First Strike: Classic
Strategy GamesBlindflug Studios AG
Play the escalation in an action-packed nuclear strategy game!
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About First Strike: Classic
About First Strike: Classic
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Millions of commanders already played First Strike all over the world. Now it is back as First Strike: Classic: The complete rebuild of the iconic strategy game about blowing up the world in the nuclear armageddon. This remaster is more stable, more cunning in its enemies and the best First Strike we ever made.
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**** - ""A thought provoking and fast-paced strategy game"" - pocketgamer
****½ - ""An awesome game suited for casual and professional nukers alike"" - appszoom
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Escalation is a downward spiral.
A nuclear armageddon is no one’s dream scenario. So choose your steps carefully, it’s a small path between war and peace. FIRST STRIKE is a great strategy simulation featuring snappy gameplay and an intuitive interface that makes dropping the big one as easy as ABC. But be sure to take the right measures to guarantee your people’s safety.
Pick one of the big nuclear players – from known Superpowers to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and plan your strategy wisely: Limited but clever options let you as the leader of your superpower steer your nation’s fate: Expand to other countries, build bombs or debuild in order to restructure your arsenal. Or use research to widen your options, such as: Ability to act quicker and build bigger bombs, better recon on your enemies actions, automated self-defense-sequences and many more.
Whether you’re a bloodthirsty warmonger or a tree-hugging hippie – it’s time to put your cards on the table. A quick and fun game with beautiful graphics, FIRST STRIKE shows you how little it takes to heat things up. With the tip of your finger you can control the destiny of the precious and vulnerable rock floating through space, the rock we call mothership Earth.
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*Winner ""Best Mobile Game"" Indie Prize Amsterdam*
*Winner ""Most Innovative Game"" Best App Ever Awards*
*Winner ""Game of the Year"" BOSA Awards*
*Winner ""Newcomer of the Year"" SwissICT Awards*
*Finalist ""Best Upcoming Game"" International Mobile Game Awards*
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**** - ""A thought provoking and fast-paced strategy game"" - pocketgamer
****½ - ""An awesome game suited for casual and professional nukers alike"" - appszoom
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Escalation is a downward spiral.
A nuclear armageddon is no one’s dream scenario. So choose your steps carefully, it’s a small path between war and peace. FIRST STRIKE is a great strategy simulation featuring snappy gameplay and an intuitive interface that makes dropping the big one as easy as ABC. But be sure to take the right measures to guarantee your people’s safety.
Pick one of the big nuclear players – from known Superpowers to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and plan your strategy wisely: Limited but clever options let you as the leader of your superpower steer your nation’s fate: Expand to other countries, build bombs or debuild in order to restructure your arsenal. Or use research to widen your options, such as: Ability to act quicker and build bigger bombs, better recon on your enemies actions, automated self-defense-sequences and many more.
Whether you’re a bloodthirsty warmonger or a tree-hugging hippie – it’s time to put your cards on the table. A quick and fun game with beautiful graphics, FIRST STRIKE shows you how little it takes to heat things up. With the tip of your finger you can control the destiny of the precious and vulnerable rock floating through space, the rock we call mothership Earth.
====================
*Winner ""Best Mobile Game"" Indie Prize Amsterdam*
*Winner ""Most Innovative Game"" Best App Ever Awards*
*Winner ""Game of the Year"" BOSA Awards*
*Winner ""Newcomer of the Year"" SwissICT Awards*
*Finalist ""Best Upcoming Game"" International Mobile Game Awards*
App Store
Millions of commanders already played First Strike all over the world. Now it is back as First Strike: Classic: The complete rebuild of the iconic strategy game about blowing up the world in the nuclear armageddon. This remaster is more stable, more cunning in its enemies and the best First Strike we ever made.
====================
**** - ""A thought provoking and fast-paced strategy game"" - pocketgamer
**** - ""A gorgeous game with a message, that doesn’t forget that it’s a game"" - 148apps
****½ - ""An awesome game suited for casual and professional nukers alike"" - appszoom
**** - ""For my money, there is no better-looking game on the App Store"" - pockettactics
****½ - ""One of the best releases of the year"" - whatsoniphone
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Escalation is a downward spiral.
A nuclear armageddon is no one’s dream scenario. So choose your steps carefully, it’s a small path between war and peace. FIRST STRIKE is a great strategy simulation featuring snappy gameplay and an intuitive interface that makes dropping the big one as easy as ABC. But be sure to take the right measures to guarantee your people’s safety.
Pick one of the big nuclear players – from known Superpowers to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and plan your strategy wisely: Limited but clever options let you as the leader of your superpower steer your nation’s fate: Expand to other countries, build bombs or debuild in order to restructure your arsenal. Or use research to widen your options, such as: Ability to act quicker and build bigger bombs, better recon on your enemies actions, automated self-defense-sequences and many more.
