Combat Arms

 PC
  • Publisher: Nexon
  • Release Date: Jul 10, 2008
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  1. Brute1995
    Sep 28, 2012
    3
    Pay to Win. Bad coding. VERY frequent crashing. Nothing fun ever comes out. The servers are laggy. (look it up, combat arms server lag) on youtube. I've been playing this game since March 22, 2009. I wouldn't recommend it.
  2. orgasmic
    Jul 17, 2012
    0
    SO MANY HACKERS REALLY BAD RUDE COMMUNITY BAD NON FAIR STAFF THAT DONT UPDATE PATCH OR CARE ABOUT COMMUNITY OR HACKS BANNED LEGIT PEOPLE AND CRASH ALL THE TIME WITH BAD SERVER LAG AND ALL WEAPONS FOR NEXON(NX) EXPENSIVE SOME GUNS GO UP TO EVEN $30
  3. justinj30064
    Aug 21, 2012
    0
    I had to create an account just to review this game. I started playing this when it first came out and was in love with it till my interests wandered elsewhere. Recently I decided to play it again after having put it down for a couple years and was horribly disappointed. The hacking has gotten so bad with this game that I could not even leave the spawn points. Basically everytime I spawnedI had to create an account just to review this game. I started playing this when it first came out and was in love with it till my interests wandered elsewhere. Recently I decided to play it again after having put it down for a couple years and was horribly disappointed. The hacking has gotten so bad with this game that I could not even leave the spawn points. Basically everytime I spawned within 2-5 secs i was dead again because you could not leave the spawn point. No enjoyment whatsoever and I cannot even imagine to think what kind of idiot would consider it a good time to hack a game and camp spawn points.… Expand
  4. Dark-hello2
    Sep 2, 2012
    1
    It's one of those games I wish I could rate better and I wish I could say was great, but I can't. It's a game that basically forces you to pay for guns or sit through constant hours letting kids with credit cards kill you. The graphics are awful and there are hackers galore to boot. In my opinion, just go play Team Fortress 2. At least Valve knows how to keep their games updated, nearlyIt's one of those games I wish I could rate better and I wish I could say was great, but I can't. It's a game that basically forces you to pay for guns or sit through constant hours letting kids with credit cards kill you. The graphics are awful and there are hackers galore to boot. In my opinion, just go play Team Fortress 2. At least Valve knows how to keep their games updated, nearly hack free (Every game has them), and keeps it fair for the free-to-plays.
    In a nutshell, it lags, not kept up-to-date, guns are the only thing updated, hacks everywhere, pay-2-win, awful graphics.    … Expand
  5. Travistech
    Jan 17, 2013
    3
    Rated purely as a multiplayer experience, Nexon's Combat Arms is among the best out there. A slew of gameplay modes, more guns than possibly any other game ever made, detailed, well-laid out maps, and in-depth character customization make a potent combination for any FPS fan. Sounds incredible, yeah? However, when looking at the tangential factors, cracks in this lovely facade appear,Rated purely as a multiplayer experience, Nexon's Combat Arms is among the best out there. A slew of gameplay modes, more guns than possibly any other game ever made, detailed, well-laid out maps, and in-depth character customization make a potent combination for any FPS fan. Sounds incredible, yeah? However, when looking at the tangential factors, cracks in this lovely facade appear, revealing the gooey mess of the game's core.

    The P2W model is a good starting point. There's good and bad ways to implement this model, and Combat Arms(abbreviated CA) has done poorly in this regard. Weapons that can be bought permanently with in-game currency (GP) are limited to extremely rare special events, and the prices are often beyond the means of most players. So you rent guns for fixed periods of time. A recent update has removed the option to rent for one day, which basically ties you to playing the game for at least a week solid to recoup your losses from rentals. Now, if you're willing to throw cash at the game, then there's awesome gear a-plenty for perm and rent available to you. I've personally sprung for a few guns during my playtime as a gesture of goodwill and appreciation towards Nexon back when I was more inclined to like them. As an aside, I consider buying gear with cash in a game to be like a tip. The devs have provided a product to you, said you don't have to pay, but if you'd like to thank them, buying a gun helps both you and them.

    Increasingly imbalanced gear, guns, and characters have been introduced, breaking the game quite badly in favor of paying players. Some of the gametypes introduce thoroughly frustrating situations, such as the horde mode Fireteam, where in the zombie maps you probably shouldn't bother showing up without the biggest backpack you can afford and at least three MGs, if not going in for a specialist, medkits, and a minigun. Oh, speaking of the minigun and spec weapons, the piss-poor netcode and optimization results in more than one person using the minigun per map to cause lag, and anyone using the flamethrower will drag the game to a crawl. Optimization problems are very prevalent in the game, largely due to the ancient Jupiter engine the game is sourced on, which was never meant to handle the type of game that Combat Arms is and has become.

    And then you have the hackers. There have been three great hacker wars so far, and a fourth seems to be brewing on the horizon. CA's dev team can't seem to patch all the holes in the engine, and to top it off, there are design issues on maps that have been repeatedly ignored.

    The community is also a sore point. CA, largely due to its age and marketing, is filled with the most obnoxious sort of online gamers. Griefers, hackers, potty-mouthed tweens, they're all here. There are good players who play clean, polite, and respectfully. But they're few and far between, and they often become just as poisonous as the other players as an insulation technique.

