It isn’t that they aren’t effective, it’s just that touch gaming doesn’t always provide the same ease of play that actual buttons or keyboard strokes afford. Other familiar options such as crouching are a tad hard to use with any sort of frequency. This may sound too forgiving or lacking in challenge, but you’ll be glad for it when the time comes. Even if an enemy is straight up behind you, you can still snap to him. It’s chaotic at first, but is graciously forgiving in the breadth and scope of aiming possibility. A tap on the left or right arrow will snap to the enemy allowing you to either fire from the hip or aim closer for headshots. On each side of the screen are arrows which light up red when an enemy strays close enough to be fired upon. You’ll move and look with virtual joysticks that may be par for the course, but one thing Strike Team really gets right is its snap-to-enemy mechanic and honest-to-goodness iron sights scoping ability. Whereas Strike Team could have been a simple, toned-down repackaging of the Strikeforce missions, developer Blast Furnace was faced with building an iOS experience that remained true to the CoD universe, while actually being playable without the control options to which many have grown accustomed. Call of Duty fans will recognize these concepts from the Strikeforce missions found in Black Ops 2. Another quick tap puts you back in the boots of any squad member, each of whom boasts a fully customizable loadout. From here, you can drag and place your squad behind cover, search for sneaky enemies, and map out your course of action. A simple tap of the screen puts you in control of the MQ27 Dragonfire quadrotor drone for an eye-in-the-sky view of the proceedings. Curious about what’s around that corner? Want to check the layout and plan strategically? No problem. You’ll certainly spend much of your time running about with the genre’s trademarked “here’s your gun” view, but where things really get interesting is in its tactical, RTS-ish capability. Strike Team does not stick to FPS convention, and is actually more of a hybrid title. Set within the Black Ops 2 microcosm (a not-too distant future where weapons are totally slightly cooler than they are now), Strike Team shines despite the obvious limitations the iOS platform presents for a first-person-shooter. It’s sad alright, but the tide may very well be turning thanks to the efforts of-deep breath here-mega-publisher Activision and the release of Call of Duty: Strike Team.īefore anyone calls for blood or retreats into the “ Call of Duty is the same game again and again and again,” defense, you may want to actually check the game out. It’s hard to blame them, as far too often in this industry there are publishers attempting to cash in on the popularity of a franchise by throwing together a ramshackle version of a game and tossing it onto the App Store with little regard to quality or experience. We’d imagine that gamers accustomed to the increasing quality of this console generation attempting to play toned-down iOS versions of today’s most popular games might feel a bit like PC gamers back when the paradigm shifted and television play became more commonplace. Please visit to view Activision’s privacy policy.Fun and mature, this is mobile CoD at its finest By downloading, installing or using this App, you agree to Activision’s privacy policy, as may be updated by Activision from time to time. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners. ACTIVISION and CALL OF DUTY are trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. Compete against family, friends and the Call of Duty®: Strike Team community for leaderboard domination. SURVIVAL MODE: Put your skills to the test as you fight off waves of increasingly difficult enemies. Strategically customize the members of your squad with weapons, perks or body armor.ĬAMPAIGN MODE: Experience an immersive single-player campaign full of epic, cinematic moments in diverse locations around the world. Switch between first-person and third-person action at almost any time. Your mission is to lead a Joint Special Operations Team in a global effort to hunt down those responsible. finds themselves in a war with an unknown enemy. Tensions run high amongst the world’s superpowers.
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