Dead Island vs TIO: Battlegrounds Royale
Dead Island
Dead Island is a first-person, zombie-themed action game that is set in an open world tropical island getaway called Banoi. With a compelling storyline to keep you hooked, the game's campaign features scavenging for parts as well as crafting and augmenting weapons (mostly melee) in addition to the whole smashing zombies' brains in gameplay. Not to mention, you can even play cooperatively up to four players.The character progression in this game is simply astounding as well, allowing you to develop your character based on your preferences.So, to sum up, if you love zombie-slaying/bashing and you don't think The Walking Dead has enough of it, then you'll enjoy playing Dead Island.
TIO: Battlegrounds Royale
TIO: Battlegrounds Royale is the standalone battle royale game mode for the mobile survival game, Thrive Island. Set in a pretty huge open world where you can craft a large variety of items and build shelters or even big buildings as a base of sorts at night. This game has a lot more "survival" gameplay rather than the somewhat intense "battle royale" fights since you are expected to gather resources and scavenge loot just so you can have the best gear to prepare you for the final fight for the title of victor royale!Unlike other battle royale games that have the iconic map-shrinking feature, this game did away with that. Instead, you need to hunt the land for your opponents, which may take awhile, but can be fun when you catch someone by surprise. Interestingly, the game even has a zombie mode where you can turn your slain foes into zombies. Not sure how this fit into the battle royale gameplay though.
All in all, TIO: Battlegrounds Royale feels a lot like a hardcore survival game rather than a battle royale mainly because it places emphasis on building a good shelter, gathering raw resources (as opposed to finding ready-made items) and well, crafting. The game is also a work-in-progress so you can expect a less-polished game that could use your feedback to improve.