Strategy
Iron Tide Command
★★★★☆ 4.1
Iron Tide Command drops you in charge of a small fleet and asks you to keep supply lines alive against smarter and smarter opposition. It's real-time but pausable, so you can plan carefully or just let it flow if you like the pressure.
The map layer is the best part. You reroute convoys around threats, time your escorts and decide when to gamble on a shorter path through contested water. I lost my first three campaigns badly, and the learning curve is the point here.
On phone the touch controls occasionally fumble when you're zoomed out, and I'd play this on a tablet if I could. Still, the strategic depth is real, and the campaign missions each have their own personality.
What we liked
- Pausable real-time planning
- Deep convoy routing
- Meaty campaign missions