When comparing Candy Cave vs Neon Shadow, the Slant community recommends Neon Shadow for most people. In the question“What are the best local multiplayer games on Android?” Neon Shadow is ranked 12th while Candy Cave is ranked 38th. The most important reason people chose Neon Shadow is:
Neon Shadow supports local area network multiplayer as well as online multiplayer support for death-match play.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Low friction local multiplayer
No setup menus, no waiting for others to join, just hit play and you're in the game with whoever else is playing on the same wifi network.
Pro Hack and slash gameplay
The core of the gameplay in Candy Cave is classic hack and slash action where the player goes through each level defeating numerous monsters who in turn drop loot for the player to collect and upgrade their equipment with.
Pro Character customization
Candy cave allows users to customize their characters with different armor, weapons hairstyles and clothes.
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.
Cons
Con Hard
The game is a bit difficult and is most likely coded this way in order to encourage in app purchases be bought by the user.
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.