When comparing Candy Box 2 vs Slither.io, the Slant community recommends Slither.io for most people. In the question“What are the best non-flash escape games?” Slither.io is ranked 1st while Candy Box 2 is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose Slither.io is:
Anyone can play but if you want to get far you have to spend a lot of time on it.
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Pros
Pro Simple premise that grows the longer one plays
As a player starts there is only two actions, eat candy or throw it on the ground, but as the game progresses, more things will show up on the board that allow for more interaction. So the more time one spends with the game, the more they will get out of it in gameplay and features.
Pro Has a sense of humor
Much of the game will draw attention to certain phenomena in order to make fun of it. This is part of the experience of the game and makes for an amusing playthrough.
Pro Simple to get into hard to master
Anyone can play but if you want to get far you have to spend a lot of time on it.
Pro Short game
You can play for 5 min and then just quit.
Cons
Con Art may be seen as simplistic
Utilizing ASCII art in the game definitely has an old school feeling while playing, this may not appeal to everyone and can be seen as too simplistic.
Con Not a lot to do other than eat, eat, eat
There is not a lot to do so this will not be for everyone.