Assault Commander Ultimate App Reviews

Its great but sometimes it crashes on my iPod

Played all the levels at normal difficulty. Crashed occasionally but easily recovered. Very similar to Panzer General and Pacific General but more limited. Seems to use entrenchment and other terrain factors in combat and combat results are not random. If you are familiar with the old hex board games you will understand how the game works... There are no docs or help. The lite version should have a few more missions. I never bought any add-ons and still beat all levels. I really enjoyed this game and it needs more maps.

The scenarios can present a fun challenge. But after you solve the initial onslaught its simply matter of time.

A lot of fun and very addicting. Need new scenarios and an update of equipment.

Played every level on my IPAD 2 with newest operating system updates. Had NO problems of any kind. I found the game to be a good challenge and enjoyed it very much. Is it difficult at times, yes! Would I want it any other way, NO! Why would you want it to be easy? If you think carefully and play out a good strategy there is a way to win every level, which I have done. PLEASE MAKE MORE LEVELS!!!!! One of the best turn based strategy games I have played in several years and the best I have found on the IPAD. Worth the money I paid. Have Fun.

I enjoy the game. However, I wish that you could recall experienced units from previous scenarios. That would provide continuity within the campaign. Also would like to see field repair units and ambulance to heal / repair units behind the battle site.

Game wont let me select units, move them, attack, or select buildings. IPod touch 2nd gen with iOS 4.2.1. Please fix. Will give 5 stars.

Updated Assault Commander: Ultimate and Armament 2028 were the two best turn-based, hex board strategy games available, in my opinion. If you read the description (above) you will see I highly recommended them. The AI update has turned them into frustrating to play and extremely difficult to win, even in the easy mode too many times. I do expect to lose games some times, but in my opinion this is ridiculous. Im housebound and play these games a lot. The AI has gone from being a little heavy handed in favor of the AI to being blatantly pro AI. Some of the quirkier things I have noticed since the AI update are: - Original campaign/map 8/End game. This has always been a challenging map to play, but before the AI update, it could be won even in the hard mode. Since the update, I have played about 16 games in the easy mode and have not been able to win one. In one game, 6 strategic bombers were attacking the human forces at once. All the resource producing buildings are now guarded, usually by infantry and another unit, which makes you have to eliminate the AI infantry before you take the building. By the time you have done that the cruiser and air planes have eliminated your unit. This map is a waste of time to play in my opinion. - Even if you meet the stated winning condition of eliminating all AI units, occasionally the AI chugs along how ever long it takes for it to gain enough resources to create a new unit. This continues until you capture the headquarters. - AI armored cars can shoot at and reduce the strength of vessels in the water. Human-controlled ones cant. - Three human-controlled missile soldiers (brown), all of which are full strength (10) and have some experience, versus one AI missile soldier (blue), whose strength is 7. The three brown soldiers all attack and each loses one strength point. The blue soldier loses none. - Occasionally blue units refuse to be eliminated until one more turn goes by no matter how many units you have attack the blue unit. The strength bar decreases to almost nothing, but the unit isnt eliminated even if attacked a few more times. - AI units occasionally move twice in the same turn. - AI units occasionally attack and then are allowed to move. - Two full strength fighter bombers attack an AI armored car, but it only loses one strength point. There are other things which arent right, but Ive typed enough. If you reset the AI back to the way it was, Ill be back to 5 stars. New game planned?

Very playable game, a little slow, many scenarios. Simple to learn, computer opponent isnt very smart, but has resource advantage. Overall a very good turn based war game.

Good turn based war game. Basic and straight forward. Not as good as panzer general on pc was but good.

There are limited descriptions of unit capabilities, and there are two unit types that I have never been able to use for an attack. No matter how many turns they sit, and regardless of the number of spaces between units. It says 2, but that isnt correct. Meanwhile the AI uses the same unit from 5 spaces away.

Insanely fun challenging; last levels are difficult but with in app purchases they are easy. Plus you can put the ai on easy and beat it without paying great game 10/5 stars

Great game but seems to crash on my ipad2 had to download again to fix and another crash?!?

This one mission still freezes at times on the iPad (2 & Mini) at different points in the game on the Easy level. It gets to "Computer is moving its units..", then nothing. Booting the iPad doesnt help. The game does complete sometimes. This has been happening for the last few updates. It happened on iOS5 and now iOS6. I havent seen this issue with other missons/campaigns.

This would be a great game if it didnt crash every two minutes

Be even better without freezes and crashes

Freezes have been very infrequent, and have been recoverable. The game is quite good as it is, but needs some changes to make very good. There is a lack of communication throughout. Many other games provide documentation on their components. AC would benefit greatly from doing the same. The graphics would benefit greatly from higher quality definition. Also, targets in mountainous terrain is are hard to see. We are given no clue about what factors, and their weights, that go into computing a score. It appears that "killing" a minor units bears the same weight as the "killing" of a major unit.

My experience in games like this started in college in the 70s; my ROTC friends introduced me to Waterloo, a paper board game with a hex grid, cardboard unit markers, and dice and a results table to tell you who won each unit(s) engagement. Followed that with the great Avalon Hill games like Blitzkrieg (WWII Eastern Front), D-Day, Africa Korps, and Tactics II ( it added nukes!). They were lots of fun, but a complete game could take an entire weekend! Computerizing it as this game does is fantastic! They were good training, for I completed ROTC and served in the US Army as an Infantry officer from 75-80. Most of that time I was assigned to a mechanized Infantry Battalion in Germany, 22 months of my tour was in the Operations section as Assistant S-3. The gaming experience helped me in that job, as one of my duties was Alternate TOC (tactical operations center) commander. This game and its companion, Armament 2028 are both great and lots of fun. Have not had any problems so far running it on iPad 1. Highly recommend !

Good, solid hex game. Variety of unit types with their various strengths and weaknesses adds complexity and color to the game. Well worth the cost.

This is really a pretty nice game. Nice selection of units, solid graphics, and the play system is good. It feels like the old DOS Panzer General with modern interface. The program seems to function fine, no freezes or crashes. The missions are not terribly creative for the most part. You start out with an inferior collection of units and have to claw your way up. The computer player isnt terribly bright, hence it tends to have a lot more than you do. Still, it is a fun game and well worth checking out. This game could really use a manual to explain some of the combat statistics and terrain effects. Also, the game offers in-game purchases, which is minorly annoying, but I think you have to buy extra units and whatnot to stand any chance winning the last scenario of the first campaign, which I think is scummy, and why Im not giving this game a 5 star rating. Other than that, its a nice game to have in the collection.