Counter-Strike Nexon
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
Realistic first-person gunfire against human enemies and hordes of zombies, with blood and gory hits in the zombie-focused modes.
A free-to-play store sells weapons, cosmetics, and randomized item boxes for real money.
Firearms, equipment, and cosmetic items are acquired through real-money spending and chance-based reward boxes, which form the game's primary source of revenue.
Zombie survival and defense modes pit players against swarms of undead in tense, frightening encounters.
In the classic bomb-defusal and hostage objectives players take on terrorist and counter-terrorist roles, so planting bombs and taking hostages are depicted.
Randomized loot crates dispense weapons and items of varying rarity for a set price.
A few cosmetic character skins wear revealing or form-fitting attire.
A zombie-outbreak premise runs through many modes, framing survival against the infected.
Some character and weapon skins use suggestive, pin-up styling for cosmetic appeal.
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What it is
Counter-Strike Nexon is a no-cost online shooter viewed from the first-person perspective, built atop the traditional Counter-Strike engine and expanded with a wide array of undead-flavored team-up and rivalry modes alongside player tools for making custom maps. Firearms and equipment are acquired using in-game currency, and matches pit players against either living rivals in squad-based objective rounds — such as detonating explosives or scenarios involving captives — or against advancing hordes of the undead, all rendered with lifelike shooting mechanics, bleeding, and grisly death animations. Sessions take place over the internet alongside other participants, typed messages can be exchanged with people the player does not know, and revenue comes largely from cash spending and chance-based reward boxes. A portion of the decorative outfits for characters and firearm finishes carry provocative designs. A common complaint among the player base is that spending money confers a competitive edge.
How it's framed
Rather than portraying its bloodshed as having lifelike repercussions, the title casts it as sporting marksmanship and outlasting the undead, handing out currency and rank advancement for eliminations and completed goals. Tasks assigned to the attacking side, including arming explosives and guarding captives, appear strictly as rules of play, stripped of any story surrounding them. The spending systems put chance-based and paid-only firearms front and center, which participants say tilts the odds in favor of those who open their wallets.
Details
- Developer
- Valve
- Publisher
- NEXON
- Released
- Oct 7, 2014
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