i like old TDS a lot but I feel like if they stuck with that simplistic style the game would've died out. It's fun to revisit it, but I don't think it would survive the modern roblox landscape of games. On the other hand, bunny skins, so idk
If everyone in the tds development team went into making the game more fun, we would see something like critical tower defense where the visuals aren't so good but it is super balanced and has tonnes of reasons to come back to it.
That brings back so many memories I started playing just before the easter event 2020 and I remember playing it with my brother and sister. also, it was so good because i could play it on my phone anytime and now I have to play it on my pc because my phone just crashes (even my laptop lags now). I completely agree with this video and you summed it up really well, great video!!!!
i first joined tds for the 2020 egg hunt, and i gotta say times were much more simple back then, and in my book simple is better. while today we have cool skins and towers, old tds just had a certain feeling to it that tds today cant beat. tds legacy is one of those games where i can still relive my memories in 2023. good times i tell ya
i remember the old days spammed outlaw and swat trucks, had the enjoyment of exploring so many towers in a bright, cheerful lobby, nostalgic music future updates feel empty. im long gone from playing tds but i wont forget it
I started crying when i replayed old tds, its just so much nostalgia and so much fun to replay this version. Its like im playing it for the first time, i just cannot express it. Its what i grew up with, and i'll always cherish it. Thanks you so much for recreating this.
Real, I started playing 2020 too but I didn't do the event since I would just grind, I didn't know that the event existed but man I remember how fun it would truly be, running around in the lobby, the graphics were super simple it had a charm that made so happy! Yet after overhaul it made me so sad too see it going for graphics ever since then I see its bad, I have taken breaks that range from 2-6 months without playing it just makes you think what went wrong yk Other than that I totally agree with you, it did infact help me childhood
man, i remember my first match. the first EVER tower defense game i have played. i unequipped all my towers before because i was trying to place them in the lobby or something ( i didnt know i wasnt in the normal round yet). i unknowingly walked into an elevator and began my first round. it was molten on grass isle. i remember seeing a ton of things i thought looked so awesome, (mainly commanders). everyone there was so nice to me, and somehow tought me the basics of the game without me having any towers. i cant remember them very well now, since that was almost 4 years ago. but i will forever remember the way they were to me. now i am a tower defense addict, and im even making my own games now. without them, i dont know if i would ever have gotten into game development. thank you tds.
Its so reminiscent to see the game when i started playing it back in spring 2020, it felt so fun, and it was so sad to come back to tds in late 2021 just to see all the game so underwhelming and depressing, i gave the game the chance and hoped itll be better, but the game keeps failing to entertain me as much as it used to do
I began the game when the pursuit was released and I had so much passion and love for how simple, fun and friendly the game was back then, it's a shame to see what it has become now
@@NobaraPlushy i meant the comment, not the video. also super mario bros is simple, fun and easy to understand, literally everything that tds 2020 had.
if TDS was released in its old original state today it would fucking die. Things gotta evolve to keep up and TDS is no exception. The game has improved by a ton and I'm surprised Below is still continuing development with such a shitty fanbase.
I started playing tds in April of 2020 (when lockdown started where I live) I am now a level 258 in tds, seeing this game gives me so much nostalgia of the 7 hour zoom calls playing Roblox with my closest friends. My only complaint about this game is it doesn’t have the 2020 lobby music. :(
this is why I honestly switched to tbz. it has its flaws (last tower was 5 months ago) but the visuals are super simplistic and a team of 6 can sometimes not even be enough, as well as the grind being easier and more enjoyable than just gladiator farm accel and win over 100 times to get 1 slight buff to a tower (golden crate)
@@PhoenixRBLX-YTbitch. I hate how people keeps ignoring skins. Like, atleast be grateful for getting skins instead of tower blitz who last updated 5 months ago, especially 2021 TDS.
I started playing TDS in 2021 (just like folkorol, you can find him in the comment section), I imagined Old TDS to be better than the current version despite not playing in its early days... Honestly, you're right. They should focus on content more than visuals, no wonder why I got bored and stopped playing the game for a while now.
Yeh the only thing that was fun was helping new players in the special modes but now everyone got cowboy n stuff there’s nothing fun about the game anymore
cowboy is super easy to get in tds 2020 lmao just spam snipers and also get some outlaws if ya have it or support and bam you win (of course you need a brain to win which 90% of the tds community dont have because they are 8 year old kids)
I cannot tell you how long I’ve waited for this game. Literally one of the best versions of the game. I pray to God that official tds doesn’t take this game down.
Well, Below probably thinks this old version of tds is NOTHING more that a cheap ripoff. So once he finds out this game grows, hes probably gonna kill it just like he did to that other game.
Solar Eclipse was my favorite tds update just because of the new structure of having to beat a night to unlock the next and the bosses were super cool and were difficult to beat. To beat night 1 you didn't need to spam 32 accelerators, neither did you have to chain commanders. You just simply had to come up with a simple strategy to kill Jaxe (i think that was his name). I wouldn't go back to 2020, rather late 2021.
@@monkey6114imo it was the worst era of post hardcore tds because it's like the most buggy and the least unpolished, you can have your opinion tho, and I say it's fully valid
i remember constantly playing tds in 2021 for a few months straight and then it got bored and i stopped playing still i think this game is great and with every update it just gets better
Not me tho, although people probably prefer old style over the new one, i just cant bring myself to like old tds due to the massive downgrade in the quality, and the fact i never played old tds since i started playing when umbra attacked. To me quality matters.
@@brendanliew9598The developers were developing the game and making the game better. They were not doing it for money and stuff, they were doing it for fun and because they enjoyed it. Now we’ll get some skin crates every once in a while. I liked what they were doing with the game, and they were making it better. Now it’s focused on monetizing the game. The events, in my opinion, were better. I still like tds now, but I don’t think it’s as fun.
@@brendanliew9598Yes while we see you seem to enjoy the quality, that then excuses you from the conversation or a word because you didn't play when "The quality was a massive downgrade"
the loading screen and lobby music alone brought tears to my eyes seeing how much the game turned into a dumpster fire and i loved the old lobbies so much and the little Easter egg at the beach with the hardcore door is so nostalgic the game is great i will defiantly be pouring my time into this game to get all of the old models not for use but MODELS its the best part about old tds and Electroshocker was actually accurate and useful
Absolutely agreed with you, Elite. I started playing in 2021 when there was the Frost Invasion event. And yes, that was fun to play even in 2021! So now we are waiting for a big update that developers said will come out at the end of the year.
Yeah i joined in 2019, i loved the game, i still loved it during 2020, the halloween update was amazing... all that fun ended when the eclipse update came out honestly. the matchmaking was so weird and too complciated. the last ACTUALLY GOOD event was probably the frost spirit event.
@@xaitydoesstuffI think that the best last event was Solar Eclipse event bc there was 4 nights and in every single night were different enemies (except night 3-4). And I really like that event! But delay…. Delay is the main problem of tds now.
