When comparing The Cave vs Dynamite Jack, the Slant community recommends The Cave for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls?” The Cave is ranked 31st while Dynamite Jack is ranked 116th. The most important reason people chose The Cave is:
The Cave supports up to 3 player local co-op play. Sadly there is no online co-op.
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Pros
Pro 3 player local co-op
The Cave supports up to 3 player local co-op play. Sadly there is no online co-op.
Pro Cheesy jokes of the best kind
The Cave has a good sense of humor within, something expected when considering the game was created by the same people as The Secret of Monkey Island.
Pro Characters based on 7 deadly sins
Each character represents one of the seven deadly sins making the game a bit of a moral tale.
Pro User created levels
There are an assortment of user created levels available for download as well as any number that the user can come up with and create themselves.
Pro Looks great on AMOLED screens
Dynamite Jack uses sharp colors on a black background which look incredibly saturated when playing on an AMOLED device.
Pro Two control schemes
There are two control schemes available in the settings. The forst is drawing lines that the character follows on screen and the other is a virtual thumbstick.
Cons
Con Tedious level design
There is a lot of backtracking and lever pulling that gives a feeling of lazy level design to elongate the game.
Con Co-op may leave one or two players out on certain stages
Some stages do not offer gameplay for all co-op players. Although the co-op is drop in drop out, certain points of the game do not offer anything for the other players to do.
Con Gameplay somewhat overwhelming
When first starting out all of the pop ups on the display may be confusing or just too much for the player.