When comparing Doom & Destiny vs Evoland, the Slant community recommends Doom & Destiny for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls?” Doom & Destiny is ranked 44th while Evoland is ranked 102nd. 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 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
Pro Offers a good bit of nostalgia
Starting the game one is playing something very reminiscent of a classic Gameboy game, many elements borrowed from famous franchises of the time. As the player advance the game changes it's graphics to match all of the popular consoles from the last 30 years and each change resembles many other popular classic. The game definitely brings back many good gaming memories.
Pro Seamless switching of game mechanics
The gameplay changes from action based combat resembling Secret of Mana or Zelda to turn based (when fighting bosses) that resembles Final Fantasy or Chrono Trigger. This switchng back and forth fits with the theme of the game where it covers years of RPG releases of different genres.
Cons
Con Translation errors
With a game that's heavily focused on storytelling grammatical errors are quite noticeable.
Con Why pay for a mobile game, when loads of free ones
Con Too generic
While trying to pay tribute to the great classics in the RPG genre the game itself lacks any feeling of "soul" or personality making for a tale that is just too familiar and obvious.