When comparing Neverball vs Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, the Slant community recommends Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup for most people. In the question“What are the best open-source games?” Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is ranked 9th while Neverball is ranked 83rd. The most important reason people chose Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is:
There are a few different classes available at character creation, each one has it's own abilities that are different from the others. Creating one is quite simple, which makes for a fast way to get into the game and start playing.
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Pros
Pro Includes NeverPutt mini golf game
Which some actually enjoy even more than NeverBall. Good music, turn based mini golf game, great for playing with children.
Pro It's a free and open source game
Neverball is a free and open source game that's under general public license and was made by volunteers comprising of programmers and level builders.
Pro Contains easy to challenging levels
You'll encounter seven level sets ranging from easy to difficult. There are also more level packs that can be found in the community so there can be more to try if you find the game to your liking.
Pro Simple character creation with different classes
There are a few different classes available at character creation, each one has it's own abilities that are different from the others. Creating one is quite simple, which makes for a fast way to get into the game and start playing.
Pro Gold Standard for roguelikes
The controls and replayability have been refined over the years. Whether the player chooses to play with Tiles (graphics) or console (ASCII) the game works well even when choosing online or offline play. Either way there is just enough interface to play the game.
Cons
Con Alert for win
Not recommended.
Con Have to fiddle with controls
Being that the game uses an emulated keyboard on screen it works best on tablet, though is not really the preferred method (but is the only one) since it takes up screen space.