Shards of War is a fast based battle of the future where Empire City has become a warzone as Sentinels from alternate realities fight amongst each other after arriving through a mysterious portal; some fight to control this new land, some fight to defend it, and some just simply never wish to return to their own barren tortured world. With traditional lane based MOBA gameplay players can choose from 20 Sentinel characters in a 5v5 battle of pushing lanes, fighting minions, destroying turrets and toppling enemy bases.

According to the developers Bigpoint the game is free to play, but we’ll see just how free when we put it through our F2P Meter.

The game is completely free to play after a free download.



There are currently no subscription options, but players have the choice of purchasing various Premium Membership options à la carte for Gold, the games premium currency purchased with real cash. Premium Membership gives players a 50% XP boost in matches, allows them to reroll Chest drops at the end of a match, acquire skin vouchers to get access to character skins and also reroll daily missions.



There are currently no DLC or Expansions available, any content released or updated is free.



The game used Gold as its premium currency which is purchased with cash and then spent in the in game store, players can purchase a variety of things such as Sentinels (characters), Skins, Chests and Premium Membership. Everything in the game requires gold, apart from Sentinels that can be purchased with Credits earned from gameplay, and players also earn items from chests at the end of a match which have crafting/loadout components in them.



Mainly the Gold microtransactions are for convenience, and whilst things like experience boosts are nice players can easily do without them, the War Chests still reward players with random drops and skins are cosmetic only.



There are no UI customization options.



There are currently 20 Sentinel that players can fight as, however players must own a Sentinel if they wish to always have access to and fight as them whenever they wish. Alternatively the game puts 6 of the 20 characters into rotation each week, giving access to different characters so that players who haven’t purchased them can try them out to see if they want them, also giving new players 6 characters to play as when they first join.



There are no trading options between players.



There are no limitations to players loadouts, or the number of Sentinels they can own that effect the game in any significant way.



All maps and modes are available to players for free, though there are some account level restrictions or requirements of playing other game modes first to unlock new ones.



There is no high-end content and all gameplay provided is accessible at all times.



The premium element doesn’t have any vast impact on players in regards to how they compare to other players, but for the player themselves it does have benefits to gaining access to more characters sooner if you are willing to pay; but it isn’t necessary and the Sentinel rotation means players can try new characters each week.


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