When comparing Anomaly Defenders vs The Bard's Tale, the Slant community recommends The Bard's Tale for most people. In the question“What are the best Android tablet games?” The Bard's Tale is ranked 33rd while Anomaly Defenders is ranked 84th. The most important reason people chose The Bard's Tale is:
The Bard's Tale support native Android HID.
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Pros
Pro Can be played offline
Anomaly Defenders allows for offline play, making for a good game to play when there is no available internet connection.
Pro Fantastic graphics
Hands down the best looking tower defense game on Android as of 2014.
Pro Deep progression and upgrade systems
Anomaly Defenders has a lot of upgrade options that give the game a lot of replayability and also just a huge amount of player choice that allows the game to cater to any kind of playstyle.
Pro Complex, varied level design
The level design in Anomaly Defenders is more varied and complex than most tower defense games on the Android platform.
Pro HID gamepad support
The Bard's Tale support native Android HID.
Pro Funny and excellent storytelling
Rarely anything on mobile platform is on par with the storytelling in this game.
Pro SHIELD games support
SHIELD games support is built into this game.
Pro MOGA support
The Bard's Tale has MOGA support built in.
Pro Optional high res textures for Tegra 3 devices
The Bard's Tale allows for a high res texture pack to be downloaded and used if the user is using a Tegra 3 device.
Cons
Con Extremely slowly paced
The gameplay takes a very long time to get moving and even then it still feels slow.
Con On screen thumb control has permanent placement
The thumb stick placement on screen does not follow around the users thumb b y where they touch the screen but is static in one place.