When comparing SuperTux vs Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, the Slant community recommends Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup for most people. In the question“What are the best open-source games?” Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is ranked 9th while SuperTux is ranked 30th. 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 The game is constantly growing
New levels, new art, new enemies... The game is improving all the time.
Pro Super Mario Bros alike
Reminds of old Super Mario Bros games back in the days.
Pro The classic native Linux game
This is the classic FOSS Linux game that's been here forever.
It's the game that embodies the spirit of Linux.
Pro There are contributed levels that are very good
In addition to the main world, there are contributed levels like the Forest World which is much more interesitng than the main world and has advantages of choosing different paths.
Pro There is a boss in the game
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 The main world is boring
There is usually only one way to go with no rewards for choosing different paths.
Con The story is throwaway
Literally copies super Mario bros. Nolok is essentially a Bowser clone.
Con Difficulty is all over the place
At the end of the main world some levels are very easy and some are very hard.
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.