While there are plenty of ways to circumvent the restrictive controls (such as automatically firing when you aim over an enemy or snapping to a target when you aim down your sights), the rigid handling of the game's controls never really fades. In Modern Combat 5: Blackout, that's definitely one of the many issues the game has. You'd be right to think so the idea of controlling a first person shooter with a touch screen (oh lord, all the virtual buttons) sounds like a nightmare. The words 'mobile' and 'FPS' should be an instant red alarm to most people. Modern Combat 5: Blackout is just one of those games, generously taking pointers from the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare franchise.

Thing is, while they started with rather generic and dull affairs, their games slowly gained their own identity and became quality (if unoriginal) games in their own right. If you've heard of 'mockbuster' films like 'Snakes on a Train' and 'Transmorphers', then you've got a good grasp of what Gameloft does they take big name games and turn them into mobile titles.

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