When comparing RETRY vs Dungeon Hunter 5, the Slant community recommends Dungeon Hunter 5 for most people. In the question“What are the best 10 minute games for Android?” Dungeon Hunter 5 is ranked 3rd while RETRY is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose Dungeon Hunter 5 is:
The developers have provided the game with a well-written and intriguing story and the voice acting is decent, which results in a fun narrative experience.
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Pros
Pro In game advertising is non intrusive and actually implemented into the gameplay
RETRY has implemented the advertising in a way that is non intrusive and is actually part of the game.
Pro Touchscreen controls work very well
The single tap touch screen controls lend themselves well to this style of game.
Pro Frustratingly fun
RETRY is for the masochist in everyone. There is a reason the game is called RETRY.
Pro Interesting story and good voice acting
The developers have provided the game with a well-written and intriguing story and the voice acting is decent, which results in a fun narrative experience.
Pro Lots of content
Dungeon Hunter 5 offers a lot of content, there are 69 different missions to play in the story mode of the game. There is also a PvP and a multiplayer co-op mode present for online interaction.
Pro Immersive mode
Dungeon Hunter 5 has built in immersive mode on Android devices with Android 4.4+.
Pro Social multiplayer
There is a social multiplayer aspect to Dungeon Hunter where in a player can raid their friends or strangers bases to try to earn extra money and loot. Of course the PvP is not real time and is played out by a UI taking control of friends or strangers bases.
Pro Card collection and fusing mechanics
In Dungeon Hunter 5 all loot is earned as cards, these cards can be fused to upgrade them and also earn special upgrade fusion bonuses. The whole card system mechanic is very similar to Puzzle & Dragons fusions system.
Pro Small mobile friendly missions
The single player missions in Dungeon Hunter 5 are pretty short, making for a good on the go experience that can be completed in short bursts.
Cons
Con Has in app purchases
There are in app purchases that are $0.99 - $8.99 per item. They are used to purchase the in game currency, stars.
Con Uninspiring PvP mode
Dungeon Hunter 5 receives most of its praise for the single player and co-op campaigns, but the player versus player mode is uninspiring and not very fun to play.
Con In app purchases used to remove false limitations
The main aspect of the included in app purchases is to remove wait times and long grinding sessions. Of course the game was specifically designed to have the obstacles in order to force players into paying repeatedly over the games life. Essentially, an endless money suck.
With in app purchases ranging from $0.99 - $99.99 per item it is pretty obvious that the game was designed to pull in as much money as they can convince people to plunk down.