When comparing WazHack vs Pathos: Nethack Codex, the Slant community recommends Pathos: Nethack Codex for most people. In the question“What are the best roguelikes on Android?” Pathos: Nethack Codex is ranked 10th while WazHack is ranked 11th.
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Pros
Pro Offers an impressive amount of variety in items and monsters, which keeps the experience fresh
Over 300 items and 130 monsters, WazHack offers a lot of variety that will take a lot of play throughs to experience.
Pro Unique twist on roguelike gameplay where the game takes a side-scrolling approach
A 3D rendered side-scrolling roguelike, makes for some very unique mechanics, thanks to not being top down like many traditional roguelikes. While it will still have the player progress in randomly generated dungeons, exploring for new items and gear, the battle mechanics will be more akin to side scrolling platforming.
Pro Surprising depth
Many approaches and strategies are viable in a simple shell.
Pro Controller support
Pro Literally feels like Nethack, despite totally intuitive interface
Pro Active developer continually adding new content and features
Pro 100% free
No in app purchases either.
Pro Scales well on multiple sized devices
Supports phone, tablet, and desktop/laptop sized screens.
Cons
Con Some quirks with control scheme and interface
Some specific action in the game are hard to pull off with touch screen, causing the player to move when trying to open menus.
Con Costs money to get the full experience
The game asks to spend money on each character type separately to go deeper than 300 feet; cost about $1 each.
Con Somewhat crude art-style
Graphics are reminiscent of freeware games from the early 2000's.