When comparing Gangstar Vegas 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 Gangstar Vegas is ranked 14th. 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.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Huge map with tons to do thanks to all the amount of events available in the title
There is a huge map with lots of fun things to do and plenty of side missions. Getting further in the main mission will unlock other events, including street racing, motocross tracks, and more. As your character is a MMA fighter, ring challenges and fighting tournaments are also present. If you need to top up your bank account, you can heist cars, hit up the casino, or compete in some of the other available challenges.
As far as the map itself goes, it is 9x bigger than the previous Gangstar game.
Pro Easily customize your character to look how you like
You can model your character just the way you want to with very few limitations. Weapons are broken down into different categories - hand-to-hand, pistols, shotguns, and rifles - each with their own skill points which can decrease reload times or increase the clip size.
Vehicles work in the same way - for each type (cars, boats, motorcycles, planes) you can upgrade their speed, acceleration, and handling.
Pro Graphics are handled very nicely and show a lot of polish, making for a pleasing looking game
Gangstar Vegas is an attractive looking game. From the colourful scenes to unique character models as well as light reflections and water ripples, it's clear this game had a talented design team behind it.
Pro Good story that should impress any mobile gamer
While the story mode is not amazing, it is still great for a mobile game and it gets the job done.
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 In-app-purchases are required past a certain point
It takes a lot of quick-play missions to level up, especially when you are at a higher level. The grind in this game is very long, most players will end up either quitting or putting up real money to help them along.
Con Annoying ads
There are annoying ads that pop up when you go to the home screen of the game (the screen that shows shop, profile, etc).
Con Large game file
This game is going to end up taking a good 2.5 gigabytes of space. Most phones only have 16GB of storage - of which only around 10-12GB is usable. This one game can take up to 20% of your total storage, or even more if your phone only has 8GB of storage.
Con The map is too small
Con Keeps asking to rate the game
The game also keeps asking you to rate it everytime.
Con It gets boring after a while
Con Short game
Hoplite does not take that long to complete as it can be finished in an average playthrough in around an hour.