


In terms of in-app purchases, players will find it very easy to earn lunch boxes and enjoy the bounty they provide without buying them early in the game. There's quite a bit of character interaction when dwellers are working together, with thought-provoking and witty conversations going on. The premise - humans living underground after a nuclear disaster - is not for young kids or sensitive teens, and the violent and sexual themes may not be for everyone either. Teens can manage multiple vaults, too, trying out different scenarios and strategies as a faux social experiment. Players can get their vaults running and move on to "real-world" tasks, tending to a vault occasionally or when alerted via a pop-up notification. The app does contain in-app purchases to buy lunch boxes filled with special cards but is totally playable without them.įallout Shelter is addictive fun. One of the rooms that can be built when play advances is a lounge or bar, so there is some drinking, and there are references early in play to wanting a beer. It's integral to the game because that's one of the ways to increase the population. During the act, the dwellers are hidden behind a bedroom wall, and kids will only see several smiley faces before the couple emerges, one with a big belly. There's also implied sex: Dwellers work specific jobs in the underground vault, and if a male and female dweller are alone in the living space for a few minutes, flirting ensues and the female gets pregnant. This simulation app is tamer, but it does contain some cartoon-like violence including some death and lots of weapons. Parents need to know that Fallout Shelter is a spin-off of the Fallout video game series, which is rated M for mature and not recommended for kids due to gory violence.
