisisiampie6946 5 жыл бұрын

Rip battles. Also who else was low-key only here for bloons. Also also bloons and pvz have amazing music

@dennisodischew7201 5 жыл бұрын

Bloons

@shirohae6430 5 жыл бұрын

@MINDAUGAS716 5 жыл бұрын

What happened to battles?

@bipitybop_ 5 жыл бұрын

Kingdom Rush also has legendary music

@absorb5161 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@slovnicurling9808 5 жыл бұрын

I don't see anybody mention Cursed Treasure. Really good browser TD.

@GDO9099 5 жыл бұрын

The lava/volcano tower is op

@carloscharles9689 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man for mentioning this TD since I forgot what it was called and now I enjoy it more then I should.

@slovnicurling9808 5 жыл бұрын

@@GDO9099 you need something op against op ninjas :D

@slovnicurling9808 5 жыл бұрын

@@carloscharles9689 You are welcome. Probably my favourite browser TD. Btw just in case you didn't know there are 2 games and the first has a level pack with the same amout levels as the basic game. So basically 3 games.

@fishecake2794 4 жыл бұрын

really good game, also do you know incursion? its also in my opinion just as good as Cursed Treasure

@Warliet 3 жыл бұрын

And then with 2020 Arknights for Mobile came up on use to be played.

@chadkruse6950 3 жыл бұрын

A great underrated tower defense is the sanctum series, and it's a shame so few people know about them

@burgerman72. 4 жыл бұрын

Game: “Tower Defence” **shows kingdom rush**

@iappeareverywhere6351 4 жыл бұрын

It's still tower defense

@noahvries3328 4 жыл бұрын

A man of culture I see

@assassincheese2307 4 жыл бұрын

I know this is old and sry, but I really don't get what you mean

@burgerman72. 4 жыл бұрын

What

@assassincheese2307 4 жыл бұрын

@@burgerman72. Is kindom rush not a tower defense game now?

@elnogal9298 4 жыл бұрын

You speaked so little about Kingdom Rush it almost makes me sad, well, it actually does make me so sad.

@thememegod8938 3 жыл бұрын

“Me too kid, me tooo

@oom-3262 3 жыл бұрын

its the best tower defense game with 0 doubt

@systeminvalid6906 3 жыл бұрын

@@oom-3262 nah BTD is

@bakes1324 3 жыл бұрын

@@systeminvalid6906 if a kingdom rush game released with the same amount of content as btd 6 it would be the best td of all time

@bugjams 3 жыл бұрын

@@systeminvalid6906 They're different sub-genres of TD games, it's not really fair to call one "better." The main difference is that Bloons doesn't really have "stall" units that stay on the path, whereas a huge part of Kingdom Rush's strategy is to use path units to block enemies while DPS towers clean them up. In Bloons, there's really very little strategy aside from good placement and tower combos. Defeating a wave of bloons is _really_ just a damage check, when you think about it. Nothing against Bloons btw, I love both game series to death. I just wish there were more games like Kingdom Rush - games where you have clear-cut areas where you can place towers (like building plots, or tiles, as opposed to just placing them anywhere they can fit). It makes your tower placement feel much more strategic and important. Recently, the closest thing I found is Arknights, but that game has so many different mechanics as well, that it can barely even be called a tower defense game.

@NilEoe Жыл бұрын

The nostalgia as I see my whole childhood in those flash TD games :)

@nappeywappey Жыл бұрын

Infinitode 2 is the tower defence that ive spent the most hours into. It's very grindy tho, so if you don't like that, it's not for you.

@clayton8or 5 жыл бұрын

Canyon Defense was a big part of my flash game mid childhood...

@davidpereira5969 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@soup3583 5 жыл бұрын

Canyon defense 2.i loved it

@arjunamalinao8312 5 жыл бұрын

Yes yeeeet

@hollyleaf3941 5 жыл бұрын

@SergeantMolt 5 жыл бұрын

Dude that was my after-and-during-school JAM

@plasmetal8225 5 жыл бұрын

Oh damn, I just realized. PvZ is having its 10th anniversary soon. (May 5th, so about in about 2 weeks)

@matijakrmpotic926 5 жыл бұрын

PvZ 3 suprise????

@user-iz1ud3tz6d 5 жыл бұрын

News about a shooter is coming on May 5th I think

@vladthemagnificent9052 5 жыл бұрын

oh. that's why PvZ is lately taking over everyone's recommended list

@derpmarine216 5 жыл бұрын

Oh wait, that's my birthday.

