When comparing Neon Shadow vs Asphalt 8: Airborne, the Slant community recommends Asphalt 8: Airborne for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games with MOGA controller support?” Asphalt 8: Airborne is ranked 2nd while Neon Shadow is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose Asphalt 8: Airborne is:
Asphalt 8: Airborne has built in HID gamepad support.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Diverse multiplayer allows you to easily play locally or online with friends
Neon Shadow supports local area network multiplayer as well as online multiplayer support for death-match play.
Pro Familiar and classic FPS and arena gameplay that is easy to understand
Core gameplay mechanics are of old-school first person shooter. Players move room to room finding objects called nodes to shoot before being allowed to leave to the next room. While trying to find the node players will of course be facing off against AI controlled enemies.
Pro Great controller support that allows a wide selection of different controllers to work
Neon Shadow has built in HID controller support, SHIELD Games support and MOGA controller support. So no matter what type of Android controller you own, it should work out of the box.
Pro Anyone can pick up the game and figure out the intuitive touch controls
There is no jump button, reload button or an interaction button, keeping the touch controls interface quite simple. Left side of the screen moves the player, right side looks around, and there is a fire button. This makes the controls simple to understand and use.
Pro Varied powerful weapons keeps the gameplay entertaining
Each weapon in game gives a sense of differentiating power. There is a good selection of guns that all have different shooting abilities and power. Each one allows the player to feel as though they are well equipped for the task at hand.
Pro Tablet split screen same device multiplayer allows 2 players to easily play on a single device
Neon Shadow allows 2 players to play multiplayer on a single tablet device using split screen. Controllers would be ideal for this.
Pro HID gamepad support
Asphalt 8: Airborne has built in HID gamepad support.
Pro Manual graphics settings
Asphalt 8: Airborne has built in graphics settings that can be set in game allowing one to set what is best for their device depending on how powerful it is.
Pro Beautiful graphics
Often used to benchmark phones, this game has pretty amazing graphics, from particle systems to filters, the eye candy is pretty decent.
Pro MOGA controller support
Asphalt 8: Airborne has built in MOGA controller support.
Pro SHIELD games support
Asphalt 8: Airborne has built in SHIELD support.
Cons
Con Shallow gameplay
While the story and game mechanics are serviceable one has to wonder how much better the game could have been if more attention was focused on these areas during development.
Con Pacing is set to push players to spend money on in app purchases
The way that Asphalt 8: Airborne progresses is clearly to push players into spending real money to advance in the game, making the game pay to play.