Whether you’re a bloodthirsty warmonger or a tree-hugging hippie – it’s time to put your cards on the table. A quick and fun game with beautiful graphics, FIRST STRIKE shows you how little it takes to heat things up. With the tip of your finger you can control the destiny of the precious and vulnerable rock floating through space, the rock we call mothership Earth.
====================
*Winner ""Best Mobile Game"" - Indie Prize Amsterdam*
*Winner ""Most Innovative Game"" - Best App Ever Awards*
*Winner ""Game of the Year"" - BOSA Awards*
*Winner ""Newcomer of the Year"" - SwissICT Awards*
*Finalist ""Best Upcoming Game"" - International Mobile Game Awards*
*Finalist ""Most Meaningful Play"" - International Mobile Game Awards*
*Finalist ""Best Hardcore Game"" - Game Connection USA Awards*
*Finalist ""Most Innovative Game"" - Game Connection USA Awards*
*Finalist “Best Strategy Game” - Best App Ever Awards*
*Finalist ""Best International Game"" - Ludicious Game Festival*
*Finalist ""Best Swiss Game"" - SGDA Awards*
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** Compatability:
Recommended: iPhone 6S or higher, iPad (7th generation) or higher
Required: iPhone SE or higher, iPad (5th generation) or higher, iPod Touch (7th generation) or higher
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**** - ""A thought provoking and fast-paced strategy game"" - pocketgamer
**** - ""A gorgeous game with a message, that doesn’t forget that it’s a game"" - 148apps
****½ - ""An awesome game suited for casual and professional nukers alike"" - appszoom
**** - ""For my money, there is no better-looking game on the App Store"" - pockettactics
****½ - ""One of the best releases of the year"" - whatsoniphone
====================
Escalation is a downward spiral.
A nuclear armageddon is no one’s dream scenario. So choose your steps carefully, it’s a small path between war and peace. FIRST STRIKE is a great strategy simulation featuring snappy gameplay and an intuitive interface that makes dropping the big one as easy as ABC. But be sure to take the right measures to guarantee your people’s safety.
Pick one of the big nuclear players – from known Superpowers to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and plan your strategy wisely: Limited but clever options let you as the leader of your superpower steer your nation’s fate: Expand to other countries, build bombs or debuild in order to restructure your arsenal. Or use research to widen your options, such as: Ability to act quicker and build bigger bombs, better recon on your enemies actions, automated self-defense-sequences and many more.
Whether you’re a bloodthirsty warmonger or a tree-hugging hippie – it’s time to put your cards on the table. A quick and fun game with beautiful graphics, FIRST STRIKE shows you how little it takes to heat things up. With the tip of your finger you can control the destiny of the precious and vulnerable rock floating through space, the rock we call mothership Earth.
====================
*Winner ""Best Mobile Game"" - Indie Prize Amsterdam*
*Winner ""Most Innovative Game"" - Best App Ever Awards*
*Winner ""Game of the Year"" - BOSA Awards*
*Winner ""Newcomer of the Year"" - SwissICT Awards*
*Finalist ""Best Upcoming Game"" - International Mobile Game Awards*
*Finalist ""Most Meaningful Play"" - International Mobile Game Awards*
*Finalist ""Best Hardcore Game"" - Game Connection USA Awards*
*Finalist ""Most Innovative Game"" - Game Connection USA Awards*
*Finalist “Best Strategy Game” - Best App Ever Awards*
*Finalist ""Best International Game"" - Ludicious Game Festival*
*Finalist ""Best Swiss Game"" - SGDA Awards*
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** Compatability:
Recommended: iPhone 6S or higher, iPad (7th generation) or higher
Required: iPhone SE or higher, iPad (5th generation) or higher, iPod Touch (7th generation) or higher
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Bugged on hard core
Aug 29, 2018 So I set it on hard core playing as the U.S. after I shot the last nuke on the last enemy territory the game sort of froze in place. I could see everything and even attack I just couldn’t rotate the globe. So I turned it off and reopened it. It let me rotate the globe but there was no one on the map but me as the U.S. and now I don’t get to claim my victory...:( please fix this. It’s a great game I would love to see some expansions as well. Potentially the ability to actually cause damage to the earth itself? Maybe ground troops to invade nearby countries? There’s a lot of potential more -
Fantastic game to spend 15 minutes on.. or hours.
Feb 27, 2018 Love this game, but wanted to let the dev know I encountered a strange bug. I was playing as North Korea trying to get the Oceania achievement and I had captured every single territory on the map except the final piece of Australia, which was held by what was left of China. So I used my infiltrators to take that spot, it froze for a second, said I unlocked Australia, then was just locked in place. I could fire missiles, use powers, and see that everyone was dead in the diplomacy menu, but I couldn’t move the globe and it wouldn’t say I won. I quit and loaded the save, then it said I unlocked Israel and I could spin the globe, but it still didn’t give me the “You Won” screen, instead I was just able to look around and fire missiles and stuff. It still gave me the rewards in the menu and said I had beaten it with N.Korea, but I just thought it was a strange bug. more -
Really good game. Online play available?
