When comparing Stealth Bastard Deluxe vs Dustforce, the Slant community recommends Dustforce for most people. In the question“What are the best 2D games on Steam?” Dustforce is ranked 47th while Stealth Bastard Deluxe is ranked 56th. The most important reason people chose Dustforce is:
In order to perfect a level there needs to be a lot of abuse beforehand, a lot of deaths. But once it all falls into place there is no better feeling of mastering a level.
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 Keeps player coming back for more
In order to perfect a level there needs to be a lot of abuse beforehand, a lot of deaths. But once it all falls into place there is no better feeling of mastering a level.
Pro Concise tutorial
Dustforce has a very detailed tutorial that teaches the player all of the ins and outs of the gameplay.
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 Only local multiplayer
Sadly the multiplayer aspect of Dustforce is local only. For PC gaming to exclude online multiplayer (when there are multiplayer modes) is an odd choice as the platform lends itself better to online play more so than sharing a single monitor.