When comparing UnNetHack vs Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, the Slant community recommends Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup for most people. In the question“What are the best roguelikes on Android?” Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is ranked 21st while UnNetHack is ranked 63rd. The most important reason people chose Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is:
There are a few different classes available at character creation, each one has it's own abilities that are different from the others. Creating one is quite simple, which makes for a fast way to get into the game and start playing.
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Pros
Pro Tilesets and ASCII modes
There are two available tilesets (graphics) for the game as well as an ASCII mode. This gives the player a few choices as to how they would like their game to look and the additional ASCII mode gives the feeling of playing the original game this was forked from, for the purists.
Pro Fork of the original NetHack
UnNetHack is a fork of the original 1987 NetHack, a famous game for its time. For those familiar with the original there will be a good sense of nostalgia while playing.
Pro Simple character creation with different classes
There are a few different classes available at character creation, each one has it's own abilities that are different from the others. Creating one is quite simple, which makes for a fast way to get into the game and start playing.
Pro Gold Standard for roguelikes
The controls and replayability have been refined over the years. Whether the player chooses to play with Tiles (graphics) or console (ASCII) the game works well even when choosing online or offline play. Either way there is just enough interface to play the game.
Cons
Con Can be complicated to understand
Many areas of the game can be complicated to understand what they are, which can be not only intimidating in learning but also frustrating.
Con Have to fiddle with controls
Being that the game uses an emulated keyboard on screen it works best on tablet, though is not really the preferred method (but is the only one) since it takes up screen space.