Riders of Icarus
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
A real-money cash shop sells items and conveniences that affect gameplay alongside purely cosmetic goods.
Fantasy melee and magic combat against monsters and human-like enemies produces blood effects on hits, without gore or dismemberment.
As a free-to-play live-service game it uses time-limited cash-shop offers and login-based rewards.
Some armor and costume designs, particularly for female characters, are revealing, with no actual exposure.
Quests reference betrayal, revenge, and factional conflict in the backstory without depicting graphic events.
Fighting, hunting and taming winged beasts and other creatures is a core combat mechanic.
The scripted dialogue includes occasional mild profanity.
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What it is
Riders of Icarus is a free-to-play fantasy MMORPG built around capturing and riding flying mounts, including dragons, and fighting from their backs. Players battle monsters and human-like foes with weapons and magic in an open online world; combat shows flashes, explosions, and light blood effects but no gore. Character armor, especially for some female designs, can be revealing without actual exposure, and the story touches on betrayal, revenge, and warring factions. It is played online with other people through open voice and text chat, and it is funded by a real-money cash shop that sells both cosmetic and gameplay-affecting items.
How it's framed
The game frames its combat as heroic monster-slaying and mount-taming adventure, presenting violence against beasts and enemies as ordinary questing rather than dwelling on cruelty or consequence. Its darker plot elements sit in quest backstory rather than being shown in detail.
Details
- Developer
- WeMade
- Publisher
- VALOFE
- Released
- Jul 6, 2016
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