Still Alive: Survival PvP vs The Culling
Still Alive: Survival PvP
Still Alive: Survival PvP is more of a competitive arena shooter with survival and crafting elements rather than a battle royale game, actually. This is mainly because unlike other battle royale games, Still Alive doesn't pit you against a ton of other players by dropping you and all the rest on a massive map. Instead, the map of the game is more of a sizeable "arena", much like the map you'd experience by playing MMOFPS or TPS games. You won't be fighting to survive against 99 other players (or more) either - there are only 5 players in a match and naturally, the last man standing is the winner.It adopts the class-based character system that Realm Royale uses, and hence, depending on the character you choose to play, you'll get a special class-specific skill to use in addition to your usual arsenal of weapons. These special skills can vary from getting to control a drone to activating a ghost suit which will effectively make you invisible for a short period of time.
Considering that Realm Royale has yet to be released on mobile, it is not surprising that Still Alive: Survival PvP manages to fill the demand for such a game on the mobile platform perfectly.
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.