@lorenzot.7045 5 жыл бұрын

@@derpmarine216 mine too, grats

@Nimta 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone always seems to miss that BTD5 *did* in fact have a chat system, which you access simply by pressing Enter/Return.

@lolucorn1 3 жыл бұрын

Which is why btd6 chat is infinitely worse

@Somerandomguy2763 2 жыл бұрын

@@lolucorn1 what chat

@lolucorn1 2 жыл бұрын

@@Somerandomguy2763 that little icon on the top of the money giving tab

@Somerandomguy2763 2 жыл бұрын

@@lolucorn1 oh i thought it was like free chat

@fosoofkkkfkfkckd 2 жыл бұрын

the flash version, not the steam and mobile version

@Goremize 3 жыл бұрын

This is like an insane nostalgia hit of old flash games back when that was so popular. Man I miss those Flash days...

@pqjsmzhwdidigsbrlsyahwnwue8439 5 жыл бұрын

KINGDOM RUSH! The first one was unbalanced but it got much better after that. Vengeance was too easy lol

@weloniko 5 жыл бұрын

frontiers is way harder on steam than flash

@thokrumgrozo-gamersteamcz9531 5 жыл бұрын

@@weloniko wait, really? I can beat KR 1, Origins and Vengeance on any difficulty, but i have big problem with Frontiers even in casual difficulty...ON MOBILE! xDD

@williamwyckoff 5 жыл бұрын

I would rate it Frontiers is Hardest, then First, Vengeance, then Origins. Giving barracks bows just made them too OP

@mako8728 5 жыл бұрын

Really? I cant finish vengeance What should i use as tower

@Redpanda1214 5 жыл бұрын

I only don't like about kingdom rush was it's so short you can finish it in 1day

@Sandvichnsuch 3 жыл бұрын

GemCraft is probably my favorite of the bunch since there's so many maps, so much scaling and a massive variety in how you go about it.

@pepkin88 3 жыл бұрын

Moreover, in my opinion it should be treated as a saga, 5 games as of now. The first of the series was much simpler than the later ones, I think it's a good starting point. You can see that each game had a bit different approach, with different balance and overall game strategy. Also the controls were evolving - in Chapter 0 you had to combine gems manually, but in Labyrinth it was simplified with the U key shortcut. I liked the lore element to it, although not a selling point, a nice touch nonetheless. But for me the biggest differentiator would be the quality and the attention to detail. The sprite design, the graphic and sound effects, the music, the UI, the overall atmosphere. Since the first game it was showing that it is more than a simple Flash game. It's good to see that the series is alive and, despite the demise of Flash, continues its journey, this time on Steam.

@vaderciya Жыл бұрын

@@pepkin88 I've been playing gemcraft labyrinth again recently, using a program called flashpoint that archives all flash games from back in the day I was so happy its still on there, as even though I like the 2 gemcraft games on steam, labyrinth hits different

@Humaricslastcall Жыл бұрын

@@vaderciya Yeah, GCL is the last "Classical" Gemcraft game before Chasing Shadows just completely upended everything. It's still rather playable for those who's experience is limited to GCCS or GCFW, since the gem forge is the big quality-of-life addition that the later games adapted and continued on with.

@RedAutumn0706 3 жыл бұрын

Arknights is PvZ mixed with BtD, the ads are cringe but god damn the TD is amazing

@5upermini555 3 жыл бұрын

And the BGM is also top notch. But yeah, the initial ads of the game are really cringe, until you watch the official trailers from the JP server and the recent ones on Global

@Rock07525 3 жыл бұрын

BtD?

@coolgamer2964 3 жыл бұрын

Those are literally my 2 favorite tower defense games, this game sounds really cool.

@archive2500 3 жыл бұрын

I am quite sad that I feel like PVZ is underrepresented in this vid. It is a very popular TD game because of its distinct format and crazy and different concepts of towers (the plants) and targets (the zombies). And that PVZ2 is not mentioned as well, in which, the game is brutally challenging when it comes to also added missions and it has quite different mechanics in objectives and levels. You can tell much about it after finishing PVZ. And PVZ: GWF and PVZ: GWF2, in which, stemming from an FPS shooter game combining it with its TD roots is absolutely a clever idea to ramp up the franchise, seeing the plants and zombies in 3D action and in a more real-life scenario.

