When comparing Spirits vs The Boy with Bombs, the Slant community recommends Spirits for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls?” Spirits is ranked 75th while The Boy with Bombs is ranked 105th. The most important reason people chose Spirits is:
The artistic design of the game is quite dream-like, with hand-drawn characters and levels. Its sound design is equally impressive.
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Pros
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.
Pro Great for quick gaming sessions
The Boy With Bombs is a great game to play when looking for a quick burst of gaming. A single session does not last more than a couple of minutes.
Pro Old School SNES character design
The character design is very reminiscent of games from the SNES such as Secret of Mana.
Cons
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.
Con Bomb upgrade system confusing
The upgrade system for bombs can be confusing as there is nothing in game that explains it.