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Commander the Great War
  • Price
    $19.99
  • CategoryGames
  • Versions3 archived
  • Installable3 of 3
  • AvailabilityRemoved from the App Store
  • SellerSlitherine

RequirementsCompatible with iPad. Requires iOS 7.0 or later.

Customer Ratings

As of December 17, 2018
     
40 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.

This is the war that ended peace, in a continent where great leaders had to lead their countries to victory at all cost. And you are that leader.

Commander The Great War is a turn-based strategy game that captures this time of war with unprecedented realism and accuracy. A huge-hex based campaign map that stretches from the USA in the west, Africa and Arabia to the south, Scandinavia to the north and the Urals to the east, is the setting for 5 grand campaigns, each starting in a different year of the war.

You are confronted with all possible strategic and tactical decisions, from logistics to diplomacy, from deployment to combat. Every aspect of the war is in your hands in a gaming experience with no precedent on the iPad. Commander the Great War is a game for strategy fans, for history buffs and for anyone who’s looking for a deep, immersive gaming experience.

The game includes: *5 Grand Campaigns: 1914 The Great War, 1915 Ypres – Artois, 1916 The Battle of Verdun, 1917 The Nivelle Offensive and 1918 The Kaiserschlacht. *Over 40 unique historical and “what-if” events triggered by conditions on the campaign-map. *18 different unit types including Infantry, Cavalry, Armoured Cars and Tanks, Artillery, Railroad Guns and Armoured Trains, Cruisers, Submarines and Battleships, Fighters, Bombers and Airships. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses, based on their historical performance in the various theatres throughout the war. *Historical Commanders, each with their own specific strengths, so decide wisely which Commander is most suited to which front. Three types of Commanders are available: Generals for ground units, Admirals at sea and flying Aces to strengthen your air units. *Research and technology to improve units. Aircraft evolve from fragile tools of aerial observation to deadly ground and air attack planes. Artillery barrages become ever more accurate and powerful. Armour technology unleashes a dreadful new weapon on the battlefield: the Tank. *Detailed and realistic combat that models supply, morale, terrain, leadership, equipment, training and fog of war. *Cross platform multiplayer via PBEM++ server system.

To install apps directly onto this device, it must be jailbroken with AppSync installed.
1.5.2
Requires iOS 7.0+
Non-Retina
August 16, 2014
279.3 MB Install Download
1.6.213
Requires iOS 7.0+
Retina
March 13, 2015
259.3 MB Install Download
1.6.402
Requires iOS 7.0+
Retina
258.4 MB Install Download

Ratings Over Time

DateVersionRatingRatingsPrice
December 9, 2016 1.6.4 ★ 3.0 28 $19.99
December 17, 2018 — ★ 3.0 40 $19.99

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

Archived Reviews

8 of 15
Update for ios11
     
by * 1 · March 23, 2018

The game is great, but I am totally bummed that it no longer works after updating to iOS 11. When will this problem be fixed?

Make it work on the iPad
     
by brock9000 · March 1, 2019

Can you please make it work on the iPad

Ahistorical garbage
     
by Kengelma · April 26, 2016

The game is one of the best, and only, hex games for ipad. Pros Graphics clean Rules simple Production well done Technology advances Cons AI not great Diplomacy poor Takes many hours, which to me is not ipad at best Still, i liked the game, and return to play it every few months. Recommend

iOS11 Update
     
by an0nym0u5_189 · October 29, 2017

Please update for iOS11, pretty fun overall.

Really wish there would be an update
     
by Husher1823 · December 5, 2017

Great game

Don’t buy, won’t work with current ios11
     
by thinker7878 · May 30, 2019

Fun game, was one of my favorites for iPad. Slitherine hasn’t updated it to work with iOS 11 though and I haven’t been able to play it for 6+ months now. I’ve check every couple months but it seems they’ve abandoned it now and I wasted $30 in the end. Very disappointed in Slitherine, (and apple) won’t be buying any more games from them until I trust they won’t abandon a full price game again.

Extremely bad AI
     
by Black Bellamy · January 25, 2016

Worst AI I have ever seen in a hex-based wargame. The AI will place artillery and planes on the front line, send precious surface fleets to attack piecemeal against incredible odds, and is incapable of any sort of strategic or even operational offensive. As the CP it actually abandons the Western Front to send German armies to attack Serbia (ineffectually). You can just keep hitting End Turn for the first two months of the game as the Entente without moving a single piece and the CP still will perform horribly. Once your side has a line of armies it's all over for the AI as it will never break through. When I play as the CP the French will shuffle units and leave Verdun or Calais empty. Sigh.

A small problem
     
by Best strategy games · September 18, 2016

I wished I would never do this but you left me no choice when I leave the game,even when I save it I can't hear the sound you know what I mean please do an update,feels like you abandoned us -_- on this game.......

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