Bloons Card Storm in IOS

★★★★★ App Store Editors’ Notes

★★★★★ Remove quick ready

The gameplay mechanics are good, the cards and heroes are fun. The only problem is quick ready. It is so broken, everyone uses it, it’s horrible to play against. I understand if a MOAB has 1 turn left I should predict the quick ready and hit the MOAB before they can use it, but what am I supposed to do when they stack 2 or 3 quick ready’s on a BFB that’s 3 turns away? What am I supposed to do when they drop a double yellow and quick ready it instantly? How am I supposed to know when in a match my opponent draws their third quick ready out of 40 cards? I know defenders are supposed to be the answer, but they’re so bad, they need a rework. I think defenders should be immune to shrink and other removal cards while they have ammo, that way can still get at least 1 free salvo off like every other monkey and then they can be removed so there’s counter play. I currently see no reason to use elite defender instead of a super monkey. The elite defender does less damage for its cost which I wouldn’t mind if it actually did it’s job at intercepting the quick ready’d double yellows, but people just shrink it when it’s about to defend, so I spent 7 gold on my defender that never even got to attack and got removed by a 5 gold card. I think this game is still pretty good, but please do something about quick ready

★★★★★ The game is supremely interesting and oozes potential

Bloons card storm is an incredibly unique card game, and a rather difficult one too (mainly because of how unorthodox it is). I like the monetization of the games, no packs just sweet crafting, which completely reduces the gambling element and allows you to spend exactly what you need to spend which is great, however I wish they didn’t put single player content behind a paywall, just because the game has massive potential to be a single player game and having 3 different encounters is just far too few, I hope in the future I can just spend a boatload of monkey bucks to access them even if they give out lesser rewards, the levels themselves are worth spending. Also the single player games immediately cut off if there is a connection change, I hope this changes in the near future as well. Lastly I am pleased so far with the game and I hope the team fully reaps the opportunity they have to develop the most unique card game in a HOT minute.

★★★★★ Cool mechanics, clunky mobile interface

As a card game this seems fun but the mobile interface is a bit rough. All the icons and cards are really small, and picking which balloon to attack is difficult since you have to drag it and you can’t really see the tiny icons under your finger. Also, though this is a problem in the desktop version too, when you try to drag a card onto the battlefield, if you drag over another card, the other card gets selected. So if you try to drag a monkey from the right side of your hand to a specific spot you have to take an awkward path. Or really what happens is I just end up playing the other card and have to totally shift my game plan because it played the wrong card for me. These are things that can get ironed out though, the game itself seems solid and that’s the important part. So 4 stars

★★★★★ Entertaining with potential

I’m enjoying the game so far! It’s fun to play learn the new mechanics. It’s really unique! I know it’s in its early stages and balances will come. It still feels a little raw when it comes to game play, the game looks great though! My biggest critique would be deck structure/balance. I like that you can increase the likelihood of getting a certain card by crafting more of them but it feels cluttered and a really inconsistent. The same deck can come with multiple play styles which is cool, but you don’t get to pick it because of the rng. I wonder if cutting the number of cards down but adding a mechanic similar to the Bloons for all cards, where you can play that card two times. Maybe subsequent plays of the same card cost an extra gold? Just a thought but I’m enjoying the game regardless!

★★★★★ Can’t get rewards when people quit the game

Every time I am about to win a game, the other person quits the game. It says victory but I don’t get any of the rewards or xp that I have gotten on the few rare times I have actually won a game and finished it. I can understand not handing out rewards when people leave in the first 2 turns of the game, but when I have 600 damage of Bloons ready to hit and they leave the game that is a win that I deserve rewards for. This isn’t a couple games that this happens to me, it is every single game that I am going to win that they leave. Players should have to close the app to leave the game and the winner should get xp and rewards. It is too easy to just quit the game and make sure the other player doesn’t get their rewards for beating them. I am about ready to quit playing because my progress is limited by the amount of tokens that I get from the daily challenges because I can’t get any rewards from games.

★★★★★ Second Review

I have already mentioned that the progression system combined with the ranking system that prevents you from ranking down has made me unable to play the game. An easy fix would be to just allow people to rank down from whatever Tier they are on to the one lower. The entire reason that function exists in most ranking systems is to prevent people from getting stuck against people much better than they are. For context, I have played between 20-30 ranked games when I got into Tier 2. I have lost every single one. I don’t have enough of or any of the cards that would help me win, and I can’t get any of them because I keep losing. Can’t play casual, no one is playing casual. I spent 3 minutes waiting for a casual match, won it easily. And anyone who was played it agrees that the adventure mode is just boring. Ninjakiwi please fix this

★★★★★ Literally addicted

This just may be the best, and only card game I have played for more than 20 minutes. The game has controls easy to use so it won’t turn away any non-card game players. But as soon as you start playing more you start to really get into it. After you unlock more cards, build a deck, maybe get enough money to get a new hero, and start to play more, you get more cards, build a better deck, get more heroes. It almost never gets boring because the new cards you get have entirely new mechanics so you get a new experience every time because your opponent is random and they have their own deck with unique cards that you’ve never seen before. Sure the single player content is limited by a pay wall, but you forget that as soon as you fight another opponent in online pvp. This is one of the best mobile games I have played. 10/10