Counter-Strike: Source (PC)

After writing a mediocre review of Half-life 2 I thought I would write about the real reason I bought it, that is the incredibly addictive Counter Strike: Source INTRODUCTION ******************* Like many things Counter Strike seemed to hit schools and rush through them like wildfire until every boy and a fair number of girls were hooked to it, to the extent the outside world was not seen for weeks (or weekends) on end. My school was never hit ...
...college most of the excitement had calmed down until the impending release of Half-life 2 (with Counter Strike: Source included). The excitement was intensified by cancelled launch date after cancelled launch date, but eventually on the 16th November 2004 Half-life 2 was released and people flocked to the stores (or the internet), not only to get their hands on that but also the online masterpiece, Counter Strike: Source. WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT ************************* ...

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...how... --------------------WHAT IS COUNTER-STRIKE: SOURCE?-------------------- Counter-strike:source (AKA css) is a FPS (First Person Shooter) for the PC. It is an "upgraded" version of CounterStrike 1.6 which, many players still prefer. You can buy CSS through steam or at your local game store as part of the Half-Life 2 bundle. Steam is an online company that allows you to buy and download the games through their program. CSS is a strictly multiplayer ...
...up a server so only you, or a few friends can play against bots (computer controlled characters) CSS consists of 2 teams where as 1 team attacks and the other defends, the 2 teams are Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists. Both teams will have missions to carry out on various different maps (E.g. Terrorists need to plant a bomb at a location) -------------------------------IN-GAME FEATURES--------------------------------- A great in-game feature ...

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To alot of avid computer gamers the words half life 2 makes their mouth water with anticipation. Half life 2 is the follow up to one of the best computer games ever created. Half life received over 50 awards in its first year, sold millions of copies and revolutionised the first person shooter genre. The success of half life spawned one of the biggest online communities. These communities weren't content with just playing the game but they made their ...
...mods ever created is counter strike. Counter strike was created by Gooseman and quickly became the most played online game in the world. 5 Years on after the success of Counter Strike the highly anticipated Half Life2 was announced and alongside that came Counter Strike : Source the updated version of counterstrike based on the half life 2 engine. After months of teasers and previews the whole world finally got their hands on this game in late September ...

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Rookie: Sir! Enemy spotted at 12 o'clock, we only have puny handguns while they have brisling automatic rifles. What shall we do? Team Leader: STFU n00b! You distract them while I run around this crate and catch them from behind. Rookie: Roger that! I will chuck this flashbang at them and hopefully it will make them blind for a few seconds so you can give it to them up the rear! (Rookie throws the grenade but it rebounds off the wall and lands ...
...I can't see! (Rookie fires like mad and hits someone. An audible 'You f**king n00b' is heard before it goes silent and body collapses to the ground) Rookie: Sir are you there? (Rookie gets stormed by enemy characters and gets knifed) I have been a Counter Strike player ever since the first original mod for Half Life was created for it, and I must say this game brought back many good memories from back in the day. Running around spraying my rifle ...

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Counter Strike (the original version based on the half life engine) was arguably the best multiplayer FPS game ever, if not the best multiplayer game ever of any genre. It started off as a free mod, but since version 1.5, valve bought the rights to the game and made it a commercial product, and was released on steam as version 1.6. Now that game has been done in the source engine, the engine used to make half life 2. And Valve haven't disappointed ...
...and thats the key to the success of CS:S. The gameplay was close to perfect on the original, so why change it? Apart from graphics, changes from the original are that the riot shield is gone (which only counter terrorists could buy), and players drop grenades just like normal weapons when they die. Also, players can be seen holstering any weapons they are not using. The phyisics is obviously changed, with Havok physics being used, making for some ...

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...else fails, defuse it. Counter-strike: source breaths new life into this game, running on the Source engine developed for arguably best game of 2004, Half-life 2. Running on this new engine CS: source shows off enhanced graphics, even for computers which don’t have a extremely high graphics processing power, the look is noticeably different, with smoother models, excellent new skins, levels being re-designed, whist still keeping their original scheme ...
...gun fights and corridors though which to creep up on your enemy. CS: Source also has excellent rag-doll physics, meaning dead bodies no longer go half missing in walls, but lean against them, if you shoot someone off a bridge then will drop realistically onto the ground below. Other advanced physics for things such as barrels are used, meaning you can knock over your enemies cover. As well as this impressive attention to detail has been pays, if ...

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Counter strike: source is an exciting and realistic fps (first person shooter). Although it is becoming older in the gaming world and being surpassed by new games with higher graphics and more complex game play it is still one of the most played multiplayer games you can buy. It was voted ?Multiplayer Game of the year? by PC Games Magazine when it was first released in 2005. The bonus with this game is that it comes with 2 extra games free when you ...
...Half-life 2: Deathmatch and Day of Defeat: Source. Before counter strike I often got fed up of the unrealism of fps shooters. Such as players still standing after numerous shots taken to the head and bullets stopped by wafer thin wooden doors. This game changes all this and invites you into a realistic world of game play where the one life you are given is all you have and must defend it as if it were your own. As soon as you log on to the online ...

