Osiris: New Dawn vs Rend
Osiris: New Dawn
Osiris: New Dawn brings an exciting survival MMO gameplay set on an alien planet in the distant future as you try to find your way out of there. The alien world you're on are full of mysteries and mutants that you should not confront if unprepared. As you try to find the truth behind the missing crew that came before you, you get to explore the planet for resources and craft valuable survival items to ensure your safety and health.The game offers an epic PvP mode whereby the astronauts (players) are divided into teams and pitted against each other in an epic first person shooter combat. Moreover, you can also make teams with online players and survive together or have fun building the most epic base you can via Creative mode.
Arguably one of the best MMO survival games out there, Osiris: New Dawn brings the whole package with stunning graphics and an amazingly challenging gameplay that has a gritty, alien theme.
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.