When comparing Krafteers - Tomb Defenders vs Badland, the Slant community recommends Badland for most people. In the question“What are the best local multiplayer games on Android?” Badland is ranked 3rd while Krafteers - Tomb Defenders is ranked 20th. The most important reason people chose Badland is:
Badland uses a very unique art style in that it has a black silhouette based foreground that is in contrast of a beautiful colored background.
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Pros
Pro Deep exploration based gameplay
Players are tasked with surviving on an island, and so need to explore their surroundings while gathering resources. These can be used to craft needed items to survive, such as tools or weapons. It is up to the player how they want to pursue the goal of surviving. This adds to the level of depth allowed in the game, as many different solutions can be arrived at by experimenting and exploring.
Pro Convenient local Wi-Fi multiplayer
A single person can host a local online game over their Wi-fF network. This makes it convenient to host games locally and easily for anyone in the vicinity to join.
Pro Full game unlock
Krafteers has a $2.99 single in-app purchase that unlocks the full content of the game as well as removes advertisements.
Pro Endless replayability
Upon the start of each new game, the world is randomly generated. This makes for a fresh experience every time one starts a new game, making for a bunch of replayability.
Pro Amazing art-style and great soundrack show off a level of polish not often found in mobile gaming
Badland uses a very unique art style in that it has a black silhouette based foreground that is in contrast of a beautiful colored background.
Pro The fun trial and error gameplay contains no consequences and elongates the gameplay
It is only through trial and error that a player will figure out what is dangerous in a level and what all of the different powerups do. By forcing the player to try things over and over until success, the game exponentially elongates the amount of time spent playing. It also makes for an interesting way to learn the full mechanics.
Pro Easily play on a single device thanks to the robust local multiplayer support
Badland has built in support for up to four player local multiplayer using a single device (sharing the screen) or using up to four controllers.
Pro Easily try out the game for free thanks to the free trial portion of the game
For players that do not purchase the in-app-purchase, to unlock the full title there are 40 free levels (of which after the first 10 there will be in game advertisements). For those that do pay for the full game unlock, there are 80 levels to play through, ad free.
Pro Excellent variety in power-ups and puzzles keeps the player guessing as to what is next
Power-ups that make the fuzzballs grow larger or smaller, clone themselves, get bouncy or sticky among others have to be used to get through a selection of great, creative puzzles. It keeps the gameplay fresh and varied throughout the experience.
Pro Full game content unlocked and advertisements removed through an in-app-purchase of $5.99
While being free to play with advertisements, Badlands full content can be unlocked, and its advertisements removed, with a singular in-app-purchase, at the price of $5.99.
Pro Great controller support, no matter the Android controller owned
Badland features controller support for HID, MOGA and Nvidia Shield, meaning that just about any Android target controller will work with the game.
Pro Includes immersive mode, which allows anyone with a stock Android device to play the game in fullscreen
The developers have included full screen immersive mode in Badland on any Android device with 4.4+. This way anyone using a stock Android device will be able to play the game without the software navigation bar taking up a portion of the screen.
Cons
Con Limited multiplayer on free version
The free version of the game (when having not purchased the IAP unlock), is limited to only two player local multiplayer.
Con No real strategy to the gameplay
Gameplay can be simplistic, asking for no real skill or strategy from the player.
Con A lot of advertising if no purchases have been made in app
Often appears ad banners and videos that are really disruptive and time-killing!