When comparing My Singing Monsters vs Clash of Clans, the Slant community recommends Clash of Clans for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games with persistent things to upgrade that can be played for a few minutes at a time?” Clash of Clans is ranked 2nd while My Singing Monsters is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose Clash of Clans is:
For those looking for a casual game to play at a slow pace in small chunk Clash of Clans has gameplay that fits that scenario quite well. Players slowly build up their base into a fortress by creating building to contain within as well as walls to surround it. This all happens over time and can not be immediately done so is a game focused on being played throughout a day in small pieces over many months to years. Slowly but surely the time invested will lead to creating a large base that can take on other large opponents.
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Pros
Pro Enjoyable music that does not get old
The songs within are catchy and fun and do not tire the listener, which is good for extended play sessions.
Pro Fun interactive music component
The player collects monsters that can be placed on islands, where in different islands can be purchased and used to store monsters. The monsters on those islands sing, which effects the tone of the background song. Each monster can be muted individually, which then can change the tone of the song depending on which monsters are muted. While not a main gameplay mechanic or anything the way a player can effect each islands music is an entertaining and fun component.
Pro Cute and entertaining monsters
The main goal of the game is to collect all of the different available monsters, of which there are tons, with each having a cute but ugly look to them with each having their own tune to add to the music of an island.
Pro Upgrades go on forever
The game is consistently upgraded, so even for people that rush through the game and collect all the available monsters (which is pretty time consuming to do) the devs add in more content in a consistent manner that adds even more monsters and islands to collect. Basically it is an ever expanding game.
Pro Fun slow paced incremental gameplay
For those looking for a casual game to play at a slow pace in small chunk Clash of Clans has gameplay that fits that scenario quite well. Players slowly build up their base into a fortress by creating building to contain within as well as walls to surround it. This all happens over time and can not be immediately done so is a game focused on being played throughout a day in small pieces over many months to years. Slowly but surely the time invested will lead to creating a large base that can take on other large opponents.
Pro Formulated to be very addictive
The whole design of the game was created around having the player come back to the game. Only through making a better and better base and units can one succeed and only through coming back to the game over and over again to upgrade these areas can one do that. It is the promise of success if you just do one more thing, and another, and another that creates the sense that at some point can the player really be "winning", which to many is a very fun feeling.
Cons
Con Prone to crashing after using the in-game store
For those that do use the in-game store there is a problem where the game crashes after long sessions in the store, which can be frustrating.
Con Too focused on in-app purchases
The game is heavily designed to get you to start paying for things by creating slow moving gameplay with wait timers and overpriced items. Only when players pay real money can the realistically move the gameplay along at an acceptable pace of that found in most paid upfront games.