Combat Arms: The SG556 Review | E.T.A. Ch. 46 Ep.4

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Channel: 2hu · 2012 · Gaming

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The SG556, the NX Standard variant of the SG550 family, owes its improvements mainly to its vastly superior portability to the rest of the other SG550 variants thus far. But we must not forget that the SG556, along with +1 damage, sports -1 to recoil, and this 1 point reduction in recoil is significant enough to change the recoil pattern on the SG556 so that more of your shots can actually hit your enemies, a problem very much so apparent with all the other SG550 variants thus far. This helps significantly with the fact that the SG556 unfortunately still has the very limited 20 round magazine that the original SG550 also suffers. Other than that, the SG556 pretty much LOOKS more beast, and there's absolutely no reason why you shouldn't upgrade it to the monster that it will become if Bubba gets a hold of it.

Damage: 36
Portability: 62
Accuracy: 90
Recoil: 62
Recoil Spread: Takes a little longer to max out
Recoil Pattern: Bullets tend to fly towards the middle of your crosshairs more often

Mechanically and performance-wise identical to the SG550, may have a faster draw speed but this is unconfirmed

Some changes:

-SG556's physical appearance has been given a complete overhaul, with a blackened reskin, thickened barrel, and extendable buttstock

Frank Personal Opinions: While this is a huge improvement over the original SG550 just through its hugely buffed portability alone, as the slowness of the SG550 was quite a hindrance, its Gun Emporium variant is, to be perfectly honest, a beast. The fact that you can upgrade the SG556 into the SG556 Mark II removes all practicality of keeping the SG556 when you have the opportunity to turn it into one of the most powerful assault rifles in the game.

Final Rating: 68%
CQC: 89%
MRC: 60%
LRC: 55%

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IGN: AzN3AlK0
KDR: 1.53
Rank: Brigadier General (1 Star)
Clan: N/A

Map: Pump Jack
Mode: Elimination 140 Kills
Weapons: SG556, SG556 Mark II
Gear: Usual

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