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Modern Command

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79%Game Brain Score
story, graphics
monetization, stability
79% User Score Based on 4,145 reviews

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Modern Command is a single player casual strategy game. It was developed by Blast Bit Enterprises AB and was released on February 5, 2014. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Defend against an onslaught of enemies in a global campaign!

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79%
Audience ScoreBased on 4,145 reviews
story33 positive mentions
monetization99 negative mentions
  • The game has great graphics, sound, and music with an immersive and unique tower defense gameplay.
  • There is a good variety of weapons, missions, and upgrades, making it challenging and fun without aggressive paywalls.
  • The game can be played offline, offers strategic gameplay requiring skillful weapon placement and targeting, and provides a fair free-to-play experience.
  • There are serious bugs including frequent crashes, freezing, progress loss, and issues with cloud saving and data restoration.
  • The energy/supply system limits playtime severely, requiring waiting or premium stars to continue playing, which frustrates many players.
  • The game suffers from intrusive and frequent ads, loading delays, UI glitches, and lacks continued updates or new content, making the gameplay repetitive over time.
  • story
    211 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story features varied and engaging missions with a solid storyline and good mission design, but it is often overshadowed by numerous bugs, crashes, and frustrating difficulty spikes that hinder progression. Many players find daily, mercenary, and side missions either too hard or buggy to complete, with repetitive content and limited rewards, leading to a grinding experience that diminishes the overall narrative impact.

    • “Very good missions, research is on point.”
    • “Good story.”
    • “Great music and visuals, interesting story to follow with entertaining gameplay.”
    • “I completed this game and I am feeling a little sad because the only thing you can do is just play missions which don't have story.”
    • “The train mission is totally impossible to finish unless you spend about £5.”
    • “Mercenary missions are impossible unless you want to spend $20 for a weapon that's next in your research tree; daily battles are stupid on the 4th day since they give you a setup that can't defend against the enemies you have to face.”
  • graphics
    194 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game generally receives high praise for its impressive, detailed, and smooth graphics that enhance the overall gameplay experience. However, some users report occasional graphical glitches, such as rendering errors, freezes, or orientation issues, particularly on certain devices. Despite minor optimization and bug concerns, the visuals remain a standout feature appreciated by most players.

    • “Best in its class, well done guys! Just started playing so can't comment about pay to play but this is very refreshing. The camera option and graphics are just awesome. A lot of fun to play, definitely recommend for tower defense gamers.”
    • “Great graphics and game runs smoothly with no issues at all.”
    • “Awesome game, great graphics, doesn't take up a lot of room on your phone - good job, devs!”
    • “Also, on Galaxy S10 there are a number of graphical errors: banners covering much of the game and making it difficult to select some items; too many enemies slow the game down significantly (probably an optimization issue, as I have bigger high-end games running at 60fps).”
    • “Sometimes the graphics render incorrectly and I have to restart the game.”
    • “Graphical glitches occur that freeze or crash the game.”
  • monetization
    111 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Monetization in this game is widely criticized for excessive, invasive, and unskippable ads that frequently disrupt gameplay and sometimes cause crashes. While some appreciate the option to watch ads for in-game currency, many find the aggressive microtransactions and expensive premium perks frustrating, with no option to fully disable ads even after purchases. Overall, the heavy ad presence and monetization tactics significantly detract from the otherwise enjoyable gameplay experience.

    • “No ads (unless you want extra stuff).”
    • “Excellent design and fun challenging gameplay make for a satisfying game that can be done completely offline and without microtransactions.”
    • “No need to do in app purchases at all and still progress far into the game with relative ease; I disagree with the reviews stating otherwise, I think they just suck at the game.”
    • “A unique variation of tower defense, ruined by aggressive microtransactions and poor controls.”
    • “You can only get things with stars and unless you spend money it takes forever, especially with the ads and there is no way to avoid ads. Just downloaded and I'm uninstalling it.”
    • “Excessive ads, paying even a dollar is going to give you a massive advantage compared to not paying.”
  • stability
    69 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from frequent freezes and crashes across various devices and OS versions, often occurring during missions or at startup, which significantly disrupts gameplay and frustrates users. While the game has some redeeming qualities, persistent bugs and stability issues—including freezing during ads and battles—make it difficult for players to enjoy a smooth experience. Despite some updates, many users report ongoing performance problems that sometimes cause phone crashes or require force reboots.

