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Add to SafariWhen comparing Mindustry 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 Mindustry is ranked 10th. 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 Very active development
The developer of Mindustry is actively updating the game . Mindustry will most likely not be the same each year because of various big update.
Pro Big campaign
There is a big campaign if you want to play alone.
Pro Great graphics
One of the best looking 2D games.
Pro Free
You won't lose anything if you don't like it.
Pro Active community
Dozen of maps are uploaded every day and you have many choices if you want to play on a server.
Pro Single-player and multi-player
It can be played in single an multi-player.
Pro Open-source
Pro Unique gameplay
Pro Tutorial
Has a good tutorial.
Pro Coop , team and FFA
Multi-player isn't limited to only coop or FFA multi-player game but can do both and have also a team mod.
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 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.
