FeralHeart vs Rend
FeralHeart
FeralHeart is a very unique MMORPG where instead of playing a human or humanoid character, you actually get to play as a feral lion or wolf of your choice. For a fairly low-budget game, the customization options in this game is simply astonishing! You can adjust literally every part of your animal avatar's body, ranging from the mane down to the distinctive markings which will help yuo personalize your feral. The game also has a vast world for you to explore and who knows, you may even make other animal friends along the way.Best yet, the developer of the game has even added in a map and an object editor, allowing players to create their own maps and objects for the game. In some way, the game is trying to transition to becoming a player-driven game, and it's working somehow, despite the lower population (but it's still an impressive number).
FeralHeart is the spiritual successor of KovuLKD's old game "Impressive Title" and we're glad to say that this game did it justice. If you long to bound around as a daring feline or canine, this is the game to 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.