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Battle Academy
  • Price
    $19.99
  • CategoryGames
  • Versions4 archived
  • Installable4 of 4
  • AvailabilityRemoved from the App Store
  • SellerSlitherine

RequirementsCompatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.

Customer Ratings

As of December 17, 2017
     
81 Ratings

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This is a 32 bit app. You will always be able to play this app on iOS 10.3 or older but Apple may remove support for 32 bit apps in future iOS updates.

Number#1 Strategy game in 42 stores. For 24/7 tech support and updates visit www.slitherine.com/forum

* PocketTactics – 5 out of 5 - “In price, content, and execution, Battle Academy is a proud game from another time. And worth every penny.” * DigitallyDownloaded.net – 4.5 out of 5 Stars - “Really, when you buy this game, you’re buying into the excellent, competitive, online environment, and it looks like a healthy community at this stage.” * NoHighScores – “…you’d be hard pressed to find a richer, more satisfying turn-based wargame on the platform.” * TouchGen – 4.5 out of 5 Stars - “Battle Academy is a welcoming but challenging experience.” * StrategyPrime – 4.5 out of 5 Stars - “Probably one of the finest strategy games you can find on the iPad just about now, and definitely a must-have.” * FortressAT – “Battle Academy is…a real game, a proper game…” * Esquire - “…this is the best game we’ve played yet on the iPad.” * Plughead.net – 82% - “A proper wargame! On the iPad!” * PCDome.hu – “…the ideal tactical casual wargame for iPad.” * SlideToPlay – 3 out of 4 - “…for those of you who are willing to take the challenge, you’ll encounter a highly engaging, absorbing and lengthy experience the likes of which has rarely been seen on iOS.” * BoardGameGeek – 3 of 4 Stars - “Hands down this is the most impressive war game yet on the platform.”

***************************************** Description Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling game play driven by cutting edge technical innovation.

Inspired by an original online game concept devised by the BBC, the game has more than 30 battles in a range of theatres of war from the North African desert through D-Day to the to the snowy Ardennes mountains where the Allies battled to repel the final German offensive.

The team at Slitherine worked with Professor John Buckley, Military Historian at the University of Wolverhampton and a keen wargamer himself, to make sure that the strategy, tactics, scenarios and available firepower of the battles fought in WW2 were turned into realistic AI behaviour, powering expertly crafted battles.

The revolutionary server-based PBEM++ Slitherine system completes the package, for a gaming experience that will certainly please both hard core wargamers and newcomers. This revolutionary system allows iPad, Mac and PC players to play against each other, and even allows you to play 1 turn on your PC at home, continue the same game on the iPad on the train to work and play a turn at work on your Mac, all without you having to do a thing - the server handles it all!

***************************************** Features

Control British, US, Polish, Canadian forces in 3 epic campaigns covering more than 30 varied battles or take control of Italian and German forces in multiplayer. Select from a vast array of equipment including 100 units from 6 nations - Shermans, Fireflys, Panthers, Tigers, Stukas, Hurricanes, P47s and much more! Gameplay features include ambushes, line of sight, artillery barrages, airstrikes, scouts, morale, APCs, flame throwers, heavy bombers, snipers and suppression. Your units gain experience as they fight. Get promoted to Veteran and Elite status and gain new skills. Addictive multiplayer modes using Slitherine’s revolutionary multiplayer server that’s linked into an online ranking system.

Nov 2015
To install apps directly onto this device, it must be jailbroken with AppSync installed.
2.05
Requires iOS 4.3+
Non-Retina
July 14, 2012
197.5 MB Install Download
2.50
Requires iOS 4.3+
Non-Retina
November 27, 2013
252.6 MB Install Download
2.60
Requires iOS 4.3+
Non-Retina
April 8, 2014
255.4 MB Install Download
2.70
Requires iOS 4.3+
Non-Retina
May 12, 2014
255.4 MB Install Download

Bundle Size Over Time

Bundle size over time197.5 MB — July 14, 2012. 252.6 MB — November 27, 2013. 255.4 MB — April 8, 2014. 255.4 MB — May 12, 201463.9 MB127.7 MB191.6 MB255.4 MB197.5 MB — July 14, 2012252.6 MB — November 27, 2013255.4 MB — April 8, 2014255.4 MB — May 12, 2014Jul 2012May 2014

Ratings Over Time

sampled from 5 archived captures
DateVersionRatingRatingsPrice
March 18, 2012 — — 29 $19.99
November 26, 2015 2.70 ★ 4.7 53 $19.99
December 17, 2017 2.70 ★ 4.3 81 $19.99

From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.

Archived Reviews

8 of 15
No update
     
by Stiltdw · July 1, 2018

iOS 11. Been waiting how long? Longer than the war::::::::

*****!!! DONT BUY !!!!****
     
by BobSalazar · April 6, 2018

I got this game a few years back and and loved it....however....the developer hasn’t done anything to make this game work on the new generation of iPads. (iPad Pro). It’s quite expensive to begin with but well worth it if you enjoy strategy games as I do. I’m just baffled as to why they won’t fix this to work after they eagerly take your money.

Overall Great
     
by smj58501 · September 20, 2017

Overall, I really loved playing this game. There were points of frustration (e.g. Allied armor was inferior to German... but not THAT inferior), but overall this was an enjoyable game. I use the past tense because now that I upgraded to iOS 11, 32-bit is no longer supported. The designer does not plan to upgrade to 64 due to expense either. That is too bad... this is a game that never gets old. I can only hope they will design a new game very similar to this one in 64 bit (they do have other games in 64 now)

UPDATE
     
by navy4444 · May 12, 2018

THE GAME NEED UPDAT NOW

OIS
     
by Ram041 · December 30, 2017

Help OIS 11

IOS 11
     
by Flip#1 · December 19, 2017

You don’t even have to add anything special or new I’m just asking you update it for us apple users

Out of date
     
by Can't play 11 · October 6, 2018

Great game. Unfortunately, does not work with ios11. Developer is still selling it, but last update was 4 years ago.

No updates incompatible with iPad Pro for months
     
by Eric the Bold · January 12, 2018

If you have an iPad Pro forget this game! No updates for months now.

Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.

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