When comparing EMPIRE: The Deck Building Strategy Game vs Spirits, the Slant community recommends Spirits for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls?” Spirits is ranked 75th while EMPIRE: The Deck Building Strategy Game is ranked 77th. The most important reason people chose Spirits is:
The artistic design of the game is quite dream-like, with hand-drawn characters and levels. Its sound design is equally impressive.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Great roguelike gameplay and deck-building elements
Empire features strategic gameplay, mixed with roguelike elements which require you to re-settle cities and a deep deck-building system.
Pro Low price tag and no in-app purchases
Empire is available for $2,99 in the App Store, which makes it one of the cheaper games in its genre. The game also has no microtransactions or any other form of advertisement at all.
Pro Procedurally generated gameplay encounters ensure fresh gameplay
Every time you start a new game in Empire, it'll be different which makes for constant and fresh gameplay.
Pro Impressive style and quality
The artistic design of the game is quite dream-like, with hand-drawn characters and levels. Its sound design is equally impressive.
Pro Whimsical artistic style
This game is ethereal and relaxing, while at the same time engaging the player in challenging puzzles. The main character is comical, yet beautiful at the same time. It's almost like The Wisp and Lemmings had a child.
Pro Great atmosphere
Dream-like art direction with hand-drawn characters and levels, and excellent sound design.
Pro Varied, Lemmings-style puzzles
The game has interesting and often challenging puzzles, especially if you wish to complete the level perfectly, made possible with varied abilities of spirits that get introduced throughout the game.
Cons
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Con Limited lasting appeal
After going trough the game with the three different emperors, there's little reason to revisit Empire.
Con Broken on Android Marshmallow devices
Unfortunately, Spirits doesn't work with Android devices with Android 6.0 Marshmallow installed (or higher). The game simply freezes or crashes instantly while loading.
Con Slow-moving gameplay
Spirits is intended to be a slow, relaxing game, though some may not enjoy the extent of the title's slowness.