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Retro Combat – Strategy Game Review
Retro Combat is a Strategy/Action game from Segment Games Inc, first launched in 9th April 2018.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 87+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Retro Combat Stand Out
Retro Combat is the ultimate first person shooter for the casual gamer. No logins or rankings — Just open the game and play online.
You can also play with up to a hundred computers and simulate a battlefield with tanks, machine guns, and airplanes!
[10 New Maps]
Each map has different features, and some have tanks, static machine guns, and airplanes. Play intense matches on small maps or drive vehicles around in the desert!
[25+ Weapons]
Weapons range from assault rifles, shotguns, snipers, submachine guns, and pistols that fall into three modes: full auto, semi auto, and three-round bursts. Weapons also can have attachments like a red dot sight, ACOG scope, or a suppressor. Skins like desert and snow camouflage are also available.
[Online Multiplayer]
Press play and join a server like it’s 2008! Play on any server you want with strangers or friends in team deathmatch, free for all, and survival mode.
[Survival Mode]
Tired of finding targets? In survival mode, you fight against endless waves of computers, by yourself or with friends!
[Single Player]
On an airplane? No problem, play with up to 100 computers in any map! The AI can also drive tanks and airplanes.
This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Retro Combat is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 25th September 2023
Recent improvements include:
- Bug fixes
Download & Availability
Retro Combat is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We LOVE the pvp! Just it suddenly stopped working so we couldnt play online. Please fix.
This game pays tribute to many classics but still stays unique. Some game modes, maps and weapons are inspired by some of the best classic shooters but the game manages stay unique. Everything is awesome about this game but Im just wondering what the deal with online is. Thats all but single player survival is a master piece!keep up the good work indie war games.
Hey please bring back the wwii version of the game or add some kinda version selection.
All it needs is a campaign and after you do a mission on the campaign, you get coins from the campaign mission oh, plans would be nice to have a zombie mode to to make it feel like cod.
We need more maps like D day maybe or Berlin or Russia or best of all Italy all work just add tanks and better plane views oh and maybe more teams.
Wondering whens the next update.
This is the most perfect representation of fps games. And to us a child game is just so perfect to show you what a fps game is. And when we play the desert map with fifty bots its a full blown battle. And we like to play Vietnam war music while we play the desert map with fifty bots cuz it makes it epic.
Controller support. Other than that,its a perfectly serviceable,lightweight FPS. Id also suggest a play over Bluetooth/LAN Feature,but whats here is absolutely perfect.
3 words we love it. But how do we know our game name so our friends can join.
Controller support would be really nice to have so please add controller support and please respond This is from 2024. Our multiplayer isnt working for some reason and we dont know why people are giving such bad reviews to this game. We think you worked very hard on this game and you did a really really good job. This game is amazing and please respond and maybe add some controller support This game is amazing. This game deserves 10 stars. And maybe a zombies mode would be nice. You dont have to add it though. Im fine without it just please respond.
Amazingly good At first we thought it would be bad but no! Not at all and it would be cool if you could change the friendly and enemy camos Like blue you could change to Multicam And reds you could change to green or all kinds of different camos And you could select the friendly and enemy weapon if you only wanted the enemy to have Aks or mp40s and friendly soldiers to have ARs.
When we are being teleported to the second map in single player mode we start playing and randomly it kicks us out of the game.
Dear devs, we downloaded the game today and we love it! We do got some suggestions tho. One u should add a character editor and make your character to however you want it to look like. And 2 is you should add more guns please.
We were browsing the app when this came up. But its good.
Honestly this game is fun it just needs new content :].
Keyboard and mouse support would be a very nice touch to this, and when we look around, it is harder to shoot and not miss because instead of the camera smoothly panning, it kind of moves a very little bit in whatever direction you are looking in. This makes playing the game difficult sometimes because when somebody is far away, and Im trying to aim at them, it just skips right over them instead of being able to lock onto them. Controller support or Keyboard and mouse support would be very nice because it makes it much easier to play and look around, and use all the controls at once. It would truly allow the game to be played to its full potential. Thank you so much for your time, and we will patiently be waiting for these updates. This is a very cool game, and we greatly appreciate you reading this. Thank you.
It will be better if the author will improve the quality of the gun.
