When comparing After The End: The Harvest vs Doom & Destiny, the Slant community recommends Doom & Destiny for most people. In the question“What are the best RPGMaker games on Steam?” Doom & Destiny is ranked 3rd while After The End: The Harvest is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Doom & Destiny is:
Doom & Destiny is very well written. Full of references, humorous dialogue and excellent satire of RPGs.
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Pros
Pro Huge open-world style gameplay set across space and multiple planets
You can do what you want, how you want. Go anywhere, attack anyone. Quests can also be taken in almost any order. You can fly, fight as well as land a spaceship through space and dozens of planets with various climate hazards.
Pro Action-adventure combat, monster catching, crafting and rune sockets
Action-adventure combat similar to Zelda. Over 100+ weapons and magic spells. Flexible combat which allows you to have two weapons equipped at a time. Weapons include things like shotguns, energy swords, walking sticks, bows and flamethrowers. Items can be combined with each other, and magic spells to create stronger magic.
Most monsters you fight can also be caught and will follow you around and help you fight. NPC characters that are in the game can also have their own monsters that you can battle against. Defeating monsters owned by NPC's will award you Arena Coins which you can use to participate in various Battling Leagues across space.
Pro Loads of loot, sidequests and secrets
Hidden areas and powerful items can be found all across the various galaxies and deep space. Rob, steal and trade your way to wealth. Hunt Titans and make your way into the Center of the Universe. Investigate ancient alien inscriptions scattered across various dungeons.
Pro Great storytelling
Doom & Destiny is very well written. Full of references, humorous dialogue and excellent satire of RPGs.
Pro Beautiful
Doom & Destiny has a colorful, detailed aesthetic.
Pro Fun gameplay and hilarious dialogs
Cons
Con Controls configuration initially confusing
Controls on keyboard are adequate but controller definitely recommended. Make sure to read instructions on how to configure controls!
Con Translation errors
With a game that's heavily focused on storytelling grammatical errors are quite noticeable.