
All of these game modes have their own subset of challenges that reward you with stars, so there is always that incentive to replay previous missions to pick-up missing rewards. As you make your way around the globe in the solo game, you’ll have unique screens for each location that offer a story-based mission as well as a Spec Op challenge and a Multiplayer event specific to that location.

A squad menu allows you to easily invite friends and manage groups of players. You can also call up your character profile to view stats, medals, and all sorts of data. Plus, everything you do in single player carries over to multiplayer, so by the time you finish the campaign you should be more than competitive in the online arena.įrom your home screen you have access to your current character, solo and squad special events, and multiplayer operations. You’ll also earn XP that will allow you to level up not only your character, but also your weapons, which in turn unlocks new tiers and attachments. You get to tailor the way you play thanks to a nicely implemented class system that allows you to choose Assault, Heavy, Sniper, and Recon roles and then tailor those classes by unlocking custom abilities by spending Skill Points you’ll earn through gameplay. Modern Combat 5 is loaded with multiplayer combat as well for squad, team, and online versus modes. Sure, the story is a bit played out, but it gets the job done for setting up some amazing combat and movie-like action sequences. You start off as ex-marine, Caydan Phoenix sent into scenic Venice to squash a terrorist threat, but in the process learn than the very agency you work for is a front for their own terrorist agenda. From the open credit sequence through the next 6+ hours of single-player campaign action I was continually blown away with each new mission.


Modern Combat 5: Blackout does a remarkable job of bringing a console quality FPS to the iPad (and iPhone) with all of the explosive action, combat, and Michael Bay set pieces we’d expect from a Call of Duty or Battlefield installment.
