When comparing Pathos: Nethack Codex vs Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic, the Slant community recommends Pathos: Nethack Codex for most people. In the question“What are the best roguelikes on Android?” Pathos: Nethack Codex is ranked 10th while Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic is ranked 28th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Literally feels like Nethack, despite totally intuitive interface
Pro Active developer continually adding new content and features
Pro 100% free
No in app purchases either.
Pro Scales well on multiple sized devices
Supports phone, tablet, and desktop/laptop sized screens.
Pro Pixel perfect
Graphics and fonts are pixel perfect.
Pro Retro look, sound & feel
Authentic 8bit visuals, sound & music. Also with authentic low screen resolution.
Pro Quick save
A feature that should be necessary for all mobile games, quick save allows the user to set the game down at any time by saving quickly, making for a game that can be played in plenty of short bursts without loosing any progression.
Pro Humorous with nerd culture references
The game has a good sense of humor with many inside jokes referencing things such as Tolkien, Lovecraft as well as modern day dev. culture.
Pro Tons of loot
Cons
Con Limited starting characters
Starting characters are limited and random, which can be frustrating, especially when the game is centered around restarting many, many times.
Con No roguelite features
Pixel Heroes subscribes to Roguelike rules where there is zero carry over from previous playthroughs. When compared to the small amount of progression seen in Roguelites this may be a turn off for some users.
Con Status effects overpowered
Status effects have too much of an advantage over the player, which means a focus has to be on countering them, leaving other elements to not be focused on due to being under-powered in comparison.