Blade Hunter vs Rend
Blade Hunter
Blade Hunter is a solid browser MMORPG that sets you on an epic quest to hunt down and slay the fiercest and most ruthless monsters that are roaming the land, causing terror and spreading chaos wherever they are. The game may not offer much in terms of innovation but it definitely has all of the common features you'd come to expect in a web-based MMO, including auto-pathfinding quests, boss dungeons, PvP arenas, and more. There are plenty of freebies as well.To sum it all up, Blade Hunter is pretty much a copy-and-paste browser MMORPG despite having a different storyline and look, though, we'd say that the game itself is decent enough for some casual play.
Rend
Rend is an up-and-coming, Nordic-themed, team-based survival game that is set in a wild and ruthless, fantasy world filled with fantastic creatures, where only the strongest are able to ascend to the realms of the gods. In this game, players are separated into their respective factions at the beginning. They are then given the freedom to explore the many biomes and harvest resources from the environment whether solo or co-operatively. The resources obtained can then be used to craft better weapons and tools or can be reinvested into the faction stronghold to fortify it from potential attacks from players from a rival faction and to advance your base just so you can unlock new technologies. Players have their own skill systems and talent trees as well, and these are the main ways for a player to customize and tweak their characters to their liking.The ultimate goal of the game, however, is to reap as many warrior spirits as you can by battling and defeating rival players and deposit the souls at the Divinity Stone in the middle of your faction base, that is if you're not slain while carrying such precious loot. Somewhat similar to grand strategy games, Rend is more of a continual game. It has game cycles of 2 to 3 months, in which the winning faction of each cycle will get a nice pile of rewards at the end of a cycle.
Rend has a really unique take on the survival genre and this might just give the game the fuel it needs to rise to the top. The game is currently in Alpha and its release date is still TBD.