The soft currency is also often the reward in Free Boxes, which unlock every four hours.īut generally, the currencies and monetisation mechanics in Rules of Survival are confusing and poorly explained. The currency is earned at the end of battles, depending on how well you performed, with a ceiling of 5,000 per day.įurthermore, the Gold Mode allows players to earn Gold at the expense of other players by killing them and taking their stash. November 28th 2017 saw the addition of a Gold system to Rules of Survival. But what's convincing these players to spend? That so many have been willing to battle these issues speaks to the strength of the concept. The act of opening a door or picking up a health pack is tricky enough, let alone lining up perfect headshots on players with varying connection speeds. Parachuting into a huge map populated by 120 real players trying to kill one another using whatever they can lay their hands on, it's clearly a technical feat.īut on mobile, particularly on smaller phones, it's a remarkably awkward and fiddly way to play a game with such expansive scope. Playing Rules of Survival is an odd experience. Out-grossing Knives Out (which has been most successful in Asia) and Survivor Royale (currently struggling for traction worldwide), the game has firmly established itself as the frontrunner in the nascent battle royale space on mobile. The Chinese firm launched three distinct titles, beating Tencent's official mobile PUBG games to market, opting to build an audience before worrying about monetisation.īut now monetisation has been introduced, the clear pick of the three – at least from a Western perspective – is Rules of Survival. When it came to competing with viral PC battle royale hit Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, NetEase wasted no time. This time we're taking a look at Rules of Survival, the Playerunknown's Battlegrounds-esque battle royale game from NetEase. The end goal is to see whether the game makes a good enough case for us to part with our cash, or whether players are content – or engaged enough – to 'freeload'.

In each instalment, we consider the incentives or pressure applied to make in-app purchases, their perceived value, the expansion offered by IAPs and the overall value of the experience.

Welcome back to the In-App Purchase Inspector - our regular look at free-to-play games from the consumer's perspective.

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