When comparing Tactics Maiden RPG vs Adventure Bar Story, the Slant community recommends Tactics Maiden RPG for most people. In the question“What are the best TRPGs (tactical role playing games) for Android?” Tactics Maiden RPG is ranked 5th while Adventure Bar Story is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Tactics Maiden RPG is:
You actually have to think out each level and also plan ahead.
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Pros
Pro Challenging
You actually have to think out each level and also plan ahead.
Pro Level can last from 10 minutes to 1 hour
Depending on the level being played they can last from ten minutes up to an hour.
Pro Clever A.I.
The A.I. in Tactics Maiden RPG is pretty clever, so simple straightforward play-styles will need to be more clever to counter the A.I..
Pro Free to try, in app purchase is one time for full game
Pro Well-balanced mix of entrepreneurial and combat-RPG mechanics
While the dungeon-crawling and recipe-management components of Adventure Bar Story could each get tiresome on their own, alternating between the two keeps both fresh.
Pro Gameplay is balanced without in-app purchases
The premium items available in Adventure Bar Story are most accurately described as optional cheats. The game is not overly difficult or otherwise restricted without them.
Pro Impressive strategic depth
Purchases must be balanced between adventuring gear and cooking supplies. Adventuring is the cheapest way to get ingredients and the only way to advance the story. But adventuring will never provide enough of certain stables (salt, milk, etc.) so you'll need to spend a lot of your cash on them, along with additional kitchen equipment and (optional, but convenient) recipes. You can't just ignore cooking, either -- in addition to being your primary income, character levels are gained only by eating!
Cons
Con Difficult
Tactics Maiden RPG is a pretty difficult game and it may take some time to become familiar enough with the game to be able to advance in it properly.
Con Recipe discovery doesn't always make sense
Trying original recipes is not completely essential, but definitely an important game feature. Sometimes, ingredients go together exactly as you would expect based on other in-game recipes or real-world equivalents. Sometimes, all the things that should work don't.
Con Aesthetically bland
Graphics, sound and dialog are adequate but nothing more.
Con Progression is slow
It takes several hours just to encounter all the core gameplay elements.