Recent reviews by Valkian

Quick edit, please do read the rest if you're not interested in paying to test the game and offer feedback though: I still am playing this game. I'm not gonna give up on this just because it's got rocky balance issues, it's got great promise and I'm definitely gonna stick around for the long haul. That being said, this review is only for the initial release. As updates come out I will update this accordingly.

Watched a lot of videos on Youtube of older builds and I was really excited for it.. But do be warned, this game will not hold your hand. I have yet to have a single ship last much more than an hour, it all rests on luck of the dice and how you manage your ship in the really early stages.

Early game is a lot more forgiving in terms of ships than it was originally. Mostly trade ships, and by the time you encounter hostiles regularly it's not too hard to get up some weapons to fight them off. They are less prejudiced against key components and components (on both sides of the board mind you) have more health so they don't go in 1-2 shots.

Stars have been better balanced; they cause fewer fires and generate less heat. Now they're only a problem if all your crew are already super busy and you're firing weapons and mining rocks like a crazy wildebeast.

Mining. Mining, mining, mining. Supposed to be one of the most important aspects. You need resources, and there's only one real way to get them. However, mining lasers now generate around 3x the heat they used to. You need 2 heat vents JUST to control the heat generated by ONE laser when it's cutting rocks. And it generates DOUBLE that much heat when collecting resources. So it takes 4 small heat vents just to mine without worry for a single laser.

Oh, and by the way. You don't have a crate any more, you only have a cargo hatch. This means your starting resources are MUCH more limited so it's even harder just to START building your ship to make it survivable. If you want a mining laser you'll have to forgo expanding enough to put in a water cooler and food dispenser and pray that you manage to cut just the right rocks and have enough time to mine the materials you need to build them soon. And don't bother trying to go for a laser turret, there's no way to be able to have your people survive because it takes so many materials and sucks up what little power and CPU you have.

All in all? This game is early access; you can't expect anything perfect. If you're up for butting your head against a wall until either your head or the wall breaks, while offering feedback and being, basically, a game tester? Go ahead and buy it, it IS still a blast. Just a challenging, trying-to-break-a-rock-with-your-fist blast.

I played this game back in the day, talking roughly 2007-2009 or so, I believe, it's been quite some time. I was part of a small clan and we did a lot of fun things together. The game was fun, if a little bit unbalanced when players with a decent amount of money dumped into the game showed up. I ended up quitting back when my old clan disbanded after trying to switch to a different game (A.V.A. Not sure how that game is now, but it was okay back then) because Combat Arms had this horrible reputation of hackers. In just about every single match you join that's not private. I checked back in somewhat recently to find that there's all new guns, all new maps, and all new pay to win schemes that completely overshadow anyone unwilling to shell out some dough. It's sad, because I think back to all the great times I had on this game and see what it's like now.. But I've learned not to trust Nexon with their games, and knowledge is power, right?

If you don't mind paying into a game with rampant hackers, then this game is probably for you. It honestly is a fun game, and you never get tired of hearing the announcer's voice saying "Nutshot!" everytime you kill someone with a shot to the groin. If they still have that feature, anyway. And yes, there's even a damage bonus for aiming between the legs, so don't feel ashamed.