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I don't get it...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 17
Date: October 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I just simply don't understand... why we should buy this... it only has 3 multiplayer games... even is you buy the HL2 retail version or via Steam you can get this other 3, except for DOD which is has to be buy it via Steam...

Not Really Worth It

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: November 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Simply put, you can buy half life 2,which is cheaper, and get 3 of these games. But if you dont want half life 2, someone should beat you, this would be a perfect package. Also, for ten more dollars, you can get this and HL2 all from steam and never leave the house, no shipping. You dont really want deathmatch anyway. It sucks.
Still great games, but if you like them, they all started out as mods for half life. Just buy HL2.

Displeased

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 11
Date: July 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game thinking it would be fun. This game is really no fun at all. Played 2 weeks only, to get to single played is a bunch of bull. Sometimes you don't want to play on line. This game not worth the effort it takes to get to single player. If you like on line games 99% of the time buy it. If not skip it.

why??

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 10
Date: August 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i still cant play because it will not download the game !!!!!!! why????? there is this message

An excellent game that steam won't let you play

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Counter-Strike Source itself is a great game. Repeatedly starting a round over in the same map can get tiresome, but for the most part the gameplay is enough to keep you going. IN my rating, the game itself deserves at least a 4 star rating. Because you have to have the steam client to run it, however the game is, for me, dragged down to a 2.
In my experience, you'll only be able to click on the counter-strike icon, get it to load, get it connected to a server and play, about 45% of the time. The other 65% of the time, well, there are a variety of steam related problems. Steam updates are the most frequent, i think, though they don't last too long it is annoying to be told when you can or cannot play a game that you bought fair and square. Being disallowed from setting up your own server with bots because "Steam is not connected to the internet". Steam's tendency to remove the game from your "My Games" list, deny that you own it and have installed it, then ASK YOU TO BUY IT AGAIN, is more troubling. The fact that this has happened 4 times in the 6 months that I have owned the game is perhaps criminal. The customer support is useless, waiting 2 weeks to respond to queries because there is nothing useful in the forums.
The kicker is that people who have stolen illegal copies of the game, cracked not to need steam, will be able to click the icon and play the game while you're looking for your installation disc.

Counter-Strike--The most overrated game I've ever seen

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 13
Date: December 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Counter-Strike is a Half-Life mod that allows people to fight as the terrorists or counter-terrorists. This is done on a massively multiplayer setting, so don't play if your connection is bad. On the bright side (what a small margin), the weapon choices and gameplay is raw and realistic. Source has also done a very nice job souping up the graphics and gameplay and banning hackers. However, counter-strike is definitely not for little kids. It is gory and expletive filled. A typical death of a Counter-striker would run something like this:

Player1: OMGWTF you killed me
Player2: i are pwning you

Seriously, if it weren't for Source's auto-censoring, it could be worse than Snakes on a Plane language combined with Good Will Hunting language, mixed in with kindergartener grammar. It's very frustrating to be killed numerous times and have to wait another round. Unlike Halo's wonderful layout and intensive gameplay, Counter-Strike delivers a cheapened, vulgar version.

Eh. Doesn't hold up at the end of 2007

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game isn't bad, and it does have a huge number of players, but it isn't all that good either. The game is completely multiplayer-only, and the graphics and weapons are more complex on the completely free multiplayer portion of F.E.A.R. Other problems include unimaginative level design by third parties, annoying voice-overs, and a strange astandard default keyboard layout. Personally, I feel like I've wasted the ~$20 I blew on this game, given that I already had a copy of that free game. Probably should have held on to my money and used it to pick up the Orange Box. This game doesn't hold up on its own to warrant blowing any real money on it. It's worth fiddling with if you can get it for free or bundled with a good game, but it certainly wasn't worth $20.

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.

Great game..... once you get good.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 59 / 60
Date: January 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Ok, here are your options. You can buy this package and get three multiplayer games. Or you can buy the retail version of Half Life 2 and get Counter Strike:Source, Half Life 2 Deathmatch, and the story version of HL2. Basically, with this package versus HL2 retail, you will be trading the story version of HL2 for the multiplayer game Day of Defeat and whatever price difference there is.

Now with that out of the way, I'd assume you are looking at this page because you are interested in Counter Strike: Source. Good choice. There is a reason CS:S is the number one online game in the world. The game is amazing......it's that simple.

The game is set up around the premise of Terrorists vs. Counter-Terrorists. When you first join a server you choose which side you want to be on, the main difference being the weapons you will have access to. During the game each team has a different goal. One some levels the Terrorists have to plant a bomb while the Counter-Terrorists try to stop them. On other levels the Counter-Terrorists try to rescue some hostages while the Terrorists try to stop them. During each round you get 1 life. That's it! This means if you die you have to sit around and wait until the round is over. It's not a big deal though, the levels are generally small and well designed, and rounds don't usually last very long. Some of the positives of this system are that it discourages "Rambo" type play where people will just run around with guns blazing, of course some people still do that, but most people are more concerned about being careful with their life.

The graphics in this game are amazing! All the particle, smoke and water effects are extremely well done. There is a reason the Source graphics engine is so popular and it shows in this game. If you don't have an up-to-date computer you may have to sacrifice some visuals for performance, but the Source engine scales quite well, so as long as you aren't years behind you should be able to find settings that work.

A heads up to any parents up there, there is a good amount of blood in this game and obviously it is centered around shooting other people, so you may want to keep that in mind if you are purchasing for a kid.

Now we move on to the actual gameplay. I already touched on the one life per round aspect of this game, but as a new player you should be prepared to die...... a lot! You will die over and over and you will never kill anyone. That is a fact, and if you are going to buy this game it would serve you well to just accept that right now. Having played First Person Shooters in the past will help a bit, but you will still be nothing but a bullet absorber when you first start out. The learning curve on this game is a bit steep, and there are many people out there who have been playing this game for years. They have the aiming system down to a science and know every level like the back of their hand. There is also a little weapon called the AWP, which is a sniper rifle you will get to know very well. Mainly by the amount of times you are killed by it. This is a one shot one kill weapon and there are some players out there who simply don't miss with it. Suffice to say it can be quit frustrating when you are constantly killed from 200 yards while you barely get a chance to even see who shot you.

The point of all this is that it will require a bit of patience to learn this game and get to a skill level where you can be competitive. There is a neat little option where you can start your own server and fill it with "bots", which are computer controlled characters, and use this as practice. You can even set the difficulty level of the bots. While no AI can compete with human intelligence this is a good way to get better at the game and learn the levels if you are getting frustrated on real servers.

Overall, it's a great game that is being updated constantly with new levels and features. If you can get past the learning curve you will be rewarded with a satisfying online shooter that you will be playing for years to come. If you are easily frustrated and do not want to put in the time it takes to get good at this game you may want to pass on this and try something else.

Amazing Graphics, familiar Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: October 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This product was originally exactly what I was looking for with a retail package for HL2. I had played though Half Life 2 at a friends house and didn't want to put out the money to buy the game just to play CS:S. The problem here though, is that the games are essentially clones of the original Half Life mods, just with better graphics. Counter Strike feels a little changed, map layouts are a bit different than 1.6, and weapons are a bit more random in hitting what you aim at. (inaccurate). Day of Defeat source is pretty much an identical clone of Day of Defeat, just much much prettier, and at release there's only 4 maps compared to the hundreds that I've played in 1.6. The game runs much better under the Source engine than the original mod did on the Half Life 1 engine. If you have no interest in Half Life 2's single player and you don't already have 1.6, this is a product that you won't regret buying. (at least I didn't, and I have 1.6)

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