When comparing Heroes and Castles 2 vs Badland, the Slant community recommends Badland for most people. In the question“What are the best HID (human interface device) gamepad supported Android games?” Badland is ranked 17th while Heroes and Castles 2 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 Wave format is based on in game days
Incoming waves to your castle and outposts are counted down by number of in game days.
Essentially, defending against a wave at any location counts as one day... On your world map, you'll see next to your strongholds that there is a wave incoming in x-days.
you can travel to that outpost and call the wave early, but if you have 2 or more incoming waves on different outposts on the next day, you'll have to choose one to defend and one to forfeit (perhaps to be rewon another day).
Pro Conquer and defend outposts on the world map
In addition to defending your castle, you can also take your hero and army to various outposts on the world map.
You start with only your castle, and as you progress you will capture outposts, build small strongholds on them and defend them against enemies.
Each outpost under your control gives you a bonus. Some unlock new characters, some improve your chances of finding new equipment, etc.
Pro Well balanced gameplay
Enemies are tough, but your army also has appropriate counters for each type.
Some are better prepared to deal with certain enemies than your hero character.
Pro Well designed blend of genres: Castle Defense, Strategy and Action RPG
Castle Defense: you defend against waves of enemy hordes
Strategy: Summon various types of reinforcements to help you defend your castle - ground units like generic foot soldiers, pikemen, shield knights, healers and wall units like archers and riflemen. You can also build towers on your walls - cannon, ballista and lightning.
Walls, units and towers are upgradeable.
Action RPG: Level up your hero character with active/passive skills and spells. Forge new weapons and armor and customize your loadout before each wave.
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 No Google Play Games Achievements
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!