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Become an action hero like Arnold Schwarzenegger in the new game of modern war - Mobile Strike!
Parents need to know that Mobile Strike is a free-to-play game that constantly encourages players to spend money and has been advertised in TV commercials featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger's likeness. Gameplay consists of building and upgrading a military base by performing actions that happen in real time. Currency is used to speed up these actions, and players who spend real-world money on in-game currency have a decided advantage.
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The game features an alliance system and unfiltered in-game chat that contains player-generated content, including frequent trash-talking that can contain profanity. In addition to this, players can send one another private messages and Web links and can post on one another's profiles on message boards. The indicates that the game's communication features allow players to communicate and share comments, private messages, and Web links. MOBILE STRIKE's story isn't apparent within the game, but online trailers for the game (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a high-level commander) offer more in the way of justification. New players are thrown into an extended tutorial that indicates the need to build up a military base in preparation for being attacked and for waging war on other bases.
As in other, similar games such as and, players gather resources, build, and fight; sometimes players have to wait for a task to finish before moving on but can pay real money to speed things up and get more stuff. In cooperation with other players, you can launch attacks on bases, though no graphic violence is shown.
Though kids do have to strategize a bit, this is less a game than a repetitive round of 'tap and wait' and plays just like all the others of its kind. After a long tutorial that walks players through building and upgrading a range of military structures and buying premium currency from the in-game store, there's no narrative or explanation of the setting. The term 'game' applies very loosely here, since all a player does is tap buttons, wait for timers to count down, and stare at static map icons. As a strategy game, it does offer some degree of planning by making your success depend on how efficiently you collect and use resources, but the payoff - in terms of satisfying visual effects - is small.
Post-battle, your only reward is a results screen that dryly reports the resources you've gained or the troops you've lost. Truth be told, the most entertaining aspect of the game is monitoring the player chat, which is a constant stream of silliness and trash talk. The game has strategy alright - a strategy for separating gamers from their money.Families can talk about the chat feature and the risks of chatting with strangers online. Though the chat is focused on the game, if someone were to ask for personal information, what should you do? How do you who is abusing the system?.Talk about remotely waged war.
Modern warfare is often fought with distance-based weapons such as missiles and drones. Do you think that makes it easier for soldiers to kill?
If so, is that a good thing?.Discuss pay-to-play games. Does it seem right for free-to-play games to give paying players an advantage?
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