@doomguy4495 2 жыл бұрын

I completely agree man, PVZ is one of my favorite games and I love how different it is and how well it wears its image if that makes any sense. To be honest I didn’t even think of PVZ as a tower defense game until this video, I think it’s so fun and unique that it kind of falls a little bit out of the genre of tower defense. It’s an amazing game and I agree it was slightly under represented. Great video overall I just think PVZ deserves more respect for just how legendary it was in its day!

@Loctorak Жыл бұрын

PvZ was amazing. Unlike any other game, highly polished (as was Peggle, made by the same people) and stuffed to the brim with style and personality

@NickAndriadze 8 ай бұрын

I don't think it'd been good if he talked solely about what is without the doubt the most popular tower defence game. Glad he covered more niche ones as well.

@IamCoalfoot 3 жыл бұрын

I vaguely remember a futuristic TD game where certain towers had certain upgrades and arguably the best was the laser: If a laser shoots into another laser, it transfers its own damage and range into its target. So you make groups of lasers firing on a central one to make a single big laser. Or cover the map in lasers and make a Death Star. Good times.

@kkknl 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure Onslaught 2 does this

@the13thtonino56 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe this is Defense Grid?

@Cell4TR Жыл бұрын

You mean "Harvest: Massive Encounter"?

@Careless-Vr Жыл бұрын

The white laboratory perhaps?

@Artholos Жыл бұрын

Sanctum 2 friendship lasers?

@NightFore 5 жыл бұрын

19:45 That Heavy from Team Fortress 2 running around though.

@Lolo_Antonio-FryEmUpFan 4 жыл бұрын

Man vs magic

@meepoffaith6153 4 жыл бұрын

Ya da da da da da da da da da

@lefishe9011 4 жыл бұрын

@@meepoffaith6153 It is good day to be not dead

@stickmasterlukeRBX Жыл бұрын

Antbuster is one of my favorite TD games. It's got a unique quirk and some fun upgrade paths for towers. Anyone looking to check out old TDs, that they may have missed should give this one a play.

@madeyourmark 3 жыл бұрын

Warcraft 3's wintermaul wars is still my favorite TD game of all time, designed as a 3v3 pvp game that scales well in 2v2 and 1v1. Mazing is left up to you, you send all of the monsters for the enemy to defeat, it's incredibly fast-paced and games can last a long time.

@collectiusindefinitus6935 5 жыл бұрын

Onslaught 2 predicted the Area 51 raid

@markzucc2096 5 жыл бұрын

Who loves kingdom rush. I also played the flash game bug attack.

@flamo2666 5 жыл бұрын

Played all kingdom rush games. Kingdom rush, Kingdom Rush Origins, Kingdom Rush Frontiers and I’m about to play Kingdom Rush Vengeance.

@lyrolee7807 5 жыл бұрын

@@flamo2666 absolutely love them all

@Kappi__ 5 жыл бұрын

i got them all on steam and i was not disappointed. Just waiting for Vengeance

@memekadecommunist460 5 жыл бұрын

Best tower defense game

@mr_unsubscribe 5 жыл бұрын

I love the kingdom rush series, although I don't think Vengeance was as good as it's precursors but it is still a good game

@Erelium 5 ай бұрын

The absolute wave of nostalgia you hit me with when you showed Bubble Tanks TD-

@WisemanxSmash 3 жыл бұрын

Tower Defense games have such a middle-school nostalgia for me. BTD3 and WC3's Legion TD were my all-time favorites.

@77garga Жыл бұрын

@carver3147 remember Burbenog TD ? ;)

@Hattori75 5 жыл бұрын

I would suggest trying Orcs Must Die if you have ever wanted to cause looney tunes levels of violence.

@tomhill3248 4 жыл бұрын

It's also more logical. Which I quite like about it. It's not just gore, because it's really not that violent. It's much more complex and satisfying then that, like a high class desert. Wonderful game Orcs Must Die.

@Penitten 4 жыл бұрын

@@tomhill3248 aaand it's gone :(

@rebooteed_3434 4 жыл бұрын

@@Penitten what is? the game?

@Penitten 4 жыл бұрын

@@rebooteed_3434 yep, the game sadly got booted by the devs, because of low player count and high server maintenance costs :(

@viktorholm3386 4 жыл бұрын

@@Penitten Yeah but not the Original 2, its sad that theire Online F2P Game didnt go well but the 2 Standalone Games are still playable since they do not require online play and they are also more coop focused

@kiyokiyoko 5 жыл бұрын

6:55 Game:Tower Defense. What a descriptive game title about having kingdoms and rushing

@staticsphere_ 3 жыл бұрын

“When penguins attack”. God I hope this is backed up somewhere, the game was a classic for me when I was young.

