When comparing Krafteers - Tomb Defenders 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 Krafteers - Tomb Defenders is ranked 20th. 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.
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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 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 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 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.