Ragnarok M: Eternal Love vs Ylands
Ragnarok M: Eternal Love
Ragnarok M: Eternal Love is a mobile RPG based on the popular Asian MMO, Ragnarok Online. Featuring all the characters you know and love from the original, this game takes the MMO-heavy game and made it more mobile-friendly, including adding in some automation for questing and combat, allowing players to once again venture forth into the wondrous world of Rune Midgard even while they are on-the-go.The game retains the classic art style, which includes designs for the various major cities in the fantasy world, like Prontera, Payon, and Geffen. You'll get to play as one of five main classes and there are lots of PvP and PvE as well. Of course, the game has a ton of new stuff too, such as characters, mounts, pets, and gear. There's even a brand new open-world adventure, a new weather system, MVP monsters and more!
Ragnarok M: Eternal Love may not be exactly the same as its predecessor, but the game is undeniably fun and immersive. Even if it's too "casual MMO" for you, the game will definitely be able to bring you down memory lane as you play.
Ylands
Ylands is a sandbox adventure game that has a gameplay that's a lot like a massively expanded version of Minecraft with a lot more resources for you to gather, items to craft, and amazing things to build. Instead of being "just a game", Ylands is more like a platform, much like Roblox is, where players are given the tools to create whatever worlds or games they like, be it a fun go-kart racing game that's inspired from Lega Racers or even a watery world where epic pirate-themed naval battles can take place. The worlds are completely interactive as well and every action you do will modify, no matter how slightly, the game environment of that segment of the world you happen to be in. In fact, if you change a terrain and populate it with an entirely different diversity of flora and fauna, you can basically change the climate system there.Unlike Minecraft though, Ylands has opted for a more polygonal appearance which gave it the extra leverage it needed to overcome the painful dismissal and degratory label of being simply a "Minecraft clone" - which admittedly, Ylands is most definitely not. The game has so much going for it and players truly have all the freedom within the game's pretty wide parameters to literally create anything they like. Of course, the game also supports sharing, so you can let other players in Yland enjoy that (for example) crazy maze-running game you've just made!
Ylands is most certainly impressive to say the least. However, due to its indie origins, not many players know about the game, let alone buy it on Steam. So, if you really like Minecraft-like sandbox games, you simply must give this game a try, and if you've had a great time there, be sure to recommend it to your friends or even buy it for them as their Christmas/ birthday gift!