    In short, CA is a great concept with an African warlord's armory worth of firepower, let down by bad coding, hacking, a horrid community, and design that not so much nudges as boots players in the direction of the cash shop.    … Expand
  6. ZangooseSlash
    Mar 2, 2013
    3
    Combat arms looked decent when i tried it out. Not really. The game seems pay to win, and almost no equipment is permanent. You have to keep buying items that last for X amount of days. The mechanics are horrible. I start a game of multiplayer, and my starter gun had a huge hipfire reticle, meaning i could only shoot stuff that was right up in my face. My team was getting spawnkilled, andCombat arms looked decent when i tried it out. Not really. The game seems pay to win, and almost no equipment is permanent. You have to keep buying items that last for X amount of days. The mechanics are horrible. I start a game of multiplayer, and my starter gun had a huge hipfire reticle, meaning i could only shoot stuff that was right up in my face. My team was getting spawnkilled, and i couldn't seem to kill anything. The graphics are pretty decent for a game made in mid-2008. I recommend not wasting the time downloading this, as it's not worth the time, downloading or playing.… Expand
  7. Auri-El
    Jul 15, 2013
    0
    This is just one of the wost games I have EVER played. If it was not free I don't think anyone would have played it, ever. Not for 1$ I would but this crap.
  8. PSNtoonjuice
    Jul 7, 2013
    0
    This game has gone to While it's true that almost every PC game out there has a hacker or two, this game is FILLED TO THE BRIM with hackers. Almost every server you join has some no-life with aimbot or godmode on, and if you play good, you'll get reported for hacking, too. Another thing that's bad is the interface. The design is good, but there are ads to buy NX on EVERY page. SpeakingThis game has gone to While it's true that almost every PC game out there has a hacker or two, this game is FILLED TO THE BRIM with hackers. Almost every server you join has some no-life with aimbot or godmode on, and if you play good, you'll get reported for hacking, too. Another thing that's bad is the interface. The design is good, but there are ads to buy NX on EVERY page. Speaking of, the only way you can get any actual weapons is to buy NX. The use their slogan "Pick your weapon of choice from hundreds, but the majority of it is only accessible with NX. The rest that you can earn in-game (with an excruciating amount of game time and low earnings) are usually crap and aren't all that better. So while other people who buy NX run around with auto-turrets and minigus, you run around with a slightly better rifle that you bought using 3 1/2 hours of spraying and praying. As if it wasn't bad enough, THERE ARE WEAPON-USAGE TIME LIMITS. You can purchase weapons, with NX, and only use it for a DAY. People spend over $100 on weapons that expire in 90 days. So in other words, you spend your money on NOTHING. The only way you can get a solid weapon is to spend $25 (25,000 NX) and buy yourself a permanent weapon. I'm not even gonna start on the gameplay itself. All in all, this game is Do NOT get this game; I repeat, do NOT get this game. SPEND YOUR MONEY ON A *REAL* GAME.… Expand
  9. sinadoom
    Nov 10, 2011
    3
    CrossFire is so much better than this. It runs on the same engine and there's more customisation here with attachments and stuff. It's not a bad game, but it's definitely not great or a competitor for other free shooters out there. The graphics and gameplay just aren't consistent or anything worth your time. In sum, the philosophy of this game is "Cheap and sh*t"
  10. Ordish
    Nov 7, 2012
    2
    The engine that powers Combat Arms is starting to show its age. The graphics are dated, the controls feel mushy, and let us not forget about all the hackers that ruin the game for everyone else. Over all the game is not horrible, but there is nothing that really stands out as a reason to play.
  11. rainc1oud
    Dec 4, 2012
    2
    this game is very laggy for ALL users and yet people still willing to play this game, despite it's huge amount of hackers, poor design and not to mention it's overpriced guns
  12. Elc1247
    Jul 10, 2012
    2
    I got into this game a while back as a poor PC gamer, before it came to Steam. At first, I thought it was decent since I had little experience with FPS games at the time, however, over time, I realized more and more how horrendously put together the game really was.

    I dont know what is is, but as far as I have noticed, Korean game developers just cant seem to get FPS games right, and I    I got into this game a while back as a poor PC gamer, before it came to Steam. At first, I thought it was decent since I had little experience with FPS games at the time, however, over time, I realized more and more how horrendously put together the game really was.

    I dont know what is is, but as far as I have noticed, Korean game developers just cant seem to get FPS games right, and I have seen a flood of mediocre to poor F2P FPS games from Korean developers. They can never get the feeling of shooting a gun quite right, which does not surprise me due to a variety of factors, both cultural and situational.

    Pros: Its free, there is an active community(theres a catch to this though... keep reading)

    Cons: Its Pay 2 Win (the very definition of P2W FPS), Horrendous ping(it doesnt even show ping at all, not surprising since Korean developers are not experienced at making FPS games in general), and the community is generally horrible (its one of the worst game communities I have ever seen), if you have played any decent FPS game (CoD, BF, TF2, L4D, BLR, etc) this will test your sanity.

    It may appeal to you due to the F2P factor of the game, but please, for your sanity's sake, dont play this game.