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Counter-Strike: Source is a very popular first-person-shooter which has been admired by many millions of people world-wide since its release - Personaly, I dont see the 'hoohar' of this game. Despite this games ever-lengthening age it doesn't seem to be losing too many players to the newer, more hard-hitting games out there (such as Fear, Crysis and Call of Duty). Perhaps this is due to Counter-Strikes emence all-online capabillity. The fact is, ...
...and act for themselves (compared with other single-player FPS games where your only targets are NPC's). The basic low-down of Counter-Strike (...and it really is basic), is this. At the beginning of a round the player must chose between two teams: The Counter-Terrorists, for those players who feel they need rid of all evil in the world - and the Terrorists, for players who fancy a stab at playing the bad guy. In actual fact, both teams are even in ...

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This game has to be one of the best internet game out, im sure that many people will disagree but consider the amount of people who play this game. The game has advantages and disadvantages like any game so ill start with the advantages. 1.the game has the best gameplay ive seen in a game 2.you can play and socialise with people all over the world 3.wide selection of weapons 4.you can join groups of people who are around the same ability as ...
...And now the disadvantages 1.lots of bugs(problems with the games) 2.can have offensive people 3.if u have an extraordinary ability and can aim very well you can be accused of hacking (cheating) My experience of the game I will take you through a brief history of my experience of the game. when i started playing this game it was on my brothers computer and i did not have the components to run counter strike, when i did eventually get a good ...

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Christmas 2004 saw me opening a small DVD shaped present which contained Half Life 2. Fantastic I thought, being a big fan of the original Half life, although I had never gotten into Counter strike 1, due to the good old days of narrowband, and so i took no regard for source originally. A month or two passed, in which i enjoyed the endeavours of Half Life 2, and its offline play. However it wasnt until one day at college, when a good friend of mine ...
...i already had it included in my Half life 2 package. So i started playing Source. And quickly became addicted. The game has a very simple first person shooter concept. Counter strike source features some very well designed standard maps, which never grow old, due to the complexity of tactics which can be adopted throughout them. Although the game also supports 3rd party maps (which i will talk about later) which offer some variety to the game, ...

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i have been playing counter strike source (known from here on as css) for 5 years.i have become good at the game. it is highly team based even on public (where most people spend there time). when you get into competitive css it turns into a very tactical and deep game that takes awhile to get used to. i find it very rewarding it is also extremely active for a older game. has lots of players and many active servers and communities . after these many ...

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For me, this is one of the best first person shooter games out there, and if the title confused you this game is played professionaly, and has been even on TV. Although its not exactly the newest game out there, out of all the fps games ive played -beleive me theres to many to count- this would have to be one of the best. If you don't play online you better give this game amiss, since theres no campaign mode, but if your the multi player kind of ...
...best fps games out there. The game boasts, 1000's of online servers at your disposal, a harsh banning system to keep those pesky chesters at bay, aswell as team and solo options for play. Although this is a team game, you can terrorize Deathmatch servers as long as you want without diving into the usual game play. If you enjoy stragety this game is full of it. Shall we rush? Push bombsite B then retreat and rush bombsite A? The possiblities, with ...

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I was a sceptic when Source came out as a fan of old-fashioned versions 1.5 and 1.6, but when I saw the preview videos, my mouth fell open. It was like nothing ever before experienced in the game - the graphics were beautiful, the ragdoll physics stunning, weapons were amended and the gameplay totally different - there'd even been some new additions and adjustments to some of our old favourite maps such as de_dust. In an industry overflowing with ...
...was time to begin appealing to these kids with more money than sense. Let's begin with the physics engine. Previously in CS, objects such as barrels, chairs, tables etc. would remain stationary - but not so in Source. These objects now react to bullet impact and human movement - meaning that on maps such as cs_italy the doorway in the house could be blocked, adding a new tactical approach to gameplay. Fortunately for us all, the godawful shield ...

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Counter Strike Source, just mention this game to me and I'll ask you whether you prefer a Five Seven or a Deagle in 2 seconds flat. I'm just going to come staright out and say it, this game is extremely addictive, I myself play it on average at least once a day, for how long depends on the people. The gameplay: Really fun, your constantly on your toes, there's tension as you near corners, is there an enemy waiting around it with an AK aimed at your ...
...Terrorists rush bombsite B with all guns blazing, guaranteed fun until your screen goes red and you drop to the floor after a stray bullet strikes you. Gameplay can vary from server to server mind, not everyone plays properly, when players just crouch in one area and don't complete their objectives, you might curse yourself for even buying the game, utter boredom. Even worse are the cheaters, these people will ruin your day, don't think about taking ...

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