Hello, we would love if the sprint function was triggered much closer to the movement wheel/circle, because we have to go all the way to the top of the screen to activate the sprint fuction and it feels very awkward. We love this game otherwise. Thank you.
Sometimes when playing for a few minutes it crashes.
We mean the game is good and the we like the turret but could you please add a few other things to it like the medical tents to be usable and a building feature to make barricades and most importantly in the trailer we all saw the one thing that was not in it the ability to drive tanks and warplanes and jeeps and boats so please respond to this.
Just needs more modern vehicles and maps plus add more vehicles like apc and heli and a slow jet/plane to replace ww2 era plane.
We think you should add some new guns like the, m1 garand, or possibly a Martin Henry? Or a Barrett a new feature u should add is if u want to add iron sights to snipers you could add iron sights to snipers. Overall great game :).
Just needs more vehicles and maps please add. Plus fix bug: after first death bots stop shooting at ya plus add more vehicles like apc and heli.
We love this game, perfect, runs well, perfect retro graphics, BUT if it had controller (backbone) support, it WOULD BE A GAME CHANGER, rally good game tho, and more customization to weapons too.
First off, the game got a massive update, a good one to be accurate. Now to the problem, the enemy AI in single player dont seem to kill us after we die the first time. Could you look into this please.
The Game is amazing, specially with the new update basically revamping it. Theres a lot of customization, offline modes, and pvp. However, The Ads are so bad. The worst bit is if you get one, we kicks you out the online game your in. So lets say we get like 290 points, then get kicked out. We wont get the xp reward, which means we cant earn coins. Maybe in a situation where one they renter the lobby itd be reasonable, but not in the last 10 seconds of the game.
Hey devs, we think this game is awesome but there is a few things that you should fix or make. First off when you die once, when you respawn in a singleplayer lobby the bots just ignore you. They dont do anything to you but you can still kill them. 2nd off, we think this game is better off without all of the tactical leaning. Yes we think that its cool but it doesnt really fit the game. 3rd, we know you already have a ton of weapons, but we think you should add more. Last off is the animations. We know some games with solo developers or like you said in the updates that you started from scratch again may not have very good animations. We dont really mind it, but we just think that that there a little slow. But overall, the game is pretty good.
-Controls/Movement: Super buggy and really clunky movement. Joystick feels unnatural to use, and it feels like you have to excessively stretch forward to initiate sprinting. The controls themselves have issues, such as a weird glitch where you ADS, and as soon as you fire your aim darts off randomly. More options for customization of the buttons such as adjustable size would be nice. Further options in general, especially for the sensitivity is needed. One blanket sensitivity isnt enough especially with the sniper scope, not aiming down sights (hip fire), and just regular ADS of guns. More options in general, across the board for the entire game, to tailor to the players own needs/preferences would be a massive improvement. Also is fps capped at 60? Thats a no-no, especially with these low graphics style, you could easily get 120 fps. -Other bugs/Critiques: Dots (blue/red) stay on the radar too long after getting a kill. Makes it looks as if you didnt even get a kill. Kill confirmation itself could be improved. Right now everyones kill confirmation is just on the kill feed, and it endlessly stacks on top of each other, making hard to distinguish from yours or other players (a simple highlight of your kills would be preferable). An actual kill confirmation besides the kill feed would be fine as well. Some of the maps need more contrast on the colors and texture, as they all just blend into one big blob of the same few colors and same flat textures. We understand the poly/cartoon graphic style is INTENTIONAL, however it needs to be done better. Makes it especially noticiable, not necessarily confusing, but just visually off putting when using the sniper scope on the pool map for ex. You ADS and cant really tell what youre looking at and whats in the background. Side note, AI feels inconsistent, either deleting you or basically being a 0 iq bot. No in between. Note all of these issues came noticeably apparent from downloading the game and playing it for, maybe not even 10 minutes, more like 5-8 minutes. Im sure if we gave it a more fair chance, perhaps 30-60 minutes, Id actually end up finding more bugs/areas in need of improvement. But thats how bad it was. We tried to be as specific and helpful as possible, because you have a good base here with your ideas/mindset towards the game ie. A mobile version of BattleBit is what Im feeling. TLDR: Lots of potential, but in order for it to be enjoyable, it needs to simply be able to smoothly and intuitively play/maneuver the game.
