When comparing Faif vs Merchant, the Slant community recommends Faif for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls?” Faif is ranked 82nd while Merchant is ranked 94th. The most important reason people chose Faif is:
Faif has included cross-platform asynchronous multiplayer that works across Android iOS and the web. The player can choose to battle random opponents as well as friends by using a four digit code.
Ranked in these QuestionsQuestion Ranking
Pros
Pro Cross-platform multiplayer
Faif has included cross-platform asynchronous multiplayer that works across Android iOS and the web. The player can choose to battle random opponents as well as friends by using a four digit code.
Pro Fun mix of puzzle and roguelike games
Faif uses and entertaining mix of match tile puzzle games and roguelikes, in that the player matches five tiles to complete moves such as striking their opponent or earning more health, Once an opponent is defeated the player then goes on to the next just as in a roguelike the player goes another level deeper into the dungeon.
Pro In game shop to purchase powerups with earned currency
During matches the player is able to go into a shop that has purchasable powerups. These powerups are purchased with in game currency that is earned from matching currency tiles while in a match.
Pro Pixel art
The game has a nice retro pixel art style. From the menus to the dungeons or shop there is a very familiar aesthetic to the overall design that would have fit in quite well on consoles in the 80's.
Pro Fun resource management mechanic
The player can sell their loot (gathered from a dungeon) for in game money, to then be spent on needed equipment or can equip their loot to try harder dungeons to get better loot to sell for new equipment. Each action is a gamble and may or may not pay off for the player.
Pro In active development
Merchant is still in a very active development phase, which means there will be plenty of bug fixes and new features and tweaks to the gameplay added.
Pro Dedicated subreddit
Merchant has a dedicated subreddit page where users can discuss the game, strategies and bugs.
Pro Completely free and zero permissions
Merchant is a completely free game that also has zero permissions.
Cons
Con Can become time consuming and boring
The further one gets in the game the more time consuming matches may become, which in and of itself do not really add much to the actual gameplay, which may become tiring.
Con Current version has both ads and in-app purchases
Con Wait times
There are wait times in the game for both crafting and adventuring. This makes it impossible to sit and play for any length of time and makes the user have to come back to the game often in order to make any significant progress.
Con Lag/delay of action
When pressing buttons in the menus there is a noticeable delay until the requested action actually takes place.