Parents' Guide to

Iron Force

By Paul Semel, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 13+

A fun but flawed tank battle game.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android Free Action Games
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What’s It About?

IRON FORCE is an online, arcade-style, multiplayer tank battle game. Using simple controls, you have to destroy enemy tanks before they destroy you. Players can even pick up piles of in-game money or special weapons from the wreckage of their enemies. There isn’t a story. Once you go through training with a rather buxom and inappropriately dressed soldier named Eda, it's pretty much kill or be killed, with no explanation as to why you're trying to destroy those other tanks.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
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Kids say (1 ):

As multiplayer tank battle games go, Iron Force is OK. The controls are rather clunky, which makes it difficult (though hardly impossible) to get a real bead on your enemies or to escape them when they're bearing down on you. The lack of human characters and casualties is a mixed bag: There are no deaths to witness, but combat is totally unrealistic. Some fans also might balk at its delays, such as how it takes a moment for your main gun to reload. Still others might feel the game is rather greedy, always asking for money and often for silly stuff. But if you're forgiving, patient, and frugal and would like to blow up friends and strangers using heavily artillery, Iron Force is worth checking out.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about being responsible with your money and in-app purchases. Do you really need a new tank, or do you simply want one? Can you wait until you earn the funds by playing, or do you need to spend real money on a tank you won't be able to drive to grandma's house?

  • Talk about the history involved. How did tanks play an important part in World War I and World War II? Would combat have resembled that in the game? How does the absence of people make the combat different from real life?

  • Discuss good sportsmanship. Why is it not OK to take a power-up if someone else destroyed the tank? How would you feel if you destroyed an enemy tank, but someone else grabbed the money or missiles that were left behind?

App Details

  • Devices: iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android
  • Pricing structure: Free
  • Release date: June 5, 2015
  • Category: Action Games
  • Publisher: Chillingo Ltd.
  • Version: 1.9.0
  • Minimum software requirements: Requires iOS 6.0 or later; Android 2.3.3 and up
  • Last updated: February 12, 2019

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