When comparing Always Sometimes Monsters vs The Bard's Tale, the Slant community recommends The Bard's Tale for most people. In the question“What are the best Android RPGs?” The Bard's Tale is ranked 13th while Always Sometimes Monsters is ranked 48th. The most important reason people chose The Bard's Tale is:
The Bard's Tale support native Android HID.
Specs
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Pros
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.
Pro HID gamepad support
The Bard's Tale support native Android HID.
Pro Funny and excellent storytelling
Rarely anything on mobile platform is on par with the storytelling in this game.
Pro SHIELD games support
SHIELD games support is built into this game.
Pro MOGA support
The Bard's Tale has MOGA support built in.
Pro Optional high res textures for Tegra 3 devices
The Bard's Tale allows for a high res texture pack to be downloaded and used if the user is using a Tegra 3 device.
Cons
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.
Con On screen thumb control has permanent placement
The thumb stick placement on screen does not follow around the users thumb b y where they touch the screen but is static in one place.