When comparing The World Ends With You vs Always Sometimes Monsters, the Slant community recommends The World Ends With You for most people. In the question“What are the best Android RPGs?” The World Ends With You is ranked 27th while Always Sometimes Monsters is ranked 48th. The most important reason people chose The World Ends With You is:
There is a fair learning curve to the game that allows players to steadily learn while they progress.
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Pros
Pro Steady progression
There is a fair learning curve to the game that allows players to steadily learn while they progress.
Pro Retooled gameplay to work on single screen
The original version of The World Ends With You was for the Nintendo DS, which utilized two screen s for the gameplay. With the Android and iOS port the gameplay has been retooled to work on a single screen.
Pro Deep gameplay
Unlike the majority of games on mobile The World Ends With You has great depth to the gameplay. The amount of options and length definitely shows that this game was developed for core gamers in mind.
Pro An interactive tale of morals
The player is given many choices throughout the game, should they do something good or do something bad. Each will have their own outcome, of which will influence later parts of the game.
Cons
Con High price
Like all Square Enix games on Android, The World Ends With You asks a very high price for what is essentially an old game. Though it does seem like at least a little bit of work was put into this port as the graphics are redone in HD and gameplay has been adjusted for a single screen.
Con Contains in app purchases
Despite being a $17.99 upfront paid game there are also in app purchases that are $0.99 an item.
Con Depressing to play
The overall narrative of the game tends to frame the player as some form of loser. Despite all the choices the player is given in the game the outcome tends to be one of two scenarios that are either sappy or flat out sad, neither of which given any sense of fulfillment or happiness.
Con More interactive story than RPG
This game is more or less and interactive story with branching choices. Despite being made with RPG Maker and defining itself as an RPG it plays at best as a casual RPG that leans more towards a regular adventure game.