AA LEGION: HONG KONG

GOING JAPANESE IN HK!

ALTHOUGH WE HAVE GONE UNASHAMEDLY “LONG GUN” FOR THIS ISSUE WE COULDN’T RESIST BRINGING YOU THE LATEST REPORT FROM LARRI, OUR LEGIONNAIRE IN HONG KONG AND MOST-DEFINITE “PISTOLEER” AS HE BRINGS THE LATEST NEWS ON A RIGHTEOUS CQB SITE… AND WHO WOULDN’T WANT TO PLAY AT IMPACT FORCE CQB WHEN IT OFFERS SUCH A BRILLIANTLY-THEMED EXPERIENCE? LARRI TELLS US MORE…

Facility decoration and layout is one of key marketing factors for any Hong Kong CQB Airsoft field, and I’m talking about a nicely themed and set up playing zones and a great lobby! Impact Force CQB (IFCQB) has been providing such premium service for more than TEN years here in Hong Kong, and while there were social distancing issues early on in 2022, IFCQB rebuilt a brand new Japanese themed game zone “Sakura No Kuni”, which brings you a total airsoft experience in “Japan street view”!

Impact Force CQB was founded in 2008; in the early days it was located in San Po Kong and moved to Hung Hom in 2016. After they moved to the latest location, they’ve never stopped upgrading their venue and it was never just a case of relocating the barricades! Field-theme changes are based on player reviews and renovated accordingly, which keeps giving the airsofter surprises! They had renovated about seven times between 2016 – 2022, changing not just the barricades, but also theme, lighting and audio system; as an airsoft player, we are always thrilled to see all new changes which keeps the games fresh and exciting.

On our visit, once we entered Impact Force CQB, we found that the whole floor is decorated like a

theme park with different zones for different types of players. The lobby is nicely built with great sofas, a VIP room, and is a well air-conditioned setup; the whole setup

helps them to draw a lot of new airsoft players or team building corporate clients.

Besides airsoft, there are a variety of services provided; there’s also Jelly Gun and a Laser Tag Gun Rental service for different types of players. I’ve tried Jelly Gun before, it is a weaker version of airsoft with a jelly bullet! This full auto jelly gun sets its firepower to around 0.2J, so it’s totally not painful and great for costume party or younger players, so any organiser can leave it to their participants to decide what they want to play; however, obviously airsoft is still my best pick, as they have THREE individual game zones.

CHOOSE YOUR THEME!

Sakura No Kuni

The first game zone is called “Sakura No Kuni” and is modified from the “Snow Garden” game zone; it is a very finely decorated Japanese-themed game zone of around 8000 square feet, and the hardware has been built based on airsoft competition arena, each side with two fortresses for sharpshooter , while the middle part is a paradise for assault players. As it’s decorated as a maze with walls of different heights, players have to mind their heads as you may easily get sniped. Unless it is a 10 v 10 game it is nearly impossible to guard all intersections, so if you push fast enough, you can definitely surprise your opponent from behind too! Personally this setup I enjoyed as it benefits the speedsofter, and as it’s decorated in white it is great for filming GoPro footage; besides that, people enjoy taking photos there to have the Japanese-trip feeling!

Victoria Town

The second game zone, “Victoria Town” is the largest of all three zones; it is around 10000 square

feet, and is capable of handling largerscale CQB actions. I believe it is totally capable of handling 20 v 20 people or more! It’s an indoor town theme with decorations like a train, shops, and market place, to bring participants a very realistic combat zone. Also, they’ve built three stages in between buildings, which grant a perfect long shot spot during gameplay. Within the zone, we are able to see the Egyptian decoration at the Museum session, and that’s a very iconic decoration of IFCQB as people have been shooting around this decoration for more than 10 years!

This zone has three major routes; there is a linked room section, low light road section and mid-way with several buildings. Again personally,

I think the low light section is great for assault, as there are less corners to search. The mid-way area is also low light, with a lot of corners and it is great for

ambush and defend instead of speed pushing. For the linked room area, there are several stages guarding the exit, so you got to be real careful or bring your teammates for that section. As the venue is in low light condition, players can make use of the situation for surprise attack; however the low light setting is not great for action camera filming.

Amazon Arsenal

The third game zone called “Amazon Arsenal” and is around 5000 square feet, a great venue for small scale action like 5 v 5. As it’s a maze setting game zone, the tension pushes your adrenaline to max level.

The venue built with around six open buildings with no camping spots; to move through the whole game zone, it challenges the shooter to make use of both strong and weak hand, and keep moving is the key to survival! For my personal

experience, I do enjoy using the game zone boundaries for shortcuts and to secure the rooms with teammates for further assault approaches.

A TRUE AIRSOFT EXPERIENCE

Among all the game zones, our favorite is “Sakura No Kuni”. It definitely challenges our guts and timing to coordinate assaults; the maze is the best part to make use of since there are lots of corners that benefit to defender, so corners have to be carefully checked. Last but not least, It is important to get a rear guard in each squad as this can save you from surprises, and this will give you a great CQB experience in “Japan”!

For those who interested in seeing Impact Force

CQB – Sakura No Kuni, you can check out my video gameplay on YouTube (https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=K8PWxss1-Xc). AA

“THE VENUE BUILT WITH AROUND SIX OPEN BUILDINGS WITH NO CAMPING SPOTS; TO MOVE THROUGH THE WHOLE GAME ZONE, IT CHALLENGES THE SHOOTER TO MAKE USE OF BOTH STRONG AND WEAK HAND, AND KEEP MOVING IS THE KEY TO SURVIVAL!”