Crash of Cars

App review by Paul Semel, Common Sense Media
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Common Sense says

age 10+

Clunky car combat collides with bad controls, weak gameplay.

iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android Free Arcade Games
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Parents say

age 11+

Based on 5 reviews

Kids say

age 8+

Based on 1 review

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A Lot or a Little?

The parents' guide to what's in this app.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Crash of Cars is a cartoony online multiplayer car-combat game. While players do use weapons to take out the competition, there's no blood, gore, or dismemberment, thanks to a combination of cartoony visuals and an aerial perspective. There's also no inappropriate content. Players can either watch ads or use real-world money to buy gold coins, which are then used to buy cars as well as weapon and car upgrades. Read the app's privacy policy in the game's settings or on the game's website to find out about the information collected and shared.

Community Reviews

Nikkosnikko
Nikkosnikko Adult
March 16, 2021
age 10+

The game is ok but the ads are not

My 12-year-old son plays this game. The cars crash into each other and earn points but there isn't any gore. My main concerns are the ads that pop up throughout the game. Some ads are inappropriate and relate to dating, relationships and gambling. The ads concern me far more than the game itself and I'm not sure if you can avoid them.

This title has:

Easy to play/use
Too much consumerism
alberreviery
alberreviery Adult
December 9, 2020
age 8+

Car crashing violence in fantasy game can discourage kids to drive cars when they grow up.

The game itself is fine, and I can tell that the common sense reviewer was angry because he kept on getting "exploded". When you learn from this game, your kids will either be crashing into other people when they get their own cars, or they just not drive them at all. Overall, good game. The game contains: Easy to play/use (except for the common sense reviewer) Too much violence (a questionable "powerup" is a uplifting bomb, along with more violent powerups.) Sex (Sex can be based on the usernames players input/insert, but sometimes Crash of Cars itself censors the names) Swearing (Again, based on the name the player puts) Consumerism (In-app purchases, microtransactions, pay-to-win) Drinking/Drugs/Smoking (Depending on the name, I once saw a name named "Juice" but I think i know what he meant) Privacy Policy (Included on-load) Fine game.

This title has:

Easy to play/use
Too much violence
Too much sex
Too much swearing
Too much consumerism
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking
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What’s It About?

CRASH OF CARS is a cartoony, arcadey online multiplayer car-combat game where players drive around arenas, picking up crowns, and fight with other people who are also grabbing said crowns. But there's no story here and no word as to why you're trying to grab those crowns or even why you're doing this while driving an SUV around the moon. As you progress, you earn new cars. That's about it.

Is It Any Good?

While this online multiplayer car combat game has a certain cartoony appeal, its controls leave much to be desired. In Crash of Cars, you drive SUVs, ice cream trucks, and other motor vehicles around large open arenas such as a city or the moon. As you do, you have to pick up as many floating gold crowns as you can before you're killed by the other online players who are also trying to grab the crowns. Good thing someone leaves weapons lying around where anyone can grab them and that you can damage enemy vehicles by crashing into them. But while this may sound like fun, it's unfortunately undermined by bad controls. To start, the combination of super-sensitive steering and constant acceleration mean that being stuck against a wall isn't a matter of "if" but "when." Even worse, to use a weapon, you have to move your right thumb so far away from the right steering button that you can't attack and avoid being attacked at the same time. Also, while some vehicles come with different abilities (for example, the hovercraft can briefly drive over water) and have different unlockable weapons, these don't change the game much, and this lack of variety won't keep anyone engaged for long. As a result, Crash of Cars is almost as bad as getting rear-ended when you're late to work.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about violence in video games. Does it make you feel differently that you're a car shooting blobs and dots at other cars and that you never see the driver or any blood?

  • Talk about the rules of the road. Clearly, the cars in this game don't follow any sort of safe driving rules, but why are those rules important when you drive in real life?

  • Discuss budgeting money. Since you can earn new cars by playing, do you think you need to spend a lot of money on this game? Could you do with spending just a little? Or none?

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