Aug 29, 2018 This is a complex game that is easy and fun to play. I love games like these, where you learn from your mistakes in order to get better next time. I figured out a strategy early on in the game when I lost every match: create pacts first, expand, research with land locked nations, build cruisers until you obtain your super weapons. Once you obtain your super weapons, shift to a more aggressive stance and start your attack! I’m sure others have figured out their own way of success. If I were to make a suggestion, please make online gameplay available or maybe create different modes like team death match, scenarios(build as much nukes before an asteroid hits) etc. really fun concept, really fun game. more -
Jun 2, 2021 Great game, you can chose different difficulties for the game, I have recently played the hardcore mode whit United States and its insane I have first strikes heading for the capital every minute, really challenging, only that if you could add a custom game option so that you can chose exactly which country's are you gonna fight, from there this game is perfect, and really makes people think of how many destruction a nuclear war can cause. more -
Needs Final Hour
Jul 12, 2017 This game is pretty good I must say, but it is lacking in comparison to its much more advanced twin on PC. There is really no reason why you can't bring Final Hour to IOS, so why not do it? Also, maybe some nerfs and buffs need to be placed in on some of the super weapons. The Cobalt bomb, the Tsar bomb, the Laser Satellite, and the Air Defense Dome are all quite underwhelming when you compare them to the other, much better super weapons. The Stealth Bomber and the Infiltrator are a completely different story, as they are both game winners that your enemy can't do anything about. Basically it's "Tap a country, wait 5 seconds, this country is now dead/in your command, wait 5 seconds, repeat. more -
Total click fest, not RTS
May 13, 2019 Game is a little fun, however don’t expect this to be a strategy game with calculated decisions, there’s very little strategy. All you do is click to expand your territory chunk by chunk, and click to launch missiles to defend your chunks. When you have dozens of chunks, it gets real tiring clicking on each one over and over to restock their missiles, just so you can click each one over and over to defend them one by one. All you do is swipe around the globe finding the targeted territory and launching defense missiles. Super annoying, games get boring after 5-10 minutes of doing this. Gameplay is repetitive, little replay value. Glowing reviews, pretty graphics, and a $1.99 price tag made this seem like it was more than it was. more -
Jul 22, 2021 Its kinda fun the only problems are that everyhings fine at one time then boom every country you were just friends with ends the agreement and attacks you almost all at once and also same thing the negotiations end way to fast like you can only be friends with a country for 2mins before they end it more -
May 23, 2021 The new update brought so many incredible things to this game, and the hard work and great customer support from blindflung has not gone unnoticed. Unfortunately I'm held back from giving this 5 stars for one reason, the A.I gives up too easily, most games become inventory management as all the a.i destory eachother and give up before you've really had a chance to build an arsenal or expand your nation, which is admittedly more realistic but unfortunately a rather boring game mechanic. more -
Suggestion
Mar 13, 2018 I love this game so much! I’ve been playing this game practically since it came out! There’s always been 2 things that have bugged me however that I thought you might take into consideration. Maybe it was your choice to not have Alaska owned by the US, or maybe you couldn’t make it happen somehow. Either way, I think that would make it harder for Russia, as they are too easy to play as. Also, I think it would really be cool if Hawaii was added as somewhere to expand to, or already be owned by the US. Whether it is accessed through New Guinea, Japan, or the west coast of America is up to you, but I think it would surely spice things up if China, North Korea or Australia could all of a sudden expand into North America through the Pacific! Maybe these suggestions didn’t help, but what I’d like you to know is that I love your game and so do a lot of my friends! Thank you for your consideration! more -
May 11, 2021 good game but there could be improvements. So i was playing just the other day on america and i only had to do hardcore mode. I paused the game for a few houers and come back to finish the game, but it still says that i have to complete hardcore mode. Please fix this? more
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Bugged on hard core
Aug 29, 2018 So I set it on hard core playing as the U.S. after I shot the last nuke on the last enemy territory the game sort of froze in place. I could see everything and even attack I just couldn’t rotate the globe. So I turned it off and reopened it. It let me rotate the globe but there was no one on the map but me as the U.S. and now I don’t get to claim my victory...:( please fix this. It’s a great game I would love to see some expansions as well. Potentially the ability to actually cause damage to the earth itself? Maybe ground troops to invade nearby countries? There’s a lot of potential more -
Fantastic game to spend 15 minutes on.. or hours.
Feb 27, 2018 Love this game, but wanted to let the dev know I encountered a strange bug. I was playing as North Korea trying to get the Oceania achievement and I had captured every single territory on the map except the final piece of Australia, which was held by what was left of China. So I used my infiltrators to take that spot, it froze for a second, said I unlocked Australia, then was just locked in place. I could fire missiles, use powers, and see that everyone was dead in the diplomacy menu, but I couldn’t move the globe and it wouldn’t say I won. I quit and loaded the save, then it said I unlocked Israel and I could spin the globe, but it still didn’t give me the “You Won” screen, instead I was just able to look around and fire missiles and stuff. It still gave me the rewards in the menu and said I had beaten it with N.Korea, but I just thought it was a strange bug. more -
Really good game. Online play available?
