When comparing Star Traders RPG Elite vs Adventure Bar Story, the Slant community recommends Adventure Bar Story for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games with economics-based gameplay?” Adventure Bar Story is ranked 6th while Star Traders RPG Elite is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Adventure Bar Story is:
While the dungeon-crawling and recipe-management components of Adventure Bar Story could each get tiresome on their own, alternating between the two keeps both fresh.
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Pros
Pro Actively supported with frequent updates
The Trese Brothers studio is known for constant improvements and content additions to all their titles.
Pro Extreme freedom in play style
Star Traders follows the sandbox RPG philosophy. There are a few motivating factors -- keeping your ship fueled, crewed, in one piece, and still yours -- but there are many ways to satisfy those needs, and there are mechanics in place for the player to indulge in any number of personal goals.
Pro Well-balanced mix of entrepreneurial and combat-RPG mechanics
While the dungeon-crawling and recipe-management components of Adventure Bar Story could each get tiresome on their own, alternating between the two keeps both fresh.
Pro Gameplay is balanced without in-app purchases
The premium items available in Adventure Bar Story are most accurately described as optional cheats. The game is not overly difficult or otherwise restricted without them.
Pro Impressive strategic depth
Purchases must be balanced between adventuring gear and cooking supplies. Adventuring is the cheapest way to get ingredients and the only way to advance the story. But adventuring will never provide enough of certain stables (salt, milk, etc.) so you'll need to spend a lot of your cash on them, along with additional kitchen equipment and (optional, but convenient) recipes. You can't just ignore cooking, either -- in addition to being your primary income, character levels are gained only by eating!
Cons
Con Much of the interface is text-based, with only decorative graphics
The bulk of gameplay could be mistaken for web pages from the 1990s.
Con Recipe discovery doesn't always make sense
Trying original recipes is not completely essential, but definitely an important game feature. Sometimes, ingredients go together exactly as you would expect based on other in-game recipes or real-world equivalents. Sometimes, all the things that should work don't.
Con Aesthetically bland
Graphics, sound and dialog are adequate but nothing more.
Con Progression is slow
It takes several hours just to encounter all the core gameplay elements.