Star Conflict

Intense overall intensity
Highest flag: Spending — real-money purchases
MMOSci-fiShooter

What's in it

Spending real-money purchases
High

Real money buys the premium currency (Galactic Standards), premium ships, boosters, and licenses that affect in-game power and resource gain.

Spending pressure pay-to-win or energy gating
High

Progression is grind-heavy and premium ships plus paid boosters and time-saving licenses grant an advantage over free play.

Violence cartoon/stylized
Low

Combat is ship-to-ship laser and missile fire in space; enemy craft explode when destroyed, with no human figures, blood, or injury shown.

Who can reach your kid

Chat with strangersDirect messagesStranger friend requestsReal-money spending

What it is

A no-cost multiplayer title, Star Conflict puts players at the controls of fighters and heftier vessels for quick, squad-oriented space skirmishes. Matches pit you against fellow human commanders (PvP) as well as opponents run by the computer (PvE). Play centers on wiping out rival craft using laser fire, guided rockets, and additional armaments. Because every fight is fought from a cockpit, the screen shows only detonating hulls — no wounded people appear, and there is no blood or graphic injury. Wrapped around the combat are systems for assembling vessels, enhancing them, and a substantial climb through ranks. Downloading costs nothing; income comes instead from a paid currency called Galactic Standards, along with premium craft, licenses, and boosters purchased using actual money, all of which quicken advancement and raise a pilot's fighting strength. As an internet-based title it links you to a community of participants, and at the point when these player write-ups appeared, the game's servers were in the process of being taken offline.

How it's framed

Conflict here is cast as detached military clashing among pilot factions competing for space-bound resources. What you shoot at are vessels and drones instead of rendered humans, and blowing them apart functions as a points-tallying goal. Both the rank climb and the shop revolve around obtaining tougher craft and gear, while the money-based choices are framed as a means of climbing more quickly.

Details

Developer
Star Gem Inc.
Publisher
Gaijin Network Ltd
Released
Feb 27, 2013
Metacritic 75critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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