When comparing Mobile Legends: Bang Bang vs Pixel Dungeon, the Slant community recommends Pixel Dungeon for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games?” Pixel Dungeon is ranked 26th while Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is ranked 27th. The most important reason people chose Pixel Dungeon is:
There are multiple [mods](http://www.slant.co/topics/1961/~what-are-the-best-pixel-dungeon-mods) available that extend the gameplay or even just change it outright. This way there are many choices to the player as to how they would like the game to play.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Large community
A lot of people play the game, so it's easy to find matches at any time.
Pro Constant Updates
So you wouldn't get bored playing it.
Pro The most popular MOBA game
It's the most popular MOBA game but only in Souteast Asia since a majority of ML players don't have phones. Outside those areas though, it struggles to fight with Leauge of Legends & Dota 2
Pro Great controls
The game has very good control. Auto targeting or manual. If auto then you can chose the one with the lowest health or the closest to your hero.
Pro 80+ heroes to choose from
There are a number of well-balanced heroes and items to choose from.
Pro Nice ranking system
So nice, that you can get to the highest rank with the first hero you receive.
Pro Simplicity
Horrible graphics are pretty.
Pro New heroes every 2 weeks
Heroes are released pretty quickly every month weeks — there have been new heroes like Atlas, Wanwan as of March 2020 but every new hero seems like a ripoff of some other popular PC moba games like League of Legends and Dota 2
Pro Balanced gameplay
Most games are very close. There are no champions that are "broken", and matchups place you with and against players of equal skill levels. (This is sarcasm)(All the heroes are broken)
Pro Epic
White tiger.
Pro A variety of mods are available, which extend the gameplay by a large margin
There are multiple mods available that extend the gameplay or even just change it outright. This way there are many choices to the player as to how they would like the game to play.
Pro Tons of replayability thanks to the randomly generated level
In true roguelike fashion, levels are randomly generated each time a new game is started. On top of this mechanic, Pixel Dungeon goes one step further by randomizing effects of all items as well, so it's impossible to tell if a dropped item will have a positive or a negative effect based on its sprite representation.
Pro Challenging and fun gameplay that lends itself well to repeat plays
Pixel Dungeon's gameplay is intuitive, allowing for it to be easy to get into. What is great though is that it's also very challenging, quickly making the experience both rewarding and addictive. Just one more game is a thought many will have before actually turning off their device.
Pro Detail-oriented design lends itself well to many gameplay elements, giving a feeling of polish and care not normally found on mobile
Small details in the art design helps to add immersion to the gameplay.
Pro A good variation in items allows the player to constantly discover new and exciting ways to tackle the game
Next to the typical selection of buffs, de-buffs, potions (that can be either consumed or thrown), weapons and armor (the latter two have to identified and can carry with them bonuses and curses), there are also less common items like random teleportation scrolls, map reveals, etc.
Pro Easily play without an internet connection as the game can be played in-full offline
Pixel Dungeon does not require an internet connection to use, making for a good game to play when there is no internet to connect to such as on flights.
Pro Beautiful pixel artwork that should offer a good bit of nostalgia for anyone who grew up with games that look similar
This looks like one of the good SNES RPGs. For someone who grew up loving those games, that's a huge plus.
Pro Being completely free and open-source means that anyone can try the game in order to see if they like it
No advertisements, no in-game store, and available for free with the source code available on GitHub.
*There is a link in the game where users can donate money to the developer. This of course does not mean you have to, but it is marked as a game with in-app-purchased because of it.
Pro Has a reasonable amount of strategical depth where the player can easily plan out their next move
The top-down, turn-based nature of the game gives the opportunity to plan out a complex series of moves. This way there is no time constraint, and the player can leisurely strategize what they would like to do next.
Pro Hold your device as you like as the game can be played in portrait or landscape
Allowing the user to switch from portrait or landscape makes for an easy way to switch playstyles (one handed, two handed) depending on what device is being used (tablet, phone) as well as what is most comfortable for the user.
Cons
Con Horrible chat
Players advertising their channels and baiting with "free skins".
Con Bad matchmaking and Equally bad credit system
The matchmaking of this game itself causes many rage quits in game be it any tier. You can't play to your full potential more than half of the time because either your teammates are cancer noobs or pros carrying the whole game and trolling others. Then if someone played so bad that they deserve to be punished the game hardly punishes them. the punishment system is extremely bad but the developers never pay attention to it
Con Rude players community
Players often insult each other in the battle chat. Most the time so many words are being censored that you only see asterisks.
Con Too much lag
Although the developers are trying hard at every patch to fix the lag and the lag spikes, it remains a major problem, leading to AFK players.
Con Has players that know what is better for the games
Some players in the community act like they know what is the best. All developer's actions are WRONG because they're not following what-is-the-best for player. Skin stat boost? You can see how many kids are playing this game.
Con Bullshit ranking system
Loose a star loose a rank, credits to stupid elementary players and stupid developers.
Con Skins boost stats
You can have stat bonuses if you buy a skin with real money, but the bonuses can be considered negligible (e.g. +8 Physical Atk for Assassins/Fighter/Marksman, +8 Magic Power for Mages, and +100 HP for tanks).
Con Map hack bug
Developers focus more on getting money than fixing this bug.
Con Membership advantage
The Starlight Members in the game usually always win not for skills but rather "Pay-to-win".
Con Stun - disable meta game
Most heroes have stuns and disables, which makes the gameplay challenging. Too many stuns doesn't allow players to show their full skill-play since after the 3 sec stuns there are very few ways to escape and probably leads to an instadeath.
Con Pixel Dungeon is hard
Pixel Dungeon's difficulty can be a turn off for some players as it is quite challenging. While there will be those that enjoy such difficulty, those looking for something easy may not enjoy the game.
Con Overly random
A lot of people see roguelike design as being based around randomness. It's actually a far more precise set of balances than that. A lot of roguelike developers shy way from "randomly generated content" in favor of the term "procedurally generated content." The reason for this is that a well designed roguelike is well balanced enough that if you lose or win, it's all because of the actions you took.
Pixel Dungeon has a habit of sometimes generating dungeons that are basically impossible and sometimes generating dungeons that are laughably easy.
Con Randomness cannot be turned off
Since everything in Pixel Dungeon is randomized, sometimes a player's character can get killed in ways that cannot be avoided. There is no way to escape this issue since randomization is baked in with no way to turn it off.