Aug 29, 2018 This is a complex game that is easy and fun to play. I love games like these, where you learn from your mistakes in order to get better next time. I figured out a strategy early on in the game when I lost every match: create pacts first, expand, research with land locked nations, build cruisers until you obtain your super weapons. Once you obtain your super weapons, shift to a more aggressive stance and start your attack! I’m sure others have figured out their own way of success. If I were to make a suggestion, please make online gameplay available or maybe create different modes like team death match, scenarios(build as much nukes before an asteroid hits) etc. really fun concept, really fun game. more -
Jun 2, 2021 Great game, you can chose different difficulties for the game, I have recently played the hardcore mode whit United States and its insane I have first strikes heading for the capital every minute, really challenging, only that if you could add a custom game option so that you can chose exactly which country's are you gonna fight, from there this game is perfect, and really makes people think of how many destruction a nuclear war can cause. more -
Needs Final Hour
Jul 12, 2017 This game is pretty good I must say, but it is lacking in comparison to its much more advanced twin on PC. There is really no reason why you can't bring Final Hour to IOS, so why not do it? Also, maybe some nerfs and buffs need to be placed in on some of the super weapons. The Cobalt bomb, the Tsar bomb, the Laser Satellite, and the Air Defense Dome are all quite underwhelming when you compare them to the other, much better super weapons. The Stealth Bomber and the Infiltrator are a completely different story, as they are both game winners that your enemy can't do anything about. Basically it's "Tap a country, wait 5 seconds, this country is now dead/in your command, wait 5 seconds, repeat. more -
Total click fest, not RTS
May 13, 2019 Game is a little fun, however don’t expect this to be a strategy game with calculated decisions, there’s very little strategy. All you do is click to expand your territory chunk by chunk, and click to launch missiles to defend your chunks. When you have dozens of chunks, it gets real tiring clicking on each one over and over to restock their missiles, just so you can click each one over and over to defend them one by one. All you do is swipe around the globe finding the targeted territory and launching defense missiles. Super annoying, games get boring after 5-10 minutes of doing this. Gameplay is repetitive, little replay value. Glowing reviews, pretty graphics, and a $1.99 price tag made this seem like it was more than it was. more -
Jul 22, 2021 Its kinda fun the only problems are that everyhings fine at one time then boom every country you were just friends with ends the agreement and attacks you almost all at once and also same thing the negotiations end way to fast like you can only be friends with a country for 2mins before they end it more -
May 23, 2021 The new update brought so many incredible things to this game, and the hard work and great customer support from blindflung has not gone unnoticed. Unfortunately I'm held back from giving this 5 stars for one reason, the A.I gives up too easily, most games become inventory management as all the a.i destory eachother and give up before you've really had a chance to build an arsenal or expand your nation, which is admittedly more realistic but unfortunately a rather boring game mechanic. more -
Suggestion
Mar 13, 2018 I love this game so much! I’ve been playing this game practically since it came out! There’s always been 2 things that have bugged me however that I thought you might take into consideration. Maybe it was your choice to not have Alaska owned by the US, or maybe you couldn’t make it happen somehow. Either way, I think that would make it harder for Russia, as they are too easy to play as. Also, I think it would really be cool if Hawaii was added as somewhere to expand to, or already be owned by the US. Whether it is accessed through New Guinea, Japan, or the west coast of America is up to you, but I think it would surely spice things up if China, North Korea or Australia could all of a sudden expand into North America through the Pacific! Maybe these suggestions didn’t help, but what I’d like you to know is that I love your game and so do a lot of my friends! Thank you for your consideration! more -
May 11, 2021 good game but there could be improvements. So i was playing just the other day on america and i only had to do hardcore mode. I paused the game for a few houers and come back to finish the game, but it still says that i have to complete hardcore mode. Please fix this? more
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Jun 30, 2021 Playing this on a mobile phone or tablet.... Brutal.... This is a game for the big screen... Does not translate well for smaller screens.... And definitely not a pick up and play game. Far too complicated for that. -
Jul 19, 2021 As much as i want to tell the people who cry about the UI to SHUT THE F UP, i can't. Saw the comments, opened the game and i see the terrible UI, how laggy the game is and i agree, it is awful. Pls fix your game (wich was one of my fav mobile games btw) cuz this is bad. Probably gonna download an old version apk + data from google. more -
The Update Killed A Great Game