I can see you blame devs for ruining game but it isn't right direction. Imo reason why tds isn't as good as before is comunity. What made btd6 and old tds great was comunity what enjoyed game. Btd6 was disliked upon relase and that time was worst time for btd6 but when comunity find out what a good game btd6 was they turnedgame what it is today. Ninja Kiwi have so many interactions with comunity and that makes developing game and playing game more enjoyable. Old tds had also really nice comunity. Below joined game itself to play with players and touch with comunity was big. What about tds now? Comunity complaining how bad updates are (they are not that bad), how old tds was better, joking how game is unbalanced and grindy while below only can develop game more and occasionally cry in corner to see how his life project is falling down. That also lead to below lose touch with comunity (he don't join game anymore, only when he talks is leaking something or when he must react to situation). You can also see how devs tryed make players happy. After what failure hardcore update was they wanted make even better update than hardcore supposed to be but problem was it was to much for them especjaly matchmaking system which coding is extremely hard. To this day i don't see any game what added same feature in roblox which is impressive. This leads to long delay which was frost invasion (they didn't wanted make same mistake as hardcore relasing unfinished update earlier). Thing what really forced them to relase update was metaverse event and long time without updates and then they back to doing all stuff they promised. They were kinda to passionate about all stuff they promised because it was to much for them. After solar eclipse devs saw comunity complains in what abd state tds was so they wanted now calm comunity by doing what they wanted. Comunity mostly complained about bugs and balance so what they did is rework towers into more balanced state and fix major bugs. But comunity wanted more gameplay stuff so what they did is do duck hunt. Despite event being really good comunity called whole update bad because of engi price (they promised make it easier but still complained) and lack of event towers. Comunity then wanted permament gamemodes so what they did is readd polluted wastelands. Comunity complained as allways about smallest crap so with each gamemode they wanted make "fallen reskin" better than last one but they allways complained. Comunity wanted event again so what they did is xmas event. Another thing I fogot to add before is that update times where really quick because comunity wanted fast updates which lead to updates be pretty rushed. Best we could see with voilent night which we could clearly see it was rushed. Why? Because of comunity. IT EVEN COMPLAINED ABOUT FEW HOUR DELAY BECAUSE OF ROBLOX TRANSPORTING ASSETS FROM STUDIO TO GAME. Other thing comunity really wanted then is again balance and qol stufd like auto skip and keybinds so they did that. And I think this is moment when Below noticed that doing whatever comunity desired is bad move so what they did is they started cooking themselves. They started doing stuff on their own without listening what comunity wanted and occasionally to keep game allive adding skincrates. Because comunity was complaining how game was dry they said they are cooking something good and they gonna relase it near end of the year. Imo they did good because they might relase really amazing update which game lacked. Despite pvp and other stuff are not being relased yet, they are pretty much finished but most of stuff can't be relased because of one thing. Matchmaking isn't finished yet. Matchmaking is supposed to replace elevators and to this day elevators are still here which shows Matchmaking isn't finished. It isn't finished because devs didn't had time to do it. What they did is do what comunity desired just to be complained about smallest shit. Instead complaining how game is bad now and how old tds was better we should help devs make tds better than ever, which will be better for us and developers. Let them finnaly cook
yep COMUNITY ALMSOT RUINED THE GAME I feel bad for below what he needed to gone though and 100000% agree with you new tds isn't even bad imo they are just blinded with nostalgia
I do not speak for everyone here but honestly, if you want me crucified go ahead. But I will say this. New TDS is better than Old TDS. People who like Old TDS are mostly people that are blinded by nostalgia and can't appreciate changes (not directing to every single person but a huge amount.) But let's be honest. If Old TDS was kept till today, people would say that TDS is a Tower Battles copy. The balancing? Old TDS also lacks good balancing! For example, Outlaw. Outlaw is honestly, MID! Ranger is better. Oh, and before you say "um but hd", Hidden Detection doesn't really matter when you have 4 other slots in your inventory. Plus, if you're talking about how New TDS is just meta, when were other towers really used in Old TDS? You used your meta too, so why complain about New TDS' meta? New TDS balancing is miles better. For example, Engineer. Some people say that it's underwhelming, but I say that it is quite balanced. Maybe a slight buff could be made but not until it gets 450 dps. People really misunderstood Engineer, because she is actually a jack of all trades, not a DPS tower. This makes Engineer a viable option for every aspect in the game, making it quite a versatile tower in my opinion. "Oh, but old tds has actual updates!" That may be true, but keep in mind, Below and the dev team are busy sometimes, and they have lives outside of just TDS. The reason they have been dropping multiple crate updates are to fulfill your "when update!!!" demands. Plus, they promised they are working on something big for the end of the year. So be patient. "New tds is p2w" No, it is not! The definition of p2w is when something is bought to give a massive advantage over the users that don't buy the product, since the user that bought the product can use the product competitively against other players. When is this really a thing in New TDS? There's no PVP aspect! It's all teamwork. Instead, it actually BENEFITS the user and the people around it. New TDS is also better in quality. Everything such as the animations, maps, UI, everything is superior to Old TDS. Not to mention, Old TDS ripped some soundtracks from other sources. Just sayin. In conclusion, New TDS is much better than Old TDS. The people who love Old TDS to the point where they could not adapt to changes, are just blinded by nostalgia.
Dawg....... I agree, most tds players just love to shit on the game they play over and over and over and over again for some reason. I'm 100% sure that people were complaining about how 2021 tds is "unbalanced" are now complaining that the devs are focusing on balancing the towers. Like bro people keep complaining about this game for some reason, as if they never realized that old tds was also unbalanced. Now in 2023 the game is greater now, we have: new music, new gamemodes, new towers, etc. I just don't get why people are so nostalgia blind when they could just yknow... not play tds anymore if they think of the game like this. The devs put alot of love into new tds and alot of people are shitting on them because of "crate updates" which aren't bad, Since an update is better than no update. Like you said "dropping multiple crate updates to fulfil your ""when update"" demands". idk what to right but I agree with you.
While I see your point and most people are blinded by nostalgia you also got to remember that Nostalgia can be good and bad depending on how much you intake. While I do differ than new TDS is better it also helps to think that it's was 2020 mid pandemic, so I see why the devs where updating like crazy no going outside hardly any school etc. But it seems like it's going in the same direction as actual Roblox going in a soulless direction just focusing on quality while it can be good but it excluded a lot of the community and just makes it way more complex and less of that fun vibe if you know. While I know that you gonna say what about the tower battles it was going to go in a different direction you can see some of the concepts were considered better than actual TB, even by some OG players of TB they also added more fun things and added details that TB just didn't add to keep it professional, but now it seems TDS is going in that direction just like TB going too much towards the professional and less fun making it feel like a soul less game and more of a professional project and they ensure quality too much most phone/PC can hardly handle 3 graphics. Overall, OG TDS is good in its own ways but sometimes there are ways that new TDS beats it in, not to forget the fun vibe it had compared to the VERY VERY VERY seriousness of it now. I ain't reading allat
it truly was a masterpiece but it did have its drawbacks but it's still overall a great work just for a project. also elite i like your shark avatar at the beginning LOL (seriously, i do)
Old tds was better. I remember the egg event, the my first event and also the lobby, that was the most nostalgic thing. Honestly new yes is a downgrade and also there were actual updates. One more thing, towers were actually good like freezer but got nerfed to the ground because of accel.
Honestly I still find both enjoyable. TDSL was great to play, even though I never played in 2020, its an incredibly fun time. However, same goes for TDS. I still completely hate how its almost taken a year for a content drop, which honestly, i dont think should take that long, but its still a fun game in my eyes, and is changing a lot of stuff the players wanted, but just gets overshadowed by the fact we havent had a big update in 8 months. TL:DR: Both are good lol, TDS can imrpove, but overall I like both the same.
You know, The more modern the game is, the harder it is for developers to code towers and events so now I understand why Tds had 0 towers in the past 8 months
Ya and like old cod time makes the game better for updates if i play bo3 more then mw2 and there are less hackers and it’s more fun that’s a problem and most of it is from the fans
We want new content every so often that new content has to be like this with skins, reworks and quality of life things as it’s so we don’t go back to tower delay sim when they take time to make the update and also take breaks like people should
And it’s not just him the other devs could have the same fears to but might not have as bad as an effect as tds below made and if it dies then he might blame himself which would be bad
I played the old game and all it is if your a noob someone helps you win which is not as fun as today as you have to work to be better as you need good comunication for certain things to happen like beating quick draw or lost souls mode and trying to see how far you can get on hardcore is fun but tds can’t add more fun content as people want more and more they reused duck hunts no track design as it would make the game faster to update and is cool and unique and not just another track event but what do people do scream at the devs for doing what they want
@@trax6913 long as **** By that I mean that usually games are really long, because tds before had more waves in each gamemode, and the waves by themselves were..... REALLY long
Even though i agree with most of the things mentioned theres one morr thing i'd like to point out: tds died because it was popular for example, im sure you had matches with people and just chat while playing, communication might yave been what kept it alive, and then it became famous and a bunch of 6 yr olds started playing making it hard to actually have teammates that actually use the chat, making ppl bored of the game making long time players quit and people never helping new players giving the new players a bad impression and making them quit which continued until where we arr right now.
