Call of Duty: Strike Team Critic Reviews

Call of Duty: Strike Team stands out on iOS for all the right reasons, which really elevates the platform to a new level.

Call of Duty: Strike Team defines itself with new ideas and takes risks that pay off in a big way.

There's a lot to love with Strike Team, but I think the most important thing it nails is that simple feeling of playing a Call of Duty game.

Call of Duty: Strike Team is an amazing hybrid of two great gaming styles that just works on the mobile format. It may not fully capture the experience one gets from a console Call of Duty game, but it does pretty damn well on its own.

Noteworthy for its cool mechanic that instantly swaps first-person and top-down viewpoints whenever the mood hits, Strike Team has our full attention.

Call of Duty Strike Team is the final demonstration touch games grew up: combining FPS and simple touch strategy, it deserves to be installed on your iPad.

Call of Duty: Strike Team comes up short compared to its Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 counterparts, but it's easily the best mobile release to date, and paves the way for even better ones down the line. Let the tour of Duty continue.

Call of Duty: Strike Team's unique blend of FPS and 3rd-person strategy makes it one of the most interesting entries in the franchise. It doesn't quite nail the balance, however, and probably won't completely satisfy fans of either genre.

The blend of FPS and RTS mechanics in a single game is a nice experiment, and even if both sides have some issues, switching between them in real time is definitely a fun and satisfying experience.

The aiming controls are a little finicky in first-person mode, and the tactical view is limited in the types of commands you can give, so neither option would have really been strong enough to carry the game alone. But when combined and given the option to switch between them at will, Call of Duty: Strike Team finds a balance that offers the spectacle you'd expect from the series in a way that feels natural on a smartphone or tablet.

A seamless mixture of FPS and RTS with great visuals and depth.

It is a step in a different, more strategic direction of the franchise, that works quite well and may catch not only the regular player, but also the casual one.

Call of Duty: Strike Team is overall a decent title, but considering the price of almost €6, the absence of a multiplayer mode and the lack of customization and choice of weapons, the shortcomings are certainly considerable.

Being able to switch back and forth on the fly from classic first-person action to a top-down third-person perspective made for a decent and varied mobile CoD experience.

Call of Duty: Strike Team is one-part clumsy FPS, and one-part satisfying top-down strategy game. Spend most of your time with the latter and you'll be guaranteed a pretty good time.

Rest assured, Call of Duty: Strike Team can actually hold its own, not only in the iOS gaming ecosystem, but in the world of handheld FPS titles as well.

Call of Duty: Strike Team mixes familiar Call of Duty action with new third-person strategy gameplay that lets players control their squad from overhead.

Strike Team proves that more isn’t always preferable. In this case, first-person isn’t really an alternative or even complementary way to play – it’s just glue for when the better mode starts to fall apart.

An interesting attempt to appease both FPS and TBS fans which fails on both counts.

Outside of the campaign levels, players can also test their endurance on challenge maps or strive to reach the top of challenge leaderboards. I appreciate the attempt to make a feature-packed mobile title, but control and AI issues keep Strike Team from being the polished experience that’s typically associated with the Call of Duty name.