Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus was, and continues to be a major hit on iOS gadgetry. What about Android devices? Mobile game developer Gameloft isn’t leaving Google addicts behind. Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus is coming to Android phones later this month, with better controls, graphics and an overall better gameplay experience. We headed over to Gameloft’s London HQ to touch it up ahead of launch.
If you’re an Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad user, and like playing games on your iOS devices, there’s a good chance you’ve played the mobile military hit, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus.
Players take on the role of a solider tasked with bringing terrorists to a grisly bullet-shaped end across 12 battlefields set across the Middle East, Europe and South America.
The great news for Android mobile owners feeling left out, is that Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus is heading for Android OS-equipped devices such as the HTC Desire HD and the Samsung Galaxy S, which we were able to play it on today. Unusually, each Android version of Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus will be tweaked especially for each compatible device for the best possible experience, free of bugs, Gameloft tells us. The build we tested wasn’t quite the final one you’ll see for sale, but it already looks and plays sweetly. Gameloft couldn’t tell us an exact release date, but it’ll be arriving in January from Gameloft’s Mobile Games store – not the Android Market.
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On a Samsung Galaxy S, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus for Android looks great. Promises of better controls and visuals look like holding true. Gameplay felt very responsive, almost too responsive at first. But once we got to grips playing in jungle, arctic and levels that had us sniping enemies the experience is still about as close as you’ll get to a console first-person shooter. Switching between weapons is pretty instant too, with no visible sign of slowdown or judder. One touch we did enjoy was the exaggeration of headshot sequences. Notch a headshot and the screen will zoom in on your handiwork in a morbidly enjoyable slow motion sequence. It just looks better now.
As for game content, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus on Android will essentially be the same game you’ll find on the App Store, except with tweaked visuals and controls for a smoother experience. Android users will get the usual 12 battlefields, 15 real-world military weapons and fabulous 10-player multiplayer of old across 4 modes: Battle, Team Battle, Defuse the Bomb and Capture the Flag.
We’ll be looking to get more of a play after it’s release, but we can definitely say that Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus should give Android users something to look forward to.
Out January 2011 | £TBC | Gameloft