@@Ineedtoswitchchannels you kind of answered yourself whats a better percentage 80% of people that have a brain and speak sense or 6 year olds that go jejfnrnfjfnedb ?
Agree, but with the bad impression on new player, i think it is because there is no elevator for limited amount of player, for example, you want to solo, you have to pray so that noobs don’t go in your elevator, but new players just don’t understand and go in anyways
Ok this whole rant about "OLd TDs iS beTTeR" is getting annoying; here's SOME things you're wrong about: 1. "I would not care if TDS simplfiied the game for more features"; > TDS with simple graphics like in 2020 wouldn't catch the eyes of new players as much as the current graphics > Roblox is too competitive without graphics innovation and making the game more visually appealing > You are not the one to decide if the visuals should be simple or advanced, if you're so mad about it play your Bloons Tower Defense 6 > BTD 6 if I'm correct has a bigger dev team, also they need to make the visual changes to stand up on the front page + BTD 6 is a seperate game and isn't on Roblox, and Roblox is far harder to keep being relevant on. 2. "The events were more fun back then" > Events with the current expectations need to be more polished and big compare to events like Eggy Island or Nightmare Carnival > You're as always blinded by nostalgia > I've barely seen any new TDS content on your channel about the events or updates so I don't think you should be the one speaking buddy. > Saying that the TDS Devs need to work harder and more on events is just ignorant. With the skins updates we actually have a purpose for spare coins after you get the golden crates, aswell as having more variety to gameplay visuals. > Events take more time and development just to be available for a bit unlike actual content updates that stay in the game. 3. "The game had a better vibe back then" > The developers SEVERAL times stated that they always wanted the game to be more visually complex and more military themed and not just bricks with a few meshes. > You're as always blinded by nostalgia x2 > The game needs to evolve to compete with other Tower Defense games and visuals are very important to stay relevant. 4. "The modes were more balanced and progression was faster" > For a new player Fallen and Molten modes are still a challenge > If modes are easier than with the old prices progression would be an absolute joke. > We already have plenty of new modes to fill in the gap of Golden Mode. 5. "OlD tDS hAd MOrE feATuREs" > PVP was removed with Spring 2020, which you call the golden era for TDS. > Some features that are in new TDS that aren't in old TDS: ~Hardcore Mode ~ Pizza Party / Badlands 2 / Polluted Wastelands 2 ~ Lower impact of ROF Bug. > Features that Old TDS has that New TDS doesn't : ~ PVP back in 2019 ~ Golden Mode 6. "OLD TDS HAD MORE PLAYERS THAN NEW TDS!!!" > Quarantine / Covid. > The picture you showed for evidence was the player spike when the update was released, not the average CCU ~ 2019 Update Spike : 26k -/+ ~ 2021 / 2023 Update Spike : 70k+ > Check fucking Rolimons once in a while manchild. That's just a few topics that you're wrong about.
Elite: making a video how good old tds was Kids in the comments: "fiRsT" me: bro even if ur first elite was the first to making the video AND SEE IT BEFORE U EVEN SAW IT so elite is first so L
woo boy time to write a book on how i personally think you wrong so i see some of your points but personally i do like the new visuals also to talk about something just generally in roblox, if you dont have good visuals theres more of a chance of your game dying. Think of All star tower defense (i don't really play it) it doess have a few different mechanics like instead of skins its crate rng (i can agree with too many skins) they have good (enough) visuals to actually stay up. Can't just make a anime game and let it be trash. TDS different for everyone but theres 1 fact that just stays up, grinding is hard and annoying but the fact you could get a multiple new towers playing 1 game for the first time in your life? no no no. people would grind the game out so fast it'd be atonshing. The grind for a platinum or golden too easyy. There are things i just like about new TDS but also hate. TDS has come a long way and I don't think we need to go back. Of course u can disagree and say something like "your a clown" "this makes no sense" "your dumb" "p2w" My opinion still stands. edit: i forgot to add, roblox sadly isnt simple anymore you cant just have a ass looking game and still win i ensure you if tds was the same thing now you'd see at least 100 people playing only. WOOO im done
yep elite was having actually a lot of things wrong in this video and remember that he has gone insane in past 3 months -he became basically tds dev (I mean he became furry) -he played to much toilet tower defense -and he was saying that crossroads is ,,easier" than honey valley (here I genually laughed)
FINALLY!! a person that knows.. lets be honest this game will soon die out like retro tower defense simulator. most of the players thinks old tds is better well.. cuz of nostalgia
joined tds in 2020, and boy did i enjoy it. it was so fun attempting to get cowboy, doing golden mode, and playing with other people. ever since the modernization of the game, ive just gotten bored of it and never play it anymore.
I just slapped my forehead saying "oh my god" when i realised that below and raz could have had one of the best games on roblox if they just kept it simple and not invest too much time in detail and graphics. I don't care if a game looks like old tds or modern tds i just wanna play the one thats more fun. I seriously hope that the devs, especially below understand the fact that old tds was a roblox master piece and that he could have kept it.
While I personally never ever understood why people liked old tds(my opinion is just that they're blinded by nostalgia) I don't blame anyone for liking it. Though calling it a "roblox masterpiece" is just wrong, yes it has certain advantages compared to modern tds such as Normal mode being actually normal and Enforcer being a more unique tower but almost every other point in this video is either counterintuitive or just wrong, either that or it's promoting un-originality. First of all, I don't exactly think the old TDS towers usually being straight up copies of their TB counterparts makes them good, from a technical standpoint yes but TDS wasn't the one to come up with their stats, it was Tower Battles. I can appreciate the effort the devs are currently making to distance their towers from TB, while in some cases they blunder they at least bother to try unlike old tds. Also, old tds having more updates was because the game had more to add than they do now, there was a lot of tower archetypes the game had yet to fill in. That and the fact old TDS had much worse quality so adding new content was quick and easy. Modern TDS actually has a standard to uphold and there isnt many more tower archetypes for them to add, so they cant just pump out whatever they feel like within a couple months. Secondly, the whole point about grinding. Yes modern tds is rather grindy, but I think the larger gaps between towers allows players to familiarize themselves with the towers they get and the modes too, as well as making them put more thought into what towers to buy. But if you don't like grinding it's not like old tds is much better considering they had platinum skins to "add to the grind" as it's said in the video. You can't praise the lack of grinding in old tds and platinum skins at the same time, do you want to grind or not? Pick a lane. And while this *is* Elite's opinion, in *my* opinion the points he brings up about the tds lobbies are utter nonsense. The new TDS lobby doesn't seem cluttered at all and old TDS's lobby was bright yellow and rather straining on the eyes, the new lobby has colors which are much more easy on the eyes. It isn't just nothing but bright yellow bricks either so there's some contrast which makes it more visually appealing. Also, I have genuinely no clue what the video's point about "balance" was about, I don't think Elite has any idea how much of a challenge Polluted Wastelands 2, Badlands 2 and Hardcore are, likely because he has all the powerful towers and plays with people who have them too, but that's not the case for everyone and clearly he doesn't realize that. Also old tds didn't have more options, it has 4 main gamemodes and that's about it. Modern TDS has 3 main gamemodes, hardcore, and 3 alternate gamemodes, clearly more even if you don't want to count Normal. Also no, the alternate gamemodes are not just "reskins of Fallen Mode" that's just bullcrap, they take place on a unique map and each pose a different challenge and unique theming as well as an additional challenge that awards a cool skin(Quickdraw and Lost Souls). And finally, "The events were actually Tower Defense? Like the one we're used to" is a phrase that absolutely boils my blood, the video criticizes the Defend the Center gamemodes for being... unique???? Yes, Cold Ambush is very similar to duck hunt but that's because they're both the same kind of mode, but in terms of enemies and the boss they're quite different. Are you saying these unique modes that shake up the usual formula are worse than the bland and basic events that just take place on a specific map? This is just straight up saying that TDS shouldn't innovate and should just stick to the cookie cutter formula and I absolutely hate it for that. I don't even like modern TDS but these points saying the old version is better are straight up wrong. Variety is the spice of life, people, don't let this guy with his rose-tinted glasses who has no clue what he's talking about change that fact. Yes, I wrote maybe a bit too much, but I genuinely can't stand the fact that people are agreeing with this guy. Old tds has it's small strengths here and there but you guys are overselling it.
