Combat Arms Closed Beta Review--06-25-2008

	Game Title: Combat Arms
	Genre: MMOFPS
	Developer: Nexon
	Publisher: Nexon
	Status: Closed Beta (May 30th)
	Official Site: http://combatarms.nexon.net/

This review is written by Michael Grantham from MMOsite Writer Club.

The player is first given an option of several characters from which they can choose and then once a sever is chosen is then moved into the waiting room from which several options are available. Firstly, players are able to enter the games shop where in-game currency, gained through combat, can be spent upon a variety of weapons which are categorised into primary, secondary, melee and thrown. Both primary and secondary weapons relate to fire arms; for primary this includes your automatics, howitzers, sniper-rifles and rocket-launchers, whereas secondary is comprised of hand-guns and pump action shotguns.

Melee is the field-knife and thrown indicates various grenades including motion-sensitive land-mines, chemical and explosive. Players are able to hold one weapon from each main category, giving access to 4 weapons to be utilized whilst in combat. However, both first and secondary weapons can also be modified with various applications including telescopic-lenses, silencers and larger magazines, giving players the chance to select and equip the weapons and modifications with which they feel most comfortable. For instance, though the AK-49 is an automatic rifle, Combat Arts allows players to also implement a scope. Although the rifle will be lacking the accuracy, range and damage as what is reflected by the sniper-rifle, potential for various strategies and tactics become available.

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At the time of this preview, only two styles of game play were available - search and destroy and elimination, both of which are team-based and can accommodate matches ranging from as few as 2v2 to 8x8.

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Like many FPS games, the controls are set to WASD for movement and LMB for primary fire. Ctrl is for the crouch position, space for jumping, e for action, such as opening doors and weapons are accessed through keys 1-4. Whilst moving, holding down shift will cause the character to sprint and whilst holding a firearm equipped with a scope, the RMB is used for zooming in and out. However, through the options menu, players are able to change these settings to suite their individual preference.

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