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3 stars
Version: gunz online 1
"Great game, but it's flaws are more than evident"
Pros: First I like the general play idea. Running at full speed, leaping onto a wall, running along it and flipping off it in mid air all while fire bullets at your opponents is a thrill. The game boasts many differences that set it apart from your basic shooter. The Matrix-isque techniques (Such as running along walls, flipping off of them into a somersault and still being able to shoot your guns.), as well as the weaponry (Pistols, Rifles, Sub-Machine Guns, Machine Guns, Rail guns, missile launchers, flash bangs, frag grenades, smoke grenades, knifes, swords, and double swords to name a few), added to the western-ish look of the game. You will often being constantly moving, but take sometime to look at the nice scenery; from a section of a town, to a deserted island, and into a dungeon with pitfalls everywhere. Also setting this game apart from others, is that it melds action, shooter, and role playing into a workable element. As you defeat your opponents you gain experience that allows you access to more and more weapons. What I liked is that leveling up only decides what you can equip and nothing else, so it is a game of skill and good weapon choices. Musically, the 9 tracks are impressive, ranging from a slowish rock, to an intense thrash rock. Sound effects are believable.
Cons: What I didn't like is the customer support. Even in beta, some support is to be expected. Throughout this long beta, their has been constant hacking, cheating, exploiting, even mass character deletion. The staff (no matter it's small size) brushed it off and did not choose to do anything about it until it got way out of hand. Poorly done in any regard. The lag is somewhat bad at times, as everyone connects to each other and to the game server instead of all connecting directly to the game server.
Since there is no publisher for the International version (which everyone who is not Japanese, Korean, or Philippine will be play) there is no cash shop, no quest mode, and also no clan war server. This was a promised to be added by the end of last year, but problems arose and we see nothing of it now.
Cheating as I said before is constant, with a hacker showing up in every game eventually. Usually with god mode and speed hacks that make the others player unable to fight them. Also a minor exploit in the games coding has been dismissed as a style that is overly used, but in order to play you will have to cope with it.
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