I have seen so many ads lately for this new “Combat Arms” online that I just had to try it. Since it’s free I mean why not? I especially have seen a lot since I’ve been doing the flash games project for MTV it’s just strewn all over the internet when you’re on free online game sites. I was slightly confused at first what Combat Arms was since it said it was an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) but the clips all looked like a FPS (First Person Shooter) game. This combination only added to my curiosity, another reason for downloading the game. I figured that the “free” was a trial basis and after a certain period of time you’d be paying for your game play… which was fine by me, if it was good I’d end up buying it, if it was only moderately fun at the end of the trial I’d have had fun but not need to buy it, and if it really sucked I could just uninstall it. None of these options are necessary since Nexon the company that made and supports Combat Arms doesn’t charge anything for any of their games… ever.
I’ve gotten pretty addicted to the game as the MMO part comes in more of a career than anything. With every match you earn experience, and money. The more experience you have the better weapons you can buy (though most are available to you from the start a few are restricted). And of course the more money you have the better weapons you can get your hands on. You buy weapons armor, and other combat gear in number of days, unlike with Counter-Strike: Source where you buy equipment each round.
There is one thing that I do have a huge complaint about in Combat Arms.В And that is the hackers.В Yes every game has it’s exploiters, cheaters, and hackers.В Most of the time though it is bearable.В You either have games like America’s Army where there is an UBER strict anti-cheat program protecting it (I’ve even been accused of cheating and I suck compared to most people).В Or you have games where you can find good servers such as CS:S where I only really play on two or three different servers that have very loyal groups of people on them and will kick cheaters at the first sign of hacks.В With Combat Arms there is no VoteKick or VoteBan option… so cheaters have free reign.В The only way to report them is on their forums, and from what I’ve heard all they do is clear you stats, wipe you money and kills… so there really is no incentive for people to not cheat.