Mar 30, 2021 Was pretty excited for the update and remastered version, but have never been so horribly wrong before. Like yes it looks a bit better but I just don’t like the the gameplay change. Things are just super touchy and is almost impossible to defend your territory with how hyper aggressive AI is and how ridiculously fast the bombs are early in the game. Which defeats the purpose of developing the technology aspect of it, especially when the AI seems to get jacked in development speed. Overall not happy with it, and am tremendously disappointed and probably won’t be playing the game anymore unfortunately. Didn’t have the heart to give it 1 star considering how much I loved this game and could count on it when board at appointments and what not. :( more -
Major click fest
Sep 25, 2017 Game can be fun but can be infuriating due to it being a click fest most of the time. Basically if you choose a more difficult nation you can expect the computer players to primarily just launch missiles at you and you'll essentially just be clicking to keep your missiles re-upped plus having to defend territories that are building new missiles. It gets annoying. Also there are some end of game bugs where it doesn't record victories or defeats. Lastly sometimes inexplicably you won't be able to defend a site, you touch a territory and its options don't come up and so you just watch the missile hit your territory. All in all not a terrible game but also kind of brain dead clicking. more -
Jun 16, 2021 DO NOT INSTAL UNTIL AT LEAT YEAR 2022 OR NEW UPDATE!!! ai keeps on first striking you over and over and over repeatedly while u try to expand and build cruise missiles and SAVE YOURSELF. Used to be fun game that can be set to challenging or to fun game to relieve stress. There was also great hidden super nation that u could buy but now u can't. Game is VERY STRESSFUL and NOT FUN. You can be in a pact with ai and they both leave, join together, first strike repeatedly, and u lose unless USA. BAD! more -
Needs a REAL set of instructions
May 1, 2018 This game could’ve been so much better, if the developers had simply invested in a real set of instructions. Apparently, they think that their controls are inherently intuitive. But they are NOT. The research option is a specially opaque. I can never tell if I have chosen a research direction, or if it’s just telling me what it’s doing - it’s very stupid. Also, why on earth do you have to do research by each country? It is needlessly complicated. Also, they never explain the controls at the bottom. What did they do? How does it work? Essentially, I am learning the game by trial and error. Or, perhaps I should say that I WAS learning the game that way – I am done now… Waste of money. more -
Jul 13, 2021 This game is awesome. Too bad it's broken now, the ui is horrible read all the other reviews, and after the last update, I can't even get past the start screen. None of the buttons work. -
Mar 29, 2021 I originally purchased this game and it was enjoyable, since the update I don't care for it, the treaties don't last long at all and in most cases can't be reestablished. I also notice that the game declares a winner before it's completely done. I still had some enemy territory to defeat and the game ended suddenly declaring me the winner, that's no fun more -
The developers ruined the game
Mar 30, 2021 This was such a good game. I saw an update after so many years and got excited then got disappointed immediately when I played it. It's hard to defend against enemy strikes when you're used to seeing the red "Defend" button in the classic version. In the new version all buttons are blue and the interface is different so it's confusing to click the right button when you're being attacked with a first strike. Also research was much better when all you had to do was click a state and choose research then tap whatever you wanted to research twice. Now in the new version you have to strain your eyes to see the dark colors of what's researchable then you have to click it and then click the research button all the way at the bottom. No idea why the developers had to ruin such a good game with unnecessary and inefficient changes. Had to delete the game. They literally have 2 versions of the game. Why not leave the paid version a classic as it is and put the crappy update on the free version? more -
Apr 25, 2021 Reduced rating from 3 to 1 The updates to the game have made AI and features even worse. The Attack Warning System works only when at point blank range (by then it's already too late). The AI behaviour has two modes (managed internally) either it is on ultra agressive steriods or it behaves like an ostrich, the first sign of danger it surrenders. more
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Fantastic game to spend 15 minutes on.. or hours.
Feb 27, 2018 Love this game, but wanted to let the dev know I encountered a strange bug. I was playing as North Korea trying to get the Oceania achievement and I had captured every single territory on the map except the final piece of Australia, which was held by what was left of China. So I used my infiltrators to take that spot, it froze for a second, said I unlocked Australia, then was just locked in place. I could fire missiles, use powers, and see that everyone was dead in the diplomacy menu, but I couldn’t move the globe and it wouldn’t say I won. I quit and loaded the save, then it said I unlocked Israel and I could spin the globe, but it still didn’t give me the “You Won” screen, instead I was just able to look around and fire missiles and stuff. It still gave me the rewards in the menu and said I had beaten it with N.Korea, but I just thought it was a strange bug. more -
Really good game. Online play available?
