When comparing Savage 2 vs SpyParty [Early Access beta], the Slant community recommends SpyParty [Early Access beta] for most people. In the question“What are the best PC multiplayer games with asymmetric gameplay?” SpyParty [Early Access beta] is ranked 15th while Savage 2 is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose SpyParty [Early Access beta] is:
In SpyParty one player plays as a spy that needs to blend into a party full of NPCs, while trying to steal valuable documents. The other player plays as a sniper who has to figure out which person is the spy, and take their shot.
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Pros
Pro As a soldier, perform more advanced attacks with the help of a commander
From the soldier's point of view, you can get a more cohesive team gameplay experience, as the commander player can do reconnaissance and provide better instructions to the troop, allowing for more interesting team based gameplay that's more advanced than everyone going off on their own and attacking randomly.
Pro RTS gameplay relies on teamwork
Savage adds a very interesting mechanic in that the grunts and soldiers need to work together with the commander to succeed. Instead of having to micromanage every unit, the commander can take a higher level leadership role, and focus more on strategy over tactics.
Pro Intense stealth gameplay
In SpyParty one player plays as a spy that needs to blend into a party full of NPCs, while trying to steal valuable documents. The other player plays as a sniper who has to figure out which person is the spy, and take their shot.
Pro Online two player
The gameplay is cat and mouse where one player is a sniper and the other is a secret agent. To pull this off the game is basically online vs two player.
Cons
Con Block as default middle mouse button
Depending on the mouse being used block as the middle mouse button can result in a lot of mis clicks in the heat of battle. For such an important move it can result in problems often for the user.
Con Slow development
SPyParty is still in an open beta, something that it seems to have been stuck in for a while.