When comparing Townsmen 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 Townsmen is ranked 8th. 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 Well-polished with great attention to detail
From the detail to the inhabitants to the great design of the town it is obvious a lot of attention was payed to the smaller things.
Pro It has that realistic feel
It feels realistic and you can roleplay to your heart's desire.
Pro Intuitive and accessible
Straightforward controls, well-organized information and a thorough tutorial make Townsmen easy to pick up and play.
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 Intrusive ads and offers
Even in the premium version, you'll receive pop-ups offering a few points of Prestige (premium currency) in exchange for watching a video advertisement.
Con Supply chain construction can become tedious in scenarios
Townsmen's complex resource management is not too burdensome while casually building a sandbox city. Once you've done it once or twice, it's frustrating to wait through dozens of build timers just to get access to the raw materials needed for a scenario's first goal.
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.