When comparing Stealth Bastard Deluxe vs Master Spy, the Slant community recommends Stealth Bastard Deluxe for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D games on Steam?” Stealth Bastard Deluxe is ranked 56th while Master Spy is ranked 61st. The most important reason people chose Stealth Bastard Deluxe is:
Basically one want to quickly get though levels. A speed up version of a normal stealth game.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Twitch based platforming and stealth
Basically one want to quickly get though levels. A speed up version of a normal stealth game.
Pro Generous save system
The game focuses on exploring and trial and error, so death will happen quite a bit, but luckily the save system is quite generous which allows for one to test out areas with ease and no fear of dying over and over again.
Pro Invisibility cloak
Players get an invisibility cloak in the game as a main mechanic where it is used to sneak around. Of course movement is limited when in use which makes for some great puzzle aspects to the game when trying to figure out how to best sneak around.
Pro Over 30 minutes of pixel video cutscens
Reminiscent of 2d pixel games from the past Master Spy implements a variety of video cutscenes to further flesh out the story, completely done in 2D pixel art.
Cons
Con Boring story
There is really nothing much original or exciting to the story, but luckily it does not detract from the actual gameplay.
Con Calling it a stealth game is a stretch
Even though the setting of the game draws inspiration from stealth "lore" it is at its core a twitch platformer in disguise (get it?).
Con Difficult
This is a game made to be extremely difficult, in the vein of Super Meat Boy or N+ the player will die and die a lot. This can be frustrating a time goes on and the further one gets as the game really increases difficulty.