@@robowisanveithasung6022 It is unique in concept, the devs just simply didn't have the time to flesh out or polish the idea because the roblox community loves to rush their developers. While the TDS team can be rather slow it doesn't help that there's allegedly no time for QA testing due to how impatient the tds community is(though act 3's bugs are still partially the fault of the devs, a whole week of delay yet they couldn't fit a large bug, they should've just delayed it for longer). Plus, I was arguing against the complaint that Elite was making that the defend the center gamemodes shouldnt exist simply because they don't fit his narrow idea of tower defense
I miss it so much. Even though I 100% it, I still played it with friends, but now it’s so more complicated and I don’t know which towers are good anymore, I just miss it so much.
For now, even if you play old TDs right now, you won't enjoy it anymore because you are addicted to modern TDs. But yeah, old TDS was so enjoyable to play.
Old tds was fun because the modes felt like they were actually difficult and like they encuoraged u to play with others for example wild west had 2 paths wich wluod be hard to solo so u bring other people and The map was stylish
I have some ideas, idk if someone already thinked it 1:Endless mode: It will have enemies of the 3 principal gamemodes and it could be 10 coins per wave. 2:Infected modifier:It will be a modifier when your troops become against you havng the same abilities (not counting farm) something like lost souls but better 3:Mystery rush:This will have only mystery enemies and boss mysterys but you will get a lot of cash like polluted 2
I mostly agree except 1 key factor burnout. When you work on a game for a long time you get lazier and lazier and even with new employees after a few months you dont wanna really work on the game anymore but yeah honestley its a lot less fun nowdays
This can also be said for a game called Loomian Legacy. They put too much work into repeating events and detail instead of continuing on the storyline. Pokémon Brick Bronze was the complete opposite.
In terms of graphics they could make it simple but with a feature in options where you can turn detailed graphics on with some things not being done yet and staying as they are, the visuals would be done seperately while normal updates are being done. - can have simple graphics if want to - can have detailed graphics - more constant updates
i joined during the Easter event and i agree with all of the points made in this video sure new/normal tds has better visuals and more features then old tds. old tds had way more updates and was a lot more beginner friendly and the hardest more was an actual challenge and updates didn't take 8 months to be released
Here’s a idea for a tds event, bad name but it’s all I can think of: blast from the past (generic, I know) Basically a portal would open up somewhere in the lobby, if you entered it, you would be sent to the 2020 lobby, old music, old graphics, and all. You could only use the towers from 2020 in the lobby. There would be multiple elevators for the event. Once you enter you would be met with golden mode! If you beat golden mode, you would obtain the event tower, enforcer! Once you enter back into the current lobby, the graphics would be back up to date, including enforcer, new animations, but same ability’s, like spawning the swat van. I know this sounds stupid, but I think it would be cool.
Hey Elite on the topic of old tds I found a game named "TDS: Legacy" it's a game that based on 2020 era of tds maybe you wanna try it out for a video just suggesting
i like old TDS a lot but I feel like if they stuck with that simplistic style the game would've died out. It's fun to revisit it, but I don't think it would survive the modern roblox landscape of games. On the other hand, bunny skins, so idk
propellars you are right
new tds is definitive upgrade
maybe time to update your ,,was old tds actually better?" video
Idk what to say about old tds all i need in modern tds is golden mode and normal smile faces
I agree with you propellars
to be true i would say that if all updates from gladiator event to now adays it would be enough to be a tds 2.0
If everyone in the tds development team went into making the game more fun, we would see something like critical tower defense where the visuals aren't so good but it is super balanced and has tonnes of reasons to come back to it.
I agree
yes
so true it just feels like they mostly are just maing cash grap half hearted updates it feels like they dont care about their game anymore and its sad
game would die then
becouse you know theres a lot of very good roblox games that are havin 10000 times better graphics than old tds
@@piotrm5635truth
Truly a beautiful time. One of the best experiences I’ve had in a game. Everything was so simple back then
Yeah. But sadly, I started when there was the Frost Invasion event in 2021, yet it still was a good time!
I agree thats what made it so fun
@@folk_the_animator same
@@folk_the_animatorsame
@@bartekwozniak6366 Cool :D
That brings back so many memories I started playing just before the easter event 2020 and I remember playing it with my brother and sister. also, it was so good because i could play it on my phone anytime and now I have to play it on my pc because my phone just crashes (even my laptop lags now). I completely agree with this video and you summed it up really well, great video!!!!
i first joined tds for the 2020 egg hunt, and i gotta say times were much more simple back then, and in my book simple is better. while today we have cool skins and towers, old tds just had a certain feeling to it that tds today cant beat. tds legacy is one of those games where i can still relive my memories in 2023. good times i tell ya
alright so by your simple=good opinion it seems like pokemon red and blue is the best game ever
same
@@gamerits???
i remember the old days
spammed outlaw and swat trucks, had the enjoyment of exploring so many towers in a bright, cheerful lobby, nostalgic music
future updates feel empty. im long gone from playing tds but i wont forget it
I started crying when i replayed old tds, its just so much nostalgia and so much fun to replay this version.
Its like im playing it for the first time, i just cannot express it.
Its what i grew up with, and i'll always cherish it.
Thanks you so much for recreating this.
Real, I started playing 2020 too but I didn't do the event since I would just grind, I didn't know that the event existed but man I remember how fun it would truly be, running around in the lobby, the graphics were super simple it had a charm that made so happy!
Yet after overhaul it made me so sad too see it going for graphics ever since then I see its bad, I have taken breaks that range from 2-6 months without playing it just makes you think what went wrong yk
Other than that I totally agree with you, it did infact help me childhood
yo ass rlly crying
Crying over 2019 version of lego:
@@Palhairroblox It's nostalgia bro I don't see anything wrong with I only see you clown 🤡🤡
Old TDS was mid and would die after a week if it were made today. Old TDS wouldn't cut it for todays standards and was honestly shit.
man, i remember my first match. the first EVER tower defense game i have played. i unequipped all my towers before because i was trying to place them in the lobby or something ( i didnt know i wasnt in the normal round yet). i unknowingly walked into an elevator and began my first round. it was molten on grass isle. i remember seeing a ton of things i thought looked so awesome, (mainly commanders). everyone there was so nice to me, and somehow tought me the basics of the game without me having any towers. i cant remember them very well now, since that was almost 4 years ago. but i will forever remember the way they were to me. now i am a tower defense addict, and im even making my own games now. without them, i dont know if i would ever have gotten into game development. thank you tds.
Its so reminiscent to see the game when i started playing it back in spring 2020, it felt so fun, and it was so sad to come back to tds in late 2021 just to see all the game so underwhelming and depressing, i gave the game the chance and hoped itll be better, but the game keeps failing to entertain me as much as it used to do
its been quite awhile since you updated, good to see you upload
I began the game when the pursuit was released and I had so much passion and love for how simple, fun and friendly the game was back then, it's a shame to see what it has become now
that all connects to super mario bros on nes tho
did bro even watch the video?@@gamerits
@@NobaraPlushy i meant the comment, not the video. also
super mario bros is simple, fun and easy to understand, literally everything that tds 2020 had.
if TDS was released in its old original state today it would fucking die. Things gotta evolve to keep up and TDS is no exception. The game has improved by a ton and I'm surprised Below is still continuing development with such a shitty fanbase.
I want to thank you elite for this video, honestly I hear people talking about how old tds was better than never have anything good to back them up
I started playing tds in April of 2020 (when lockdown started where I live) I am now a level 258 in tds, seeing this game gives me so much nostalgia of the 7 hour zoom calls playing Roblox with my closest friends. My only complaint about this game is it doesn’t have the 2020 lobby music. :(
It does have it its just a bit bugged at the moment
the 2020 lobby music gets anoying when you hear if over and over again
In 2024 TDS only has 1 mode
Fake 👎
We want to pick maps!!!
