When comparing Kapsula vs Hoplite, the Slant community recommends Hoplite for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games with randomly generated levels?” Hoplite is ranked 3rd while Kapsula is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Hoplite is:
You must plan your movements and attacks, paying attention to all enemy positions and their attacks. This makes for a game that the player can pore over their options, for as long as they like, which can be pretty enveloping.
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Pros
Pro Randomly generated tracks
The tracks in the game are randomly generated, making for a different experience every time the user plays.
Pro Controls are simple and work well
The controls in Kapsula are responsive and simple, making for an easy to control game.
Pro Stylistic
Between the colors that change in game (depending on the time of day) and the great electronic soundtrack, Kapsula offers a very unique style to its game.
Pro Very original twist to an endless runner style game
While driving down the track the players car can get attached to any other car that is adjacent, now the player is a larger target that can be destroyed if any of the attached cars (or the players) collide with another. This creates a tense situation in where the player needs to try to get rid of the attached vehicles by colliding them into matching colored walls or cars. What makes this even more involved is that the more cars attached to the player, the more gems that can be picked up, which is the goal of each run. So now it becomes a balancing issue, is it worth risking running into other cars and ending the players run in order to have the advantage of getting more gems.
Pro Deep gameplay that harkens back to chess or other grid based games, where planning and strategy take a front seat
You must plan your movements and attacks, paying attention to all enemy positions and their attacks. This makes for a game that the player can pore over their options, for as long as they like, which can be pretty enveloping.
Pro Easy to understand the rules as any pertinent info is relayed before a move decision is needed
Someone called it "Chess, the roguelike". You have all the information before you move, every time. Enemies follow a simple ruleset, with no variation. There is almost no randomness. You know that you will die the turn before you do, and you will die because you painted yourself into a corner.
Pro Great replay value thanks to the roguelike random generation
There is a good list of achievements, which creates a high replay value. It encourages the user to play very differently in subsequent replays. Which is great for keeping the game fresh.
Pro Can be played at your own pace thanks to the turn based nature of the title
Hoplite is a turn based game, making for something that people can take their time with, deciding on their strategy for each move.
Pro Extended gameplay when you finish the title, with the fun but difficult game+ gameplay mode
Starting on level 16, the altars get replaced by a portal. The player has the choice to "win" the game by exiting through the portal, or to ignore the portal on that level and venture deeper, aiming for higher scores on progressively more difficult floors. This is great for those that enjoy more challenge and extra content past the regular ending.
Pro Well-balanced
Other, more popular, mobile roguelikes are far too random. A lot of people associate roguelikes with randomness, but a lot of effort goes into making sure that they provide consistently winnable games. When you lose a game it should be because you did something dumb, not because the RNG didn't deign it today. Hoplite nails this.
Pro Large assortment of enemies keeps the gameplay and strategies required fresh
There is a wide array of enemies to encounter and fight, which keeps encounters fresh as well as the strategies needed.
Cons
Con Can take time to learn how to play effectively
There is no hand holding in Kapsula, so learning the play style that works best to collect the gems in game takes a little bit of time to figure out.
Con Short game
Hoplite does not take that long to complete as it can be finished in an average playthrough in around an hour.