    Every time you think you are decently well off with an acceptable gun and a handful of gear, some child will join the server decked out with a premium character with a one-man-army's worth of equipment because he whined to his parents to buy him Nexon cards, run circles around all the poor people that havent payed real money since the premium characters were horrendously broken, chuck explosives everywhere, and wipe the floor with everyone that is sane enough not to pay $20 for a set of in-game items that only last a week. that further shows that the weapon balancing is non-existent, the higher level and more expensive weapons are just plain better. The presentation of the game seems alright at first, but the game shows its low production value with jerky animations and dated graphics. not only is the gameplay dated, but there lacks some very important things to make an FPS good, like being able to tell what everybody's ping is, and dedicated servers. I swear, even with the best games, I can guesstimate the lag of the movement to about 150+ ping, and on an average server, its 200+, as I run around a corner, and all of a sudden I die when I am not in line of sight of any enemy at all due to the lag. That being said, the community is the most horrendous part of all in this game... a large portion of the community consists of the stereotypical "spoiled devil-children", be prepared to listen to the shrieks of a spoiled 10 year old who's parents have basically "let the computer/XBox be the babysitter". not only that, but many of the players are not used to people that are used to playing much better FPS games. given that I have gotten my FPS skills from the 800+ hours of BF2142, I have learned to pay attention to the environment, and play with headphones. after taking a break from the game for half a year and getting back to it about 2 years ago, in the first game I entered, I was accused of hacking. It was an urban map, so it was CQC, meaning, paying close attention to your surroundings is vital. some child accused me of "chamming", which at the time, I had no idea what that was since I think people who hack in competitive games should be punched in the teeth (I dont keep up with hacks/exploits). apparently someone else explained to me that "chamming" was a wall-hack, which allows you to see where the other players are. I just listened for footsteps and looked at the mini-map, and I was called a hacker because I got the jump on someone by paying attention... and this happened in half the games I played. yea... the community is a steaming pile of cow dung. I left the game to keep my sanity. I will refuse to play this game even if Nexon paid me to do it (unless they want an honest review, in that case, ill happily expose it for the steaming pile of P2W dung that it is). If you read through all of this, I thank you, as hopefully you have been warned of the horrors of this game and will steer as clear of it as possible. The only thing I fear now is, now that Combat Arms has been moved to Steam, it is likely that the Combat Arms community is going to migrate over to Steam... "Brace yourselves... the onslaught of spoiled devil-children is coming..." There are infinitely better F2P FPS games out there, save your sanity and avoid Combat Arms like the plague.    … Expand
  13. MandarijnMarijn
    Nov 25, 2012
    3
    My very first FPS game i ever played. It was fun back in 2008, but the community became terrible. it has way more crying kids then cod. There are a lot of hackers in the game, i never played a game with so many hackers. and the community is so terrible, even if your not a hackers they will call you a hacker, and they will call you more then only a hacker. The game has horrible servers to.My very first FPS game i ever played. It was fun back in 2008, but the community became terrible. it has way more crying kids then cod. There are a lot of hackers in the game, i never played a game with so many hackers. and the community is so terrible, even if your not a hackers they will call you a hacker, and they will call you more then only a hacker. The game has horrible servers to. Also, you cant really become a pro in this game. Only if you pay for the good weapons, you can get pro. if you dont buy NX, it's really hard to get some kills. It was definitly worth downloading in 2008, now its just a waste of gigs on your computer.… Expand
  14. iliekgames
    Jan 4, 2013
    0
    Combat Arms is an epitome of a broken game with the singular goal to make money, through selling overpriced and overpowered weapons compared to its GP counterpart. Its also alarming that Nexon has little to none concern to its community. Like all Nexon games, they are destined to fail.
  15. JimmyC
    Dec 16, 2009
    4
    It's kind of sad that people spend so many hours playing this game simply because it's free, when far better options like TF2, CoD 4, and CS:S are available quite cheaply, with better gameplay, community and graphics.
  16. TheCriticCritic
    Dec 11, 2011
    0
    Graphics: 3/10
    Gameplay: 3/10
    Balance: 0/10
    Good for its price: No.
    Gamemodes: 5/10

    Combat arms is an FPS which fails to deliver in comparison to other games in the genre. Counter-Strike is a cheap game, but is superior to this and will probably cost you less in the end, plus has modding.
  17. ColonelGreg77
    Dec 23, 2011
    3
    Well it's an average game filled with hackers... but still enjoyable from time to time...
  18. W3XC
    Feb 21, 2013
    3
    This, this game is something. I used to play it when i was about 11 years old back in 2008-09. Oh man, i enjoyed it, i even bought some NX. But you know, i got banned, my KDr was 3. something. Still no idea why i got banned, even tried sending several support emails, never got answer. Now that i look back, this game WAS cool. I have tried getting back into it after i got banned, but neverThis, this game is something. I used to play it when i was about 11 years old back in 2008-09. Oh man, i enjoyed it, i even bought some NX. But you know, i got banned, my KDr was 3. something. Still no idea why i got banned, even tried sending several support emails, never got answer. Now that i look back, this game WAS cool. I have tried getting back into it after i got banned, but never ever if i can, since the game has more hackers, more rich kids that trows money into it and more OP stuff to be bought with NX. The problems are the following:

    1. Hackers, biggest hackfest off all time! You just made a new account, congratulations, now you go into a recruit server and get your ass kicked by a hacker EVERY SINGLE TIME you join a game. Not only 1, but often several.

    2. Pay2Win. Another HUGE problem, you pay money, you win. The default weapon is absolutely horrendous, so is the pistol and everything you start with. IF you choose to waste your hard earned money on this, you will most likely start using alot (like i did). You will be able to buy the best gear, and you are almost unstoppable when playing against low-rank players.

    3. Ranking is incredibly slow. You earn ingame money so slow, that you will have to play for 3 hours to be able to buy a weapon for 1 day. Not only that, but all the good weapons are only aviable to purchase with ingame earned money if you have a high rank, which will take you a gazilion years to get.

    4. Elite moderator (*facepalm*), worst game mechanic put into a game in the history of gaming. You can kick players out of your game if you want to? Then hell, why not just kick everyone who kills me If you even show a tiny bit of skill, you will get kicked out of the game ASAP. Now, what about non elite/super(!) elite moderator games, now no one can kick me for being good, but hold on a second, HACKERS!!! 50% of games outside recruit server and without elite moderator has hackers. Jeez, what should i choose, getting kicked by an with no skill and money, or killed over and over again by bloody cheaters? I choose none. 5. Whiners and cryers. People CONSTANTLY complain and acuse you for cheating. Nuff said

    Dont play this game unless you have alot of money, even then, please, dont it up for us other playersd. Its a pain to play.

