When comparing Mini Motor Racing 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 Mini Motor Racing is ranked 17th. 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 Great visuals with smooth framerate
The 3D rendered cars as well as the pre rendered backgrounds have a good bit of detail making the game look very polished, coupled with the smooth framerate the game plays and looks great.
Pro A lot of content
Mini Motor Racing has a good bit of content in game from the amount of cars to the multitude of upgrades for each. Sadly though some of this content is locked behind an IAP paywall.
Pro Local multiplayer
Mini Motor Racing supports up to four players racing against one another over local WiFi.
Pro High end device allow for better graphics
For those that have higher end devices the devs have included more visually appealing graphics that perform smoothly.
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 In app purchases in a paid game
Mini Motor Racing is not a free game, it costs $0.99 just to download, and then on top has multiple in app purchases ranging from $0.99 - $19.99 per item.
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.