Castle Clash vs Rend
Castle Clash
Castle Clash is perhaps one of the most marketed mobile MMO strategy game aside from Clash of Clans. The game features an addictively competitive gameplay where players will build and design their own bases, complete with defenses, heroes and their own army. They can also send their armies out to conquer other players. However, the game opted to include some elements of RPG into its gameplay, allowing players to use their armies to battle epic bosses with friends, have intense hero-vs-hero showdowns, or be part of a massive Guild-on-Guild war. The game even has co-op modes for those who aren't huge fans of PvP as well as adorable pets to collect.Castle Clash is perfectly designed for fans of games like Clash of Clans, and though it may not be as popular as the latter, it is still a pretty good alternative game to play. Do give it a try!
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.