    Now, why shouldnt i give this game a 0? Its not only the devs fault, but the player base. Disgusting little bastards, crying because someone is better and reporting you. Final thoughts, stay. the. out. pls.    … Expand
  19. Tylerhan2000
    Apr 17, 2011
    0
    combat arms does have some original gameplay like the quarantine feature, however, many things ruin that from unbalanced gameplay due to NX, the graphics are overall horrible with no really time lighting and clunky polygons, the overall destruction and realism is also extremely low. I known people who spent well over 1000 dollars on this game just to get a advantage because they suck,combat arms does have some original gameplay like the quarantine feature, however, many things ruin that from unbalanced gameplay due to NX, the graphics are overall horrible with no really time lighting and clunky polygons, the overall destruction and realism is also extremely low. I known people who spent well over 1000 dollars on this game just to get a advantage because they suck, instead when they can be getting better titles like Battlefield or Crysis, I recommend battlefield play4free, which is free, but gameplay and content and graphics are better than this game.… Expand
  20. TWPortals
    Jul 25, 2013
    0
    Combat Arms is a free to play FPS. That is probably already a given, but what you probably did not know is that it is easily one of the worst free to play games ever. The gameplay is mirrored among many other FTP shooters for PC, with nothing that stands out. The game is overrun by hackers, and could take you a good 10-20 minutes to find a game with people who don't cheat. Nexus has doneCombat Arms is a free to play FPS. That is probably already a given, but what you probably did not know is that it is easily one of the worst free to play games ever. The gameplay is mirrored among many other FTP shooters for PC, with nothing that stands out. The game is overrun by hackers, and could take you a good 10-20 minutes to find a game with people who don't cheat. Nexus has done nothing to stop this from happening. There are some "story" missions and a zombie mission, but they aren't implemented well due to zombie AI and the missions being dull and slow. I've been saving this for last though: Combat Arms is the definition of a Pay 2 Win game. If you don't know what a P2W game is, it's basically when you are required to buy items with your money in order to win a game. CA starts you out with some truly awful weapons, and only gifts you weapon drops every level, which takes a while. These weapons are not permanent, as you get a range of times between 1-14 days. The second your drop runs out, you are screwed. CA also has a recording software built in (still wondering why people would want to record it) but it sucks in all ways. For one, there is no audio recording whatsoever. Secondly, the quality of the video is so bad that I would rather see people record it with an iPhone. In conclusion, Combat Arms is a masterpiece at being won of the worst games to ever grace my PC. The best feature about Combat Arms is its un-install application.… Expand
  21. Speed4Runs
    Dec 9, 2012
    1
    If you pay, you're God; if you don't, you're just a poor noob. That's all what you need to know when you play this game. You need to pay to get some weapons, which may expire in some time! Is that a joke? Apart for this, this game would get a 3, because it's still bad: boring and very bad gameplay, as well as the multiplayer, graphics and sound. Also, MP is very closed.
  22. TheEpicSheep
    Oct 14, 2013
    2
    This game had some good features to it, in fact, a free to play first person shooter with a lot of guns and many to get sounds fun right? well you are dead wrong! There are 4 problems with this game that kills it.

    1. The Amount Of Hackers 2. The Online Lag 3. The Arm Shots 4. The Graphics The Hacker rates are out of control, Aim Bots, Spammers, and a lot more. There's even a    This game had some good features to it, in fact, a free to play first person shooter with a lot of guns and many to get sounds fun right? well you are dead wrong! There are 4 problems with this game that kills it.

    1. The Amount Of Hackers

    2. The Online Lag

    3. The Arm Shots

    4. The Graphics

    The Hacker rates are out of control, Aim Bots, Spammers, and a lot more. There's even a website all about buying cheats! And it gets annoying for every game you get into, there's a hacker. This is the biggest problem of the game.

    The online lag is so bad, I can't even play it, sometimes when I shoot someone with a shotgun, 7 times, nothing happens. Then I die.

    Getting shot in the arm instantly kills you... headshots take a while (unless you have a sniper) but if you shoot someone in the arm, they will instantly die.

    The graphics aren't important that much in a game, but honestly, it looks like the game was made in 2004. When it was made in 2012.

    Don't get this game. The trailer looked awesome but please do not get this game! I warned you!    … Expand
  23. Reets
    Oct 23, 2013
    0
    I started Playing Combat Arms around the time of it's Release. The Game wasn't too bad until a few months went by. The hacks/cheats came out for the game and it basically ruined the game. From that point on there hasn't been a single public match without a hacker in it.

    I tried to overlook the fact that every match had someone cheating in it whether it was hacks or glitches. I figured I    I started Playing Combat Arms around the time of it's Release. The Game wasn't too bad until a few months went by. The hacks/cheats came out for the game and it basically ruined the game. From that point on there hasn't been a single public match without a hacker in it.

    I tried to overlook the fact that every match had someone cheating in it whether it was hacks or glitches. I figured I could tune up my skills by playing those people. It helped, but then nexon started to Release Guns/Gear/Characters that gave the paying players a wicked advantage. When you have people Cheating while Paying for Items that give you the edge up it just isn't fun anymore.

    The Guns you can Purchase with cash are definitely overpowered and the gear is has much better stats than anything you can purchase with game currency. Yes you can buy good Items and Gear by earning game currency, but the Items that are close to those you purchase with cash are only available if you've reached a very high level. I believe that no game should sell Items for Real Money that improve the stats of a player more than the Items Available to players who don't pay or can't afford to pay.

