When comparing King of Dragon Pass vs Back to Bed, the Slant community recommends Back to Bed for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls?” Back to Bed is ranked 63rd while King of Dragon Pass is ranked 65th. The most important reason people chose Back to Bed is:
Players must figure out how to traverse the architecture in order to get items they need to use to help guide the the main character, who is sleepwalking. It is through this mind bending architecture that the core of the gameplay lies as each level is a puzzle in and of itself to figure out how to gain all the items needed, which is only half the gameplay as once that is figured out they then need to guide the sleepwalker to their goal.
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Pros
Pro Plenty of depth
There is so much attention payed to the details of the game that gives the player a large sense of depth to the story.
Pro Beautiful hand painted art
While King of Dragon Pass does forgo animations, the hand painted art that is featured in game is outright gorgeous.
Pro Interestingly uses mind bending architecture in the gameplay
Players must figure out how to traverse the architecture in order to get items they need to use to help guide the the main character, who is sleepwalking. It is through this mind bending architecture that the core of the gameplay lies as each level is a puzzle in and of itself to figure out how to gain all the items needed, which is only half the gameplay as once that is figured out they then need to guide the sleepwalker to their goal.
Pro Excellent sound design
From its background music to its voice work, the sound design of The Room Two not only fits with the theme but adds to the player's immersion in the game and overall experience.
Pro Surreal graphics
The graphics of Back to Bed are very surreal, as if Dahli and Escher had teamed up to design a game.
Cons
Con Crash prone
King of Dragon Pass is buggy and is prone to crashing often.
Con Touch controls are not implemented well
While scrolling through text the play can easily accidentally click on text that performs an action. This can result in the player making game advancement choices they did not mean to.
Con Puzzles could be deeper
With such an amazing graphic design, the level of depth to the puzzles feels almost disappointing.