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Modern War is a new iOS game from Funzio, with gameplay similar to Crime City but this time with a military war theme and a few new additions. Just as with other iPhone apps in the turn-based social crime game genre, you build an army, join forces with other users online, invade enemy territories, add your friends, build a base and army and expand your virtual military empire. Although the games have a lot in common, Modern War differentiates from Crime City and Grand Theft Auto III, in that now you are less of a city criminal and more of a military personality. There are now even missions for taking down terrorists and joining forces with others to defend your territory.

The load time after launching the app is short. Before you start playing, you can choose from several avatars. There is a good selection of male or female avatars to choose from. I like having these options even though the simple, old school graphics are harder to see and you can’t really see your avatar anyway. There is a small tutorial before you start playing Modern War that helps your figure out what you need to do and how to control the game, which is pretty user friendly.

The concept in Modern War is simple. You are a soldier fulfilling various missions. It is entertaining and simple enough to play while you’re waiting, taking the bus, or stuck at a train station. The combat is also easy. You don’t have to actually fight your enemies; you just tap the enemy and the app tells you whether you’ve won or not. This may seem boring, but it is a good combat style for an iPhone game.

The controls are really user friendly and efficient. Most of the time, you engage people and items by tapping the screen, much like with other iPhone apps. In order to move your character, you tap the screen where you want him or her to go. To move and place buildings, you just drag and drop. The controls are easy and the response time is good. The app does not lag in regards to movement and control. One problem I have noticed when attempting to move the screen around is that the app is pretty sensitive to touch. Sometimes when trying to zoom in and out, the app thinks you are trying to move a building or talk to someone instead. This then brings up a prompt to move the building or talk to someone, thus ruining your attempt to zoom in or out.

The app does not include audio. I think it would add to the experience if there were at least some sound effects. I am not a big fan of repetitive music in applications, but I would like some effects when I move, fight, attack, and interact with other characters.

The graphics in Modern War are decent for a social game. During my play through, I did not see any noticeable glitches or problems with the graphics. However, when you zoom in as far as the app will let you (which is not very far), the graphics do get a little grainy.

Modern War is completely free which is a great value, and is better than some other paid games in this genre. If you are impatient, you can spend in-app purchase money on bags of cash and gold, just the same way as you did in Crime City. Modern War is a game you can play for weeks, if not months, on end, join forces with other users while you build an empire. Modern War is a universal app download and works on both the iPhone/iPod touch and the iPad.

Here is a video demo of the Modern War app on the iPhone

AppSafari Rating: 4.5/5

This 3rd Party App is available at the Apple iTunes AppStore. Browse the full list of all AppStore apps filed under the AppStore category.

Download Modern War at iTunes App Store

Price: Free

Developer: Funzio, Inc

Version: 1.2.6

Size: 18.83 MB

AppSafari review of Modern War was written by Joe Seifi on December 29th, 2011 and categorized under App Store, Featured, Free, Games, iPad apps, RPG, Strategy, Universal. Page viewed 13174 times, 1 so far today. Need help on using these apps? Please read the Help Page.

21 Comments to “Modern War”

1. Very good game!
   Easy to play & accumulate items needed to defeat foes!
   Recommend for all war game players.

   Posted on March 4th, 2012 at 10:42 am by Rob

2. Boring game.
   Makers try to get u to buy ‘gold’ to enhance your strength.

   Not worth the download.
   Go play a fun game instead!

   Posted on October 13th, 2012 at 11:56 pm by Ben Dover

3. Currently i am boycotting Modern War as Gree is very unfair, unreasonable and cheated me of my GOLD i paid for !!!

   Posted on November 6th, 2012 at 11:14 pm by Chang Xuan Ni

4. Currently all the top players including me are boycotting Modern War. Gree cheated us of our GOLD bonus and all units are not working.
   My advise is please do not play Modern War otherwise you’ll regret later and cheated by GREE of your REAL money to make purchases, cheers to all

   Posted on November 8th, 2012 at 1:11 am by Chang Xuan Ni

5. what is plus 1 concrete

   Posted on December 1st, 2012 at 7:36 am by pops

6. My game just quit opening
   I spent money on gold and can’t even play the game????

   Posted on December 9th, 2012 at 6:13 am by Mike G

7. dont spend you own real money…IDIOTS!!!! its only a game, you dont win anything ITS A GAME…lol idiots

   Posted on December 19th, 2012 at 10:25 am by andyv

8. The game won’t open. Am leader of a “faction” and now I don’t have access. Maybe they other members will figure it out, but I was having fun. Now I am finding it impossible to get help or back into the game. Us your time on something else or be prepared to just stop playing without warning. Don’t spend money on it.

   Posted on December 24th, 2012 at 7:19 pm by Stan Jennings

9. Modern War is very good you to stay onit a lot to get ahead. Christmas day the app will not bring up the game to now. When is this going to be fixed?

   Posted on December 26th, 2012 at 1:22 pm by Charles Queffenne

10. This games was fun until Gree took over. I do NOTrecommend this game. Spend your game time somewhere else.

    Posted on January 14th, 2013 at 2:05 pm by Matty

11. The thing is, no matter how much time you put into the game to get stronger, weaker people (less alliance attack AND defense) can still raid you for all your money-making buildings. Not rewarding. They also try to get you to spend money for stupidly strong units. 1/5

    Posted on January 15th, 2013 at 3:09 pm by Anon

12. The game freezes…crashes… i sent reports every time it crashed for over a month and nothing!!! Daily scratch off lotto are lost because it crashes so often. This game is a piece of shit because of that!!!!

    Posted on March 13th, 2013 at 9:46 am by pissed

13. You guys are high, it’s fun. The more people who play and quit the more weak ass basses there are to raid. Rock it.

    Posted on March 15th, 2013 at 11:46 am by Jimjo

14. I’ve been trying to log in on the game since this morning but It won’t let me

    Posted on March 29th, 2013 at 1:35 pm by Marissa

15. The game was a great past time activity until Gree decided to change the rules on a whim leaving players losing everything they accumulated over time. Their system glitches are “hair pulling” frustrating and never spend real money on anything to do with the game.

    Posted on April 2nd, 2013 at 8:31 pm by ExModernW

16. This game just locked me out this sucks doing so good and making big money .

    Posted on May 28th, 2013 at 4:12 pm by Matt

17. Ally code is 377 080 227. add me

    Posted on June 9th, 2013 at 4:13 pm by Pirate United Nation

18. this a very nice game but if they can give us some gold because they are useful

    Posted on July 23rd, 2013 at 8:07 am by charbel

19. please add me 357-048-191
    i am a general

    Posted on July 23rd, 2013 at 8:09 am by charbel

20. What happens if the app stops working on your phone. It won’t even log on to the server. I have deleted the app from my phone and then restalled and nothing any ideas or thoughts please let me know I don’t know all my information I know I was level 178 attack 9 million and defence a little over 11 million my name on the game was Alexander and my faction invite code is 802 296 915 thanks Michael Alexander

    Posted on June 10th, 2014 at 1:28 am by Michael Alexander

21. I have the same problem as Michael Alexander. Can’t load, tells me there is a new version but can’t download it. I was nearly 40 m attack and def.

    Posted on July 9th, 2014 at 8:31 pm by Peter

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