What are the best Android shooters?

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Best Android shooters	Price	Controller Support	Publisher
-- SHADOWGUN: DeadZone	Free	-	-
-- Neon Shadow	Free	MOGA / Shield	Crescent Moon Games
-- Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions	$9.99	-	-
-- Cartel Kings	Free	-	-

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SHADOWGUN: DeadZone

Top Pro

Great graphics while keeping game size down to 150mb

Unlike other visually impressive games (cough, cough Gameloft, caough), SHADOWGUN: DeadZone fully optimizes the size of the title by compressing all of the textures while still allowing the game to look great. See More

Top Con

Not many gameplay options

SHADOWGUN: DeadZone offers only two play modes for what is only online multiplayer play. No story, no single player, no local multiplayer and no co-op. See More

Top Pro

Onscreen button positioning is customizable

players can customize their on screen button positioning. See More

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6x6 online multiplayer matches

Users can compete in 6x6 online multiplayer matches. See More

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Ten playable characters

There are ten playable characters in SHADOWGUN: DeadZone. See More

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SHIELD games support

SHADOWGUN: DeadZone has built in SHIELD games support. See More

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MOGA controller support

SHADOWGUN: DeadZone has built in MOGA controller support. See More

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Neon Shadow

Top Pro

MOGA controller support

Neon Shadows has built in MOGA controller support. See More

Top Con

Shallow gameplay

While the story and game mechanics are serviceable one has to wonder how much better the game could have been if more attention was focused on these areas during development. See More

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Controller Support:MOGA / Shield

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Varied powerful weapons

Each weapon in game gives a sense of differentiating power. There is a good selection of guns that all have different shooting abilities and power. Each one allows the player to feel as though they are well equipped for the task at hand. See More

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Tablet split screen same device multiplayer

Neon Shadow allows 2 players to play multiplayer on a single tablet device using split screen. See More

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HID controller support

Neon Shadow has built in HID controller support for devices such as the Gamestop Red Samurai. See More

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Online multiplayer

Support for online multiplayer for death-match play. See More

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Local multiplayer

Neon Shadow supports local area network multiplayer support for Death-match play. See More

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SHIELD games support

nVidia SHIELD support built in meaning the game works with the Shield tablet and it's bluetooth controller as well as on the Shield handheld and its in built controller. See More

Top Pro

Plays like a classic FPS game

Core gameplay mechanics are of old-school first person shooter. Players move room to room finding objects called nodes to shoot before being allowed to leave to the next room. While trying to find the node players will of course be facing off against AI controlled enemies. See More

Top Pro

Simple touch screen controls

There is no jump button, reload button or and interaction button, keeping the touch controls interface quite simple. Left side of the screen moves, right side looks around and there is a fire button. This makes the controls simple to understand and use. See More

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Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions

Top Pro

Higher production values

The latest entry into the Geometry Wars series and the production values are pretty nice. Graphics in the game are the best they have been with newly designed levels that work in the third dimension. Overall, there is quite a lot of polish to the titles which shows over its previous endeavours. See More

Top Con

Chasing high scores can get tiring

While there are some new additional game modes in this third iteration of the series, the same "chase the high score" element is present and is still the main focus of the game. While not entirely bad in and of itself (chasing high scores), it can wear thin pretty quickly. See More

Top Pro

HID controller support

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions can be played with any Bluetooth HID compatible controller. Something that is very welcome being that a controller will give much more precise controls for such a hectic style game. See More

Top Con

No Android TV support

With the release of the Nvidia Shield set top box as well as the Nexus Player, Android TV is becoming quite popular for TV gaming. Sadly the Android TV Store does not carry all titles available in the Google Play Store, meaning the dev has to publish it there, which Activision did not do for Geometry Wars 3. See More

Top Pro

Leaderboards

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions utilized Google's Play Games leaderboard feature wherein users can compete for the highest score with their friends and the world. See More

Top Con

No immersive mode

For such a popular game released by a very large studio, to see no immersive mode for the game is quite a disappointment. There is no reason to still see this feature missing from games two years after it's initial release in the OS. See More

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Cartel Kings

Top Con

Pushes too much for in-app-purchases

There is quite a lot of difficulty spike in the game that tries to force the player into spending real money on in-app-purchases in order to progress. The amount of grinding it would take to complete any section of the game is too much for non paying players. See More

Top Pro

One handed portrait gameplay

Cartel Kings is played in portrait mode making for a shooter that can be played one handed. Being that most shooters play in landscape, this is a bit of a change for the genre on Android, allowing for easy play when only having one hand free. See More

What are the best Android shooters?

4 Games Considered

SHADOWGUN: DeadZone

My Recommendation for SHADOWGUN: DeadZone

My Recommendation for SHADOWGUN: DeadZone

Great graphics while keeping game size down to 150mb

Not many gameplay options

Onscreen button positioning is customizable

6x6 online multiplayer matches

Ten playable characters

SHIELD games support

MOGA controller support

Neon Shadow

My Recommendation for Neon Shadow

My Recommendation for Neon Shadow

MOGA controller support

Shallow gameplay

Varied powerful weapons

Tablet split screen same device multiplayer

HID controller support

Online multiplayer

Local multiplayer

SHIELD games support

Plays like a classic FPS game

Simple touch screen controls

Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions

My Recommendation for Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions

My Recommendation for Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions

Higher production values

Chasing high scores can get tiring

HID controller support

No Android TV support

Leaderboards

No immersive mode

Cartel Kings

My Recommendation for Cartel Kings

My Recommendation for Cartel Kings

Pushes too much for in-app-purchases

One handed portrait gameplay

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