When comparing The Bard's Tale vs Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the Slant community recommends Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for most people. In the question“What are the best Android tablet games?” Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is ranked 23rd while The Bard's Tale is ranked 33rd. The most important reason people chose Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is:
There are 3 huge cities to explore Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas each loosely modeled after certain real-world cities. There's a selection of vehicles, minigames and weird one-off events to find and take part in.
Specs
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Pros
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.
Pro Huge open world
There are 3 huge cities to explore Los Santos, San Fierro and Las Venturas each loosely modeled after certain real-world cities. There's a selection of vehicles, minigames and weird one-off events to find and take part in.
Pro Hours of gameplay
It takes days just to finish the story missions, not to mention side missions, one-off encounters and just plain goofing off.
Pro MOGA controller support
GTA: SA has built in MOGA controller support.
Cons
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.
Con The control scheme does not translate well to touch interfaces
For a game that was originally designed to be played with 14 physical buttons it can be difficult to translate that to a touch screen interface. Sadly that show when trying to play on a tablet or phone.