Aug 29, 2018 This is a complex game that is easy and fun to play. I love games like these, where you learn from your mistakes in order to get better next time. I figured out a strategy early on in the game when I lost every match: create pacts first, expand, research with land locked nations, build cruisers until you obtain your super weapons. Once you obtain your super weapons, shift to a more aggressive stance and start your attack! I’m sure others have figured out their own way of success. If I were to make a suggestion, please make online gameplay available or maybe create different modes like team death match, scenarios(build as much nukes before an asteroid hits) etc. really fun concept, really fun game. more -
Jun 2, 2021 Great game, you can chose different difficulties for the game, I have recently played the hardcore mode whit United States and its insane I have first strikes heading for the capital every minute, really challenging, only that if you could add a custom game option so that you can chose exactly which country's are you gonna fight, from there this game is perfect, and really makes people think of how many destruction a nuclear war can cause. more -
Needs Final Hour
Jul 12, 2017 This game is pretty good I must say, but it is lacking in comparison to its much more advanced twin on PC. There is really no reason why you can't bring Final Hour to IOS, so why not do it? Also, maybe some nerfs and buffs need to be placed in on some of the super weapons. The Cobalt bomb, the Tsar bomb, the Laser Satellite, and the Air Defense Dome are all quite underwhelming when you compare them to the other, much better super weapons. The Stealth Bomber and the Infiltrator are a completely different story, as they are both game winners that your enemy can't do anything about. Basically it's "Tap a country, wait 5 seconds, this country is now dead/in your command, wait 5 seconds, repeat. more -
Suggestion
Mar 13, 2018 I love this game so much! I’ve been playing this game practically since it came out! There’s always been 2 things that have bugged me however that I thought you might take into consideration. Maybe it was your choice to not have Alaska owned by the US, or maybe you couldn’t make it happen somehow. Either way, I think that would make it harder for Russia, as they are too easy to play as. Also, I think it would really be cool if Hawaii was added as somewhere to expand to, or already be owned by the US. Whether it is accessed through New Guinea, Japan, or the west coast of America is up to you, but I think it would surely spice things up if China, North Korea or Australia could all of a sudden expand into North America through the Pacific! Maybe these suggestions didn’t help, but what I’d like you to know is that I love your game and so do a lot of my friends! Thank you for your consideration! more -
Good, but could be improved
Aug 21, 2017 I like it very much for its unique game design and easy to learn format, but: 1.It needs multiplayer. I think you could run a server every ~10 minutes where a multiplayer game is hosted of 6-12 players, one for every nation. At the beginning of the game, players create a nation in a random area of choice 2 nations large. There should be no attacking for one minute, and no time slowdown. The nation symbol is the # player they are (player 1, 2, etc.) 2.Diplomacy. Just like final hour. I don't need to say anything more. 3.Various countries should have more territory, or better tech, like USA should have Alaska and definitely should have ICBMs and war tech 1. Western Europe shouldn't include Italy, and some countries like Brazil say they have technology in the country selection menu but don't when they start in game. 4.More Countries/Alliances like NATO should be added and India&Pakistan should be separated more -
Jun 29, 2021 Really fun, not really stressful like these people are ranting about but I really enjoy it and maybe if you get good and practice strategies. The game is a strategy game I recommend -
Good but needs more options
Dec 4, 2019 I love this game but I am frustrated on how hard it is I would love to have a mode where you can make your own options or customize to your liking such as how much territory you start with, how advanced your research is, how many nukes you start with, the option to just have fun and mess around by giving yourself super weapons at the start, tweaking build and research times, etc etc. I hope you see This and add it to the game anyway this game is great and I live it. more -
Mar 10, 2021 I'm blown, like literally. The AI is truly much smarter than the previous version, I even lost the first time I played a hardcore mode in this newer version! The country borders are much more clear, missiles are faster, the Icons and the layout of the buttons are very different. I havent tried leaving the game and seeing if my saved game is still there; the game saving issues. But will change this review, if ever. Nice job! Worth the update! more -
SUPER FUN
Apr 19, 2020 I’ve played this game for weeks and I’m still enjoying it. The AI is unpredictable and the outcome is never the same. So overall it’s really great and well made but I do want the developers to start updating it more. Maybe adding game modes, multiplayer and online, nuclear winter when a certain amount of bombs are dropped, more superpowers, more nations, treaties, and even natural disasters!!! Well that’s what I could think of. Thank you so much for making such a great game and PLEASE take what I suggested into consideration. more
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Bugged on hard core
Aug 29, 2018 So I set it on hard core playing as the U.S. after I shot the last nuke on the last enemy territory the game sort of froze in place. I could see everything and even attack I just couldn’t rotate the globe. So I turned it off and reopened it. It let me rotate the globe but there was no one on the map but me as the U.S. and now I don’t get to claim my victory...:( please fix this. It’s a great game I would love to see some expansions as well. Potentially the ability to actually cause damage to the earth itself? Maybe ground troops to invade nearby countries? There’s a lot of potential more -
