When comparing Asphalt 8: Airborne vs The Bard's Tale, the Slant community recommends Asphalt 8: Airborne for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games with MOGA controller support?” Asphalt 8: Airborne is ranked 2nd while The Bard's Tale is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Asphalt 8: Airborne is:
Asphalt 8: Airborne has built in HID gamepad support.
Specs
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Pros
Pro HID gamepad support
Asphalt 8: Airborne has built in HID gamepad support.
Pro Manual graphics settings
Asphalt 8: Airborne has built in graphics settings that can be set in game allowing one to set what is best for their device depending on how powerful it is.
Pro Beautiful graphics
Often used to benchmark phones, this game has pretty amazing graphics, from particle systems to filters, the eye candy is pretty decent.
Pro MOGA controller support
Asphalt 8: Airborne has built in MOGA controller support.
Pro SHIELD games support
Asphalt 8: Airborne has built in SHIELD support.
Pro HID gamepad support
The Bard's Tale support native Android HID.
Pro Funny and excellent storytelling
Rarely anything on mobile platform is on par with the storytelling in this game.
Pro SHIELD games support
SHIELD games support is built into this game.
Pro MOGA support
The Bard's Tale has MOGA support built in.
Pro Optional high res textures for Tegra 3 devices
The Bard's Tale allows for a high res texture pack to be downloaded and used if the user is using a Tegra 3 device.
Cons
Con Pacing is set to push players to spend money on in app purchases
The way that Asphalt 8: Airborne progresses is clearly to push players into spending real money to advance in the game, making the game pay to play.
Con On screen thumb control has permanent placement
The thumb stick placement on screen does not follow around the users thumb b y where they touch the screen but is static in one place.