In 2025 you have to pay to see the final boss
In 2026 they will hunt down there players and force them to play at gun point
@@Rip_Spy1Joke,, can't even take a joke easy
Man keep your videos up they are great!
You hit my memories so hard dude.
this is why I honestly switched to tbz. it has its flaws (last tower was 5 months ago) but the visuals are super simplistic and a team of 6 can sometimes not even be enough, as well as the grind being easier and more enjoyable than just gladiator farm accel and win over 100 times to get 1 slight buff to a tower (golden crate)
Last tower 5 months ago is bad? We barely got any updated for 8 months in tds 💀
@@PhoenixRBLX-YTbitch. I hate how people keeps ignoring skins. Like, atleast be grateful for getting skins instead of tower blitz who last updated 5 months ago, especially 2021 TDS.
Yeah i moved to master td and tower defense command
@@PhoenixRBLX-YTbarely any updates for 8 months? Didn't they release like 4 updates in 1 month and a few more updates in the other months
@@anoguser146fr. People are forgetting we got like 10+ tower rebalances this year
I started playing TDS in 2021 (just like folkorol, you can find him in the comment section), I imagined Old TDS to be better than the current version despite not playing in its early days... Honestly, you're right. They should focus on content more than visuals, no wonder why I got bored and stopped playing the game for a while now.
same but it's in the frost invasion era
@@lancer0327 same too lmfao
Yeh the only thing that was fun was helping new players in the special modes but now everyone got cowboy n stuff there’s nothing fun about the game anymore
I quited tds on the Easter update of 2023 because it's becoming less enjoying all i have t do grind get crate skin ugh
cowboy is super easy to get in tds 2020 lmao just spam snipers and also get some outlaws if ya have it or support and bam you win
(of course you need a brain to win which 90% of the tds community dont have because they are 8 year old kids)
this isnt just a video, this is a master piece.
man, i loved 2020 tds so much. when i first joined tds i spent like hours playing hide and seek with my brother in lobby, this was so fun
I cannot tell you how long I’ve waited for this game. Literally one of the best versions of the game. I pray to God that official tds doesn’t take this game down.
I don’t they legally can for any reason. It doesn’t use any stolen assets and not making any profit.
Old tds was a beautiful time it was so fun it was the best over 20k players if only it just came back :(
Well, Below probably thinks this old version of tds is NOTHING more that a cheap ripoff. So once he finds out this game grows, hes probably gonna kill it just like he did to that other game.
@@brendanliew9598what other game
@@brendanliew9598 he already founded it
raz visited the game
and nothing happened
Solar Eclipse was my favorite tds update just because of the new structure of having to beat a night to unlock the next and the bosses were super cool and were difficult to beat. To beat night 1 you didn't need to spam 32 accelerators, neither did you have to chain commanders. You just simply had to come up with a simple strategy to kill Jaxe (i think that was his name). I wouldn't go back to 2020, rather late 2021.
fr, solar eclipse event was the best one and i dont think its a debate
Then play old defence simulator (sorry if that make me be harsh)
I belive late 2020/early 2021 was the best year bc it still had pw and the game was ez enough so you could do stuff in solo and not to ez too
@@monkey6114imo it was the worst era of post hardcore tds because it's like the most buggy and the least unpolished, you can have your opinion tho, and I say it's fully valid
i remember constantly playing tds in 2021 for a few months straight and then it got bored and i stopped playing still i think this game is great and with every update it just gets better
i remember 2-3 years back i used to play TDS with my friend every day and now i come back to it and theres really no fun in playing as much
i really liked the old tds and grinded it a lot, i probably preferred it over modern tds because of how simple old tds was
Not me tho, although people probably prefer old style over the new one, i just cant bring myself to like old tds due to the massive downgrade in the quality, and the fact i never played old tds since i started playing when umbra attacked. To me quality matters.
@@brendanliew9598The developers were developing the game and making the game better. They were not doing it for money and stuff, they were doing it for fun and because they enjoyed it. Now we’ll get some skin crates every once in a while. I liked what they were doing with the game, and they were making it better. Now it’s focused on monetizing the game. The events, in my opinion, were better. I still like tds now, but I don’t think it’s as fun.
@@brendanliew9598Yes while we see you seem to enjoy the quality, that then excuses you from the conversation or a word because you didn't play when "The quality was a massive downgrade"
simple=good means nes controller is the best controller because it only has 2 buttons and d pad. very simple compared to ps5 dualsense edge.
@@roastedchicken1706YEAH LETS JUST IGNORE THE NEW LEAKS
yea definitely agree on that the game is trying too hard too skew the balance of quality and quantity to the quality side
funny fact: comunity actually ruined tds not devs (presure being toxic to devs and overall tds community sucks imo XD)
@@piotrm5635it is fr
the tds legacy looby seriously brings so much nostalgia cuz this is the time period when I first started playing tds
im trying not to cry
As a tds player who started playing tds in 2020 this made me cry from nostalgia
the loading screen and lobby music alone brought tears to my eyes seeing how much the game turned into a dumpster fire and i loved the old lobbies so much and the little Easter egg at the beach with the hardcore door is so nostalgic the game is great i will defiantly be pouring my time into this game to get all of the old models not for use but MODELS its the best part about old tds and Electroshocker was actually accurate and useful
nuh uh u did NOT cry over tds
@@0doum At least cried over the good tds.
crying over remixed stock music and a blue screen with a logo 🔥
@@ArghArgh-sj7ezyessir😎
no wonder you would cry to a blue screen with a title on it, because you're a baby. how could you misspell definitely so badly?
Absolutely agreed with you, Elite. I started playing in 2021 when there was the Frost Invasion event. And yes, that was fun to play even in 2021! So now we are waiting for a big update that developers said will come out at the end of the year.
same!
Yeah i joined in 2019, i loved the game, i still loved it during 2020, the halloween update was amazing... all that fun ended when the eclipse update came out honestly. the matchmaking was so weird and too complciated. the last ACTUALLY GOOD event was probably the frost spirit event.
@@xaitydoesstuffI think that the best last event was Solar Eclipse event bc there was 4 nights and in every single night were different enemies (except night 3-4). And I really like that event! But delay…. Delay is the main problem of tds now.
@@xaitydoesstuff Solar eclipse way better than frost event imo
@@xaitydoesstuffNgl solar eclipse was best event. The worst year started after duck event. When new faces released. And engineer... 💀
Spamming swat vans and John’s screaming abilities in the badlands with my friend is my most cherished memory in Old Tds.
I just used to love the feeling of beating the fallen king with your friends. Now people can do it in like 20 minutes.
