In today’s stagnant console game climate, the first-person shooter reigns supreme. From Call of Duty to Battlefield, the market is full to the brim with AAA FPSs, but they’ve never been able to fully make the jump to the portable platform successfully. Modern Combat 5: Blackout, Gameloft’s answer to Activision’s insanely popular Call of Duty franchise, doesn’t do anything innovative – in fact, it sometimes comes off as blatant rip-off of its console brethren – but it does old very well, and it is easily one of the best mobile first-person shooters on Android.
WTMG's Leo Faria: "Despite being little else than a port of a mobile game, Modern Combat Blackout is quite enjoyable, especially if you’re craving for a more traditional FPS offering on the Switch. It makes up for its underwhelming visuals, framerate, and campaign mode with a decent multiplayer and great controls. It gives me hope for future Gameloft endeavors on the console, as well as alerting Activision that you can make CoD-like shooters work on the Switch. You’re losing the race, guys."
The Nintendo Switch finally has a military shooter with Modern Combat Blackout! How does it stack up compared to the likes of Call of Duty or Battlefield?
Short Pause: "Check out the first two missions of the Modern Combat Blackout campaign as well as a few rounds of its multiplayer gameplay."
Great review. My Shield will eat this game up.
These modern combat games are amazing for mobile games, they've replicated call of duty so well, every 6 months i see a new one. They should just invest in making a full console game.