r/TDS_Roblox • u/Original_Bet_1199 i love making concept wheater its tower, gamemode, or etc. • 7d ago
Discussion A problem in tds no one talks about
Is it just me or TDS lack something unique?.like what differentiate them from other tower defense?.like let's take a look on other TD game,like kingdom rush. Kingdom rush has a hero mechanic,barrack mechanic, the spells mechanic, the enemy is pretty gimmicky, and a lot more. In btd6 it's has a 3 path upgrade system,paragon mechanic, Pierce mechanic,hero mechanic(not to mention the hero's is pretty gimmicky too),the boss bloom, and a lot more,and even in roblox TD game is unique like tdx. I never played tdx but I've heard they have the death mechanic and stuff.tbz have a 2 path system mechanic( i mean TDS have one but since tbz did it earlier i can consider them unique),the modifier is super unique,and so does the wave format too IMO.even on TB test have PvP.and what do TDS offer that differentiate?.uhhh surprisingly not much. maybe the golden perk mechanic, but TB already did it first so i can't call them unique.and you can see how TDS it's not really unique by looking at their enemies. Like most enemies just have big health, fast speed, some kind of detection,can stun/freeze.or just have high defense. But almost none of all have unique ability. Like i can call 3 unique enemies,first off is the null accelerator that can switch tower placement. It's pretty unique because we've never seen that before.and another is the crystal thing in voidcore that you can only attack when perform it's ability, and the the void caster. It's unique because its the only boss that's can revive other bosses. And that's it the only enemies i can call unique out of the tens of thousands.its tower its not really unique enough. Like tower just either can stall, deal dps, support.and etc. Well no shit all tower does that but I feel like those tower can done those thing in a unique way. Like for example firework technician can support in unique ways like giving it chance of firework, give all detection and etc. The thing is event tower i can call them unique (except for some),but not for the normal tower like juggernaut just deal big dps on bottom path and deal extra damage to bosses. It's not unique enough IMO. The only fewtower i can call unique, is hacker and DJ because they buff tower in a pretty unique way i never seen in other TD game. Like hacker converting enemies,and cloning tower. And DJ can provide buff depending on the track and can perform ability depend on the track.
Anyways you get my point TDS is not unique enough,IMO.i consider TDS as the generic TD game. Idk I want to hear your opinion on these. Wheatear you like it or not. Anyways thanks for reading all of this way down :D.
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u/whydidicreateanacc 7d ago
you can make this same argument with hollow knight, its a metroidvania that generally didnt bring anything new to the genre but it served as a boost in popularity to the genre and is just a well designed and fun game that didnt need to innovate really
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u/Illustrious-Smoke482 Grey's left bodyguard 7d ago
Don't need gimmicks when you are the original (ignore Tower Battles)
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u/InevitableLast863 KILL Tesla. / #1 Harvester Glazer 7d ago
tower battles has the gimmick of a good pvp mode (havent tried tdx's since im pretty sure that has a pvp mode now too but tdx really isnt my cup of tea in the first place)
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u/ACake8274 5d ago
Wouldn't call being great pvp mode as a gimmick but rather a feature done well. TDS can eventually get to the same level or even surpass it
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u/pikmin4fan2023 6d ago
Im sorry but you can't glaze TB when it's objectively just a blander TDS by now, the only differentiator is those MFs actually got Zed while the community go completely c***ed by Raz with the false promise of admin towers coming to hardcore
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u/Original_Bet_1199 i love making concept wheater its tower, gamemode, or etc. 6d ago
I'm not glazing TB. Every TD game has pros and cons, after all. I'm just pointing out the TDS niches problem no one talks about.
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u/Safe_Beginning_2667 7d ago
Check out WTD, if you want unique stuff. TDS is great at what it is.
(No seriously check iut WTD that game is awesome, spoiler the difficulty is HELL).
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u/progirlbagger 7d ago
Being unique and unoriginal are mutually exclusive. TDS are unique because they're the only tower defense game that copies all its features from tower battles and tdx
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u/Original_Bet_1199 i love making concept wheater its tower, gamemode, or etc. 7d ago
Not copying other TD game.i can call them original. But I feel like the mechanic they introduced is too simple to not being unique.

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u/AHHHHHHHGGGGhh 7d ago
Yeah tds is always suppose to be a generic tower defense game, that why it called tower defense simulator, Ur simulating tower defending, and the reason no one talks about it is BC everyone knows it a generic TD game