Boom Beach vs Total War Battles: Kingdom
Boom Beach
Boom Beach is an excellent alternative to Supercell's immensely popular and highly competitive MMO strategy game, Clash of Clans. Similar to Clash of Clans in so many ways, the game's gameplay mainly puts you through the motion of designing and building up your base, defending it from invaders and attacking other players' bases in return. However, Boom Beach has a more militaristic theme, though it is, oddly enough, less punishing to more casual players. You don't really have to check on your base as frequently, and its matchmaking aspect is much better adjusted so that you'll get to face enemies that you have a chance of defeating and yet is still quite challenging as well.Boom Beach is definitely a game that's designed to attract players that are on-the-fence about Clash of Clans and yet is curious enough to want to try a game like Clash of Clans. If you happen to be one of these people, then what are you waiting for? It's time to storm the beach!
Total War Battles: Kingdom
Total War Battles: Kingdom is the free-to-play version of a Total War game that is available on the mobile platform. Set in the medieval times, the game perfectly captures how things were back then - an era filled with almost constant skirmishes and conflicts between lords and fledgling kingdoms. The gameplay mechanics are pretty well-done despite being somewhat restricted - you can only bring a maximum of 9 battalions into battle, for example, and it does retain most of the Total War archetypes like city-building, army training, and battles.Unfortunately, Total War Battles: Kingdom definitely pales in comparison to any of the games in the main series mainly because it fell victim to one of the worst pitfalls in the free-to-play gaming industry: microtransactions. Don’t expect to get far into the game without spending real money first, but if you still choose to persevere, it would probably take you weeks of constant playing to get your kingdom somewhere solid enough for you to hold your own.
That said, the game is still a pretty decent albeit casual installment of the Total War series. Fans of the franchise or of casual MMO strategy games on the mobile platform may want to give the game a try.