When comparing Stealth Bastard Deluxe vs Castle Crashers, the Slant community recommends Castle Crashers for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D games on Steam?” Castle Crashers is ranked 1st while Stealth Bastard Deluxe is ranked 56th. The most important reason people chose Castle Crashers is:
Each level in the game has its own look and design which can keep the gameplay varied thanks to creating a need to explore in order to see what comes next. Ranging from deserts to ice filler terrain, there is no level that looks the same.
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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 Successfully avoids becoming repetitive and boring
Each level in the game has its own look and design which can keep the gameplay varied thanks to creating a need to explore in order to see what comes next. Ranging from deserts to ice filler terrain, there is no level that looks the same.
Pro The gameplay is very lighthearted and amusing
There are several jokes and silly moments throughout the game. All done without speaking any word. This keeps the game lighthearted and amusing thanks to the humor of the creators and how they infused it into the game itself.
Pro Supports co-op up to 4 players
The most fun to be had with the game is during four player co-op play. The unlockables and upgrades also keep the player wanting to come back and play just a bit more with their friends.
The co-op is available as local and online.
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 Bugs that appeared in the original XBox title were not fixed for the PC port
There are still bugs and glitches in the game that were in the original XBox version. Even though there were simple fixes for some of these the dev nor publisher bothered to address them.
Con Fair amount of grinding
There is a good amount of grinding that will need to take place for players to be able to advance past certain bosses.