Hi guys, this is another VG review XD. This one is very different because instead of a game that you can play on a console, this is a game that you download and play massively multiplayer style. Another reason why this review is so different is because Jeff is helping me write this entry, since he also plays Crossfire. Get it crackin.
Again, this a game that you can download. You can get the game client here if you're interested. It's an FPS game, if you couldn't tell from the picture above. FPS means First Person Shooter, which means that you are in the first person viewpoint shooting a gun, which means you better kill some people or you're dead.
Well, first of all, you have to download the game. Then register. Then you login when the game screen comes up. Then you are required to make a nickname for yourself and buy a character, either SWAT, OMOH, or SAS (Wiki if you don't know what they are). You are not required to buy a gun right when you start, but you can. Some of the guns you can choose include MP5, M4A1, MP7, AK-74, M60, K1a, and more. If you do not buy a gun, you use the default weapons, the M16 and the M700. The M16 is an assault rifle that has decent stats. The M700 is your default sniper rifle and it does pretty well; 2 shots guarantees a kill, if you hit your target. Now some of you might be wondering how you can hold 2 main weapons. Well, you can't really hold 2 main weapons at a time. You have these things called bags (lol I fail) and in each bag you can hold up to 1 main weapon, 1 pistol, 1 throw weapon, and 1 melee weapon. Your main throw weapon is probably going to be the grenade, and your main melee weapon is probably going to be the standard knife. You do not have a default pistol, so you'll have to buy one, if you decide to do it.
Now on to the main weapons. Your choices for a main weapon are assault rifles, submachine guns, sniper rifles, shotguns, and machine guns. If you're new to the game, I recommend a submachine gun because they're relatively easy to use, and make decent killing machines (>:D). I myself use a K2 right now, a gun that many people consider to be the best gun in the game. But I honestly think that the best weapon in the game is the Scar Light. There are a lot of weapons that you cannot buy right when you start the game because they require a certain ranking. These later weapons are not hard to get, but they do require quite a bit of time and effort to obtain.
Another thing is that there are certain weapons that a normal player like myself, and probably yourself, would not be able to access. This range of weapons can only be bought with real money. The real money is turned into ZP, which is probably short for Z8 Points (it's Z8's game). It is not an opinion, but it is a FACT, that these weapons give the user very unfair advantages. Most of these weapons offer an extended clip, boosted accuracy, higher power, and extra add-ons. Such weapons include the AK-47 camo, the M4A1 Advanced, the M4A1 custom, the Golden AK-47, the AWM camo, the SG-552 camo, heart grenades, combat axes, and some more cheap (not literally) weapons. People who use these weapons usually appear as women characters in-game, and the best advice I have for you when you see one is: leave the game.
On to the actual gameplay. Being that this is an FPS game, you have your standard Team DeathMatch and Elimination modes, but Crossfire is unique in that it offers a variety of other ways to play. In Search & Destroy, one team is assigned the task of detonating 1 of 2 sites, and the other team's goal is to stop that team from exploding anything. In Ghost Mode, one team is partially invisible and is given the task to blow up 1 of 2 sites, and the other team is required to stop them. In the Vietnamese version of Crossfire, they also have a Zombie Mode, which looks extremely fun to play, so I hope Z8 includes this mode on a later patch. In addition to all these different modes, you can also play the same modes, but with some modifications. There are options available that restrict all players to using just knives or just sniper rifles or just pistols. The variety of modes keeps the game fresh and fun to play.
So what do I think about this game? Well I like it. I like the fact that you can choose your weapons based on your play style and also carry around other weapon sets for different situations. Again, I like the different modes you can play in. Sometimes I get bored with Team DeathMatch, and when that happens, I can join some other game with an Elimination mode or a Search & Destroy mode. It's a pretty fun game if you have the time to play it.
Unfortunately, there are quite a bit of flaws about it, too. But not all of them are directly about the game. For example, some of the people that play it ruin my experience by calling me a hacker or a "stupid ass bitch". Of course you're gonna get those kinds of people on an MMO game. [By the way, there used to be a LOT of hackers on this game, but Z8 or Suba did a really good job with patching up all the bugs and loopholes] Another thing (Jeff might touch up on this in his opinions) is that there isn't as much realism as we had hoped. Jeff pointed out to me that the AK-47 is very INACCURATE in real life, but in Crossfire, it is a very ACCURATE weapon. Some of the recoil is unrealistic too. Some guns have way too much; and I can tell that it's too much because I've seen them in action in real life. But one of the main problems I have is the "ZP whores", as I like to call them. These are the people that decide that they want to own everyone and start spending real money on the game in order to get better weapons than the rest of the common players online. One of the ways you can tell if someone is a ZP whore is if they are playing with a woman character (SPOP). 90% of the time, that person is a ZP whore. They ruin the game for me because none of my weapons can match their dollar-bought firearms. I seriously think that Crossfire should draw the line somewhere.
Overall, I'd say it's an entertaining game. It's not great, it's not horrible, it's just...good. It's especially fun if you have someone you know playing it with you. Try it out if you have the time and hard drive space.
Gameplay: 8/10
Controls: 8/10
Difficulty: 7/10
Graphics: 9/10
Music/Sound: 8/10
Overall: 8/10
That's my take on this game. Jeff, what do you think about Crossfire?
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Alright so here's my side (Jeff) of this game. Honestly I think Matt covered the majority of it, but there's always more opinions to add.
Alright, so with the gameplay, if you're into CS (Counter-Strike) you'd like this game, though most likely you'll choose CS over CF because it is paid for and more developed. If you've played console shooters like Call of Duty, or CS, you probably wouldn't be interested, but for those people who don't like to spend money on games, this is a great choice. The gameplay is pretty solid and straightforward, not too hard to figure out. There are a few minor flaws with the physics sometimes but it's totally tolerable; for example, aiming right on the person, wasting a whole clip without hitting them once; doesn't happen too often and it's correctable with experience.
The guns... i'd say they're 70-80% realistic, (don't expect Call of Duty physics and capabilities with this) the AK-47 as Matt mentioned above I realized is a pretty accurate analogy to the real one, it is depicted pretty well and made playable in the game. Z8/Suba did a great job with the weapons design and all its features including recoil and aim considering this is a free game. The one drawback is if you're like me, you do find it to have a very limited variety of weapons, but I'm sure they'll add more with new patches. One thing's for sure though, the people who pay money for this game are overpowered, but not invincible, enough skill will be enough to surpress them with any gun.
Overall, this game is a GREAT free MMO, if you're into FPS. It combines a solid gameplay with good weapons, and it has enough in it to keep you from wanting to quit; I mean who gets tired of shooting people?
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