Rend vs Standoff 2
Rend
Rend is an up-and-coming, Nordic-themed, team-based survival game that is set in a wild and ruthless, fantasy world filled with fantastic creatures, where only the strongest are able to ascend to the realms of the gods. In this game, players are separated into their respective factions at the beginning. They are then given the freedom to explore the many biomes and harvest resources from the environment whether solo or co-operatively. The resources obtained can then be used to craft better weapons and tools or can be reinvested into the faction stronghold to fortify it from potential attacks from players from a rival faction and to advance your base just so you can unlock new technologies. Players have their own skill systems and talent trees as well, and these are the main ways for a player to customize and tweak their characters to their liking.The ultimate goal of the game, however, is to reap as many warrior spirits as you can by battling and defeating rival players and deposit the souls at the Divinity Stone in the middle of your faction base, that is if you're not slain while carrying such precious loot. Somewhat similar to grand strategy games, Rend is more of a continual game. It has game cycles of 2 to 3 months, in which the winning faction of each cycle will get a nice pile of rewards at the end of a cycle.
Rend has a really unique take on the survival genre and this might just give the game the fuel it needs to rise to the top. The game is currently in Alpha and its release date is still TBD.
Standoff 2
Standoff 2 is an intense yet entertaining MMOFPS game where you get to either play for the terrorists or the special forces in a team-based shootout. The game features several maps as well as 3 exciting and competitive game modes, namely "Deathmatch", "Defuse the bomb", "Arms race" and "Tournaments". As you might expect, the game also offers a ton of fancy and cool skins for your weapons and a way for you to trade them with other players. The game even has an in-depth social system that allows players to message each other, use both text and voice chat to communicate while in-game, and add other players as friends.If you have always enjoyed playing Counter-Strike or games like it, Standoff 2 is basically a really well-polished version of that exact same game which you can play on your mobile devices while you're on the go.