When comparing Heroes and Castles 2 vs Space Marshals, the Slant community recommends Space Marshals for most people. In the question“What are the best HID (human interface device) gamepad supported Android games?” Space Marshals is ranked 1st while Heroes and Castles 2 is ranked 20th. The most important reason people chose Space Marshals is:
Space Marshals has a loot reward system where in after the player completes a level, depending on how high their rank is for completion allows for a loot reward of corresponding level.
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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 Loot reward system
Space Marshals has a loot reward system where in after the player completes a level, depending on how high their rank is for completion allows for a loot reward of corresponding level.
Pro Stealth-centric
Space marshals gameplay is built around stealth gameplay where the play sneaks around pre rendered stages trying to complete set mission requirements. There are rocks that can be used for distracting enemies as well as plenty of weapons including grenades.
Pro Controller support
Space Marshals has built in HID and Nvidia Shield controller support.
Cons
Con No Google Play Games Achievements
Con Touch controls not as accurate as they need to be
Twin stick shooter style game do not often control great with touch screens due to the lack of tactile feedback, while Pixelbite tries to mitigate this issue as much as possible, it is still a problem in some places.