Back to Bed vs Duet
When comparing Back to Bed vs Duet, the Slant community recommends Duet for most people. In the question“What are the most beautiful puzzle games on Android?” Duet is ranked 5th while Back to Bed is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Duet is:
Duet does not require an internet connection for the game to be played, making it an ideal game to play when there is no internet connection available.
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Pros
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.
Pro Can be played offline
Duet does not require an internet connection for the game to be played, making it an ideal game to play when there is no internet connection available.
Pro Simple yet interesting graphics
At a first glance, the graphics of Duet appear rather simplistic, but on closer inspection one notices how much detail there is, from the moving background to the high resolution support.
Pro Can be played in the player's preferred orientation
Whether the player prefers playing in portrait view or landscape Duet supports it.
Pro Supports immersive mode
Duet supports immersive mode on Android devices that are on 4.4+ (KitKat or above). Immersive Mode allows you to 'hide' the on-screen navigation buttons and the top status bar in order to get a full screen experience.
Pro Excellent soundtrack
The soundtrack for Duet was created by composer Tim Shiel and matches the game graphics perfectly.
Cons
Con Puzzles could be deeper
With such an amazing graphic design, the level of depth to the puzzles feels almost disappointing.
Con Extremely difficult
Even though the levels are only 20 seconds long, the difficulty of each level is so high that it takes several attempts before a stage is completed.