    The Characters use to just be male and eventually they came out with Female skins they sold for Real Cash for a short while. Soon enough they released them for the creation process. The skins that are sold for Real Cash give extra boosts in stats which shouldn't be the case. Of course if that's not enough... The decided to make the Female skins extra skinny and that made the hit-box on them much smaller. Due to this there are tons of male players who choose female characters or purchase female skins to give them another advantage.

    After playing this game for a long time I noticed how Nexon wasn't really doing anything about the cheats available to anyone who wants them. The Cheats used are not free of course and when Nexon stops a certain set from being used another set instantly becomes available. This eventually made me consider the possibility that Nexon was either making the cheats or profiting from the person who develops them. I think that after years and years of this game making money off of every player that it could find a way or afford to get an anti-cheat aspect for the game. I firmly believe that Nexon is Profiting from the Cheats Developed for Combat Arms.

    Basically... If you feel like playing a Game where you can Pay Real Money to get better Weapons, Gear, Skins and Cheats then Combat Arms is the Game for you. Of course if you don't want to play a game where every match you enter has at least half a dozen cheaters in it running around with Aim-Bot and Overpowered Weapons & Gear as Female character(Harder to Hit) then I don't Suggest Installing Combat Arms.    … Expand
  24. libno
    Oct 3, 2010
    4
    The only reason anyone plays this is because it's free. My friend says Combat Arms used to be a good game, but like all Nexon Games, they ruin them by adding all these random stuff like maps. They epicly fail on recoil when your gun just starts shaking around.
  25. zeldass
    Apr 6, 2012
    2
    too much hacking. bad graphics too. if it was less hacking and beeter gameplay it would be better. who would this game if people hacks. it suckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkssssssssssssssss
  26. DanB.
    Dec 23, 2008
    1
    Game is very well done but is filled with HACKERS!
  27. Seryin
    Jul 19, 2013
    1
    Combat Arms itself plays great. Fluid gunplay and clever map design. It is even an extremely low resource game and can be played on extremely dated machines. If I were to rate purely off the game itself, I would give this game at least an 8/10.
    However, Nexon is one of the worst game companies I have ever dealt with. The game is designed to be COMPLETELY PAY 2 WIN. You will not enjoy this    Combat Arms itself plays great. Fluid gunplay and clever map design. It is even an extremely low resource game and can be played on extremely dated machines. If I were to rate purely off the game itself, I would give this game at least an 8/10.
    However, Nexon is one of the worst game companies I have ever dealt with. The game is designed to be COMPLETELY PAY 2 WIN. You will not enjoy this game or have any sort of selection without paying some money for TEMPORARY items (1 day, 7day, 30day). And it is all grossly overpriced. This system is the model example of Pay 2 Win.
    Combat Arms has a terrible company that designed the game in an exploitative market type fashion.
    Its really a shame because, like I said, the game itself is not bad.
    The reason I give the game such a low score is because the nature of the game gets you heavily involved with a horrible company. You cannot play Combat Arms without having to deal with Nexon's absurdity in some way.
    Nexon is the model example of a terrible gaming company. Play at your own risk.    … Expand
  28. TheBlastPassage
    Aug 23, 2013
    0
    At first, this was a fun game. It was enjoyable and at the time, was a decent shooter. But all of the: hackers, glitchers, and people who kick you for their own made up rules like; shifting, and like that. Why do you get kicked for sprinting? What's next, kicked for "clicking". Actually, that already happens. If you don't suck as much ass as all the infant children who play this, you mustAt first, this was a fun game. It was enjoyable and at the time, was a decent shooter. But all of the: hackers, glitchers, and people who kick you for their own made up rules like; shifting, and like that. Why do you get kicked for sprinting? What's next, kicked for "clicking". Actually, that already happens. If you don't suck as much ass as all the infant children who play this, you must be a hacker.

    Bottom line: Don't ever play this. At first you'll like it, then you get kicked randomly    … Expand
  29. Elucidate
    Nov 2, 2015
    2
    I've been playing this game for several years and feel it's finally appropriate to write a review for it.

    For starters, Combat Arms is a very casual game, which is largely due to the developers' choices in making the game. It is incredibly easy to play, which is a plus. Ignoring the issues with balancing, there are plenty of good weapons that are popular in the community. But despite    I've been playing this game for several years and feel it's finally appropriate to write a review for it.

    For starters, Combat Arms is a very casual game, which is largely due to the developers' choices in making the game. It is incredibly easy to play, which is a plus. Ignoring the issues with balancing, there are plenty of good weapons that are popular in the community. But despite Nexon's claims about CA's arsenal size, really only a handful of guns are actually seen used on a day-to-day basis.

    While the occasional hacker does pop up every now and then, the most egregious ones seem to have disappeared slightly. The fact that most rooms use some form of the elite moderator means that these hackers wouldn't be a big problem any more (for the most part).

    Lag is still commonplace and there are many glitches around the various maps the game offers. There are a handful of good maps but most of them are grossly underplayed, some for obvious reasons.

    Perhaps the biggest source of dissatisfaction comes from Nexon themselves. The utter unwillingness or incompetence in improving is truly astounding. Since the merge (which happened because CA NA was laughably dead), the number of features on the website has tanked significantly and the already-subpar customer service only further declined.

    There is no doubt that Nexon is working with a persistent handful of fans and trying to squeeze as much money as they can out of a dying product. While there have been moments of true improvement, most decisions result in either decline or no real change. Nobody takes CA seriously beyond its own community (and even there it is hardly taken seriously). It is truly for those who do not wish to spend any money on a basic FPS. Speaking of which, *don't* spend any money on this one.    … Expand
  30. MrGabor
    Jan 8, 2014
    4
    First i have to say, that i was a regular player of Combat Arms Europe straight up from the closed beta, so basically i was a witness of the whole "devolution" of this game.