@thatnentendogamer3611 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, that was a personal favorite of mine

@EragonShadeslayer 2 жыл бұрын

It’s probably in BlueMaxima Flashpoint check it out

@maxdukhovskoy1406 2 жыл бұрын

15:26 the supermonkey on the victory screen matched up with the music lol

@drstepan1078 5 жыл бұрын

"The tower that just slows things down." *Shows CORROSIVE glue gunner which pops bloons once every 10 secs.* *Edit: It's once every 2 seconds not 10*

@atcampbell123 5 жыл бұрын

DrStepan *once every 2 secs

@drstepan1078 5 жыл бұрын

@@atcampbell123 thnx

@true_tbh 5 жыл бұрын

At least it slows them down right?

@arjunamalinao8312 5 жыл бұрын

I get the best BLOON LIQUIFIER

@thisisiampie6946 5 жыл бұрын

@@arjunamalinao8312 i got me a 2-0-5 so i can pop camo regrow reds

@AtomiicCoasters 5 жыл бұрын

finally, i've been waiting for another one of these since the clicker!

@mrinalnandi3988 3 жыл бұрын

i just know this channel is gonna be huge ,waiting for the time i can brag to others about being before the million mark,gg my man great video !

@xarim4769 3 жыл бұрын

My first TD was 4Towers on my father’s iPhone 4. It was a futuristic themed game where you had to fight aliens with geometrical and colorful towers. There were 4 towers: red (damage), blue (low damage - slow), purple (splash damage) and green (it lowers the enemy defense - LOW damage). You couldn’t put them anywhere, but there are 3 types of places: normal (just your tower), dual (use a primary tower and a secondary tower to unlock a new tower like constant damage in an area (red + purple iirc)), and super (put a tower here to use a clickable super attack with a long cooldown). Every level at the end had a boss. This was preceded by various waves of different kinds of enemies (and sometimes previous bosses). You could also upgrade every tower from lvl 1 to lvl 3. You could upgrade your towers more using “equipments” that you found after the levels. That’s all I remember but man was it good…

@pine_apple6674 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite tower defence game is mindustry classic. It's a complicated minning based tower defence game u fight enemy's in waves and see how long u can last a very simple concept and has a lot of defences and different ores with a random generation which could make life easy or difficult if u get bored of it I say play mindusry(mindustry two)it has a Campain concept to it but u can switch to infinite waves if u want this one has more ores more complicated defences and more powerful enemy's it get really complicated play it if u want a challenge

@arlenedemetria8746 4 жыл бұрын

New game called mindustry

@pine_apple6674 4 жыл бұрын

@@arlenedemetria8746 yea it's a pretty good game just search it an play store

@arlenedemetria8746 4 жыл бұрын

I have it in my phone

@pine_apple6674 4 жыл бұрын

@@arlenedemetria8746 nice

@bruvocado 4 жыл бұрын

Ohh thank you so much i forgot the name of the game and couldn’t find it anywhere finally i remember the name😂

@DJTileTurnip 5 жыл бұрын

I must tell you that Tower Defense is my favorite genre of game, from PVZ, BTD5, Kingdom Rush, all of them are special to me

@undeadgamingyt9681 5 жыл бұрын

Same I love to play strategy games and the ones you mentioned are my favourite

@God-ch8lq 5 жыл бұрын

they are also really easy to make and really easy to add more features

@jokkemursu8431 5 жыл бұрын

What about btd6

@adasar1718 5 жыл бұрын

Yup

@megaicculus1441 11 ай бұрын

This was a solid run through of flash tower defense games. I remember playing a good most of these flash TD's but I think some of the most iconic tower defense games got their start on the custom maps of Warcraft III frozen throne. Element TD and now Element TD2 have been remade on steam. A personal favorite for mazing was Gem TD. I cannot forget to mention the first that left a big impact was Marvel TD, played this custom game map at a LAN party and was super fun.

@EQ_EnchantX 9 ай бұрын

Looking for this comment. Element TD was such a good game. So many unique tower combos, and each had its own str and weakness!

