Counterstrike

Does it feel right?

These are the questions I didn't have to ask myself because enough of my PC loving friends had the foresight to ask for me. Well, I could easily cop out, say it wasn't, and return to writing bad pop songs about love and robots, but dear readers, you deserve more.

If you don't know what Counterstrike is then get out of your chair, crouch under your desk, and make sure what your actually using is a computer.

I mean seriously.

Counterstrike is a multiplayer modifcation of Half-Life that the general populace has been playing for longer than Tyler's been getting those funny feelings. The PC version maps range from ingenious to basic geometry 101, but are infinite because everyone and their mom can make them. This is a big downfall on the Xbox, as that kind of variety is hard to beat when content downloads only come through Microsoft. But thats a whole 'nother issue entirely.

Just to give you an idea of how much I wanted to love this, well, I am a diehard console freak. The biggest downfall of Counterstrike for me (and many other first person shooter's that ferment on a PC) is the fact that just about every single one requires some inborn skill with a keyboard and mouse which after 15 years of console playing, I am simply incapable of. When I heard this was being ported to the Xbox, I was estatic, as finally the norm would be the smooth analog control I had grown into, and not the jerkiness of the aformentioned keyboard and mouse combination.

The control ain't half bad in the Xbox version. The online play is where the game shines. That being said, and I really hate to say this because I hate PC gamers, but they're right here. Something is missing, but more than that...

there was really no reason to port this. Everything is done better on the PC. Its cheaper on the PC. The new mods look better on the PC. It probably runs smoother on your Pentium II than on the Xbox. I mean goddammit, this was just a waste of resources.

The Graphics and Sound are slightly (by slightly I mean, they changed the poly counts and programmed it in 5.1) but thats it folks, the single player game and training modes are a joke, and the option to play with a bunch of people using a controller as the standard is nice, but not worth the money your paying for Xbox live.

Honestly I tried to enjoy this, I really did. But even I, the single most jaded console vs. PC gamer of all time, has to concede that if you can read this review, then the PC your on right now can probably run Counterstrike up to par with what you would pay to much money for on the Xbox.

Someday we will get those keyboard and mouse bastards friends,


just not today.


Graphics: 3
Gameplay: 6
Replay Value: 6
Sound: 3


Overall: D

your = possessive
you're = you are

I am wondering where you got the impression that the mouse and keyboard are somehow jerky control mechanisms, especially in a game like Counter-Strike. Players have the option to customize their mouse sensitivity at any time.

You also catered your review to only those that have played CS already, which kind of defeats the purpose of your writing it. You never even described what Counter-Strike actually is (a counter-terrorist vs. terrorist squad based FPS) or what a player's objectives are (defusing bombs, rescuing hostages, etc). Why do you think the single player and training modes are a joke?

You need to explain some of the experiences you had with the game and why you came to the conclusions you did. Otherwise, you're just another Icepick or diffusionx, and we all know that no one takes anything they say seriously.

Things I really liked about the review:
-mentioned the huge variety of user-created content that Xbox owners won't be able to use
-I did not see a single instance of the words "realistic" or "realism"

Icepick and I run this shit, son.

Shit.

I'll buy it when I get back, just to light up josh and you.

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Originally Posted by Mamoscott

You also catered your review to only those that have played CS already, which kind of defeats the purpose of your writing it. You never even described what Counter-Strike actually is (a counter-terrorist vs. terrorist squad based FPS) or what a player's objectives are (defusing bombs, rescuing hostages, etc). Why do you think the single player and training modes are a joke?

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Originally Posted by yawa

If you don't know what Counterstrike is then get out of your chair, crouch under your desk, and make sure what your actually using is a computer.

I mean seriously.

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Originally Posted by Mamoscott

your = possessive
you're = you are

I am wondering where you got the impression that the mouse and keyboard are somehow jerky control mechanisms, especially in a game like Counter-Strike. Players have the option to customize their mouse sensitivity at any time.

You also catered your review to only those that have played CS already, which kind of defeats the purpose of your writing it. You never even described what Counter-Strike actually is (a counter-terrorist vs. terrorist squad based FPS) or what a player's objectives are (defusing bombs, rescuing hostages, etc). Why do you think the single player and training modes are a joke?

You need to explain some of the experiences you had with the game and why you came to the conclusions you did. Otherwise, you're just another Icepick or diffusionx, and we all know that no one takes anything they say seriously.

Things I really liked about the review:
-mentioned the huge variety of user-created content that Xbox owners won't be able to use
-I did not see a single instance of the words "realistic" or "realism"

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hey I appreciate all any and all feedback, but in my honest opinion, to write a review catering to people who have never played counterstrike would be a rather, fake thing to do. I really couldn't be serious about this review, and decided to take the opposite approach here because Counterstrike is really not a game that can be reviewed properly. I should say I gave impressions, that would make more sense, but an honest to goodness review of this game is bullshit, because of the way it is designed and because of the modifications made to it on an almost daily basis.

For a half way serious review check out my wolefenstein one a bit further down on the list.

And thank you for the feed back.

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

Icepick and I run this shit, son.

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You can run the shit all you want,


I am simply reminding you both that I am the shit. ;)

Bullshit.

Bull-poopoo-shit.

Light you up, lunchmeat.

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Originally Posted by MVS

Bullshit.

Bull-poopoo-shit.

Light you up, lunchmeat.

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Come on Matt we can take 'em in a sarcastic review off.

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Originally Posted by youandwhosearmy

hey I appreciate all any and all feedback, but in my honest opinion, to write a review catering to people who have never played counterstrike would be a rather, fake thing to do. I really couldn't be serious about this review, and decided to take the opposite approach here because Counterstrike is really not a game that can be reviewed properly. I should say I gave impressions, that would make more sense, but an honest to goodness review of this game is bullshit, because of the way it is designed and because of the modifications made to it on an almost daily basis.

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There are modifications made to the Xbox version of Counter-Strike on an almost daily basis? Not that I'm aware of. :confused:

What makes CS any harder to review than Rainbow Six 3, Ghost Recon, Wolfenstein, or any of the million other team/squad based shooters on Xbox Live?

The fact that unless extensive changes were made to the core game (which believe me, they weren't) that it is simply Microsoft taking twenty maps from the PC version, modifying them slightly, and saying here you go Xbox users.

I understand what your saying, but to say I was a bit too disgusted with the game to actually review it properly would be a better excuse maybe? The PC version owns the Xbox version so glaringly bad there is no comparing or contrasting it and the basic jist of the review is this,

"If you own a PC and an online connection strong enough to read this review, you own a PC strong enough to buy a better version of Counterstrike then the Xbox version."

Simple. Yet effective.

Again I state, to read a halfway serious review go read the wolfenstein one, which I wrote a year after I stopped writing reviews for TNL, its much more informative and conventional.