When comparing Gunman Clive vs Bean's Quest, the Slant community recommends Bean's Quest for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls?” Bean's Quest is ranked 54th while Gunman Clive is ranked 129th. The most important reason people chose Bean's Quest is:
Bean's Quest has things to find, challenges based on complexity and the amount of times you've jumped in each level. Trying to hit everything in each level can become addictive.
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Pros
Pro Good touch screen controls
The touch screen controls are accurate and work very well for this platformer.
Pro Tough as nails
Very challenging game in the same vein as Mega Man for platforming, boss battles, and gameplay.
Pro Lots of replayability
Bean's Quest has things to find, challenges based on complexity and the amount of times you've jumped in each level. Trying to hit everything in each level can become addictive.
Pro Easy to control but very hard to master
This is a mobile platform game which is easy to control but very hard to master. You can only tell your character to go left or right, jumping happens continuously. This strikes the balance between control and timing that make all the best platformers great.
Pro Great visuals
The visuals may seem a little jarring to begin with but they turn out to be superb. Created by Melbourne artist Jagi.
Cons
Con Death means a restart at the beginning of the level, no halfway points
Gunman Clive has zero mid level checkpoints, which means upon death the player will have to restart all over again at the beginning of the level.
Con Bean's Quest is short
The length of the game is a bit short.