I can see you blame devs for ruining game but it isn't right direction. Imo reason why tds isn't as good as before is comunity. What made btd6 and old tds great was comunity what enjoyed game. Btd6 was disliked upon relase and that time was worst time for btd6 but when comunity find out what a good game btd6 was they turnedgame what it is today. Ninja Kiwi have so many interactions with comunity and that makes developing game and playing game more enjoyable. Old tds had also really nice comunity. Below joined game itself to play with players and touch with comunity was big. What about tds now? Comunity complaining how bad updates are (they are not that bad), how old tds was better, joking how game is unbalanced and grindy while below only can develop game more and occasionally cry in corner to see how his life project is falling down. That also lead to below lose touch with comunity (he don't join game anymore, only when he talks is leaking something or when he must react to situation). You can also see how devs tryed make players happy. After what failure hardcore update was they wanted make even better update than hardcore supposed to be but problem was it was to much for them especjaly matchmaking system which coding is extremely hard. To this day i don't see any game what added same feature in roblox which is impressive. This leads to long delay which was frost invasion (they didn't wanted make same mistake as hardcore relasing unfinished update earlier). Thing what really forced them to relase update was metaverse event and long time without updates and then they back to doing all stuff they promised. They were kinda to passionate about all stuff they promised because it was to much for them. After solar eclipse devs saw comunity complains in what abd state tds was so they wanted now calm comunity by doing what they wanted. Comunity mostly complained about bugs and balance so what they did is rework towers into more balanced state and fix major bugs. But comunity wanted more gameplay stuff so what they did is do duck hunt. Despite event being really good comunity called whole update bad because of engi price (they promised make it easier but still complained) and lack of event towers. Comunity then wanted permament gamemodes so what they did is readd polluted wastelands. Comunity complained as allways about smallest crap so with each gamemode they wanted make "fallen reskin" better than last one but they allways complained. Comunity wanted event again so what they did is xmas event. Another thing I fogot to add before is that update times where really quick because comunity wanted fast updates which lead to updates be pretty rushed. Best we could see with voilent night which we could clearly see it was rushed. Why? Because of comunity. IT EVEN COMPLAINED ABOUT FEW HOUR DELAY BECAUSE OF ROBLOX TRANSPORTING ASSETS FROM STUDIO TO GAME. Other thing comunity really wanted then is again balance and qol stufd like auto skip and keybinds so they did that. And I think this is moment when Below noticed that doing whatever comunity desired is bad move so what they did is they started cooking themselves. They started doing stuff on their own without listening what comunity wanted and occasionally to keep game allive adding skincrates. Because comunity was complaining how game was dry they said they are cooking something good and they gonna relase it near end of the year. Imo they did good because they might relase really amazing update which game lacked. Despite pvp and other stuff are not being relased yet, they are pretty much finished but most of stuff can't be relased because of one thing. Matchmaking isn't finished yet. Matchmaking is supposed to replace elevators and to this day elevators are still here which shows Matchmaking isn't finished. It isn't finished because devs didn't had time to do it. What they did is do what comunity desired just to be complained about smallest shit. Instead complaining how game is bad now and how old tds was better we should help devs make tds better than ever, which will be better for us and developers.
Let them finnaly cook
based
yep COMUNITY ALMSOT RUINED THE GAME
I feel bad for below what he needed to gone though
and 100000% agree with you
new tds isn't even bad imo they are just blinded with nostalgia
THIS MAN IS SPEAKING FACTS FOR REAL. PEOPLE SAID THAT THEY'RE NOT BLINDED BY NOSTALGIA, BUT IN REALITY, THEY ARE!
@@phantu8704 I think elite and half of his viewers gone insane
literally has more brain power than 99% of tds community.
I do not speak for everyone here but honestly, if you want me crucified go ahead. But I will say this. New TDS is better than Old TDS.
People who like Old TDS are mostly people that are blinded by nostalgia and can't appreciate changes (not directing to every single person but a huge amount.) But let's be honest. If Old TDS was kept till today, people would say that TDS is a Tower Battles copy.
The balancing? Old TDS also lacks good balancing! For example, Outlaw. Outlaw is honestly, MID! Ranger is better. Oh, and before you say "um but hd", Hidden Detection doesn't really matter when you have 4 other slots in your inventory. Plus, if you're talking about how New TDS is just meta, when were other towers really used in Old TDS? You used your meta too, so why complain about New TDS' meta?
New TDS balancing is miles better. For example, Engineer. Some people say that it's underwhelming, but I say that it is quite balanced. Maybe a slight buff could be made but not until it gets 450 dps. People really misunderstood Engineer, because she is actually a jack of all trades, not a DPS tower. This makes Engineer a viable option for every aspect in the game, making it quite a versatile tower in my opinion.
"Oh, but old tds has actual updates!" That may be true, but keep in mind, Below and the dev team are busy sometimes, and they have lives outside of just TDS. The reason they have been dropping multiple crate updates are to fulfill your "when update!!!" demands. Plus, they promised they are working on something big for the end of the year. So be patient.
"New tds is p2w" No, it is not! The definition of p2w is when something is bought to give a massive advantage over the users that don't buy the product, since the user that bought the product can use the product competitively against other players. When is this really a thing in New TDS? There's no PVP aspect! It's all teamwork. Instead, it actually BENEFITS the user and the people around it.
New TDS is also better in quality. Everything such as the animations, maps, UI, everything is superior to Old TDS. Not to mention, Old TDS ripped some soundtracks from other sources. Just sayin.
In conclusion, New TDS is much better than Old TDS. The people who love Old TDS to the point where they could not adapt to changes, are just blinded by nostalgia.
I agree!!! (here from discord)
honestly i agree
Perfect way to capture the many complaints of new tds; I don’t think even I could’ve written something like this
Dawg....... I agree, most tds players just love to shit on the game they play over and over and over and over again for some reason. I'm 100% sure that people were complaining about how 2021 tds is "unbalanced" are now complaining that the devs are focusing on balancing the towers. Like bro people keep complaining about this game for some reason, as if they never realized that old tds was also unbalanced. Now in 2023 the game is greater now, we have: new music, new gamemodes, new towers, etc. I just don't get why people are so nostalgia blind when they could just yknow... not play tds anymore if they think of the game like this. The devs put alot of love into new tds and alot of people are shitting on them because of "crate updates" which aren't bad, Since an update is better than no update. Like you said "dropping multiple crate updates to fulfil your ""when update"" demands". idk what to right but I agree with you.
While I see your point and most people are blinded by nostalgia you also got to remember that Nostalgia can be good and bad depending on how much you intake. While I do differ than new TDS is better it also helps to think that it's was 2020 mid pandemic, so I see why the devs where updating like crazy no going outside hardly any school etc. But it seems like it's going in the same direction as actual Roblox going in a soulless direction just focusing on quality while it can be good but it excluded a lot of the community and just makes it way more complex and less of that fun vibe if you know.
While I know that you gonna say what about the tower battles it was going to go in a different direction you can see some of the concepts were considered better than actual TB, even by some OG players of TB they also added more fun things and added details that TB just didn't add to keep it professional, but now it seems TDS is going in that direction just like TB going too much towards the professional and less fun making it feel like a soul less game and more of a professional project and they ensure quality too much most phone/PC can hardly handle 3 graphics.
Overall, OG TDS is good in its own ways but sometimes there are ways that new TDS beats it in, not to forget the fun vibe it had compared to the VERY VERY VERY seriousness of it now.
I ain't reading allat
FINALLY! You posted a video about TDS:Legacy...
it truly was a masterpiece but it did have its drawbacks but it's still overall a great work just for a project.
also elite i like your shark avatar at the beginning LOL (seriously, i do)
Old tds was better. I remember the egg event, the my first event and also the lobby, that was the most nostalgic thing. Honestly new yes is a downgrade and also there were actual updates. One more thing, towers were actually good like freezer but got nerfed to the ground because of accel.
why did you think a tower like freezer should be on par with commander and dj? it costs less than 1k, freezes for a bot, it does its job.
Honestly I still find both enjoyable.
TDSL was great to play, even though I never played in 2020, its an incredibly fun time.
However, same goes for TDS. I still completely hate how its almost taken a year for a content drop, which honestly, i dont think should take that long, but its still a fun game in my eyes, and is changing a lot of stuff the players wanted, but just gets overshadowed by the fact we havent had a big update in 8 months.
TL:DR: Both are good lol, TDS can imrpove, but overall I like both the same.
You know, The more modern the game is, the harder it is for developers to code towers and events so now I understand why Tds had 0 towers in the past 8 months
Ya and like old cod time makes the game better for updates if i play bo3 more then mw2 and there are less hackers and it’s more fun that’s a problem and most of it is from the fans
We want new content every so often that new content has to be like this with skins, reworks and quality of life things as it’s so we don’t go back to tower delay sim when they take time to make the update and also take breaks like people should
And it’s not just him the other devs could have the same fears to but might not have as bad as an effect as tds below made and if it dies then he might blame himself which would be bad
I played the old game and all it is if your a noob someone helps you win which is not as fun as today as you have to work to be better as you need good comunication for certain things to happen like beating quick draw or lost souls mode and trying to see how far you can get on hardcore is fun but tds can’t add more fun content as people want more and more they reused duck hunts no track design as it would make the game faster to update and is cool and unique and not just another track event but what do people do scream at the devs for doing what they want
Nice vid I wach u in 3 yt accounts and I’m subd on every one😂
old tds literally got me through covid. I wont ever forget you, old tds
The only problem of old tds is that it's long af
what does this even mean???