    In the beginning CA was a super fun online shooter, community was kind of ok, no cheaters, good amount of guns and solid gameplay. After half a year or so, things started to go south. When the first specialist    First i have to say, that i was a regular player of Combat Arms Europe straight up from the closed beta, so basically i was a witness of the whole "devolution" of this game.

    In the beginning CA was a super fun online shooter, community was kind of ok, no cheaters, good amount of guns and solid gameplay. After half a year or so, things started to go south. When the first specialist characters were introduced, i knew where all this is going to lead. The game was still enjoyable, for the next, like two years, but Nexon started to make CA into an eventual abomination, that simply swallows your money, and leaves you in a frustrating pit of hackers and whiners, killing the fun entirely. I tried to return to CA a few times, but i couldn't stay longer than a few rounds each time, so i just moved on.

    There are quite a lot of things wrong with this game, the greatest of them all is a company called Nexon. Their management and maintenance of the game is simply ridiculous, interaction with, or response to their player community stands next to zero. They think regular updates are all, that people need. Every month there is a major patch, usually with a few new guns and a new map. What for? The amount of guns one can choose in the shop was already overwhelming years ago, by now many guns have the exact same stats, some of them are completely useless. One can easily get lost in the shop, especially newcomers. There are also way too many maps available, despite their number, people tend to play only on a few maps for some reason.

    Despite the fact, that CA was clearly transfroming into a pay to win game, i was holding on. Gameplay was kind of solid, ingame lagg was becoming a more serious problem, but CA was still playable. I never bought anything with nexon cash (NX), used only the ingame currency (GP) for all my gear. Over time, you can get pretty good with GP weapons, there is no need to buy all the fancy guns. Wich are truely overpowered sometimes. And here comes the fact, that player community is absolutely awful in CA. If you manage to dominate players, who spent a lot of cash for top equipment, while your having kind of basic weapons(GP), they will go crazy. People tend to call you hacker, cheater, want to kick you from the room. For playing better then them. IF you'r able to play, because the sheer amount of hackers present in the game is simply beyond belief. The voting system is more than obselete, it's just a broken idea. Elite moderators are kicking almost every player, who manage to keep a better score then they do, players constantly accusing each other back and forth, hacker this, cheater that, the whole process is just disgusting.

    Im trying to understand what Nexon was or is thinking, while following their current path of development. The very core of the game is more than good. The gameplay mechanics, the guns, the gunplay is pretty decent for a F2P shooter, maps are also enjoyable. But this insane idea of making the game an overall theft of the players money is poisoning the whole thing. A good amount of NX items are waaay too powerful, of course people want to have the upper hand, when buying them. After they bought a whole set of premium stuff, it's time to play. And what do you know? Even with the top gear you will be constantly harrased by cheaters, people will call you NX noob, for buying real cash items, servers lag for unknown reasons, and the list goes on and on. All this leads to a very frustrating atmosphere, players are angry with the hackers, with each other, and with Nexon of course.

    So in conclusion, a very satisfying and fun shooter has turned into an unspeakably frustrating, senseless battle against hackers, and into a desperate search of a decent round with tolarable players. The game itself is practically dead, a mear shadow of its former self. I wonder how long will CA actually last, i hope people start to realize soon enough, right now it's all about their money, without giving anything enjoyable in return.

    A broken product, stay far away from it.    … Expand
  31. misterwaffles
    Feb 8, 2014
    3
    They don't fix the gameplay what so ever. Playing since it began and still no changes. Why i still play? Cause i my computer is very bad. Plus i got friends on it. Anyways, rubber banding still occurs, hack shield is still not great, running down stairs can kill you, ladders are like super magnets and suck you in, gun stats are way off from real steel, overall it's just terrible. You alsoThey don't fix the gameplay what so ever. Playing since it began and still no changes. Why i still play? Cause i my computer is very bad. Plus i got friends on it. Anyways, rubber banding still occurs, hack shield is still not great, running down stairs can kill you, ladders are like super magnets and suck you in, gun stats are way off from real steel, overall it's just terrible. You also have the ability to become a room elite, or super elite, or plain ole room moderator. Elites can kick whoever they want. And with a free game with low system requirements it brings in a lot of immature players. Getting rage kicked is nothing new of the game. There are like tons of guns. But the statistics of each is nearly identical. So you can buy 1 gun thinking it's unique, but nope. Almost every sniper is 99% accuracy and 100% damage. Doesn't really require much talent to play this game.
    Overall. it's garbage. Nexon dev's dont listen to user needs. Stop making events and fix the game    … Expand
  32. walkswithsun
    Feb 22, 2014
    0
    In this game, if you spend real money and do really well, it angers ppl and they report you leading to the cash spenders being kicked. Its the worst community of any game I have ever played. I hung out a long time waiting for a better communtiy but it will never happen. Full of hackers and haters. DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME
  33. RetnuhTheGod
    Mar 18, 2014
    2
    The game is very choppy, and not very fun to look at. The game is free, but it runs off of a pay to win system. The people who buy guns have a huge advantage over the people who don't buy guns, and it costs a ridiculous amount to buy a gun permanently, so you can usually only rent it for a week or a month. Why not just spend the money that you spend on pay to win guns for a bad game on aThe game is very choppy, and not very fun to look at. The game is free, but it runs off of a pay to win system. The people who buy guns have a huge advantage over the people who don't buy guns, and it costs a ridiculous amount to buy a gun permanently, so you can usually only rent it for a week or a month. Why not just spend the money that you spend on pay to win guns for a bad game on a actually good game like CS: GO, or CSS, or Battlefield 4?… Expand
  34. AnotherAznGamer
    Sep 16, 2014
    2
    I played this game when I was starting out as a gamer, having no money to spend on PC games as a kid. When the game first came out, it was relatively balanced and free of hackers. However, as the years passed, the game has become extremely Pay-2-Win and hacker-filled. Due to the large presence and likelihood of hackers in the game, any successful or good players will often be kicked and/orI played this game when I was starting out as a gamer, having no money to spend on PC games as a kid. When the game first came out, it was relatively balanced and free of hackers. However, as the years passed, the game has become extremely Pay-2-Win and hacker-filled. Due to the large presence and likelihood of hackers in the game, any successful or good players will often be kicked and/or "hackusated", making for a less than enjoyable experience. Even just decent players will receive hackusations every once in awhile, just for using the sound of footsteps to determine your opponent's location. Furthermore, buying an NX (the purchasable currency of the game) weapon will provide a much more powerful weapon than buying a GP (the earned currency of the game from playing matches) weapon. In addition, speed gear is commonly used by most players in the game as armor does not have much function in the game, rarely increasing your survivability. Speed is much better at keeping you alive, but the issue is that the best speed gear comes from purchasing NX, with GP speed gear falling far behind. There is not much skill required to play Combat Arms at a high level anymore, with SMGs with low recoil and speed gear being the preferred method of playing for most as it requires minimal aim, or 1 hit kill snipers with perfect accuracy and fast spread recovery, allowing for easy shots while moving or jumping.

