Crossfire

Crossfire is a MMOFPS that has a lot of similarities to Counter Strike and Combat Arms. The game's story is that in the very near future there is two factions, Black List, and Global Risk. That's really all there is, for more go here. I've played Combat Arms(which I do not like, it's a very typical MMOFPS) and I can tell you, there is in fact a couple of differences.

Differences:
In Combat Arms you buy guns and only have them for a certain period of time, where in Crossfire, you just buy the gun and have to repair it every so often. This is one part I really liked, it sucked having to buy the gun every 10 days and waste money, and it seemed illogical, if you already have a gun, why buy it again?
There is also small differences, like you get awarded extra experience if you get the most kills, and MVP, yet no one seems to know how to even get MVP. Also if you get 5 kills in a row you get a star (it does nothing, but gives a sense of achievement).
You also have backpacks to choose from each time you spawn, you start out with two backpacks in the beginning of the game, but can buy more.
There is also a feature called revenge, if someone kills you in Death match, and you kill that person, you get a little thing for revenge, like the star, it does not do anything.

Your starting equipment is as follows:
Pick your character(SWAT, SAS, etc.)
M16
HE Grenades (for both backpacks)
M700(Sniper, also resembles a scout from Counter Strike)
and around 30k in GP(Money)

The guns are much better, they have the usual guns like AUG, M16, M4A1, AK47, and the AWM (exactly the same as the AWP from Counter Strike).
My guide for the guns is:
Don't buy anything until you can get the Scar Heavy, buy it.
Wait until you can get the Deagle for one of your backpacks, or get two pistols(what I did) for your sniper and Scar Heavy.
Then wait until you can get the Scar Light, this gun is the king, best gun IMHO, it's a headshot cannon, and also good for spraying in those tight situations.
There is also special modes where you can have just knife, snipers and pistols, or just pistols.

The biggest difference (and the only reason I've stuck with the game this far, and will probably stick with it), is Ghost Mode. This is the mode where Black List is invisible when not moving and Global Risk isn't. Black List, ghosts, can only use knives, they're really fast, and they have to plant the bomb at either A site or B site. Global Risk can use weapons and is normal, and has to defend A site or B site. This is the mode I almost always play (with the occasional TDM and Knife match), it's very unique, and I've always liked that stealthy theme. One thing that I must emphasize about this mode (especially on Global Risk) is headphones. I have $100 headphones (you don't have to get them anywhere near that expensive) and I can hear where the ghosts are breathing, so they don't have to move and I can pinpoint where they are.

Another thing is their reporting system. Have you ever wanted to get that hacker on film but don't have FRAPS? You can save the replay of the entire match at the end of the game in Crossfire. Then you just go to their site, rename the replay as the hacker's name, and submit the video in their support/request form (or something). Also to view the replay, go to storage (in-game) then replays.

Cons:
Besides Ghost Mode, it is your typical MMOFPS.

The graphics are not that good, there is still glitches on a couple of levels, and you can get stuck sometimes.

The biggest con is hackers. It is hacker central in Ghost mode, the hackers usually either have speed hacks, gun hacks(where they can use any gun they want by having their knife out and use it with unlimited ammo), but the most used in Ghost mode is Chams. Chams allow you to see the ghost even when they are invisible. Now here's the thing, you don't know if they have Chams or have really good headphones (I've been accused and kicked countless times for hacking because I can hear them breathing with my headphones). The way I tell is if you're a ghost, stand out in a big room, and if they look at you or shoot directly at you even when they're farther away, they're hacking. If they don't even look at you until they get close, they probably have headphones.
The thing about hackers is most people will kick them if you have proof, and even if they don't you can still report them. Every hacker that I have reported with a replay, I've never seen again.



Overall, it's a good game that I will play for a long time. The community is alright, though you will get that whiny guy who yells hacker every time you kill him, every once in a while. They do have the same system in most MMOs where you can purchase stuff with real money (I've purchased the SPOP character and sunglasses). If you want to contact me in game my character name is: Twitchy5*NOM, and I'll usually be playing Ghost mode in Alpha server channel 10 or 9, and BTW my clan's name is ColdPlay. Try it out, I hope to see you in game!