@Notllamalord Жыл бұрын

There’s something so hype about Bloons coop, especially the boss fights in btd6. Not splitting the map and fighting for farm space is the definition of dumb fun

@battle00333 5 жыл бұрын

One note about Gemcraft is that "Gemcraft" isn't the full title of the game. The Gemcraft game in this video is "Gemcraft: Chasing Shadows" infact there is a whole series of Gemcraft games

@gabymorgi9465 5 жыл бұрын

I can't wait for frostborn wrath 😫😆 😊 😃 😏 😍 😘 😚 😳 😌 😆 😁 😉 😜 😝 😀

@ChaosCha0s 4 жыл бұрын

Gaby Morgi sorry i don’t speak cringe

@rebooteed_3434 4 жыл бұрын

@@gabymorgi9465 you used... so many emojis... holy sh!t, were hitting cringe levels that shouldn’t even be possible..

@trutwhut6550 4 жыл бұрын

@@rebooteed_3434 😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂🙂🙃😉😊😇🥰😍🤩😘😗☺😚😙😋😛😜🤪😝🤑🤗🤭🤫🤔🤐🤨😐😑😶😏😒🙄😬🤥😌😔😪🤤😴😷🤒🤕🤢🤮🤧🥵🥶🥴😵🤯🤠🥳😎🤓🧐😕😟

@rebooteed_3434 4 жыл бұрын

@@trutwhut6550 wtf

@ravengg3945 5 жыл бұрын

Another great video! I would like to recomend the pokemon tower defense trilogy. They are great TD games because they have their own story mode and they implement diferent mechanics from the pokemon games. My favorite of the trilogy is the second one but all of them are very entretaining.

@SJohann 5 жыл бұрын

The second one is the best because you can actually walk around the world, wonder why they removed it in PTD3.

@kokoki3736 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Really think that game(s) should have more recognition.

@harrylamont6007 5 жыл бұрын

Haven't played the third, but the first is my personal favourite. PTD2 has an extremely entertaining 1v1 mode, however!

@tdcalverley99 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, man, I forgot about those XD They were pretty great, but I think I preferred the first :D

@mellow3995 5 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad someone mentioned the PTD trilogy, those are.some really fun games which can be really challenging as well

@recentlettuce834 3 жыл бұрын

i love tower defense games as well and i have no idea what makes them so addicting i just cant stop theyre so simple aswell

@agiar2000 3 жыл бұрын

I used to play Sanctum (2011). It's a combination of tower defense and first-person-shooter. You get money by killing enemies, and you can spend that money on a combination of upgrading your FPS weapons and placing and upgrading towers. You set the "trap", because the map starts with a certain general shape and some constraints, but almost all include some wide area in which you can build a "maze" for your ground-based enemies to traverse. You also have to consider the balance between maximizing maze length and maximizing the number of turns in the maze, as there are some enemies that accelerate as long as they travel along a straight path, so they're better slowed by making a maze that constantly turns left and right, but that might not be the longest maze, so other enemies that aren't slowed by turns will traverse it more quickly. Some enemies have small weakpoints that the towers are unlikely to hit, so you can't invest EVERYTHING into towers. You need some value in your FPS weapons, like the sniper rifle. Also, you can place certain floor-based "towers" that allow enemies to traverse them but either slow them down or do damage while they are moving over it. I found it a lot of fun, but far too difficult for me to get past the first few levels.

@KryptKicker5 Жыл бұрын

That sounds pretty cool.

@adrian23422 5 жыл бұрын

You should try the "orcs must die" games. Its a lot like Dungeon Defenders

@cullitonarchives 5 жыл бұрын

Adrian Ceku it’s shut down

@4f52 5 жыл бұрын

@@cullitonarchives It's a series. How could they shutdown the first two offline games that weren't that pay2win crap?

@cullitonarchives 5 жыл бұрын

4f52 I honestly didn’t know others existed....sorry. I only knew of the one shutting down....

@rapturews 5 жыл бұрын

@@cullitonarchivesThe 2 originals are actually really fun and hold up well even by today's gaming standards.

@ethetic_1128 5 жыл бұрын

The servers shut down April 16th

@SiggiTheHopper2 5 жыл бұрын

I'd like to add Sanctum and Sanctum 2 for anyone looking for a more futuristic version of Dungeon Defenders :)

@quintopia 5 жыл бұрын

Would have loved to hear what he thought of these. Some of my favorites, and I've never even tried co-op mode.

@quindao4431 5 жыл бұрын

Same

@lounirs 2 жыл бұрын

My first td was surprinsingly Genshin Impact. During an event, you could play against mobs, so you would put your team members at specific positions, and run around and try to make type combos to kill them. My second td was a touhou fan game, and I still had no idea what a td was, but I loved it. I love td, fr

@CrazyLikeUhFox Жыл бұрын

If you want more weeb TD try Arknights.

