When comparing Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG vs Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic, the Slant community recommends Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic for most people. In the question“What are the best roguelikes/roguelites on PC?” Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic is ranked 47th while Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG is ranked 49th. The most important reason people chose Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic is:
Graphics and fonts are pixel perfect.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Has 2 campaigns + an interesting challenge mode
Pro High replayability with 7 races and 5 classes
Also offers a large list of equipment with random + static enchantments.
Pro Has a meta progression system that allows to unlock perks even if you lose a game
Pro It is easy for roguelike beginners yet interesting for veterans
Pro Card system on leveling up gives a lot of replayability value
Each class has a deck of ability cards that are shuffled every 2 levels. Then 3 (or 4 later on) are drawn from the deck from which the player chooses 1. This makes it so that playing the same class feels different each time.
Pro Has hunger mechanic to balance alongside HP, MP, and Speed
Eat well and gain bonuses over time, eat poorly and your character will suffer over time.
Pro Pixel perfect
Graphics and fonts are pixel perfect.
Pro Retro look, sound & feel
Authentic 8bit visuals, sound & music. Also with authentic low screen resolution.
Pro Quick save
A feature that should be necessary for all mobile games, quick save allows the user to set the game down at any time by saving quickly, making for a game that can be played in plenty of short bursts without loosing any progression.
Pro Humorous with nerd culture references
The game has a good sense of humor with many inside jokes referencing things such as Tolkien, Lovecraft as well as modern day dev. culture.
Pro Tons of loot
Cons
Con Limited starting characters
Starting characters are limited and random, which can be frustrating, especially when the game is centered around restarting many, many times.
Con No roguelite features
Pixel Heroes subscribes to Roguelike rules where there is zero carry over from previous playthroughs. When compared to the small amount of progression seen in Roguelites this may be a turn off for some users.
Con Status effects overpowered
Status effects have too much of an advantage over the player, which means a focus has to be on countering them, leaving other elements to not be focused on due to being under-powered in comparison.