    I would not recommend this game to anyone as it is quite frustrating, mostly due to the horrible community and hackers. My rating of a 2 is only because of some sentimentality I have for the game after having played it for years before I starting buying better games off Steam like CS:GO. Honestly, it should have a rating of 0 for a horrible gaming experience overall, with a developer that updates frequently but adds new paid guns over fixes to the game.    … Expand
  35. PSPfreaky
    Mar 1, 2015
    0
    Combat Arms is filled with children. They say 'hacker' to everyone. Elite Moderators will kick you if you kill them (low). Combat Arms is buggy and laggy. Don't play this game!
  36. Smartie
    Jun 28, 2015
    0
    this game **** sucks. LOTS OF KIDS PLAY THIS GAME. MANY CAT FISHES. BEWARE OF AMANDA VIZNY AKA Martin. The most infamous cat fish on that game and will scammed you. Also, DrBlitz is part of it and he is a black dumb **** who scams and jack off to little girls pics. He is a pedo. The worse scum bag player is these two. Also, the GM **** SUCKS. DO NOT PLAY THIS GAME AND THEY DONT CARE ABOUT YOU.
  37. Zurie
    Oct 22, 2015
    0
    Being an ex-long time player, I was able to see the golden age of Combat Arms along with it's downfall.
    I joined back in 2009, and was a solid and loyal player for a large amount of time. I was around for the many hackers, and around for when they exterminated all of the hackers. I was on the North American server.
    However, the servers became fragile, becoming more and more unstable and    Being an ex-long time player, I was able to see the golden age of Combat Arms along with it's downfall.
    I joined back in 2009, and was a solid and loyal player for a large amount of time. I was around for the many hackers, and around for when they exterminated all of the hackers. I was on the North American server.
    However, the servers became fragile, becoming more and more unstable and laggy in the more recent years, not much helped by my sudden move of countries. I had moved from the U.S. to Australia, which made the game nearly unplayable with the new updates. What really killed the game is when they decided to do the EU and NA merge. It destroyed the connection for Oceania players. Also, if you had a high kill streak, even if it was legit, you will have been banned. The EU mods hardly know English, and won't even try to help you as the NA mods used to do. I asked why I had been banned, they did not give me a reason, and just told me, quite rudely, to make a new account and suck it up basically. Yes, it is stated that they won't tell you precise reasons why you were banned, but I at least expected some help as to retrieving my banned account, as it was a bug that got most of NA banned. But nope, no help. They responded once, and never responded again. Useless.    … Expand
  38. Mitchzap65
    Nov 6, 2015
    3
    This game is a sack of P2W, hacker filled garbage! Never should you have to pay $20 for a single gun, women characters are just fan service to the die hard **** who thinks 300+ guns means something. And even though the anti-cheat system constantly updates, it fails to stop anyone from making your hit box bigger than the universe. Don't play this game ever!
  39. alkmeon
    Dec 29, 2015
    0
    Too many cheaters. Except this nice game. Too many cheaters. too many cheaters. too many cheaters. too many cheaters. too many cheaters. too many cheaters. Except this nice game.
  40. ProsChamber
    May 12, 2016
    3
    I've been playing Combat Arms since it's initial launch in 2008. It seemed like a good, enjoyable fps game. For the first year of playing it, it was great. The graphics were as realistic as you could get around 2008. It had a fun, respectable community, that I would constantly play with and make more friends. The game offered a large variety of weapons to choose from. They offer an in gameI've been playing Combat Arms since it's initial launch in 2008. It seemed like a good, enjoyable fps game. For the first year of playing it, it was great. The graphics were as realistic as you could get around 2008. It had a fun, respectable community, that I would constantly play with and make more friends. The game offered a large variety of weapons to choose from. They offer an in game video recorder, so that was a bonus. The only issue I had found with the game was, the fact some weapons you had to purchase with nx. NX is a currency Nexon created for their games to purchase in-game equipment. In order to get NX you had to purchase it with real money. But it was completely understandable. Most weapons could be bought permanent through the in game currency(GP).