@5tries368 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta love the nostalgia hit back from some of these games. My favourites are PVZ and the kingdom rush series though

@Captain1nsaneo 5 жыл бұрын

TD didn't really start with flash, it started with Starcraft's map editor. Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne is where it exploded and pretty much every mechanic you see in modern TDs first appeared in some custom map there. I'd recommend picking up the remaster for WC3:TFT when it comes out as it is supposed to be backwards compatible with custom maps made in the original. A couple TD's that are unusual: Terrorhedron; cheap, short, and 3D. Probably a student project. Space Run; the original not the sequel. Limited build space, timers, and cargo. Sanctum/Super Sanctum TD; Sanctum is an FPS TD that leans on shooting skills. Good example of putting TD into FPS map design. Deathtrap; diablo meets TD. Not as open as I'd like, but well built. Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal; the enemies are water. Dungeon Warfare 1 and 2; Physics traps actually work to kill enemies, fantastic TDs. TD's I'm looking at trying: Siege of Centauri The White Laboratory Dungeon Manager ZV 2

@martinluc2361 5 жыл бұрын

Hellhalt TD , légion TD and for maze some Maul one !

@MysticLoser 5 жыл бұрын

SC colored turret defence mixed was awesome. Still remember the glitch of loading the civilians in the shuttles amd running it into the buy beacons for infinite goliath. Lurker def was awesome too.

@Captain1nsaneo 5 жыл бұрын

@@MysticLoser I could never get past the dark templar wave in lurker def, needing to attack your own units to hit large numbers of invis heroes was hard.

@faulespack2985 5 жыл бұрын

Element TD is my favorite in wc3

@Captain1nsaneo 5 жыл бұрын

@@faulespack2985 That was a fun map, I liked the older versions of it with the upgradable forge towers before they were made terrible.

@wabadoodel 5 жыл бұрын

As a Game Dev. in the making these videos are great to analys. i find these two videos great. as they look at these popular game genrer from a gamers P.O.V. they are also great as they display what works and what doesnt work. I am gratefull for the work you do andi sincerely hop that you continue making this sort of videos.

@harrisonbarrett2635 5 жыл бұрын

What game(s) did you make?

@harrisonbarrett2635 5 жыл бұрын

/work on

@pharoahman475 Ай бұрын

Years ago, but something I feel the need to mention in the opening. Tower Defense is great for ADHD, since while it is slow paced, something is always happening on the map and you can get away with focusing a lot more on the individual stuff then you can in other games.

@Tennouseijin 2 жыл бұрын

One thing I find great about tower defence games is that - when you do lose - you often have a fairly good idea what to do next. Either you realize some mistake you've made which you can improve upon in the next attempt. Or you have an idea for a completely different strategy, which might not end up better than last one, but at least it'll give you a different gameplay, so it'll be fun even when you lose again. Or there is some meta-progress mechanic that allows you to buy upgrades between attempts, so your next attempt will be a bit easier. So you never feel stuck, or clueless. Compare it to, say, RTS games where a beginner might not really know why they lost, what they can do better in the next attempt, and since the games generally go very different each time, you can't simply make small improvements to your strategy, or you can't be sure if a loss or victory was because of something you did, or luck, or maybe the opponent was just too good for your skill. Or say shooter games where often 'you just need quicker reaction time' and 'git gud', which means even when you know what to do, it doesn't mean you can pull it off. Which can be frustrating.

@nomisvdp282 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed playing mindustry, which is a tower defense-resource management game

@yaboi9507 4 жыл бұрын

Yes finally someone mentioned it

@SansDiamond 3 жыл бұрын

yay! same

@krabben135 5 жыл бұрын

Completely forgot Warcraft III Frozen Throne's "GEM TOWER DEFENCE". In my opponion that is the best

@FallOfTheLiving 5 жыл бұрын

there is also a flash version on the web that covers the same one well

@cowpiefa11y 5 жыл бұрын

Or team line tower wars or winter maul wars or element td or soldier td. Honestly pretty sad he didnt talk about a single wc3 td even though most of them a head and shoulders above everything else.

@thiago7963 5 жыл бұрын

@@cowpiefa11y yeah, they were much better than browser ones, even till today. Wc3 engine was pretty solid for this type of game.

@SOAPGames 4 жыл бұрын

Isn't there also the secret level in the Blood Elves' campaign that's also a TD level?

@lanceknightmare 4 жыл бұрын

There was a hidden tower in that game which had a weird requirement to get. I spent to much time on that game. My brother even knew a few of the creators and played with them years ago.

