When comparing Circle Rush vs Neon Shadow, the Slant community recommends Neon Shadow for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls?” Neon Shadow is ranked 72nd while Circle Rush is ranked 132nd. 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 Creative gameplay mechanic
Creative idea with super simple controls. Easy to pick up, hard to master. The gameplay consists of the players white ball dodging all red balls in the two outline circles. By tapping the screen the player can slow down or speed up their white ball.
Pro Beautiful, minimalistic design
The graphics are simple yet hold to a true minimalistic design.
Pro Local multiplayer for two players on the same device
Play with a friend on the same device and choose how many games to play.
Pro Runs smoothly
Being that there is not much graphics to push the game runs very smoothly on all devices.
Pro Ads are opt-in
Advertisements are not on by default, user need to turn them on in the settings. This allows the user to decide if they want to contribute to the dev, which is a remarkably clever way to go about allowing users to support a free app.
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 Advertisements can slow down the game
The optional advertisements, when turned on do slow the game down a little bit, which can detract from the gameplay.
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.