When comparing Joe Dever's Lone Wolf 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 Joe Dever's Lone Wolf is ranked 34th. 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 Enveloping design thanks to the gorgeous art and slick animations
There are page turn animations as well as ink drawings that look as if they were just drawn. This lends itself well to the book like nature of the game, creating an experience much like reading a freshly hand created book.
Pro Fun classic RPG turn-based combat breaks up the story, keeping the game exciting as the story moves along
The combat in game is turn-based, mostly in the form of mini-games. These gameplay sections of the game are sprinkled about in order to break up the story and provide a good bit of interaction over the regular reading sections.
Pro Very rare type rpg that having a great graphic and the match between the music, condition, plus fashion, this game flow our fantasy just as it finest
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 Can't farm, so it's hard-core
Its story line doesn't let the player gain extra money or exp.
Con Difficult
The game is pretty difficult, so users may find themselves starting over quite often. This can set the player back or just aggravate them. More patient players should be pretty forgiving, but for the casual player not used to this type of game, it may be too much.
Con Not the most original story
The story feels a little to familiar and a little too contrived.
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.