Rocket Royale vs The Culling
Rocket Royale
Rocket Royale is a battle royale mobile game that has a gameplay that's really similar to Fortnite: Battle Royale but with a nice little twist. Set in a dying world, you'll be competing with 99 other players on an island to survive. However, unlike many other battle royale games, everyone in this game potentially can "win" the game simply by collecting enough materials and supplies to build a rocket to escape the island. Of course, you could also play the devil's advocate and stop other players from building their rockets just so you can be the last person standing.As mentioned, this game is similar to Fortnite's Battle Royale mode mainly because players can choose to use the materials they've gathered to build covers and shelters instead of a rocket and hopefully end up getting that coveted victory royale. Interestingly though, the game includes portals, allowing players to quickly move from one place to another on the vast map. There are plenty of weapons, over 20 of them in fact, for you to find scattered across the map as well.
Rocket Royale brings a nice twist to the generic battle royale gameplay, giving everyone a chance to "win" so to speak. However, whether or not you can make it out of the island alive, well... that remains to be seen!
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.