The game was released worldwide yesterday, and I downloaded first thing after coming from work. I was overly hyped and so had overly inflated expectations. For $9.99 it is the cheapest C&C title I've ever bought, and at ~65MB it is also the smallest.
The game is overly simplified, very few units and structures, maps are smaller (only 2-player), there is no ore gathering, in Skirmish you are given a refinery with unlimited supply.
Only 2 skirmish maps, 6 more for an extra $0.99, but the maps are nothing special, there will, eventually, be more extra content including the Imperial Army (Japan) campaign. Controls are simple and easy to figure out, but you are limited in what you can do. The campaign is simplistic and there no video cutscenes as we came to expect in Command and Conquer.
Gameplay is overall smooth on my iPhone 3G, but there is minor stuttering at times when scrolling, but not too obvious that it gets in the way. The game has stability issues and it crashed on my twice so far, but thankfully the game has autosave and you can start it and continue from where you were last interrupted.
Overall for an iPhone game it gets an A, EA has outdone themselves and I'm really impressed, but for a C&C game it could do better. Yet, it is a must buy for C&C fans who also happen to have an iPhone or iPod touch, and for iPhone or iPod touch owners who want something with more depth and replay value than the average iPhone OS game.
Final verdict: 5/5
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