If you're a big fan of battle-royale games, then you should give Garena Free Fire a try. It's a popular, action-packed survival shooter game available to play online on Android and iOS devices.
In case you're just starting in the battle-royale world and wonder what it's all about, here's what you need to know: in this kind of games, you are dropped into an arena and pitted against many other players in combat. You all seek survival, and fight to the death until only one player is left standing. The player who outlives the rest is declared the victor.
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Game overview
In Garena Free Fire, Battle Royale mode is the main gameplay mode, but it actually features more than 15 game modes. However, most of them are generally available during special events and tournaments.
In Battle Royale mode, a plane drops you and 49 other players on a remote island. At first, your aim is to decide where to land with your parachute, choosing the best starting point for your survival adventure. Once you land, you can start exploring the map and go through terrain and buildings, trying to stay in the safe zone for as long as you can.
At the beginning, it's OK to just wander around the map looking for things that'll help you survive —and wipe out your opponents—. There are a number of weapons (or things which can be used as such) scattered all over the place, from pans (!) to rifles to machine guns; you can also find vehicles, ammo, armor, Medkits, mushrooms, and even pick up and use stuff dropped by defeated players.
Be careful not to go beyond the safe area! The air is toxic and you’ll die. Oh, and by the way, the safe area gets smaller as time passes by. This will make your opponents get closer and closer, so it’ll be time to get your game on to survive and make it till the end. The winner takes it all: in-game currency, skins, experience points, ranking points and more.
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Supported devices
Free Fire is available for Android, iOS and iPadOS devices, and is perfect to play either on your smartphone or tablet. Ever since Free Fire’s release back in 2017, Garena’s developer team has released updates regularly, keeping the players’ interest and attracting even more by providing the game with new characters, game modes, weapons, skins and more. Bear in mind that this increases the device requirements, as they demand more memory, storage, and processing capacity.
The minimum system requirements are:
- iOS devices: iOS 11.0 or later, 4GB or more of available storage space.
- Android devices: Android 5.0 or higher, 4GB or more of available storage space.
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Parental content advisory
Parents should be aware of the fact that Garena Free Fire is rated 13+ in most countries, even though the Apple Store rates it 12+ and Google Play 17+. The main reasons for this age rating are the following:
- Violence and content: the game is all about killing other players to be the winner, there’s no story behind gameplay. It involves realistic violence, with bleeding and death animations. Additionally, female characters tend to be sexualized, wearing revealing outfits.
- Online interaction: players can communicate via voice and text chat, and can create friend lists and join or create guilds.
- In-game purchases: the game encourages in-app purchases and can get really pushy convincing players to buy virtual currency to spend it on new items.
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Final words
Fast-paced intensity and action. If you’re looking for them, you’ll find them all in Garena Free Fire. Download it, dive right into an incredibly exciting battle royale experience right on your smartphone and check it out!