May 23, 2021 The new update brought so many incredible things to this game, and the hard work and great customer support from blindflung has not gone unnoticed. Unfortunately I'm held back from giving this 5 stars for one reason, the A.I gives up too easily, most games become inventory management as all the a.i destory eachother and give up before you've really had a chance to build an arsenal or expand your nation, which is admittedly more realistic but unfortunately a rather boring game mechanic. more -
May 11, 2021 good game but there could be improvements. So i was playing just the other day on america and i only had to do hardcore mode. I paused the game for a few houers and come back to finish the game, but it still says that i have to complete hardcore mode. Please fix this? more -
The game used to be great
Mar 22, 2021 I used to pour hours into this game; seeing all the different ways I could win and applying new strategies. Since they’ve updated it recently, the games seems much more difficult. Opponents seem much more aggressive leaving you with less time to plan, expand, and research. I understand that this adds pressure, but that kind of play is for hardcore mode. The enemies also give up very quickly now, whereas it felt they held on longer in previous versions of the game. 4 stars because I used to love this game, but now it’s just okay. more -
Very fun game but has flaws
Jul 26, 2017 I absolutely love playing this game when I have no internet, and it's a great way to pass time. However, there is one issue that you need to fix as it's becoming pretty annoying. Every time I do the objective that unlocks Brazil, when I come back on the game later, it didn't save that objective so I can't play as Brazil. This is getting very annoying, as I'm sick of completing that objective over and over again. Also, if you could add multiplayer, that would be great. But overall, this is a very fun game. more -
Mar 17, 2021 The game is much more fun to play now as the AI has become much smarter. Hardcore mode pair with 10 opponents really give me the run I long wanted. As for only 4 stars, it's because the new interface is not as smooth as before, it seems stiff. And the sound effect become so low I can't even hear at even full volume, BGM is fine somehow. more -
Apr 13, 2021 This game is fun to play, I like the UI but I do have to say something strange with how early the game ends. My most recent one all nations were in the game still and it just ended with no reason. I also think the diplomacy is a bit broken. If those are fixed I'll happily change this to a 5 star. more -
Good game but needs fixes
Dec 13, 2017 One of my favorite games to play on my phone and the addition of final hour is cool but the hd graphics can get very blurry and sometimes it’s hard to read things and after the update it seems the sensitivity went down and is much more stiff to play maybe an option is to make a setting for it and I also think the game needs a multiplayer mode, maybe by same WiFi connection or even Bluetooth. This is still a great app and the new super weapons are fun to use. more -
Great game but some flaws
Jul 3, 2017 This game is great but has some flaws that limit the games potential -no multiplayer, multiplayer would be amazing for this game -very long games, when I first started playing games took as long as 40 minutes, maybe I'm not that good at the game or the game is normally like this - additions like diplomacy and different super weapons like in final hour I hope you add these additions, thanks for reading more
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Total click fest, not RTS
May 13, 2019 Game is a little fun, however don’t expect this to be a strategy game with calculated decisions, there’s very little strategy. All you do is click to expand your territory chunk by chunk, and click to launch missiles to defend your chunks. When you have dozens of chunks, it gets real tiring clicking on each one over and over to restock their missiles, just so you can click each one over and over to defend them one by one. All you do is swipe around the globe finding the targeted territory and launching defense missiles. Super annoying, games get boring after 5-10 minutes of doing this. Gameplay is repetitive, little replay value. Glowing reviews, pretty graphics, and a $1.99 price tag made this seem like it was more than it was. more -
Jul 22, 2021 Its kinda fun the only problems are that everyhings fine at one time then boom every country you were just friends with ends the agreement and attacks you almost all at once and also same thing the negotiations end way to fast like you can only be friends with a country for 2mins before they end it more -
Needs a little touch up
Apr 16, 2020 Ok so it’s not a bad game but they need to make more super weapons, more non super weapon nukes to build, a button that allows you to build one type of missile on every province, a first strike for just one province, they need more super weapons and to buff and nerf some, a hardcore mode for under 8 provinces, way better AI, better visibility on clustered provinces that have been nuked, also I use the tactical highlight a lot so why not make it a setting?, if you’ve made it this far click on a province and choose a location to attack and if your first strike doesn’t say lie arsenal click it more -
Mar 16, 2021 It's an amazing game, fun, good graphics, etc. My only problem with it is that it DEVOURS your battery while you use it. I have a good battery, that usually lasts all day, and using this app for only 18 minutes drained my battery by 6%. That's about 32% per hour. If this is fixed I will change to 5 stars more -
Fix your game
Jul 4, 2019 This is a very fun game and it hurts me to give it 3 stars but its pretty buggy and it seems you don’t care about it. For example with North Korea i have “won” twice and destroyed all my enemies and taken over territories but the game instead of saying you won or whatnot it just freezes and lets me go around the globe stuck in limbo This has happened twice and is extremely and absolutely annoying and destroys your motivation to play if you don’t even win more -
The new update...
