Since 2017, first-person shooter video games have been more popular than they have ever been before. A large number of video game developers want to break into the battle royale genre after the success of games like PUBG and Fortnite, which have become two of the most watched games on Twitch and are among the most discussed games on Twitter and YouTube.
Battle Royale quickly rose to prominence as the “it” game for lovers of action shooters all across the world. Even if the craze may have petered out by late 2019, there are still millions of gamers that choose to spend their time in this particular subgenre of shooters.
At the moment, there are three big battle royale games that have the greatest population: PUBG, Fortnite, and Apex Legends. Each of these games has a broad array of different gameplay components. PUBG is a more “realistic” style of shooter than other games of its genre, and it takes practically all of its gameplay elements from the ARMA mod.
On the other side, Fortnite has a greater emphasis on a cartoonish style of gameplay with construction features similar to those found in Minecraft. This may or may not be the most appealing feature to a large number of mainstream gamers. Last but not least, Apex Legends is a hero-based battle royale game that takes place in the same universe as Titanfall and follows a similar pace.
However, given the nature of this discussion, we will be concentrating on three battle royale games that are strikingly similar to one another: PUBG Mobile, Rules of Survival, and Garena Free Fire.
It makes no difference whether you refer to this topic as PUBG versus Rules of Survival, RoS versus PUBG, PUBG Mobile versus Rules of Survival, or Free Fire versus PUBG; all of these comparisons are valid. Each of them will receive a concise analysis from our side.
Why PUBG vs Rules of Survival vs Free Fire?
Why not try your hand at Fortnite, Apex Legends, or perhaps Call of Duty: Warzone? This is due to the fact that PUBG Mobile, Rules of Survival, and Garena Free Fire are the games that are the most similar to each other and suffer from a form of identity crisis in relation to one another. I’ve been fortunate enough, along with many other members of this squad, to have played enough of these three games to be able to tell them apart. We are going to have a conversation about the most important components of each game.
The Developers and Publishers of PUBG Mobile, Rules of Survival and Free Fire
PUBG
PUBG Corp. is responsible for the creation and publication of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds across several platforms, including the PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. PlayerUnknown is the game’s director. However, ever since it handed over the rights to the game to the multinational corporation Tencent Gaming, the game’s popularity has skyrocketed, particularly on mobile platforms.
Tencent Gaming made the game playable and accessible on mobile devices by utilising the same resources as the PC version while simultaneously compressing the game’s primary files. Because of this, PUBG Mobile came into existence. It is still one of the most downloaded mobile games in the history of the internet.
GARENA FREE FIRE
Another one of the best free-to-play (F2P) games that is immensely popular in South East Asia (SEA) is a game called Free Fire, which was created by 1111 Dots Studio. Garena, the same company that runs AOV Arena of Valour, Heroes of Newerth, CrossFire, and FIFA 3 in South East Asia, owns the distribution and publication rights, despite the fact that it was made available to the public on a worldwide scale.
The gameplay is quite similar to that of PUBG, yet the game still has millions of active players each month, particularly in the Southeast Asian region. The rating for Free Fire is one of the greatest marks possible in terms of accessibility for free-to-play players, as stated by a number of different review websites.
RULES OF SURVIVAL
A Chinese development studio known as NetEase Games is responsible for games such as Onmyoji, Onmyoji Arena, and Knives Out. This studio is also responsible for Rules of Survival, which was developed and published by a distinct but comparable company. If you had played PUBG before, you would find almost everything about RoS to be very much the same. Despite this, RoS continues to be one of the most popular free-to-play online games in South East Asia.
1. Gameplay
It should come as no surprise that all three games fall under the category of “battle royale.” The rules are the same whether you saw or read the cult classic Battle Royale or the more mainstream young adult action film The Hunger Games. Various players are stranded on an island, and they are required to kill each other. The sole player left standing at the end of the game is deemed the victor.
It turned out that this particular gameplay was a big hit, not only with Twitch streamers but also with regular players. Not only is it tense in a number of different ways, but it is also entertaining to watch. Unfortunately, an onslaught of battle royale games descended across the gaming community, and each one was an exact replica of Minecraft: Hunger Games, the game that pioneered the genre of battle royale.
2. Primary Game Modes
There is a Ranked option exclusive to each game, however PUBG Mobile and Free Fire also feature an alternative option known as Classic or Unranked. These modes were developed in the event that you would choose to play in a less intensely competitive setting rather than the standard one. On the other side, only Ranked Mode is available in RoS.
3. Other Game Modes
PUBG
The mobile version of PUBG prefers to keep things straightforward by offering only a handful of playable game types, including Zombies, War, Death Match, and Event Mode. The games Zombies and Death Match are rather easy to understand.
The Zombies game mode is a type of survival game in which a select number of players begin the game as drift boss, with the objective of infecting as many other players as possible as quickly as possible. You have the ability to take more damage as a zombie player, and you can also move more quickly. In contrast to the Classic or Ranked modes, however, human players in this game have access to more weapons and ammo than they do in those modes.
• Ranked
• Unranked
• Zombies
• Deathmatch
