After the success of those two titles, Supercell presented Boom Beach, an interesting evolution of Clash of Clans. Both games share a basic principles, but the differences are important.
In Boom Beach, you also have a base that you need to defend from the other players, who will try to raid your island to steal your resources. Each player has his home base in a tropical island, and you will be able to explore a few island in the archipelago that surrounds you.
When you start the game, there is an enemy in the archipelago, who had several islands under his control. You can free their towns from Hammerman's rule, and thus, the citizens of those islands will send you gold, wood and stone.
With these resources you can upgrade your Head Quarter, unlocking new buildings for your base. You need to strategically place the sniper towers, machine guns, mortars, mines and cannons to stop the invading forces, but at the same time, you will try to overcome the defenses of the other players.
With one Gunboat and some a Landing Crafts, you will choose some troops, train them, and navigate to other islands to attack them. If you win, that island will be under your control and you will get resources.
In a similar way than Clash of Clans, there are different troops available, with different characteristics. You can upgrade them spending gold and recruiting as much troops as your Landing Crafts admit.
The main difference between both games is the battles. In Clash of Clans there isn't much strategy involved, the troop attack their favorite targets but once released on the battlefield, there isn't much that you can do to direct them.
In Boom Beach you have flares that you can sent to direct your troops to the selected targets. This gives you a much better control about the flow of the battle. The Gunboat can also fire artillery and Medkits, and the way you use them can change the outcome of a battle.
The strategy is a key factor in Boom Beach, and every battle is a challenge.
As the other games from Supercell, Boom Beach is free but includes in-app purchases. You can buy diamonds, which are used to speed up the waiting times. However, every week you will obtain a reasonable amount of them, so buying them is really an optional choice.
Boom Beach is a great game, and if you enjoy Clash of Clans, you should definitely give it a try. You can get it from Google Play and the App Store.
Source: Supercell.
