Smartphone First-Person Shooter Modern Combat Blackout Is Firing Onto Nintendo Switch

I already can't wait for the sequel Modern Combat 6: World at Conflict.

Unhappy “fans” incoming.

Not the Blackout we want. /s

Better than COD for sure ;D
But if I'm honest, I remember playing it on my phone and it was a fun game, however, it was full of IAP...
I hope they will adjust that to the Switch like the devs from Gear Club did and make a full game without loot boxes.

Well, where else can you dump a mobile game and charge full console retail price?

Cya
Raziel-chan

Excellent! Really enjoy this on mobile

Mobile ports are always popular here and the $19.99 price will only attract more praise.

Certainly made the Metroid need more bearable. This is the game that will sell those 20m units and Nintendo will hit that goal.

Or in fact none of the above

I’m actually interested to see reviews on this one. Switch needs more pvp focused fps games.

Great to see Gameloft finally giving the Switch some love. Now how about a Asphalt 9 port?

This looks like it could be an interesting game. I'll keep an eye on it and see how the Switch version fairs.

'Swipe left not to die'

That is not where i wanna switch to go.

It'd be stupid to dump on this for being a mobile port. Not like Nintendo is gonna turn this away, nor is Gameloft going to ignore a +30 million user base

But, speaking broadly about smartphone games on the Switch, who is this really for? You can play for free on your phone. And, on the Switch, multiplayer communications is done with an app, while its supported natively on the phone. So does Nintendo really expect us to pull out our smartphone and fire up the Nintendo online app, so we can communicate in a game on our Switch that can be played for free with voice chat.... on our smartphones? Is that the future?

TL;DR third party support is great. But with Nintendo depending on smartphone functionality for the Switch's social features, it doesn't make a lot of sense to also depend on smartphone games as legitimate 3rd party support. At that point, you might as well just play on your smartphone, which is NOT what Nintendo wants

If they are going to do this, the least they could do is upgrade the graphical fidelity for the Switch version. The Switch is capable of so much more than this as a Launch title Doom looks far better and so does Wolfenstein 2.

Ok I do not want switch to go down this route, on the other hand we have NO FPS games on console

id be more likely to get this if it had a multiplayer mode, there isnt really a realistic online fps on switch so that would be good. EDIT: just read the description and it says it does have multiplayer so probs give this a go

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Nope. Hard pass.

Better have gyro aiming.

The switch definitely needs more FPS games, but this one is a pass for me. I still don't understand why Activision hasn't pulled the trigger on the Call of Duty franchise for the Switch. As greedy as they are, it would make them a ton of cash.

@ryancraddock @NintyNate & Paladins!

I won't complain because this is at least one of the better mobile games out there, I played it a lot back on my PC and now we maybe pay €19,99 for this but at least without microtramsactions (the only thing I hated about the F2P game)

People should stop complaining about mobile games and ports, sure 90% of them is crap but the other 10% has some nice gems like the Asphalt games or Monument Valley.

I’d much rather call of duty modern warfare for switch or black ops two again lol. The bigger publishers could make quick and easy sales, like imagine Konami dropped a twin snakes HD rerelease!

Not that I’m knocking this BTW

@ryancraddock great a few old ports and run down games... Maybe be like the others as and have 50+ shooters??? Lol

Pretty decent mobile series. Wouldn't pay more than 8 dollars for it though. isn't this free on mobile..?

I haven't played one of these games in years but I recall the earlier Modern Combat games being pretty good, especially when compared to what was being released on mobile at the time. With that being said, this can be a good thing. If you think that Activision won't be paying attention to this games sales, you are sadly mistaken. I hope this does well enough for Activision to realize that they made a HUGE mistake not putting out a COD game on the Switch.

I’m interested for sure

Actually looks fun. I would be better if it had a more generic name though. Modern Combat 5 is too snazzy.

This was actually a pretty good mobile game when it came out. I have over 150 hours in Black Ops 4 and since we will never get that on the Switch I am sure I will grab this.

I had a few of the modern combat games on my phone. I paid 3 or 4 dollars for all 3. I do not see myself spending $20 on one.

@Mykillvee Actually it won't. The CoD games on the Wii and Wii U did not sell well compared to the Xbox/PS versions. Different demographics. The Wii U games were amazing though. Local multiplayer with the tablet was bad ass.

A revision of a five year old mobile game. Colour me hyped.

While I actually do think Switch could use a good traditional military shooter... not only is this a port of a mobile game, but it is a port of a mobile game from 2014.

I'd rather have a port of a decade old Call of Duty, like COD 4 Modern Warfare or a Battlefield title from the same era. Because at least I can trust those were good games.

I have no faith in a port of a mobile game from this year. Let alone a mobile game from 5 years ago.

20$ ? HAHAHA
Not only the game isn't good, but it's an old mobile game charged for 20$
Please don't buy it

It has not a normal campaign. It's like some short missions here and there. The main emphasis is on the multiplayer.

@pbb76 I just realized that emoji in your comment looks exactly like your avatar. Fkn awesome

This probably looks amazing to people that have only owned Nintendo consoles and never owned a smartphone in their life.

@BigSnikkel But consider this:
-Wii was highly targeted at a casual demographic. Even seniors were buying the console like crazy

-Wii U didn't sell much at all

The Switch seems to be attracting a little bit of both audiences, hardcore and casuals. Overall, i firmly believe the demographic used to be different, but it no longer is. Now it's simply a healthy combination of both.

The problem now lies in convincing game developers of this, because they're still burned from dealing with the Wii and Wii U crowd.