    I had moved around a lot so I wasn't able to play the game for 2 1/2 years. When I got back into the game, it had change dramatically. From gameplay to weapons, and purchases. The controls of the game remained the same (of course). But it was now 2011 and game engines have been improved upon to bring a more realistic feel to the games. Nexon had not improved the graphics of CA it was still 2008 "realistic" graphics. They brought in some more weapons and a few of them were too OP (Over Powered). In later updated they ended up lowering the weapon statistics.

    In mid 2013 they came game out with and update that changed the purchases of weapons. They made every weapon available to rent through the in game currency (GP) which last around 1-14 days and took away the power to purchase the weapons permanent with GP. Instead they decided to make weapons available for permanent through the Nexons currency (NX), which you have to spend real money to get.

    In mid - late 2015 Nexon decided to merge the North America and European servers into one server, while adding in a new launcher and way to log-in. After the merger the game began to become very laggy and glitchy. The game and crashed on me multiple times and froze multiple times. There are still no ways of buying a gun permanent without spending money.

    It is now May 12, 2016 and Nexon has neglected to fix any of the lag, which has gotten worse. There are so many hackers on their servers. You'll be lucky if you find a room without any hackers or glitchers. I'm still DCing out of CA every now and then, without DCing out of any other online program, it's just CA. The graphics are still 2008 graphic while the graphics now are AMAZING. And their in game record has bad quality for this day and age, make the game lag 10x worse and records a 10min game in a 3GB file. Most recorders record a 10min game in a 600MB file. I don't think CA is going to last very much longer. If they want CA to last they need to:

    1. Hire people who actually have a brain and know what they are doing.
    2. Use an Up to date game engine like Cryengine 4 and Unreal Engine 4.11 (soon to be 4.12)
    3. Completely redesign CA.
    4. Make some weapons available for purchase using GP.
    5. Reduce the lag TREMENDOUSLY.
    6. Fix their in game recorder.
    7. Get a new up to date anti-cheat/anti-hack client.
    8. Improve their gameplay and game modes
    9. Improve the kicking system in rooms with Moderaters and Elite Moderaters.
    10. Get advice from other successful FPS companies.

    Thank you for your time and I hoped this helped you guys understand my stand with Combat Arms.    … Expand
  41. wellington2017
    Oct 25, 2016
    0
    Just another free to play CS style (but with worst and unrealistic movimentation), PS2 games have better graphics and physics, pure garbage. In the game you can`t prone, doesn`t have life regen, teamwork is throwed of the window, only rewards cash players. Have TONS of hacks playing, but the worst is the hitbox, i haved lost multiple headshots because the game have a horrible hitmarkerJust another free to play CS style (but with worst and unrealistic movimentation), PS2 games have better graphics and physics, pure garbage. In the game you can`t prone, doesn`t have life regen, teamwork is throwed of the window, only rewards cash players. Have TONS of hacks playing, but the worst is the hitbox, i haved lost multiple headshots because the game have a horrible hitmarker system, females are OP jumping frogs that make you cry trying to hit those bit****. 2/10 PURE GARBAGE FILLED WITH HACKERS AND JUMPING DUAL SMGS FEMALES… Expand
  42. DarkSunrise
    Jul 19, 2017
    1
    Game is no longer pay to win which is a good thing but with the last update of it, the game has lost any shape. Snipers are choked having a long delay before they shoot, all the weapons are extremely inaccurate (even more than ever cause of the wild nerf). I personally think its a shame for the genre to call this game a shooter game.
  43. lightzero
    Nov 17, 2017
    1
    This game only did good at the begin but not later on. Tons of hackers filled 50% of games you joined. Instead of solving the problem, they offer you elite mode for those raging kids to abuse kicking players out of games. What they have left just play game modes that versus AI. However, this also get worse. Nexon is a money slave that almost making all gears only can purchase with realThis game only did good at the begin but not later on. Tons of hackers filled 50% of games you joined. Instead of solving the problem, they offer you elite mode for those raging kids to abuse kicking players out of games. What they have left just play game modes that versus AI. However, this also get worse. Nexon is a money slave that almost making all gears only can purchase with real money, In game currency become useless. Lack of gears you can purchase end up not enough weapons to carry for ANY game mode. They make this game 100% PAY to WIN or HACK to WIN. One of the worst FPS of all.… Expand
  44. ayyappa
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    i am playing this game from September 2009, it used to be a good game to play, later they migrated to Nexon now with VALOFE, and they didn't even sent an email to users that game is migrating again.
    I spend somuch money on this game. I took a break for one year and now they migrated to VALOFE again and i lost my account. I was in higher level in the game with ton of guns and additional    i am playing this game from September 2009, it used to be a good game to play, later they migrated to Nexon now with VALOFE, and they didn't even sent an email to users that game is migrating again.
    I spend somuch money on this game. I took a break for one year and now they migrated to VALOFE again and i lost my account. I was in higher level in the game with ton of guns and additional stuff.
    I cant even migrate my combat arms.nexon account to combat arms Valofe, My suggestion to you guys don't play this game. dont waste your time and money on this rediculus game, who frequently changes from one server to another server and make us to loose our account.    … Expand
  45. Paradisey
    Dec 19, 2020
    3
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71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. PC Gamer
    67
    It's a good place for casual shooter fans who don't feel like dropping $20 to get the crap kicked out of them in CS. [Nov 2008, p.66]
  2. GamePro
    75
    It's got decent game play and once the kills start rolling in you won't want to stop playing. There are just some things you can't pass up and this is one of them.
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  3. Gamervision
    70
    There may be plenty of better options for anyone looking for an online shooter, but for the price Combat Arms is among the best around. It's fast, fun, brutal and addicting - what more could you ask for from a free FPS.
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