    • “Runs great.”
    • “Ever since I downloaded it, the game freezes and crashes almost every mission and several times a mission. It should take no more than 2 to 3 minutes to do a mission, but it almost takes 10 minutes because it freezes multiple times in one mission and you have to wait until it unfreezes.”
    • “As others have said, it's almost every other transit mission where I have to restart due to the app crashing, and multiple times during each transit mission it freezes for upwards of 20-30 seconds.”
    • “Game freezes and locks your whole phone up.”
  • gameplay
    57 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is generally praised for being challenging, strategic, and enjoyable, with good controls and variety, especially in tower defense elements. However, users frequently report bugs, freezing, progress loss, and intrusive ads or paywalls that disrupt the experience and hinder smooth gameplay. Improvements like an endless mode, zoom out function, and better handling of ads would enhance the overall gameplay experience.

    • “The easy controls and simple gameplay make an excellent experience.”
    • “Excellent design and fun challenging gameplay make for a satisfying game that can be played completely offline and without microtransactions.”
    • “Very good and advanced defense game with amazing graphics and gameplay.”
    • “The button blocks up the real estate of the gameplay screen, especially at the left or right most edges, as you cannot select it without accidentally pressing the menu.”
    • “If I am lucky enough to get it started, the gameplay freezes. Ten seconds of gameplay, 20 seconds of it freezing.”
    • “Fantastic game until one day all my progress lost and back to square one. Good graphics and gameplay let down by sloppy bugs - basics like saving user progress.”
  • music
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is widely praised, with many users calling the soundtrack phenomenal, unique, and a major highlight that enhances the overall experience. However, a few players find the music or sound design less appealing or problematic, with some experiencing sound issues. Overall, the soundtrack is regarded as a strong positive aspect of the game.

    • “If any of you devs are reading, the work you guys did on the soundtrack is phenomenal.”
    • “Great music and visuals, interesting story to follow with entertaining gameplay.”
    • “Overall, masterpiece unique game, great soundtrack.”
    • “Annoying sound issue: I've turned the sound off (both music and SFX), but it's still playing loudly... deleted because of this.”
    • “Good graphics, too much equip time, then simplistic gameplay, and that terrible pseudo guitar music...”
    • “Music sucks, so I play mine.”
  • optimization
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game generally runs smoothly with impressive graphics on mid to high-end devices, though some graphical issues and performance slowdowns occur when many enemies appear. Optimization for low-end devices remains a concern, and users request better support for smoother gameplay on those platforms.

    • “And I appreciate all the updates it's getting for better performance.”
    • “Graphics are great and game runs smoothly with no issues at all.”
    • “This game is really great and also I like strategy games like this and it runs smoothly on Samsung Galaxy E5.”
    • “Also, on Galaxy S10 there are a number of graphical errors: banners covering a lot of the game and making it difficult to select some items. Too many enemies slow the game down a huge amount (I think this is an optimization issue though, as I have bigger high-end games running at 60fps).”
    • “And I appreciate all the updates it's getting for 'better' performance.”
  • grinding
    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game is considered tedious and slow, especially due to limited rewards that make progressing to higher weapon tiers difficult without spending money. While some players find the grind tolerable and ultimately rewarding, others feel it leans toward a pay-to-win model and can be frustrating when progress is lost.

    • “It is great, for a pay to win that is, having to buy service stars to get above tier 7. My only problem with this game is that you don't get enough coins from campaign mission rewards to level up weapon tiers to match mission tiers (only 2.3k for completing a tier 5 mission, really?!). Of course, I could be playing wrong, or the creator wanted to make a grinding simulator. If the second option, they did a great job.”
    • “I had an amazing game where I was grinding for hours to earn money and finally reached the top tier in research, only for the game to crash and reset my entire progress.”
    • “Which is unfortunate because additional discounts they offer would smooth some grinding.”
  • humor
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users found the game's humor enjoyable and appreciated its playful, lighthearted tone, though some mentioned control issues that impacted the experience. Overall, the humor contributes positively to the fun atmosphere.

    • “Funny war.”
    • “Thanks for funny game.”
  • replayability
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's replayability is considered low, as several modes such as training and air support offer little to no opportunity for repeated play.

    • “The replay value of this game is low because many modes like training and air support aren't replayable.”
  • emotional
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The emotional impact feels weak and disconnected, with gameplay often lacking responsiveness and satisfying feedback. However, occasional moments do provide a positive emotional experience.

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Modern Command is a casual strategy game.

Modern Command is available on Phone, iPad, iPhone, Tablet and others.

Modern Command was released on February 5, 2014.

Modern Command was developed by Blast Bit Enterprises AB.

Modern Command has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Modern Command for its story but disliked it for its monetization.

Modern Command is a single player game.

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