Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour
Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour is a 2012 first- person shooter devloped and published by Gameloft Montreal fro iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8, BlackBerry PlayBook. It is the fourth game in the Modern Combat series, and is sequel to 2009's Modern Combat: Sandstorm, 2010's Modern COmbat 2: Black Pegasus and 2011's Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation. A sequel was released in 2014, Modern Combat 5: Blackout.
The iOS version of Zero Hour supports the iPhone 5 . Gameloft released a gameplay teaser on september 25, 2012, along with a new Modern COmbat website. The teaser trailer showed high definition graphics, but with some graphical improvements over its predecessors, such as real-time shadows. Other improvements include more "military support" options, more tactical gameplay and more advanced campaign programming. The game is set in a dystopian yaer 2037, where the SGS, an undercover armed force, dominates the world and fights against Phantom Unit.
Gameplay
The basic gameplay in Zero Hour is similar to the three previous games in the series, and also similar to the Call of Duty: Black Ops than the Modern Warfare series (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3), upon which the previous games in the series were based. Unlike the previous games, the players also control the antagonist Edward Page for some selected levels, as wll as assume the role of a drone operator in a level. The players also control Sergeant Anderson in one level. The game is controlled using virtual buttons on-screen; a virtual control stick is used for movement, while aiming is achieved by swiping on the touchscreen. Gyroscopic controls are also featured. The players can also crouch, throw grenades, use their weapons, pick up different weapons, knife enemies, mantle obstacles, and shoot using buttons and prompts on the touchscreen. All controls can be customized from the main menu. The single-player campaign also includes Quick time events.
Multiplayer
As with th three previous games, Zero Hour features a multiplayer mode. Like Fallen Nation, twelve players can participate in any given name. The game features several maps based on levels and areas in the single-player campaign, with numerous game types available, such as "Battle", "Team Battle" and "Capture the flag". Players can customize six different 'classes', with slots available for primary weapons, secondary weapons, attachments for both, grenades, equipment and a perk. Different weapons can be bought for money earned by completing matches and killin enemies. Unlike other games in the series, Zero Hour's , multiplayer features the ability for players to climb over obstacles, an ability previously only available in single-player mode.
Plot
The game begins as Lieutenant Walker (one of the protagonist from Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation) gives a speech to his squad mates on board a troopship, warning them that the upcoming struggle is going to be extremely difficult. The ships reach a beach in Hawaii, and the player takes control of Corporal Joel Blake as he fights his way to a stronghold to rescue a group of politicians who were attending a peace summit. Amongst the hostages is the US President, they meet Lieutenant Downs (a major NPC in Black Pegasus and Fallen Nation) and storm the stronghold, the team discovers that the security hired for the summit, a private military company called Saunders Global Security, are in fact the ones responsible for the attack an the hostage situation.
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