PUBG Mobile vs The Culling
PUBG Mobile
PUBG Mobile is the mobile port of the insanely popular battle royale game, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. Featuring the same intense gameplay as the original (PC/console) version, you'll be pitted against 100 other players a.k.a. survivors on a remote but vast island in a massive showdown of wits and skill, all done in the hopes of being the last person standing and winning that goshdarn delicious "chicken dinner".This port is as perfect as it can get without compromising on quality, though there have been some rumors going around that the game is rigged, at the beginning at least, so you'd play against bots rather than an all-humasn ensemble of players. This is actually a pretty great idea to ease new players into a highly competitive game. The best part about all of this, however, is the fact that the game is free-to-play. Of course, the game still retains its principle of fairness so you won't see spenders with overpowered weaponry right from the start in this game.
So, if you have always wanted to try "the battle royale game that started it all", this is your chance! PUBG Mobile is as close to the real thing as it gets and well, you can play this for free!
The Culling
The Culling is, in many ways, a potentially great PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds alternative game. In fact, many would say that this is perhaps the very first standalone, battle royale game that is inspired directly from the Hunger Games. As such, you'll expect a pretty brutal arena set on a remote island where players will not only need to explore the foreign land to scavenge for resources but also to craft a wide variety of weapons, traps and tools just so you can ambush your fellow players. Naturally, being battle royale and all, the last man standing will be the victor.Each match can contain up to 16 contestants (and yes, like Hunger Games, The Culling is apparently a game show) and the game lasts for around 20 minutes. There is also a tutorial, a training mode where you play against AI bots, and a special 8-player Lightning Round where players get access to the best weapons early on in the game. As a game show, the "organizers" will often spice things up with special in-match events that have some pretty crucial rewards too. Like the Hunger Games, players can also each call in an airdrop (a.k.a. "care package") containing valuable items but getting to that airdrop in one piece without having your stuff stolen before you reach there can be quite a challenge in itself.
Now, unlike PUBG's shooter-heavy gameplay, The Culling has a more visceral, action-based, melee-oriented gameplay that will make every successful kill a very satisfying one. Don't get me wrong - the game does have ranged options like bows and guns but having a firearm or any ranged weapons may not be an advantage if you don't know how to keep your distance. Players can easily be disarmed of their ranged weapon if they are ambushed by a melee player, and of course, if you missed your aim, you may not have a second shot.
However, due to a plague of problems between the developers and its community, The Culling seems to be a pretty dead game at the moment and hence, finding a match can be quite difficult. Similar to PUBG, The Culling is not a free game either and this game is on the pricey end considering its almost non-existant player base.