@Lovuschka 3 жыл бұрын

The "Protector" series comes to mind, as well as "Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten", for great titles that you might have missed. There is one with an interesting story, according to TVTropes, which is called "Immortal Defense". For the B-Movie style, "Unstoppable Gorg" is awesome. EDIT: Also "Sol Survivor" is a great game, I have over 100 hours in it. Some of them obviously in coop.

@thenonsequitur 9 ай бұрын

Defender's Quest is definitely in my top 3 favorite tower defense games (the others begin Defense Grid and PVZ).

@alanevans5353 Жыл бұрын

I played a lot of The Cube TD in custom maps on Warcraft 3 when I was a kid with my family, Tower Defense games are super fun on their own but the extra level of competition made it super awesome.

@SHADOW_F_A_X 5 жыл бұрын

I will say, kingdom rush is the best tower defence in my opinion

@HellBlade-od2mf 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed, it has a huge variety of enemies, a campign, a good variety of towers, u can clearly understand what ur suppose to do, constant action with your Abilities and Hero and to end if off BOSSES

@basilumeh2458 5 жыл бұрын

Same, all the kingdom rush games

@spicychilliboi7028 5 жыл бұрын

👌👌👌👌👌

@tigahmann3631 5 жыл бұрын

Soo true

@GDPanda69 5 жыл бұрын

Sad no mention of Defense Grid, but good stuff none the less!

@B1ackout850 Жыл бұрын

The first game i ever played in this genre was a game in the nintendo DSI called fieldrunners, i remember playing this game into the early hours of the morning and hiding my ds under my pillow when i jeard something, i often go back and play it and enjoy the difficulty it still presents to this day, its a tower defence game where you create the path and are limited to 4 different types of towers per map so strategy trumps any overpowered tower. Overall it created my love for a genre that can do so much within its scope.

@CalbDoesStuff Жыл бұрын

i remember an early tower defence game I played as a child, it was this obscure toystory game that had a minigame in which you played, well, a tower defence game.

@jankthunder4012 5 жыл бұрын

I think "creeper world" is a pretty genius twist on tower defense, where you creep your grid forwards gradually to finish the level.

@atnorange5491 5 жыл бұрын

Aw man

@billybobjoe4847 5 жыл бұрын

@rmsgrey 5 жыл бұрын

I'd class it more as genre-adjacent than as a "true" tower defense game. - the enemy is a simulated viscous fluid that spawns at pump-like nodes and flows outward respecting terrain elevation rather than discrete units that advance toward a specific goal. - the goal is to capture certain points on each level, rather than to defend. - a large chunk of gameplay is building up and extending an energy network to claim and control territory. "Towers" are only deployed at the front lines. On the other hand, it's a pretty cool game, with two sequels - the second game is side-on, meaning gravity is an issue - and rather than activating nodes to escape, the main objective is to destroy all creeper (specifically the emitters), but you also gain the ability to generate anti-creeper, which is harmless, and annihilates with equal and opposite amounts of creeper. The third game is rather closer to the first, though on a somewhat larger scale, with the option to drop in multiple command centers to allow you to build out from multiple places, a terraforming ability, and bottomless chasms separating terrain into chunks on some levels, giving a more varied experience. There's also a fourth game in development. And there's another game from the same developer, Particle Fleet: Emergence, which, while it's not in the Creeper World series, has a fair degree of family resemblance - it's mostly ships in space with free-floating particulate in place of the fluid Creeper, with fixed energy nodes rather than the ability to construct an energy network (though certain ships can act as relays). Again, none of the games are "pure" tower defence - rather they have TD elements. Then again, so does StarCraft...

@kimberlyurbanski7880 5 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of a game called "Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten"? Definitely one of my favorites.

@demonthegamer3624 Жыл бұрын

Hey RE, i have a td game recommendation if you want, a game called Mindustry, it's kinda hard to describe to you what it is exactly but basically it's factorio with a tower defense element and has a sort of planetary colonial theme to it. The game is still being updated to this day, the most recent update added a new planet for you to conquer, but i think it's still a bit of a work in progress. It's pretty unique for a tower defense game and i highly recommend you check it out

@imthesleepyskeleton5462 3 жыл бұрын

A game called Two Timin' Towers from a 2020 game jam is my favorite because the towers usually just shoot in general directions instead of aiming but the the player who builds the towers should also dodge the bullets and collect loot in the battlefield while everything is still moving. Totally recommend it.

