When comparing Dungeon Hunter 5 vs Sonic The Hedgehog 2, the Slant community recommends Dungeon Hunter 5 for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games with immersive mode?” Dungeon Hunter 5 is ranked 7th while Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is ranked 24th. 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 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.
Pro Hidden Palace Zone
The developers reconstructed Hidden Palace Zone - an area previously unfinished and only available in early betas of the original console game - specifically for this release.
Pro Built by prominent members of the Sonic reverse engineering community
The developers, Stealth and Taxman are not just passionate fans of the franchise, but prominent members of the reverse engineering community surrounding it. In particular, Taxman is known for having built a very accurate remake of the classic Sonic engine, and Stealth is known for building a wide range of tools and hacks, as well as building a better port of Sonic for the Gameboy Advance, with no access to the original source code.
Pro Classic platforming gameplay
Sonic the hedgehog 2 still offers on of the best plaformer gameplay experiences ever made.
Pro Has online real time multiplayer
Players can compete in online multiplayer races with their friends where they are tasked with being the first to get to the end of a chosen level.
Pro MOGA controller support
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has built in MOGA controllers support.
Cons
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.
Con Touch screen controls not as accurate as using a controller.
While the touch screen controls are good compared to other games they are still not as accurate as using a controller.