When comparing Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath vs GTA: Chinatown Wars, the Slant community recommends Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls?” Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is ranked 7th while GTA: Chinatown Wars is ranked 58th. The most important reason people chose Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is:
There are actual graphical settings options in the setting of the game allowing the player to choose what settings work best for their device. This allows the game to look great on high end hardware, yet still perform well on low end hardware.
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Pros
Pro Graphic settings help provide good performance on all hardware
There are actual graphical settings options in the setting of the game allowing the player to choose what settings work best for their device. This allows the game to look great on high end hardware, yet still perform well on low end hardware.
Pro Excellent choice of shooting RPG with new type of shooting animal
Movie like western style rogue game with bounty hunter action. Awesome game. Story with a twist in the middle and end of game. Play to find out..
Pro Intuitive adapted controls
From what was originally an XBox game meant to be played with a controller, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath has been adapted quite well to touch screen. Intuitive features such as shaking the device to heal puts this game apart from other ports as time was actually taken to figure in features that work on the mobile platform.
Pro Compelling events make the story interesting
The power struggle between gangs has resulted in the death of your father. You have flown from Hong Kong to avenge your father's death. The missions vary, and all could be plausible making it easy to get lost in the story.
Pro Local multiplayer is more fun than you'd think
The local multiplayer takes advantage of this open-world game in the best ways possible. You can challenge another player to different activities - including Death Races (last alive or first to the finish wins), Stash Dash (get to a delivery van first and make deliveries while the other player tries to stop you), Liberty City Survivor (1v1 battle against your opponent with many police around), and Defend the Base (co-operatively protect targets from incoming bad guys).
Pro Decent graphics
The graphics and lighting effects have been improved over the original version (on the Nintendo DS) to a point where they're good enough for modern mobile gaming.
Pro Controller support for improved controls
GTA: Chinatown Wars has built in controller support which means it is compatible with the Google Nexus Player as well as the Amazon Fire TV. This means you can play it on your phone/tablet with a Bluetooth controller, or on an Android console on the big-screen TV with a Bluetooth controller for an even more console-like feeling.
Note: not all Bluetooth controllers are supported
Cons
Con Linear story-line doesn't allow free movement
Once you complete all the missions in one town, there is no way to go back. This sort of defeats the purpose of a free-world game.
Con FPS sections are difficult to control
The first person shooter sections of the game can be a bit difficult as the player needs to remove their thumb from one of the touch screen movement sticks to shoot, making parts of movement impossible to control while shooting.
Con Controls on touchscreen are not that good
Driving can be pretty difficult with the touch screen controls, though there are two different settings, so one may work better than the other.
Con Not an original game
While not a con for everybody, this game has virtually nothing new about it. It was originally launched for the PSP (PlayStation Personal) and Nintendo DS (dual screen - new generation of GameBoy). The tutorial is borrowed from the PSP version, while it retains the mini games from the DS version.