When comparing Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic vs Quadropus Rampage, the Slant community recommends Quadropus Rampage for most people. In the question“What are the best roguelikes on Android?” Quadropus Rampage is ranked 20th while Pixel Heroes: Byte & Magic is ranked 28th. The most important reason people chose Quadropus Rampage is:
The controls can be kind of hard to learn at first but they are intuitive, and once you get the hang of them they are great.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Pixel perfect
Graphics and fonts are pixel perfect.
Pro Retro look, sound & feel
Authentic 8bit visuals, sound & music. Also with authentic low screen resolution.
Pro Quick save
A feature that should be necessary for all mobile games, quick save allows the user to set the game down at any time by saving quickly, making for a game that can be played in plenty of short bursts without loosing any progression.
Pro Humorous with nerd culture references
The game has a good sense of humor with many inside jokes referencing things such as Tolkien, Lovecraft as well as modern day dev. culture.
Pro Tons of loot
Pro Intuitive controls
The controls can be kind of hard to learn at first but they are intuitive, and once you get the hang of them they are great.
Pro Great graphics
The graphics are appealing and well done though they are not realistic, they fit the atmosphere quite well.
Pro Many upgrades that will keep the player busy
Such as collecting orbs and purchasing upgrades, pets, and skins.
Pro Cute pets to collect
You start of with one cute pet and can purchase more cute pets as you progress.
Cons
Con Limited starting characters
Starting characters are limited and random, which can be frustrating, especially when the game is centered around restarting many, many times.
Con No roguelite features
Pixel Heroes subscribes to Roguelike rules where there is zero carry over from previous playthroughs. When compared to the small amount of progression seen in Roguelites this may be a turn off for some users.
Con Status effects overpowered
Status effects have too much of an advantage over the player, which means a focus has to be on countering them, leaving other elements to not be focused on due to being under-powered in comparison.
Con Not a lot of inventory space for storage of items
Con Older devices have performance issues
When many enemies are on screen there can be slowdown, especially for those on older devices.