When comparing Renowned Explorers: International Society vs Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic, the Slant community recommends Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic for most people. In the question“What are the best roguelikes/roguelites on PC?” Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic is ranked 47th while Renowned Explorers: International Society is ranked 64th. The most important reason people chose Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic is:
Graphics and fonts are pixel perfect.
Specs
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pros
Pro Simple interface
Pro Art style
Pro Inovative combat mechanics
Pro Easy to learn
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 Choices don't matter
In each adventure, you have no real foreknowledge of the map layouts and limited time. You can select an alternate path on a second playthrough, then you'll have seen it all, but which way you go really matters very little in the end. Between adventures, you can level up various indicators, and select a new crew, but they won't have much impact on the final product either.
Con Low replayability
Con Boring combat
After a handful of games, every battle will be the same.
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.