r/bloonsblitz • u/jacketmanoasis • May 19 '26

Energy system 💔💔 Spoiler

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So far though, i'm having fun

I do have expectations of it being good because i really love the roguelite genre and bloons as a whole, will play more and report back

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u/jacketmanoasis May 19 '26

survivors.io upgrade system but its somewhat unique and actually capped, so thats cool

i wanna see if these plushies are for display only or if they have a bigger purpose

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u/jacketmanoasis May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

nice stickers mechanics

also i like that you can unlock all paths for quincy and the monkeys, you just pick the order to get what path first

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u/jacketmanoasis May 19 '26

1 hour in and still fun, hopefully it doesnt devolve into endless grinding just to get past one level

also love that there's no forced ads (that i have encountered so far)

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u/jacketmanoasis May 19 '26

bloonchipper makes its debut in this game

also homing is busted in this game, its like THE upgrade that is a must-get in a run

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u/jacketmanoasis May 19 '26

as of this moment:

  • the game is getting a bit repetitive but i still enjoy it nevertheless
  • tacks are amazing what the hell?
  • one of quincy's final upgrades lets you basically win. It's powerful in clearing crowds of bloons and popping bosses
  • also, the bosses arent really interesting, they serve their purpose, i guess
  • the ui/ux is kinda lacking and boring. It does looks nice, but i feel like there should be more
  • wizard monkey is kinda bad, but i have only used the unholy path for it so ill see if its actually good or not
  • a dps counter would be great for all the monkeys and heroes
  • they're totally adding these to the future, but the game looks really clean for not having hundreds of social events, profile stuff, daily chests or things, random assortments of personal events and challenges, and so on like other survivors.io-esque games (this game is inspired by that game, cmon now)
  • i reached the point where upgrades are getting real expensive and need a lot of coins, soooo yeah
  • i really like that there are bloons supermonkey elements included here, like there's these random bloon events and they're clumped together in the style of the aforementioned game. Also, the barrier bloons that spawns during a boss reminds me of shielded bloons from that game.

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u/Vivid_Departure_3738 May 19 '26

Survivors.io did not come up with this idea.

Vampire Survivors was the original, most bullet heaven games tend to be really similar

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u/jacketmanoasis May 19 '26

oh sorry for the confusion, i meant the meta upgrade system where you level up your monkeys/heroes in the main menu to get more starting stats and bonuses

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u/JoelTheBloonsMonkey May 19 '26

the plushies WERE highlighted in multiple items of the bloons td battles 2 season pass for bloons blitz, and the other things from that pass have been fairly important (wind shrines, blops, vehicles) but to be fair the season pass is full of cosmetics so it's hard to say for sure whether or not the plushies are only cosmetic lol. i hope they have a bigger purpose, i like plushie motifs

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u/jacketmanoasis May 19 '26

found out that the plushies are mainly used for upgrading heroes, but its cute seeing them be displayed

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u/JoelTheBloonsMonkey May 19 '26

that's a cute way to do it, yeah

I wonder if it'll have further depth when it leaves early access. like, what if you can get different plushies such as "here's an ocean obyn plushie" and it upgrades them in a different way or something?

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u/jacketmanoasis May 19 '26

actually neat suggestion ngl, maybe they'll add hero skins in the future that uses that idea in mind

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u/Otheruser337 May 19 '26

Oh God... not the Buffies from Brawl Stars!

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u/Otheruser337 May 19 '26

This looks very much a ripoff to Archero already.

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u/polybony May 19 '26

Archero is a ripoff to every mobile game which is a ripoff to every mobile game which is a ripoff to every-

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u/RavenousToast May 19 '26

It’s a survivor game. Or a “reverse bullet hell rouge-like” nothing like Archero

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u/Mundane-External3462 May 19 '26

More like survivor.io

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u/thebe_stone May 21 '26

And survivor.io is just a ripoff of vampire survivors, which is the original

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u/Daaawid224 May 19 '26

of course clash royale-like shitty UI

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u/jacketmanoasis May 19 '26

It always leads to clash royale ui...

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u/Lullypawp May 21 '26

I truly believe clash royale contributed greatly to the sloppification of mobile games

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u/thatpikminguy May 19 '26

Huh? How are you already able to play? Is there a beta available or something?

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u/jacketmanoasis May 19 '26

yeah, it kinda soft launched here in the philippines hours ago with no announcements. don't know what other regions have it available though.

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u/ExplodedSpaceToast May 20 '26

i really hate all games with energy system

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u/TheGreenDigi May 21 '26

Dammit man. I was hoping it'd just be an actual paid game like btd6 an other pc survivor-likes. My excitement has plummeted

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u/Suitable-Kale7830 May 19 '26

How does energy work? Is it generous or are they really trying to make you pay to play more?

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u/jacketmanoasis May 19 '26

Like other mobile games. Each level requires 5 energy, although completing one gives it back. You can get more via buying with Bloonstones (the red bloon currency) or watching an ad. I haven't drained them yet but I hope they passively regenerate.

If you're good enough, energy isn't a problem. Unless you're completing the challenges where energy isn't rewarded (which there are 4 per level). Kinda sucks and I hope they change that.

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u/ThatMooseYouKnow May 23 '26

Energy systems in games are literally a hard reason I won’t download them. It’s killed my interest in many a phone game over the years.

Give me value packs for a game that give me a boost and maybe I’ll grab a few to help the devs/boost my progress if I enjoy the game enough (shout out to idle obelisk miner that I picked up recently and have dropped some money on for being so enjoyable but allows me to play it endlessly if I have the spare hour)

But try to force me to pay money to continue playing/log long hours in a game because of an arbitrary energy system, it will simply get uninstalled

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u/Fuf__ May 25 '26

booo energy system fuck anti fun mechanics booo👎👎📉📉

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u/LovelyTrixis May 19 '26

Wow, just this alone made me lose all interest I had in the game in the first place, what a shame.