When comparing Joe Danger 2: The Movie vs Crawl, the Slant community recommends Crawl for most people. In the question“What are the best couch multiplayer PC games?” Crawl is ranked 4th while Joe Danger 2: The Movie is ranked 45th. The most important reason people chose Crawl is:
Crawl has one lone hero enter a dungeon with objective to find the dungeon boss and strike it down. However, other players wish to take that glory as well, and will use all means possible to take the soul and spot in the story of the hero for themselves. Whoever players the hero, must struggle trough the dungeon, killing monsters and gaining money and experience to get new equipment and grow stronger. All the while other players will take control of monsters and traps to kill the hero. Monsters will make attempts cooperate to get the hero, but to get the soul one must strike the last blow and prepare defend themselves when roles change, one cannot be too cooperative with the temporary allies.
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Pros
Pro Environments are varied
There is a good assortment of environments in the game, making sure that as the player progresses things look and feel fresh.
Pro Good selection of vehicles
There are a bunch of different vehicles one can use in the game, each with their own perks and downsides, making for a lot of choice in how one wants to race.
Pro Unique gameplay, blend of cooperation and betrayal
Crawl has one lone hero enter a dungeon with objective to find the dungeon boss and strike it down. However, other players wish to take that glory as well, and will use all means possible to take the soul and spot in the story of the hero for themselves. Whoever players the hero, must struggle trough the dungeon, killing monsters and gaining money and experience to get new equipment and grow stronger. All the while other players will take control of monsters and traps to kill the hero. Monsters will make attempts cooperate to get the hero, but to get the soul one must strike the last blow and prepare defend themselves when roles change, one cannot be too cooperative with the temporary allies.
Pro Local (couch ) 2-4 asymmetric multiplayer
Crawl has built in support for local 2-4 player asymmetric multiplayer with 3 out of the 4 playing co-op against the main player.
Pro Replay value
As the game is played, different monsters are unlocked and dungeons change for each playthrough with different bosses making the game stay interesting as time goes on. Available items change each play-trough as well, players cannot choose same play-style each time as different weapons require different tactics.
Pro Retro graphics
The art style of Crawl is reminiscent of 8bit games of yore and yet are still detailed enough to have very different designs for the different monsters in the game.
Cons
Con Cluttered levels make navigation difficult
There can at times be a lot going on on the screen when many elements of a level create too much "noise". This can make navigation in the game difficult as it can be hard to focus on what is going on and what one needs to do.
Con No online multiplayer
Obviously the game is designed around multiplayer play but sadly there is no online multiplayer included.