Command & Conquer: Red Alert vs Rend
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Command & Conquer: Red Alert is set in an alternate world, where Einstein stops Hitler from becoming the head of Germany and the Second World War. In this timeline, Stalin’s Russia has taken over the entirety of the Eurasian landmass, with parts of China and Eastern Europe under their control. Now it falls to the allied nations to try and stop them from world domination. With the war imminent you are able to choose your side, and decide the future of the world in a stunning RTS game.With some of the most genre defining gameplay, this title has a huge amount going for it. With an ease of playing and controls that allow you to focus on the game and its story rather than clunky mechanics. With the cutscenes you have come to expect, and huge armies waiting for you to command there is a lot in this game that is both exciting and ambitious, and it works really well.
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.