When comparing Horizon Chase vs Flight, the Slant community recommends Flight for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games for Nvidia Shield?” Flight is ranked 19th while Horizon Chase is ranked 32nd. The most important reason people chose Flight is:
Since Flight uses static methods, it does not require for the application class to be instantiated.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Great soundtrack
Music composed by Barry Leitch, who also composed the soundtrack for Lotus and Top Gear.
Pro Full gamepad support
The game plays great with gamepad. (With the exception of the optional Facebook login screen.)
Pro Fair/classic/traditional pricing
The first few tracks are for free (just like a demo). Then you have one IAP to unlock the full game. And you have optional expansion packs that can be purchased as well.
Pro Uses static methods
Since Flight uses static methods, it does not require for the application class to be instantiated.
Pro Open source
Flight is open source and is released under the MIT license.
Pro Filters
A unique feature of Flight is something that the author calls filters. Filters are functions which can be executed before and after any other function and can change the parameters and the output of said function.
This feature is used instead of hooks which in other frameworks are used to execute code into different parts of the application's life-cycle.
Cons
Con Single-player only
If you want split-screen multiplayer, you have to play it on consoles or on PC. The mobile version is single-player.
Con Cannot use ArrayAccess
The fact that it uses static methods means that it's impossible for Flight to make use of ArrayAccess, which in turns means that it cannot inject dependencies easily.