When comparing Doom & Destiny vs Galaxy Trucker, 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 46th while Galaxy Trucker is ranked 84th. 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 Time based strategy
Users have to strategize how much time they can spend on balancing their ships to how much time spent looking at the upcoming rounds cards. This makes for fast paced decision making.
Pro Even doing poorly at the game is fun
Galaxy Trucker has lighthearted humor that can make even loosing at the game fun due to the scenarios that can play out.
Pro Fastest player sets the pace
Some games can be slowed down by a player that is lagging behind but in Galaxy Trucker the gameplay is set by the fastest player, which is refreshing.
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 Beginning of game is more exciting than the last two parts
The game is broken up into three phases with the first being the most exciting. This makes for unbalanced gameplay in that the other two sections feel a bit dull.
