Gameloft’s N.O.V.A. franchise has always been seen as an unashamed Halo ripoff. However, the developer knows what they’re doing, and the games have always been fun to play, despite the obvious influences. This time around, in N.O.V.A. 3, the game visually borrows a great deal from Crysis 2. Kal Wardin’s suit has been revamped in the style of the Nanosuit, and the guns and HUD have been retooled with a Crysis influence. You even start the game out in a city environment, heavily recalling the urban warfare of Crysis 2.
N.O.V.A. 3 is developed by Gameloft, a company that likes to jump in on the trends of pop culture with games like Ice Age Adventure, Spider-man Unlimited and Captain America The Winter Soldier The Official Game. Jumping on the trends isn’t a bad thing, however, especially when you do it well.
A write up on a 3 yr old Android game? I'm confused about why this is on here
Hardcore Droid - What is N.O.V.A 3: Freedom Edition?
It’s a showcase. An exhibition. Nay, a love letter to the modern console FPS brought to us by the mobile developers at Gameloft. It attempts, with much success, to provide a true FPS experience on mobile devices with as few compromises as possible. To show that our perceptions of the limitations of a particular medium are in no way indicative of the type of shooter experience it can provide. More to the point, N.O.V.A. 3 is a sci-fi game based around famed N.O.V.A. commander Kal Wardin making a trip to the long dormant planet of Earth, to answer a distress call and eventually unravel a plot much larger than himself, but not quite as large as the considerable inventory of weapons available to him to stop the looming threat behind it all.
"Keep your iron sights on these seven tablet shooters the next time your trigger finger gets an itch."
I tried playing this on my iPhone and wow it sucks. AI is terribly stupid. It runs horribly. Constant frame rate drops. This is why I hate to waste money on these phone games.. Besides that the game isn't even fun, the controls are hardly workable. Let me just warn others to not waste their money like I did. Don't be fooled by the shiny colors, you have been warned.
Its a Crysis 2 clone
Any reason that this can't be on the quad gpu cpu vita???
This game is freaking beautiful, goes toe to toe with the vita/3ds games. I always enjoyed the nova games and most gameloft tiles despite their unoriginality. They play/look as good as the best handheld games they just lack buttons. Bring this to 3ds or vita and i will gladly buy it.
Make a vita phone or an iphone with slideout buttons and il ditch handhelds for good (and i adore my 3ds and vita)
Not a Halo clone it's a Crysis 2 clone. or both.