It's hard to take the Switch seriously with a myriad of mobile ports...

I mean I get it, still no COD, let's publish this cheap mobile game on the Switch for 4x the price...

But that's just sad. For both sides.

Ah good old Gameloft, never thought I see that name again. Kinda disappointed that they ditch out on the 3DS after having support for the DS but it's good to finally see them returning for Switch.

I wouldn't mind having PUBG mobile on the switch..... That game is fun!

A Free2Play mobile clone of COD (that is now $20 on Switch)

Rather read a good $5 kindle book on my commute. Same thing I thought when it came out on iPhone 🙄

But hey, Now I can not want to play it at HOME and on the GO on the same "hybrid" device... Brilliant!

Wish they’d make a compilation of all the games campaign modes with the latest game engine and release that as a bundle. 20 for all of them seems worth it.

@diablo2 Just look at the best selling games. Still Nintendo games by a huge margin. The Nintendo games sell about 10 times more than the best selling third party games. Then add the difficulties of porting to weaker hardware and the much smaller online userbase (PS Plus has 34 million subscribers, Xbox Live on the consoles probably also way bigger) and worse online features.

Just the storage issues alone make it a headache. Blackops 4 is 100GB installed. Single player FPS games might be reasonable at 30FPS, but multiplayer focused shooters kinda need 60fps.

So the only real option would be to make a special version for the Switch or beefed up Wii U games. I just don't see either of it happen.

I wished Nintendo would just invest in a great second or third party FPS game that is not like Metroid Prime. Or have the Splatoon team working on a new more serious FPS franchise. Or invest in a new Timesplitters or something.

Well someone had to come in and fill that CoD gap.

I'm willing to give this a fair shot. It reminds me of the good old days of Modern Warfare 3 and Black Ops 2 based on the looks.

Graphics are decent for a smartphone game. Everything looks a little stiff though. Wonder is that just because of the smartphone controls. 🤔

Not bad looking for $20. May give it a go.

I wish they would say more as to if they optimized for switch (doesn’t look like it) and if they made changes to better fit a hybrid console handheld machine.

Gameloft is a name I haven't heard in a long time. Good to see them still around.

Mobile Developers are not the third party support we want.

@BigSnikkel that's only because those ports were heavily downgraded versions of the Xbox and PS versions. Now that the Switch's processor is more comparable to the current generation of consoles, it would be much more similar to the PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game (I.E. Doom)

@Supadav03 Here you go: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftM5HM

Try it, it's free.

Usually, most of the time, an exclusive represents an implicit flattering statement, not to mention a source of pride, for the userbase of the console the exclusive is for.

The fact this game, good as it might be (I haven't checked), hails from a smartphone background, on the other hand, can't really be seen as anything but a damning statement.

Gameloft is, to the best of my knowledge, Ubisoft's smartphone subsidiary. Hopefully we'll get some Ubisoft-level quality assurance for this game, but given what happened with Assassin's Creed Unity, my guess is we're just glorifying a potential shovelware title for the sake of saying we're getting a third-party exclusive.

Modern Warfare Black Ops 5! YES. Joking aside this does not look like poop. However...why even try?

Yessssssssssssss, bring asphalt 9 as well!!

@Mykillvee It's not comparable to the PS4/Xbox, it just isn't. It's more comparable to the Wii U, but a bit faster and way sleeker. That's ok.

The Switch already has a hard time running Doom, and that's a game from 2016. I'd rather have an exclusive Switch game than some sub 30fps 480p running port with heavily compressed audio that for some reason costs full price on the Switch compared to $10 on the other consoles. It's cool that it's running on a tiny console, but that's about it.

Finally a Gameloft game with no microtransactions.

Why are people making such a big deal about this being a mobile game?

Most indie games on the eshop started out on mobile devices, some of the best actually. If the games good it's good, and to those worried about micro-transactions I say

1) it's not a FTP game so we should be good

2) have you lot played the last 2 COD games? Coz they are littered with micro-transactions and I don't see anyone complaining and that is a full price retail release, so no double standards please

Mark My Words! modern_combat will be one of the most downloaded games on Nintendo Switch !

IM GOING TO SLAUGHTER ALL OF YOU ONLINE IN TEAM DEATH MATCH! I PLAY DOOM/PALADINS ON SWITCH & BLACK OPS 2 ON WII U GAMEPAD! MY BODY IS READY FOR THIS!!!!!

Hopefully they won't sacrifice 60FPS

@KcebEnyaw
Basically. Yes switch has FPS games but none in the military COD vein. I have no choice but to buy this. I need the fix. Hopefully activision gets it together.

@sikthvash @ryancraddock @NintyNate

Just the one's that I know of:
Battlezone: Gold Edition
ChromaGun
Doom
Doom Eternal
Hollow
Hollow 2
Immortal Redneck
Ion Maiden
Modern Combat Blackout
Morphite
Paladins
Polygod
Prodeus
Shadow of Loot Box
Shadowgun Legends
Shadowgun War Games
Wolfenstein II

And possibly Wolfenstein Youngblood

@yuwarite
Do you guys not have phones?

@Fandabidozi Why are you asking me that?

@yuwarite

He was referencing the Diablo mobile fiasco.

@yuwarite
It was a joke that was topical about two months ago to be fair. I probably need to let it go. ☺️

@Fandabidozi I know, but why were you directing it at me? I not only have a phone, but I was also directing someone in the comments to try the game for free on Google Play.

I’m really pleased with the game thus far.