When comparing Candy Cave vs Dungeon Hunter 5, the Slant community recommends Dungeon Hunter 5 for most people. In the question“What are the best free Hack and Slash games for Android?” Dungeon Hunter 5 is ranked 2nd while Candy Cave is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Dungeon Hunter 5 is:
The developers have provided the game with a well-written and intriguing story and the voice acting is decent, which results in a fun narrative experience.
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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 Interesting story and good voice acting
The developers have provided the game with a well-written and intriguing story and the voice acting is decent, which results in a fun narrative experience.
Pro Lots of content
Dungeon Hunter 5 offers a lot of content, there are 69 different missions to play in the story mode of the game. There is also a PvP and a multiplayer co-op mode present for online interaction.
Pro Immersive mode
Dungeon Hunter 5 has built in immersive mode on Android devices with Android 4.4+.
Pro Social multiplayer
There is a social multiplayer aspect to Dungeon Hunter where in a player can raid their friends or strangers bases to try to earn extra money and loot. Of course the PvP is not real time and is played out by a UI taking control of friends or strangers bases.
Pro Card collection and fusing mechanics
In Dungeon Hunter 5 all loot is earned as cards, these cards can be fused to upgrade them and also earn special upgrade fusion bonuses. The whole card system mechanic is very similar to Puzzle & Dragons fusions system.
Pro Small mobile friendly missions
The single player missions in Dungeon Hunter 5 are pretty short, making for a good on the go experience that can be completed in short bursts.
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 Uninspiring PvP mode
Dungeon Hunter 5 receives most of its praise for the single player and co-op campaigns, but the player versus player mode is uninspiring and not very fun to play.
Con In app purchases used to remove false limitations
The main aspect of the included in app purchases is to remove wait times and long grinding sessions. Of course the game was specifically designed to have the obstacles in order to force players into paying repeatedly over the games life. Essentially, an endless money suck.
With in app purchases ranging from $0.99 - $99.99 per item it is pretty obvious that the game was designed to pull in as much money as they can convince people to plunk down.