Modern Combat 5: Blackout

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User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 40 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 40
  3. Negative: 8 out of 40
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  1. JimbobDelly13
    Sep 11, 2014
    0
    Not even good. Don't waste your money. Play MC4/3. Horrible...so many people waiting for it. Took so long, I was simply expecting something decent. Sooooo didn't live up to expectations..... ;(
  2. jbgamer
    Oct 3, 2014
    3
    its best game I can play on tablet, but finished very fast all levels and then it just ends. multiplayer very often no other players and a lot of disruption, servers are too often overloaded too. some bugs too, I cant use knife. hoping for more levels. you get very fast bored with the bots. lost interest very fast :-(
  3. JD20
    Aug 6, 2014
    1
    With Fps like Destiny,Far Cry 4,CoD Advanced Warfare,Halo:The Master Chief's Collection and Metro:Redux in the final of the years on new-gen consoles,how wants to play this?!
  4. HeartStrong07
    Jun 4, 2017
    0
    The plays great! However, all the adds, stalling to encourage purchases just takes the life out of the game. I uninstalled it, but really liked it!. Hell, just charge me $30-$40 all at once, or so much a month, and let me play.
  5. Wndozh8er
    Aug 17, 2014
    3
    If this was a console or PC game it would have gotten a 4. Which is the score I'm giving it. Shame on the reviewers for giving this game a pass. It's 2014, first person shooters on the iPad is no longer a spectacular concept like it was in 2009 or so. Now for the review

    CONS - a horrible, simplistic, and generic storyline to the point of hilarity coupled with bad and fragmented level    If this was a console or PC game it would have gotten a 4. Which is the score I'm giving it. Shame on the reviewers for giving this game a pass. It's 2014, first person shooters on the iPad is no longer a spectacular concept like it was in 2009 or so. Now for the review

    CONS - a horrible, simplistic, and generic storyline to the point of hilarity coupled with bad and fragmented level designs, poor AI, brain dead characters. Always online required with each level having to be loaded which can take a while. You also have you complete tutorial like "black ops" missions that has nothing to do with the storyline whatsoever in order to advance. This is truly a backwards step for the already cheapened MC franchise.

    PROS - something to do.    … Expand
  6. kilo54
    Jun 25, 2016
    4
    It was shaping up to be yet another entry. Nothing amazing but still entertaining. However the singleplayer campaign had far too much filler between sections. It's a nice game in itself, but some of it felt like I was just grinding to get to the next story level. The style of previous incarnations may not have been original with one level after the next, but it worked a whole lot better.

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#13 Most Discussed iOS Game of 2014
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#53 Most Shared iOS Game of 2014

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Grab It Magazine
    Sep 1, 2014
    80
    Modern Combat 5 has the chops to go toe-to-toe with any big budget FPS. Well implemented touch control assists, deep customisation and heart-pumping action set Modern Combat 5 into the elite company of the best first-person shooters on iPad. [Episode 7, September 2014]
  2. Riot Pixels
    Aug 27, 2014
    40
    Modern Combat 5 delivers a shocking blow right after you launch the campaign as it turns out to be a hack job. Instead of traditional levels peppered with checkpoints and scripted cinematics as in previous MC games, you’re treated to a poor man’s version of Dead Trigger.
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  3. SpazioGames
    Aug 22, 2014
    85
    The game has wonderful graphics and an intuitive gameplay. In the app there are many missions and many game modes. There are no in-app purchases and the game requires a persistent internet connection. The controls are very simple and the game offers many hours of gameplay.
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