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Game Play

So how is the gameplay? The gameplay is the next best thing about Combat Arms. The gameplay feels a lot like Counterstrike meets Unreal Tournament. There is blood and lots of it as well as tactical espionage action. There is four gameplay modes and each are unique in their own way.

Elimination: Players are put on two teams: Alpha and Bravo and are pitted against each other in a deathmatch. The team with the most kills wins.

One Man Army: Exactly as it sounds. You are your own team in the ultimate of deathmatches.

Search and Destroy: Players are again placed into two teams: Alpha and Bravo. Each member of Alpha has control of a bomb and must reach locations A or B (Marked by Chevron's on the HUD) and must plant the bomb. Bravo team must either destroy all of Alpha teams members or disarm the planted bomb. Players have one minute from the time the bomb is planted to disarm it.

Capture the Flag: Ah, ye olde Capture the Flag. Probably the most common of game modes for any FPS on the market. Capture the Flag consists of yet again, two teams. Alpha and Bravo. The rest is pretty self explanatory, each team must try to capture the opposing teams' flag.

One of the major concepts about Combat Arms that makes its gameplay unique, is the sense of "reward" you get from killing your enemies. For every kill you get, it flashes how many kills you have in front of your face. And it is even more rewarding if you can kill two to three players in less than five seconds. It boldy states "Double Kill!" or "Multi Kill!". And it is also seen by other players. Very rewarding indeed.

Weaknesses

There are some flaws to this game however. (Which games doesn't have flaws?) The game is really laggy during peak times, no matter which server you choose. There is also an ever increasing amount of hackers, and the game has several glitches. Like falling into the world and and knifing everyone. But all in all, it is a very good game with montly updates/fixes that will be sure to have you playing more and more as time goes by. For more detailed information on Combat Arms you can visit their site directly at combatarms.nexon.net. If you can read Korean or are Korean, combatarms.nexon.com.

Get in there and blow your enemies away...FOR FREE!

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Sep 15, 2009 1:17 PM

irish

You forgot to mention the clan aspect

One of my favorite parts of combat arms is the clan aspect. There are several styles of clans around highly competitive clans that compete for top clan of the year awards. Crazy clans that are just looking to hack and glitch the game to beat others. Then there are fun clans. I've been in all three and finally stuck with a fun clan called Black Arrows. we have a website http://www.clan-blackarrows.com and use ventrillo to coordinate and use in game strategy. Most importantly is we are aged from 30 and under so its alot of kid at hearts are actually in school kids. This keeps us young and fun. I encourage any to give this game a try and find a clan it enhances the game by tenfold.

Sep 14, 2009 6:22 PM

TheTempestKing

Additional Note

I would also like to note that, contrary to what Rovelius claims, it is not hard at all to have enough in-game money to purchase weapons consistently.

Sep 14, 2009 5:23 PM

TheTempestKing

Response to Dave

I have played Combat Arms since the week after it came out and can confirm that it is indeed a fantastic game. I would, however, like to respond to something Dave said-

"Nexon has introduced several characters (with unique equipment) that are ONLY purchasable with NX (1000 NX = US$1) and weapons that only they can use which are ONLY purchasable with NX."

This is completely untrue. The Specialists- the characters of which he is speaking- are also purchasable with in-game currency at higher ranks. No equipment in the cash shop is truly unbalanced or unavailable in some form to those who opt not to pay (the one exception to this is a mercenary who uses a unique armor vest; however, it does not provide a large advantage and will be released for free shortly) and it is still just as likely that someone who doesn't pay will win as it is likely that someone who does purchase equipment will.

Sep 8, 2009 6:29 PM

mastershake5

combat arms

Ive been playing this game sinse December and now it s one of my favorites
now they added more games to play like quarantine and spy hunt and fire team

Sep 8, 2009 6:43 AM

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I play Combat Arms daily it's fine except for lag and the occational server problems and of course hackers

Aug 26, 2009 10:32 PM

Rovelius

What a noob review.

I'll just say this : I used to play this game for about 6 hours a day, constantly pulling off scores of about 80 kills/15 deaths and I could never afford buying all my stuff back when the time ran out. You forgot to mention this VERY IMPORTANT FACT because, after a while, you're simply stuck with none other choice than pay real money to keep playing. Either that or start another character.

Jul 12, 2009 7:28 AM

Dave

Combat Arms review

I have to add some addenda to this paean to Combat Arms. Nexon has introduced several characters (with unique equipment) that are ONLY purchasable with NX (1000 NX = US$1) and weapons that only they can use which are ONLY purchasable with NX. So their promise of not having to buy anything is not exactly true. In addition, there is a feature which allows for the ejection of disruptive or obviously hacking players. However, this is also ONLY purchasable with real money. I know the game is free and they gotta make a buck (or Won as the case may be) but it seems that they made the game good enough to be playable but they don't care about the experience overall which will keep you coming back. Maybe they hope you will become so annoyed that you'll buy a feature to make the game fair, but this could easily be cured with better anti-hack software. Based on playing for a week or so, I figure 25 - 35% of games have one hacker or player who is suspiciously good given their rank. I'm on the tipping point of whether I'll continue to play. It certainly hasn't pulled me in like CS or QW:ET. I guess in the end, you get what you pay for.

Jul 3, 2009 4:11 PM

Random

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Falling through the world and knifing all players is a hack, NOT a glitch. Just saying. As for the lag it depends on the host, the majority of things fall on the shoulders of them when it comes to how smoothly a given room is. (Although the game server(s) are a factor as well)

Jun 9, 2009 4:30 AM

Robert

Combat Arms

Hi, I play Combat Arms myself. It is a really good game. Please get back to me. (I wrote this off my DSi)

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