@@trax6913 long as ****
By that I mean that usually games are really long, because tds before had more waves in each gamemode, and the waves by themselves were..... REALLY long
Even though i agree with most of the things mentioned theres one morr thing i'd like to point out: tds died because it was popular for example, im sure you had matches with people and just chat while playing, communication might yave been what kept it alive, and then it became famous and a bunch of 6 yr olds started playing making it hard to actually have teammates that actually use the chat, making ppl bored of the game making long time players quit and people never helping new players giving the new players a bad impression and making them quit which continued until where we arr right now.
What is the problem with 6yrs old playing it, ik they dont use chat but 80% of tds players used chat at that time
@@Ineedtoswitchchannels you kind of answered yourself whats a better percentage 80% of people that have a brain and speak sense or 6 year olds that go jejfnrnfjfnedb ?
Agree, but with the bad impression on new player, i think it is because there is no elevator for limited amount of player, for example, you want to solo, you have to pray so that noobs don’t go in your elevator, but new players just don’t understand and go in anyways
@@IneedtoswitchchannelsI have a problem with liking the same thing as 6yr olds
gameplay is arguably the most important aspect of a game
i remember quiting some times ago tds for bloons td 6 but damn the old tds was truly a masterpiece
Tds turn him into furry
Ye
Ok this whole rant about "OLd TDs iS beTTeR" is getting annoying; here's SOME things you're wrong about:
1. "I would not care if TDS simplfiied the game for more features";
> TDS with simple graphics like in 2020 wouldn't catch the eyes of new players as much as the current graphics
> Roblox is too competitive without graphics innovation and making the game more visually appealing
> You are not the one to decide if the visuals should be simple or advanced, if you're so mad about it play your Bloons Tower Defense 6
> BTD 6 if I'm correct has a bigger dev team, also they need to make the visual changes to stand up on the front page + BTD 6 is a seperate game and isn't on Roblox, and Roblox is far harder to keep being relevant on.
2. "The events were more fun back then"
> Events with the current expectations need to be more polished and big compare to events like Eggy Island or Nightmare Carnival
> You're as always blinded by nostalgia
> I've barely seen any new TDS content on your channel about the events or updates so I don't think you should be the one speaking buddy.
> Saying that the TDS Devs need to work harder and more on events is just ignorant. With the skins updates we actually have a purpose for spare coins after you get the golden crates, aswell as having more variety to gameplay visuals.
> Events take more time and development just to be available for a bit unlike actual content updates that stay in the game.
3. "The game had a better vibe back then"
> The developers SEVERAL times stated that they always wanted the game to be more visually complex and more military themed and not just bricks with a few meshes.
> You're as always blinded by nostalgia x2
> The game needs to evolve to compete with other Tower Defense games and visuals are very important to stay relevant.
4. "The modes were more balanced and progression was faster"
> For a new player Fallen and Molten modes are still a challenge
> If modes are easier than with the old prices progression would be an absolute joke.
> We already have plenty of new modes to fill in the gap of Golden Mode.
5. "OlD tDS hAd MOrE feATuREs"
> PVP was removed with Spring 2020, which you call the golden era for TDS.
> Some features that are in new TDS that aren't in old TDS:
~Hardcore Mode
~ Pizza Party / Badlands 2 / Polluted Wastelands 2
~ Lower impact of ROF Bug.
> Features that Old TDS has that New TDS doesn't :
~ PVP back in 2019
~ Golden Mode
6. "OLD TDS HAD MORE PLAYERS THAN NEW TDS!!!"
> Quarantine / Covid.
> The picture you showed for evidence was the player spike when the update was released, not the average CCU
~ 2019 Update Spike : 26k -/+
~ 2021 / 2023 Update Spike : 70k+
> Check fucking Rolimons once in a while manchild.
That's just a few topics that you're wrong about.
"We didn't know we were making memories; we were just having fun."
Yo elite there's a really cool tower defense type game called the battle bricks, i would like for u to try it trust me it's really good
Elite: making a video how good old tds was
Kids in the comments: "fiRsT"
me: bro even if ur first elite was the first to making the video AND SEE IT BEFORE U EVEN SAW IT so elite is first so L
woo boy time to write a book on how i personally think you wrong
so i see some of your points but personally i do like the new visuals also to talk about something just generally in roblox, if you dont have good visuals theres more of a chance of your game dying. Think of All star tower defense (i don't really play it) it doess have a few different mechanics like instead of skins its crate rng (i can agree with too many skins) they have good (enough) visuals to actually stay up. Can't just make a anime game and let it be trash. TDS different for everyone but theres 1 fact that just stays up, grinding is hard and annoying but the fact you could get a multiple new towers playing 1 game for the first time in your life? no no no. people would grind the game out so fast it'd be atonshing. The grind for a platinum or golden too easyy. There are things i just like about new TDS but also hate. TDS has come a long way and I don't think we need to go back. Of course u can disagree and say something like "your a clown" "this makes no sense" "your dumb" "p2w" My opinion still stands.
edit: i forgot to add, roblox sadly isnt simple anymore you cant just have a ass looking game and still win
i ensure you if tds was the same thing now you'd see at least 100 people playing only.
WOOO im done
based af
yep elite was having actually a lot of things wrong in this video
and remember that he has gone insane in past 3 months
-he became basically tds dev (I mean he became furry)
-he played to much toilet tower defense
-and he was saying that crossroads is ,,easier" than honey valley (here I genually laughed)
FINALLY!! a person that knows.. lets be honest this game will soon die out like retro tower defense simulator. most of the players thinks old tds is better well.. cuz of nostalgia
@@Cosmiciiro yup TIME FOR REVOLUTION
joined tds in 2020, and boy did i enjoy it. it was so fun attempting to get cowboy, doing golden mode, and playing with other people. ever since the modernization of the game, ive just gotten bored of it and never play it anymore.
I remember playing tds legacy weeks ago and i appreciate that the developer had worked hard for a masterpiece.
I just slapped my forehead saying "oh my god" when i realised that below and raz could have had one of the best games on roblox if they just kept it simple and not invest too much time in detail and graphics. I don't care if a game looks like old tds or modern tds i just wanna play the one thats more fun. I seriously hope that the devs, especially below understand the fact that old tds was a roblox master piece and that he could have kept it.
well i guess that means original super mario bros is the best game ever
@@gameritsnot really, this comparison sucks balls.
@@gamerits Lol
it would have died out, roblox games would have become better
While I personally never ever understood why people liked old tds(my opinion is just that they're blinded by nostalgia) I don't blame anyone for liking it. Though calling it a "roblox masterpiece" is just wrong, yes it has certain advantages compared to modern tds such as Normal mode being actually normal and Enforcer being a more unique tower but almost every other point in this video is either counterintuitive or just wrong, either that or it's promoting un-originality.
First of all, I don't exactly think the old TDS towers usually being straight up copies of their TB counterparts makes them good, from a technical standpoint yes but TDS wasn't the one to come up with their stats, it was Tower Battles. I can appreciate the effort the devs are currently making to distance their towers from TB, while in some cases they blunder they at least bother to try unlike old tds. Also, old tds having more updates was because the game had more to add than they do now, there was a lot of tower archetypes the game had yet to fill in. That and the fact old TDS had much worse quality so adding new content was quick and easy. Modern TDS actually has a standard to uphold and there isnt many more tower archetypes for them to add, so they cant just pump out whatever they feel like within a couple months.
Secondly, the whole point about grinding. Yes modern tds is rather grindy, but I think the larger gaps between towers allows players to familiarize themselves with the towers they get and the modes too, as well as making them put more thought into what towers to buy. But if you don't like grinding it's not like old tds is much better considering they had platinum skins to "add to the grind" as it's said in the video. You can't praise the lack of grinding in old tds and platinum skins at the same time, do you want to grind or not? Pick a lane.
