When comparing Dungeon Souls vs Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, the Slant community recommends Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup for most people. In the question“What are the best roguelikes/roguelites on PC?” Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is ranked 8th while Dungeon Souls is ranked 86th. The most important reason people chose Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is:
There are a few different classes available at character creation, each one has it's own abilities that are different from the others. Creating one is quite simple, which makes for a fast way to get into the game and start playing.
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Pros
Pro Good pacing
For the most part it is known when you will be surrounded by enemies (when stepping on a rune, which is needed to progress) which allows the player to prepare. Enemies throughout the rest are scattered giving time to react, but the deeper on gets into the game the more difficult it will become, but does happen at a pace that the player feels prepared for it.
Pro Simple character creation with different classes
There are a few different classes available at character creation, each one has it's own abilities that are different from the others. Creating one is quite simple, which makes for a fast way to get into the game and start playing.
Pro Gold Standard for roguelikes
The controls and replayability have been refined over the years. Whether the player chooses to play with Tiles (graphics) or console (ASCII) the game works well even when choosing online or offline play. Either way there is just enough interface to play the game.
Cons
Con Enemies can spawn right next to you and one hit kill
This issue can be infuriating due to how random it is, an enemy can spawn right next to your character and one hit kill them, depending on how far you have gotten in the game this can be quite annoying.
Con Classes are unbalanced
This may change in the future as this is an Early Access game, which mean things will change and get updated. Currently though the ranged classes have an easier time in the game making for unbalanced gameplay depending on what class is chosen.
Con Have to fiddle with controls
Being that the game uses an emulated keyboard on screen it works best on tablet, though is not really the preferred method (but is the only one) since it takes up screen space.