The Hunger Games is one of the first films to spark interest in a fully-fledgedbattle royale. This means a large lobby fighting against each other until only one remains. It’s the opportunity to prove that you’re the best player around by beating the odds and coming out victorious.
While there have been enough battle royale games to spark a genre, only some have come close to capturing the unique style that Hunger Games has. At times, they manage to stick to the survival aspects of the story, while other times, the games do one element perfectly.
My Hero Academia seems like the last series to come close to the Hunger Games, but My Hero Ultra Rumble has one thing in common that no other game has. This is a battle royale where you have kids fighting other kids in the arena.
This game also hits the magic Hunger Games tribute number with 24-player lobbies. Of course, no one really dies in this game, but you’re all fighting for supremacy. You also have your quirks to spice things up in thisshonen animefight to the finish.
The Hunger Games can get pretty gritty with itsmore realistic portrayalof the fight. Not everyone is quick on their feet. PUBG: Battlegrounds offers an experience that has both of these qualities.
Players have clunkier movement, and weapon aiming can feel slow at times. This contrasts with the snappier movement of some of the more popular battle royale experiences. It’s your job to assemble your weapons using the best attachments and personally manage the resources that you pick up. So it makes it harder to pick and choose what is essential vs what you may leave lying around.
The Hunger Games is known for its lack of firearms, as many of the weapons used in the arena are better for melee combat. Naraka: Bladepoint condenses the player pool and throws these weapons onto the battlefield to give the game some unique combat mechanics.
You get a selection of characters to choose from, with their own melee weapons to master. Swords, poles, and even fans make up the arsenal, with your skills being the main factor that leads you to victory. It’s that feeling of more primal and personal combat that gives it that Hunger Games-style savagery to it.
One unique aspect about the Hunger Games is that each district sends in two tributes into the arena. The average game of Apex Legends sends in three. The entire team doesn’t need to be standing to get that final victory. As long as one player remains, the team wins.
Just like the districts, each character brings a different skill to the table. Some are great for tracking players, while others can set traps. It is important for players to work together. You must share resources and use each character’s unique skills to take down the enemy teams.
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If you can find a lobby for it, Darwin Project is as close as you can get to a true Hunger Games experience. This is because the battle royale doesn’t just focus on combat, but survival skills as well. This means you’re battling human players as well as the environment you’re thrown into.
This battle royale has a player count closer to the actual Hunger Games, with ten inmates per lobby. There is even spectator interaction and a show director role that allows you to manipulate the arena.
The more Fortnite gets updates, the more mechanics arrive that bring it closer to a Hunger Games-like experience. Like the Hunger Games, some of the best items are foraged. This includes Floppers that can only be obtained by fishing, and certain vegetation, such as peppers or mushrooms, grants you more speed or extra shields.
However, where Fortnite excels is the stage hazards, which, just like the Hunger Games, are an additional way for players to die in the match. Some seasons have wildlife that will hunt players down, while others have dynamic weather that suddenly occurs and sweeps players up.
The Hunger Gamesfocuses mostly on melee weapons. There is also the reward of riches for the one to come out on top. Dark and Darker is a first-person dungeon crawler that has you venturing into dangerous dungeons to find hidden treasure within.
You can get your hands on swords, bows, and other legendary weapons the longer you survive the dungeon. Not only do you need to master the environment, but you also need to deal with other players and monsters you encounter along the way. Only by surviving till the very end can you reap the full rewards.
The most chaotic scenes in the Hunger Games take place during the bloodbath. This is when tributes scramble towards the cornucopia in the hopes of getting good starting weapons. That same chaos and heart-pumping action is captured in Fall Guys as every stage has that same energy attached to it.
While players aren’t always directly fighting against one another, one slip-up means the finish line becomes forever out of reach. Even the most prepared players can find themselves trampled by the crowd as certain stages have them all trying to get to a goal before anyone else can.
Super Animal Royal pits cuddly animals together to fight for survival in an abandoned park. With a unique 2D-style and a top-down camera angle, this battle royale is simple for beginners. It even has a small dash of dystopia sprinkled on it that gives it that missing Hunger Games spice.
You have environments that look old and worn out. Meanwhile, flags and crates feature different emblems that lightly hint at a form of rebellion occurring. Despite how cute this game seems, it manages to have some hidden lore, ranging from secret scientific experiments and using the games as a form of entertainment.
One cannot bring up Hunger Games in gaming without remembering the Minecraft Survival Games. Before battle royales were commonplace, players stepped up to recreate the Hunger Games as much as possible in Minecraft.
This mode includes iconic elements such as hunger, a cornucopia, and tempting chests at the start of the game. That results in a bloodbath at the start of a match against players willing to risk it all for some strong starting loot. If any game mode has come closest to the Hunger Games experience, it’s this one.