Mar 26, 2021 It’s great to see that the game was finally updated after awhile of neglect, however the update is a somewhat of a new game. Like it says, the AI is completely different with new behaviors. I don’t know if it’s just me not playing the game for a bit, but I think the update is a step down in some areas. It’s definitely a lot more fast paced than the last update. I’m sure it’s just me not being used to the new update, overall still fun. more
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Jun 30, 2021 Playing this on a mobile phone or tablet.... Brutal.... This is a game for the big screen... Does not translate well for smaller screens.... And definitely not a pick up and play game. Far too complicated for that. -
The Update Killed A Great Game
Mar 30, 2021 Was pretty excited for the update and remastered version, but have never been so horribly wrong before. Like yes it looks a bit better but I just don’t like the the gameplay change. Things are just super touchy and is almost impossible to defend your territory with how hyper aggressive AI is and how ridiculously fast the bombs are early in the game. Which defeats the purpose of developing the technology aspect of it, especially when the AI seems to get jacked in development speed. Overall not happy with it, and am tremendously disappointed and probably won’t be playing the game anymore unfortunately. Didn’t have the heart to give it 1 star considering how much I loved this game and could count on it when board at appointments and what not. :( more -
Major click fest
Sep 25, 2017 Game can be fun but can be infuriating due to it being a click fest most of the time. Basically if you choose a more difficult nation you can expect the computer players to primarily just launch missiles at you and you'll essentially just be clicking to keep your missiles re-upped plus having to defend territories that are building new missiles. It gets annoying. Also there are some end of game bugs where it doesn't record victories or defeats. Lastly sometimes inexplicably you won't be able to defend a site, you touch a territory and its options don't come up and so you just watch the missile hit your territory. All in all not a terrible game but also kind of brain dead clicking. more -
Jun 16, 2021 DO NOT INSTAL UNTIL AT LEAT YEAR 2022 OR NEW UPDATE!!! ai keeps on first striking you over and over and over repeatedly while u try to expand and build cruise missiles and SAVE YOURSELF. Used to be fun game that can be set to challenging or to fun game to relieve stress. There was also great hidden super nation that u could buy but now u can't. Game is VERY STRESSFUL and NOT FUN. You can be in a pact with ai and they both leave, join together, first strike repeatedly, and u lose unless USA. BAD! more -
Needs a REAL set of instructions
May 1, 2018 This game could’ve been so much better, if the developers had simply invested in a real set of instructions. Apparently, they think that their controls are inherently intuitive. But they are NOT. The research option is a specially opaque. I can never tell if I have chosen a research direction, or if it’s just telling me what it’s doing - it’s very stupid. Also, why on earth do you have to do research by each country? It is needlessly complicated. Also, they never explain the controls at the bottom. What did they do? How does it work? Essentially, I am learning the game by trial and error. Or, perhaps I should say that I WAS learning the game that way – I am done now… Waste of money. more -
Mar 29, 2021 I originally purchased this game and it was enjoyable, since the update I don't care for it, the treaties don't last long at all and in most cases can't be reestablished. I also notice that the game declares a winner before it's completely done. I still had some enemy territory to defeat and the game ended suddenly declaring me the winner, that's no fun more
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Jul 19, 2021 As much as i want to tell the people who cry about the UI to SHUT THE F UP, i can't. Saw the comments, opened the game and i see the terrible UI, how laggy the game is and i agree, it is awful. Pls fix your game (wich was one of my fav mobile games btw) cuz this is bad. Probably gonna download an old version apk + data from google. more -
Jul 13, 2021 This game is awesome. Too bad it's broken now, the ui is horrible read all the other reviews, and after the last update, I can't even get past the start screen. None of the buttons work. -
The developers ruined the game
Mar 30, 2021 This was such a good game. I saw an update after so many years and got excited then got disappointed immediately when I played it. It's hard to defend against enemy strikes when you're used to seeing the red "Defend" button in the classic version. In the new version all buttons are blue and the interface is different so it's confusing to click the right button when you're being attacked with a first strike. Also research was much better when all you had to do was click a state and choose research then tap whatever you wanted to research twice. Now in the new version you have to strain your eyes to see the dark colors of what's researchable then you have to click it and then click the research button all the way at the bottom. No idea why the developers had to ruin such a good game with unnecessary and inefficient changes. Had to delete the game. They literally have 2 versions of the game. Why not leave the paid version a classic as it is and put the crappy update on the free version? more -
Apr 25, 2021 Reduced rating from 3 to 1 The updates to the game have made AI and features even worse. The Attack Warning System works only when at point blank range (by then it's already too late). The AI behaviour has two modes (managed internally) either it is on ultra agressive steriods or it behaves like an ostrich, the first sign of danger it surrenders. more -
May 26, 2021 So, why is there 2 of the same games I paid for this one and free one drop tf, also this game has many glitch's and bugs, this game has definitely been neglected by the developers. -
Jun 5, 2021 The free version has more game modes & options for essentially the same game. That aside, 5 star game!
What’s Groovy
a pretty fun micromanaging sim to pass the time, with some flaws. diplomacy usually just is a time waster considering how the AI just randomly pile on you / constantly attack / break truces randomly. the superpower research also just takes way too long to research and build. some AI just constantly launch first strikes back to back with no understanding of the previous failed attack. overall the feeling of raining down hell over your enemy is just too good to pass up on
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What’s Subpar
This new version has so many problems. The old ui was designed for phones, the new ui is pc ui, the buttons are small and awkward. The gameplay is unrecognisable, it used to be an arcade game while now it is a fast paced, brutual simulation, like a pc game. And then you go and call this version 'classic' when it is actually completely the opposite. This is on steam, but keep the versions separate instead of ruining both. This is not the game I paid for, had fun with and got to support the devs.
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Release Notes
3.0.1
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First Strike: Classic
