modern combat versus android with controller support

At least that’s what the App Store description says – I couldn’t connect to the network to actually try it. You can play with up to 11 other players on 6 different maps and 7 different game modes, as well as customize your weapon. The multiplayer has also gotten an upgrade. You’re in a team that has to go from point to point and kill stuff, blow stuff up, shoot down helicopters and ride AC130 gunships.

Don’t get me wrong, I actually quite enjoy single player campaigns in first person shooter games, but they are pretty identical these days. Gameplay-wise, the single player is more or less identical to every other FPS game out there.

On a mobile device, these kinds of graphics are impressive. Another way to put it would be PS2 graphics in 720p, as a lot of the PS2’s “outdatedness” these days comes from the resolution. When connected to an external screen, you will get a 720p widescreen image that is somewhere between an Xbox/PS2 and an Xbox 360/PS3 in terms of graphics. Modern Combat 3 isn’t the first game to do this (that would be Real Racing 2), but the App Store isn’t drowning in games that does this either. In essence, the iPad becomes the controller while the external screen has the actual game. On the iPad however, this feature splits your controls off from the gameplay stream and puts the former on the iPad and the latter on the external screen. I say iPad 2, because even though this game is coming to Android, it’s not out yet, and it might not have the same functionality there. One of the most interesting new features is not in terms of gameplay though, but rather connectivity – now you can connect your iPad 2 to an external screen using a physical adapter or AirPlay. That’s how first person shooters work, and there haven’t really been anything truly new in ages. Modern Combat 3 is an evolutionary update to the previous games. I’ve given the new game a test run, so read on to see some impressions. Blatant copying aside, Gameloft makes good games – and if the Modern Warfare isn’t going to make it to mobile platforms, then by all means let Gameloft do it for them. Only two weeks before Modern Warfare 3 brings full-on World War 3 to consoles and PCs everywhere, Gameloft has now released the third game in its Modern Combat series, coincidentally named Fallen Nation after its story that in no way resembles that of Modern Warfare 3…yeah right. Modern Combat is their Call of Duty ripoff, specifically the Modern Warfare series of Call of Duty games. Gameloft copies every popular game series that it can get its hands on.

Modern combat versus android with controller support