When comparing The Cave vs Dungeonland, the Slant community recommends The Cave for most people. In the question“What are the best local co-op PC games?” The Cave is ranked 40th while Dungeonland is ranked 42nd. 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 Chaotic 1v3 gameplay in Dungeon Maestro Mode
Dungeon Maestro Mode allows for 1v3 asymmetric gameplay where three players face off against one more powerful player. It is through cooperation that the three players can defeat the other one player.
Pro Three playable classes with each having a choice in specialization
There are three playable classes a player can use that also have their own sub-classes. This makes for plenty of choices for the player to specialize in certain areas that will differentiate them from other players.
Pro Up to 3 player online or local co-op
Dungeonland supports up to 3 players for online and local co-op play.
Pro Great as a LAN game
Dungeonland has built in LAN support for up to three players.
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 Buggy
There are quite a few bugs during gameplay such as dying immediately after a respawn. This can be frustrating for the player and makes for a subpar experience.
Con Difficult gameplay
Difficulty starts at hard and only gets harder from each setting after that making for a difficult game that is not friendly to people used to less difficult games. It can also take time to get used to the difficulty which some people do not have to spare.