SMITE
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
The free-to-play game sells gods, cosmetic skins, and battle passes for real money via an in-game gem currency.
Team-based magical and melee combat where players fight enemy gods, computer minions, and jungle creatures; hits produce blood effects but no gore or dismemberment.
Rotating limited-time skins, event cosmetics, and battle-pass content create time-limited purchasing incentives, though all are cosmetic.
Certain gods and cosmetic skins wear revealing or skimpy attire; no actual nudity is shown.
The wine-god character is themed around drinking and appears intoxicated as comedic flavor.
Rosters include death, war, and underworld deities, with combat framed around slaying rival gods.
Cthulhu-mythos 'Great Old Ones' gods introduce eldritch, tentacled designs and eerie visuals.
Standard combat includes attacking and killing neutral jungle creatures and mythological beasts alongside minions and other players.
A handful of deities (such as the goddess of love) have flirtatious themes and suggestive poses, kept to mild innuendo.
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What it is
SMITE is a free-to-play, team-based online battle arena where players each control a god or mythological figure drawn from pantheons around the world and fight in five-versus-five matches to destroy the enemy team's base. Combat is viewed from a third-person perspective and uses weapons and magical powers against computer minions, jungle creatures, and other players, with blood effects but no gore. Some deities and their cosmetic outfits are designed to look sexually suggestive or revealing. The game is played almost entirely against other people online, with in-match text and voice communication that can include toxicity common to competitive games. It is monetized through real-money purchases of gods, cosmetic skins, and battle passes, with frequent limited-time offers.
How it's framed
The game frames its content as competitive mythological fantasy sport: gods from many cultural traditions are presented as playable combatants and heroes, with violence treated as stylized arena combat rewarded by kills and gold. Death, underworld, and eldritch themes are aesthetic flavor rather than dwelt-upon subject matter, and monetization is presented as optional cosmetic customization.
Details
- Developer
- Titan Forge Games
- Publisher
- Hi-Rez Studios
- Released
- Sep 8, 2015
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