When comparing Rebuild vs Spirits, the Slant community recommends Rebuild for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls?” Rebuild is ranked 15th while Spirits is ranked 75th. The most important reason people chose Rebuild is:
The gameplay consists mostly of managing people, their skills, resources, tools and property. It has enough depth and a good balance in order to present a worthwhile challenge.
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Pros
Pro Well balanced gameplay that offers a good amount of choice to the player
The gameplay consists mostly of managing people, their skills, resources, tools and property. It has enough depth and a good balance in order to present a worthwhile challenge.
Pro Multiple events/endings encourage repeat play.
Pro Endless gameplay thanks to the random generation upon each start of the game
On each beginning of the game, the city is randomly generated. This makes for a new experience every time a new game is started, which keeps things fresh for the player.
Pro Atmospheric zombie survival theme that fits the zombie genre quite respectively
If you like a zombie overrun post-apocalyptic scenario, this game sets the atmosphere accordingly, with constant scavenging for resources on the verge of human extinction, moral choices, and a disturbing soundtrack. All adding up to a well polished game that shows off its theme of a zombie apocalypse quite well.
Pro Impressive style and quality
The artistic design of the game is quite dream-like, with hand-drawn characters and levels. Its sound design is equally impressive.
Pro Whimsical artistic style
This game is ethereal and relaxing, while at the same time engaging the player in challenging puzzles. The main character is comical, yet beautiful at the same time. It's almost like The Wisp and Lemmings had a child.
Pro Great atmosphere
Dream-like art direction with hand-drawn characters and levels, and excellent sound design.
Pro Varied, Lemmings-style puzzles
The game has interesting and often challenging puzzles, especially if you wish to complete the level perfectly, made possible with varied abilities of spirits that get introduced throughout the game.
Cons
Con Late game is too easy
Rebuild tends to get easier the more farmland one obtains, so the further the player reaches in the game, the easier things become. This may cause some players to looses interest in the game, since it progressively got easier.
Con not free
Con not free
Con Broken on Android Marshmallow devices
Unfortunately, Spirits doesn't work with Android devices with Android 6.0 Marshmallow installed (or higher). The game simply freezes or crashes instantly while loading.
Con Slow-moving gameplay
Spirits is intended to be a slow, relaxing game, though some may not enjoy the extent of the title's slowness.