The game is much less linear now. It has some more elements of progression, we like what youve done with the different classes, they could just be loadout presets where you can equip any class of weaponry to, more unique that way. The AI already feels more intelligent and intuitive than the previous version, which is a big deal. The online servers actually had people in them when we joined them (before we couldnt really play online at all). Overall we do admire what you have done with this game, its fun and it has an element of skill to it that most other mobile games lack. But we have one last little gripe to top this off. If you wanted to COMPLETELY redo the game like you have, why didnt you make a sequel? Now we may be way out of line here seeing as we have no experience in game development, but as a consumer we think that having two games would be just as good if not better. Now we dont know what everyone elses thoughts are on the two most recent versions, but we did like the other one a lot. It was simple and fun. We love this game very much and wish you the best of luck with it! We look forwards to playing it more and more in the future.
Absolute heat especially the graphics.
We think this game is like an arcade call of duty. It is fun to play offline but isnt popular so we cant play with others online even though it should be super popular.
We love this game, we have played it for ~1 week now and have genuinely enjoyed this game. We have ran into many funny glitches like dying and the game lagging so the death animation happened in our next life, making us have to play while our character was on the floor, and glitching the machine gun out of the designated area. The only problems we have with the game are the lean buttons, which once you lean you cant get back to the non-leaned state, and the third-person which turns to first-person when you ads and un ads. Thank you for making a great mobile game in a sea of trash. -Legocoder123YT.
Im playing on an older device and we dont have an allowance so we cant buy a newer device. Your app is outdated so we cant play! Please fix!!!! We play with: IOS 9.3.5 ipadmini. And one more thing, RAGDOLLS we really want those. It would be hilarious to watch them wobble around when the die, and make the movements of the soldiers more better cause the movement is so weird and when they die its awkward. And also add different color clothes for the enemy. We haven't played the newer version but we REALLY want to! Thanks for your time and if you are reading, developer… PLS FIX Can you also make a computer version? It would be so cool and im sure people will love it EDIT: Sorry for the original 2 star review, it's a really good game, and im just old fashioned. Thank you dev.
Pretty solid game we like it! You can buy no ads with coins eared ingame witch we like and its honestly a really fun game.
For one the game itself is great! But needs some fixes. The first bug is that sometimes we die but the die animation plays after we respawn. Two add more maps because Im stuck playing the same maps over and over again it gets annoying and boring. Three the reload animation is not great its very slow and not realistic. So please fix these.
This game is great but theres no players online well maybe like 5 but still theres no players online.
We love this game but we would say one thing is that maybe make it so when you get a kill you get exp for that weapon and as gets higher in levels you get more attachments for that gun other wise great game.
This game was good but the creator kind of left it the game Neds more maps more weapons if this is not hat much pls fix this game we liked the old game because the maps weapons and everything was so cool sorry if we were mean.
This game seems like a fun game to play when youre trying to pass a bit of time. Problem is, its completely dead. Literally zero people playing. Btw, if you play with claw, this game is not for you. You cant shoot and move at the same time.
This is not a retro game. Its rather Low-poly. This looks nothing like retro.
Its fun and Im not a bot btw Burt the acog is terrible.
There needs to be more guns by level and have to buy it for each gun also the sprint feature is weird and hard to use.
FREE BOBUX IF U KILL MAN MUST HAVE NO CAP.
We love this game and everything about it. We even played it in school just because of how smooth the pacing and graphics are. One thing we would like, is controller support. Xbox, PS4/5, and mobile made controllers like kishi and backbone. This would be perfect.
Great game but it doesnt have controller support and that would make the game so much better.
Add a map without vehicles, but a lot of space to roam about.
Its a good game but the one problem is no one plays it.
We think this game got some potential but do this stuff Fix the spawns Better maps More guns Better controls.
Mechanics were not the same. Walk speed was slower than the preview, overall bad game.
This game is just so crap, the bot can shoot around corners and you are so slow. The grenadines do not go very far they blow up as soon as you throw em they blow up and your dead.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.0.3
- Size: 217.71 MB
- iOS: 11.0 or later
- Languages: CA, EN, FR, DE, JA, KO, ZH, ES
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes, Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence, Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Developer: Segment Games Inc
Last updated: 25th September 2023 | Genre: Strategy, Action | Developer: Segment Games Inc