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Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

good game play, lots of downloadable mods, i would recomend it to any gamer or fps fan

Good price

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It's cheaper than buying from Steam without CD. There are too many pros. You will need a lot of time to play this well. :)

Fantastic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

For the price, this is easily one of the best games I've ever purchased. The replay value for this game is unlimited. It takes some time to get used to the speed of the game, along with the fact that you will die very many times before you begin to get any good, however even when you're dying over and over again, it is hard to not have fun when the graphics look so good at the price you pay for this game.

Counter-Strike Source

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It's a pretty fun game. The built-in bots are good because you don't have to play against other real people, you can practice your skills on the bots. Playing against other people in the multiplayer is fun as well.

A Simple Game With A Somewhat Steep Learning Curve

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I never got a chance to play Counter-Strike till only recently when I bought this latest version of it. I'm however an experienced FPS gamer who played a lot of Unreal Tournament, Tribes 2, Raindbow Six, etc. There are some nice things about this game that I think I should mention first.

My computer is pretty basic for this day in age and it had no problem running this game at max graphics. The graphics are great though. The textures are very crisp and the models are detailed enough to look good overall. The thing is that they just didn't over do it. Who says you need photo real graphics to look good? So I think the graphics are great. They are very clean and acceptable on the eyes.

The gameplay though is what this game is supposed to be all about. This game is all about learning the little things to be able to get the first and most effective shot off before your enemy does. When you come in contact with the enemy there is usually literally less than a second before someone is dead. If you lag just a little bit then you can have a really hard time enjoying this game online because you will be dying a lot more than people with lower pings.

Now there is some strategy in this game. You can learn a lot of little things that can help you take down the enemy before they are even aware you are there. You can use sound to your advantage to locate an enemy's position before you make contact. You can also learn effective spots on the map to be at to flank or surprise an enemy who is just running and gunning around the map. Flashbangs can be very effective in this game to blind enemies before attacking them head on. There's a lot of little things like this but usually it comes down to being in the right place at the right time and ofcourse fast reflexes and a good connection.

I've been growing out of games lately so I tend to look for innovative games that can hold my interest these days. I have already uninstalled this game for that reason but I do recognize why this game is/was so popular and why it's a great LAN game. I'd suggest playing this on LAN rather than on the internet with strangers to get the most out of it.

So if you are looking for a game where you can pick up and play it and do the same thing for hours upon hours at a time occasionally pulling off some really nice kills then this game may be for you. If you can't stand dying due to luck or just really effective/cheap strategies then I would look elsewhere.

I'd say if you are aged 13 to 17 then you will probably get the most enjoyment out of this game. Since I have a job now and everything I just shrug this game off because it's now apparent that it's a waste of time after you get used to it.

Fun... but repetitive, and full of annoying microphone-abusing children.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First of all, I've been a Counter-Strike gamer since CS 1.3 for HL1. The game has always retained the fun factor. HOWEVER, as the community has grown, so has the nuisances. Microphone abusers. TKers. Hackers. You name it. If you can find a clean server where people just want to play the game rather than talk a storm and talk about how they won last night's clan match, then you'll discover an awesome game.

Second of all, even though the game is fun, it gets highly repetitive, very quickly. 99% of the servers play either de_dust2, de_dust, or cs_office. Honestly, there are a bunch of great maps out there, but the server admins love to make those maps 24/7. How much office/dust can one possibly play??

All in all, it's a fun multiplayer game, if you can avoid the idiots and nuisances. Pretty simple: Terrorists vs. Counter-Terrorists; kill the opposing team; rescue hostages; or plant bombs.

Outdated but still fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 27, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Needless to say CSS is one of the all-time GREATEST first person shooter games out there. The game is still played at LAN parties and tournaments everywhere and hopefully will continue to be for generations to come. Along with this particular package you get Half Life 2: Deathmatch and Day of Defeat: Source which I've honestly never played. This box is really only useful for the title game.

However, I will warn that if you're just looking for an awesome competetive FPS to play online with your friends, skip this and just get the Orange Box. Team Fortress 2 is still rising in popularity, but as a pro gamer I'm definitely seeing TF2 overtaking CSS in popularity in the VERY near future.

sweeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

this game is really awesome there are loads of mods for it and there is so much replay value,it's a must get. :)

kate

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

very fun game however you die a lot due to it being a online game played with many players who probably pay 24/7

Great Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Very good game. The online games will keep you busy for much time to come.

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