Modern Combat (series)

Modern Combat

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Genres First-person shooter
Developers Gameloft, Gameloft Montreal, Gameloft Bucharest
Publishers Gameloft
Platforms iOS, Android, webOS, Bada, Xperia Play, BlackBerry PlayBook, Bada 2.0, Windows Phone 8, BlackBerry 10
First release Modern Combat: Sandstorm
August 27, 2009
Latest release Modern Combat 5: Blackout
July 24, 2014

Modern Combat is a series of video games developed and published by Gameloft mainly for iOS and Android. All games from the series plays a lot like Call of Duty and features multiple missions in varied environments with different tasks for players to complete. The main enemies in the game are terrorists, and often, the player is accompanied by other soldiers who fight alongside them. Modern Combat: Sandstorm is the first game in the Modern Combat series and was followed by 2010's Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus, 2011's Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation, 2012's Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour and 2014's Modern Combat 5: Blackout

Video games

Year Game Platform(s)
2009 Modern Combat: Sandstorm iOS, Android, webOS, Bada
2010 Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus iOS, Android, Xperia Play, BlackBerry PlayBook
2011 Modern Combat: Domination PlayStation Network
2011 Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation iOS, Android, Bada 2.0, BlackBerry PlayBook
2012 Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8, Blackberry 10, BlackBerry PlayBook
2014 Modern Combat 5: Blackout iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8, Windows 8

Reception

Aggregate review scores
As of August 2, 2014.
Game GameRankings Metacritic
Modern Combat: Sandstorm 82.57%[1] NA
Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus 84.29%[2] 90/100[3]
Modern Combat: Domination 73.00%[4] 67/100[5]
Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation 90.56%[6] 88/100[7]
Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour 85.00%[8] 82/100[9]
Modern Combat 5: Blackout 82.63%[10] 81/100[11]

The 5 main entries of the series have been met with mainly positive reviews from critics, while the spin off game Domination received mixed reviews.

References

  1. ↑ "Modern Combat: Sandstorm". GameRankings. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus". GameRankings. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus". Metacritic. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Modern Combat: Domination". GameRankings. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Modern Combat: Domination". Metacritic. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation". GameRankings. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation". Metacritic. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour". GameRankings. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour". Metacritic. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Modern Combat 5: Blackout". GameRankings. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Modern Combat 5: Blackout". Metacritic. Retrieved August 2, 2014.