Digital Spy writes: "We're prepared to forgive some of N.O.V.A. 3's sins simply because you won't find a better high-calibre shooter on the App Store. It may be a little short of original ideas and the controls can be fiddly, but blockbuster titles like this are what we need to take tablet and smartphone gaming to the next level."
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."
