When comparing AdventureQuest 3D vs Crashlands, the Slant community recommends Crashlands for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform PC/Android games?” Crashlands is ranked 1st while AdventureQuest 3D is ranked 20th. The most important reason people chose Crashlands is:
For just the medium difficulty setting there is hours upon hours of content, and that's even if you skip all the side quests and just focus on the main story. Plus there are two harder difficulties to try and in the near future a tool will come out which will let you build your own adventures as well as play other people's.
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Pros
Pro Play with friends on different operating systems
Instead of simply tweaking the game to work on mobile, in AdventureQuest 3D you can actually play with others on different operating systems - you can be on your phone, and your friend on a desktop computer while you both raid together.
Pro Flexible class sytem
There are 11 classes available - warrior, mage, rogue, pirate, necromancer, paladin, dragon slayer, ranger, ninja, berserker and guardian. You can swap between them at any time (as long as you are out of combat).
Pro Fun writing style
The first character you meet in the open beta is Zorbak who sortof looks like an evil mouse. Some of the first dialogue you see goes like this:
[Zorbak] POP Quiz! What's worse than a zombie eating your entire family?
[You] WHAT!? Nothing is worse than that...
[Zorbak] Oh yes there is! Tutorials! I Freaking hate tutorials!!! You know...the kind that force you to click the things for like the entire first hour of game play. Spits. But - good news! I found the guy responsible for making THOSE kind of tutorials...meh heh...
[You] You did?
[Zorbak] Yup. Found him, and pushed him right into that undead army's path.
[You] what!?
[Zorbak] I know. I know. No need for thanks.
Pro Lag-free graphics
The graphics are definitely not the best, however it allows people with lower end devices to play with a lag-free experience.
Pro Extremely Active Developers
AQ3D created by Artix has been in operation making games for almost 20 years, the AQ3D project whilst still in beta is being constantly developed and new updates are almost weekly.
Pro Hours of content just in the main quest alone gives the player plenty to do
For just the medium difficulty setting there is hours upon hours of content, and that's even if you skip all the side quests and just focus on the main story. Plus there are two harder difficulties to try and in the near future a tool will come out which will let you build your own adventures as well as play other people's.
Pro Pleasing graphics that show off a well designed and polished game
The graphics look nice and you can tell time has been put into designing them. While not the most flashy, there is a certain style to the whole game that makes for a very cohesive experience.
Pro Pick up from your last save, no matter the device you are using, thanks to the built in cloud saving
Playable on Android, iOS and PC you're able to transfer the one game between multiple devices (on same or different operating systems) and take it with you anywhere you go. with a Butterscotch ID (the devs self implemented cloud save system).
Pro Excellent progression system where you never feel like you are grinding too much
Progression never feels sluggish or rushed, everything has a good pace to it from the farming of materials and grinding out the various components for the tons of items, to the incredibly unique combat/interaction system, it all blends well into a long gaming experience.
Pro Hundreds items to craft in a deep and varied crafting system that will keep the user busy for hours and hours
There are over 500 items that can be crafted in the game, giving the player quite a lot to experiment with and explore when it comes to crafting items.
Pro Great soundtrack that suits the humor and setting of the game quite well
A great mix of chill and energized music, that fits the setting of the game at all times. A pleasure to listen to on its own as well.
Pro Multiple game modes
Once you've finished the basic mode there's also a challenging and insane mode for replayability.
Pro Good writing
You don't need to read everything to enjoy the game but the writing is very good and really adds to the enjoyment.
Pro Lots of entertaining pop-culture references
Cons
Con Poor interface
The inventory is a scroll-through list that covers half the screen and takes a very long time to sort through.
Con No endgame
Con This game is still in Beta
This section is irrelevant as game is no longer in beta and is much more polished and developed.
Con Mobile compatibility holds back the graphics
While the figures and settings look nice, it does look like a mobile game even when on PC. There are many, many games with significantly better graphics. Figures look slightly blocky, and color gradients aren't always smooth.
Con Cloud saves not through Google services
An extra account will need to be used in order to take advantage of the cloud saving as it does not work with Googles solution to cloud saves. While this does allow for the cloud saves to work cross platform, people may not want to take the extra step to make a new account with Butterscotch Shenanigans.