Survivor Royale vs The Culling
Survivor Royale
Survivor Royale follows in the wake of the huge hype over the battle royale genre by being among the first few actually good, PUBG-like battle royale games to hit the mobile market. However, unlike the other games currently available, this game is able to accommodate up to 100 players in the same map, on top of offering everything that made battle royale games so addictively competitive to play. This includes the massive arsenal of weapons, armor, and items to find and hoard (to some extent), a vast and well-detailed world that's gradually shrinking to explore, and of course, the thrilling battle to become the last man standing. Aside from solo mode, there are 2-player or 4-player cooperative modes that you can enjoy as well. Each match lasts around 20 minutes or so.Survivor Royale may not be the most popular mobile battle royale game out there, but it does have a series of more tactical features that made it stand out from the masses. So, if you're a huge fan of battle royale games, you might want to try this one out.
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.