@masterjerelk820 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, another good tower defense is "orc must die " 1&2, both of them are great (its a bit like dungeon defender but less chaotic). It has a good campaign, good replyability and a coop mode that work well. I really recommand you both of them! there is also sanctum that is not much talked about but is really good. Hope you ll see this comment and try them. Love your vids.

@benjaminswartley1803 5 жыл бұрын

18:36

@TheTruestPiano 4 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminswartley1803 he never gives the game a review he just says someone made an article about the genre with that game as an example

@yuhan4469 4 жыл бұрын

"less chaotic"? Smoother is the right word bro

@olympianadamas7054 5 жыл бұрын

Favorite tower defense is kingdom rush who's with me?

@samirbelica2358 5 жыл бұрын

Olympian Adamas for me it’s bloons

@calwhitt01 5 жыл бұрын

vengeance came out and I'm so excited to play it

@SansDiamond 5 жыл бұрын

Not me

@Urmom-rf6tm 5 жыл бұрын

Me but u like bloons more

@kennie1312 5 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah man

@mollysmoshingtankcrew9441 Жыл бұрын

kingdom rush is easily my favorite. it has an attractive art style. it has a "story" of sorts if you can call it that. and a ton of variety in both enemies and unique towers. the effects and animations are really well made. and as someone who has tried my hand at making a tower defense game. i can tell you the quality is top notch

@iangaffaney 11 ай бұрын

Wow I was quite supeised when i say the upload date! This video doesnt feel dated whatsoever, fantastic stuff!

@doorsday147 5 жыл бұрын

Creeper world anyone? No? Just me? Okay..... NOT MINECRAFT BTW

@MaxRamos8 5 жыл бұрын

Hell yah. Hard AF but rewarding

@Crunk_Cat 5 жыл бұрын

I love creeper world dude, its basically all I play.

@tilleul6917 5 жыл бұрын

Creeper world serie are one of the best tower defense ever made.

@zandbergx9747 5 жыл бұрын

I lpve creeper world!

@TheSkypetube 5 жыл бұрын

Creeper world gets repetitive from shooting the color blue

@Zeus.2459 5 жыл бұрын

Squadron Tower Defense, anyone? There's a reason it stayed the single most popular game in the Starcraft 2 arcade for years.

@zaxtonhong3958 5 жыл бұрын

Ayyyyyyy

@ivanthealien8777 5 жыл бұрын

I love that game so much half of my hours on SC2 are on arcade games like Squadron TD

@drake3184 5 жыл бұрын

eyyyy std

@itshoddy1236 5 жыл бұрын

Look Behind You STD is fun

@qresq2148 Жыл бұрын

5:30 i think that a game "infinitode2" is a pretty nice td game for those who like to spend some time on games. Potentionally worth a try in my opinion.

@djsnowpdx Жыл бұрын

Factorio is a great tower defense game. There are multiple kinds of turrets, player combat, upgrades, resource management, and great coop! It wasn’t even classed as such but has better tower defense mechanics than some TD games I’ve played.

@aayushnaithani5130 5 жыл бұрын

Canyon defence introduced me and made me fall in love with this genre!

@kadeonines5178 3 жыл бұрын

Canyon Defense introduced me and got my love, Kingdom Rush made me stay.

@ElfHostage 3 жыл бұрын

Tower Defense Simulator on ROBLOX is the king of them all.

@jirouetecia6799 4 жыл бұрын

I always look for customizability in my TD games. I'm talking towers with multiple unique upgrade paths.

@cham891 Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I'm looking for! Can you recommend me some games?

@doka2trade.414 11 ай бұрын

I know only Tower Blitz in Roblox, where every tower have 2 upgrade paths

@Baer1990 Жыл бұрын

thumbs up for onslaught, the hours I sank into that game before I even understood combo's is unreal

@Loctorak Жыл бұрын

One i never see mentioned was actually a custom map for Warcraft 3 like DotA was and it was called "Crop Circles TD". It was popular for a short while, in part due to its unique mechanic of cloning the mobs each time they hit certain splitting points along the route, and also just had a vast array of towers you could choose. Another big custom WC3 TD worth mentioning is Elements TD, which had the most comprehensive, fluid and interesting system for upgrading your towers. No two games were exactly alike and it was generally just a really well made TD at a time before TDs really even took off as a concept. A lot of the games that came after (like the ones in this list) ended up taking inspiration from early TDs like these, but sadly - due to their reliance on warcraft 3s servers - the TDs themselves seem all but lost to time.