And while this *is* Elite's opinion, in *my* opinion the points he brings up about the tds lobbies are utter nonsense. The new TDS lobby doesn't seem cluttered at all and old TDS's lobby was bright yellow and rather straining on the eyes, the new lobby has colors which are much more easy on the eyes. It isn't just nothing but bright yellow bricks either so there's some contrast which makes it more visually appealing.
Also, I have genuinely no clue what the video's point about "balance" was about, I don't think Elite has any idea how much of a challenge Polluted Wastelands 2, Badlands 2 and Hardcore are, likely because he has all the powerful towers and plays with people who have them too, but that's not the case for everyone and clearly he doesn't realize that. Also old tds didn't have more options, it has 4 main gamemodes and that's about it. Modern TDS has 3 main gamemodes, hardcore, and 3 alternate gamemodes, clearly more even if you don't want to count Normal. Also no, the alternate gamemodes are not just "reskins of Fallen Mode" that's just bullcrap, they take place on a unique map and each pose a different challenge and unique theming as well as an additional challenge that awards a cool skin(Quickdraw and Lost Souls).
And finally, "The events were actually Tower Defense? Like the one we're used to" is a phrase that absolutely boils my blood, the video criticizes the Defend the Center gamemodes for being... unique???? Yes, Cold Ambush is very similar to duck hunt but that's because they're both the same kind of mode, but in terms of enemies and the boss they're quite different. Are you saying these unique modes that shake up the usual formula are worse than the bland and basic events that just take place on a specific map? This is just straight up saying that TDS shouldn't innovate and should just stick to the cookie cutter formula and I absolutely hate it for that. I don't even like modern TDS but these points saying the old version is better are straight up wrong. Variety is the spice of life, people, don't let this guy with his rose-tinted glasses who has no clue what he's talking about change that fact.
Yes, I wrote maybe a bit too much, but I genuinely can't stand the fact that people are agreeing with this guy. Old tds has it's small strengths here and there but you guys are overselling it.
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"Defend the Center gamemodes for being... unique????"
well see how Lunar Overture Act 3 does it in one of, if not the worst way possible
@@robowisanveithasung6022 It is unique in concept, the devs just simply didn't have the time to flesh out or polish the idea because the roblox community loves to rush their developers. While the TDS team can be rather slow it doesn't help that there's allegedly no time for QA testing due to how impatient the tds community is(though act 3's bugs are still partially the fault of the devs, a whole week of delay yet they couldn't fit a large bug, they should've just delayed it for longer). Plus, I was arguing against the complaint that Elite was making that the defend the center gamemodes shouldnt exist simply because they don't fit his narrow idea of tower defense
@@milx7210 you're right that it is unique, but like you said the Devs need more time to work on it, since many people seem to not like it
I miss it so much. Even though I 100% it, I still played it with friends, but now it’s so more complicated and I don’t know which towers are good anymore, I just miss it so much.
For now, even if you play old TDs right now, you won't enjoy it anymore because you are addicted to modern TDs.
But yeah, old TDS was so enjoyable to play.
I hate the Morden look Of the new tds,
There is a game just like it expect all eras are added called vintage tds
Still think Modern TDS is better.
I love Tds Legacy
Also epik Shark Avatar :O
I'm having flashbacks.. It was so nice back then, hope you enjoyed vac elite by the way.
Old tds was fun because the modes felt like they were actually difficult and like they encuoraged u to play with others for example wild west had 2 paths wich wluod be hard to solo so u bring other people and The map was stylish
even tho im not to og tds player but i still feel what og tds player feel about new tds
Old tds will be remembered forever
when playing the game it brought me joy just from nostalgia alone and everything was so overwhelming i cried a little
You know it's a good time when elite uploaded
I remember just spamming Enforcer's SWATs and John rage as the rest of my team are shredding the enemies. Truly a great time...
i feel like they waited a whole year just to use a time machine and take old tds to present day
Alternative title: I came back to yt to play tds legacy and brag why it’s better then todays tds
I dont want this game to get down bc i love
the old tds and it was best experience ever when it was that time
Started playing sometime around 2021. I feel like the games only gotten better.
Hey Elite, tysm for playing tds legacy
I have some ideas, idk if someone already thinked it
1:Endless mode: It will have enemies of the 3 principal gamemodes and it could be 10 coins per wave.
2:Infected modifier:It will be a modifier when your troops become against you havng the same abilities (not counting farm) something like lost souls but better
3:Mystery rush:This will have only mystery enemies and boss mysterys but you will get a lot of cash like polluted 2
I mostly agree except 1 key factor burnout. When you work on a game for a long time you get lazier and lazier and even with new employees after a few months you dont wanna really work on the game anymore but yeah honestley its a lot less fun nowdays
This can also be said for a game called Loomian Legacy. They put too much work into repeating events and detail instead of continuing on the storyline. Pokémon Brick Bronze was the complete opposite.
im so crazy for what will happen next only for a event to drop
Maybe the game had a content block where they would just have to remake the same idea s
I agree, it was a great time back in the old days. (2019)
The loading screen already made me have nostalgia
Good content👍
I remember the 2021 days of tds never was ptw and so much more events. But now it’s just sad.
Once TDS revamped the game it no longer wasn’t the game I fell in love with
The pure simplicity of Old TDS was why I liked it so much.
You could literally play the game with a 2010 cellphone and you probably wouldnt have to worry about lag.
bro thinks nes controller is better than dualsense edge because its simple
In terms of graphics they could make it simple but with a feature in options where you can turn detailed graphics on with some things not being done yet and staying as they are, the visuals would be done seperately while normal updates are being done.
- can have simple graphics if want to
- can have detailed graphics
- more constant updates
Since i was there for the first times of tds, i can tell you guys, old tds was a way better
imagine if they add a "old tds mode" it could be amazing
i love your vids elite
Seeing the old tds reminds me my life as a kid who dont understand anything,just minding my own business.i wish everything could stay the same
so that you could be an immature child that rages everytime you lose? yeah right.
2020 TDS... The time when I started playing the game... Definitely the golden era of TDS. It's been a long way for TDS.
TDS lost it's charm. It went from a fun game, to monthly updates that are just skins + remodeled enemies that make them look lightly ugly...
For me it’s clearly the old tds I played since then and it is way more fun then new tds. I am glad I played in 2020
I remember when minigunner maxed level has jacket pack and fly fire with two minigun, it's really fun back then.
i joined during the Easter event and i agree with all of the points made in this video sure new/normal tds has better visuals and more features then old tds. old tds had way more updates and was a lot more beginner friendly and the hardest more was an actual challenge and updates didn't take 8 months to be released
I remember when the fallen king was the size of the map lol
after all these years from yellow to hallway to yellow to the lobby now I’m still lv 150
Here’s a idea for a tds event, bad name but it’s all I can think of: blast from the past (generic, I know)
Basically a portal would open up somewhere in the lobby, if you entered it, you would be sent to the 2020 lobby, old music, old graphics, and all.
You could only use the towers from 2020 in the lobby.
There would be multiple elevators for the event.
Once you enter you would be met with golden mode!
If you beat golden mode, you would obtain the event tower, enforcer!
Once you enter back into the current lobby, the graphics would be back up to date, including enforcer, new animations, but same ability’s, like spawning the swat van.
I know this sounds stupid, but I think it would be cool.
Awsome idea man, I found you cause I'm searching for one specific comment
It's Magnificent Truly An Masterpiece Playing It Like A Different Experience It Way Different Then Any Game I Played lol
This video is just a true masterpiece just as old tds....man,old tds+chaos mode sounds cool........
Cool game and video, but please play "Tower Blitz"? I think Tower blitz is nice to play too.
Wish I could turn back time to da good ol days man I started playing during the Easter event 2020
I didn’t really play TDS at that time, but I have a different opinion
TDS 2021 (frost invasion event) was peak for me
Hey Elite on the topic of old tds I found a game named "TDS: Legacy" it's a game that based on 2020 era of tds maybe you wanna try it out for a video just suggesting
Raz himself knows about the game and doesn’t have any intention to take it down
we don't miss old roblox, we miss times when we had fun
-some guy online idk who
how elite feels after telling what tds’s point is for idk what time: