Counter-Strike: Source

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  1. MartinM.
    May 6, 2006
    2
    The only thing that is better than in usual counter-strike, are the graphics and physics. It makes me sad, that you have no chances in this game if you do not have 4000 USD right now to buy a super-computer. Also there is a huge hitbox bug, as you can see in this video:
    http://media.putfile.com/css_hit_b0x_bb
  2. IceBrodie
    Jun 27, 2006
    0
    The sad part is people think this gameplay is at all practical.
    The fans of it are so die hard that if you suggested anything else they insult you rather than considering the possibility that Counter-Strike isn't the only game on the planet. The gameplay is alright but the players WILL ruin the experience for any who are not among the few, the loud, the narrow minded.
  3. MikeO
    May 12, 2007
    3
    This game can be fun if you want to take the time to build up your twitch reflexes. However, the hitboxes seem random. Valve could fix these issues if they took the time too. I've never been a game and didn't see at least one other person complaining about how screwy hitboxes tend to be. Yes, I realize lag can be part of the issue sometimes, but sometimes it's not. ValveThis game can be fun if you want to take the time to build up your twitch reflexes. However, the hitboxes seem random. Valve could fix these issues if they took the time too. I've never been a game and didn't see at least one other person complaining about how screwy hitboxes tend to be. Yes, I realize lag can be part of the issue sometimes, but sometimes it's not. Valve needs to optimize the code, plan and simple. As far as the casual gamer is concerned, you may not enjoy this game. You have to spend a lot of time building up your twitch relfexes which is hard. The poorer players or the players who understand teamwork tend to die first, often feeling unsatisfied. There is little to no teamwork in pub play, which is a shame. Valve needs to add more incentives for teamwork (this is not a team oriented game and don't let anyone tell you differently). All in all, if they would cater less to one man armies and optimize their code, the game could be fun.… Expand
  4. BigBenMarkly
    Jul 16, 2006
    1
    This game is OK for casual players, but if you are competitive than it is a total waste as Counter-Strike 1.6 is where most of the community is still at.

    There are many bugs in Source that make it impossible to play competitively for the most part, one of them being the ability to block a door with a gun, or prevent a bomb defusal with a a defuse kit. Sound weird? Yeah, that's    This game is OK for casual players, but if you are competitive than it is a total waste as Counter-Strike 1.6 is where most of the community is still at.

    There are many bugs in Source that make it impossible to play competitively for the most part, one of them being the ability to block a door with a gun, or prevent a bomb defusal with a a defuse kit. Sound weird? Yeah, that's because it is.

    It's ok if you want to pub around and just want to have fun. But in terms of being a "port to the HL2 engine," it fails miserably.

    I would give it a 5, but I think the meta score needs to be brought down a lot so I'm going to give it a 1, though it's a "5" quality game.    … Expand
  5. NathanFreeman
    May 28, 2006
    2
    A community that is a cancer to all other video game communities: rampant racism, profanity, gay-bashing, and grotesque celebration of recently aquired cursing skills all lead to a gameplay experience equivilant to riding in the back of a Jr. Highschool bus. When the 13 year olds finally decide to "branch out" into other games, they demand that it be changed to a clone of CS, most notablyA community that is a cancer to all other video game communities: rampant racism, profanity, gay-bashing, and grotesque celebration of recently aquired cursing skills all lead to a gameplay experience equivilant to riding in the back of a Jr. Highschool bus. When the 13 year olds finally decide to "branch out" into other games, they demand that it be changed to a clone of CS, most notably demanding 1 shot sniper kills on all sniper rifles. Cutting edge gameplay... from 8 years ago. Terrible balance issues. Terrible pacing issues. No iron sights. No fire and manuever game play (run and gun is NOT fire and manuever). No team work. Small levels. No room/ cover to flank. Graphics and sound are the only things that kept me from giving this scourge a 1.… Expand
  6. AjAxFox
    Feb 27, 2007
    0
    this game is totally crap.......full of hackers that seem to know just how to circumvent Copy protection, Cheat protection and any other measures put in place to stop this.

    The game (Steam) hogs so many system resources that the low end systems find it nigh on impossible to play. Sorry, but i own many steam games and get frustrated with the blatant hackers who join servers and Boast    this game is totally crap.......full of hackers that seem to know just how to circumvent Copy protection, Cheat protection and any other measures put in place to stop this.

    The game (Steam) hogs so many system resources that the low end systems find it nigh on impossible to play.

    Sorry, but i own many steam games and get frustrated with the blatant hackers who join servers and Boast that they are hacking and that there is NOTHING we can do about it.
    Fix these issues and these games WOULD be better, but for now, i say that they are crap.    … Expand
  7. JustinD
    May 25, 2006
    1
    I give it a 1 because grapics are good and so is sound... its hsitty i mean cmon same bullshit headshots n what not... lets have some fun not some luck... also like orignal lacked the capablity to have fun unless those campers go away or unles guarding thats fine... but then u got afk's whitch make round go a draw when some retard dosnt figure it out... and then the fact first teamI give it a 1 because grapics are good and so is sound... its hsitty i mean cmon same bullshit headshots n what not... lets have some fun not some luck... also like orignal lacked the capablity to have fun unless those campers go away or unles guarding thats fine... but then u got afk's whitch make round go a draw when some retard dosnt figure it out... and then the fact first team who wins get more $$$ and u get fucked with an smg or pistol and they got aks, m4s n whatnot... w/e… Expand
  8. TamirF
    Jan 20, 2010
    0
    This game is so booring, A new player need to play one month untill he realizes that he should aim at the floor, and THEN he will hit the enemy's head! I dont get why there is a crosshair in this game if its not accurate?!seriously this game is AWFUL
  9. Soup2504
    Sep 13, 2011
    2
    I got this game a while ago when it was ony $5, it was my first cs game, and it wasnt even worth $5. I have since then moved over to cs 1.6, and im glad i did. CS:S is just... no.CS:S..... this game is too easy, too boring, too stupid, and too child filled. it has less recoil, ESPECIALLY on the m4, resulting in that gun being OP, the maps are smaller in height, the player models areI got this game a while ago when it was ony $5, it was my first cs game, and it wasnt even worth $5. I have since then moved over to cs 1.6, and im glad i did. CS:S is just... no.CS:S..... this game is too easy, too boring, too stupid, and too child filled. it has less recoil, ESPECIALLY on the m4, resulting in that gun being OP, the maps are smaller in height, the player models are larger, the hitboxes are easier, and its just pathetic. the maps are just eye candy, and physics... i like the physics, but they scatter the most random **** around the map to get the point across taht there is a physics engine, and instead of being something cool or interesting, they just get in your way and annoy the **** out of you. the gameplay is boring, the game is easy, its filled with kids, and the game just bombs its legendary background from 1.6. this really was an uneccesary "downgrade" to an already perfect game. it couldve been half decent like dod:s, but it isnt. If you want to get into the cs fad, get the original, the only reason i would reccomend this game is for gmod content.… Expand
  10. DeadAgain
    Feb 23, 2007
    4
    February 23, 2007
    Just for reference, I
  11. RanchyMcSwiftBurger
    Jan 19, 2010
    4
    Annoying and Boring as hell. Now at first when I played this game I was getting killed by every single player on the server. After dieing about 12 times I realised something. That this sucked erect monkey scrotum. Even if I was sad enough to waste at least 3 months learning how to get good at this it would still be boring as hell. I tryed out the bots aswell and they were ok I guess but Annoying and Boring as hell. Now at first when I played this game I was getting killed by every single player on the server. After dieing about 12 times I realised something. That this sucked erect monkey scrotum. Even if I was sad enough to waste at least 3 months learning how to get good at this it would still be boring as hell. I tryed out the bots aswell and they were ok I guess but still boring as hell. And then I discovered the custom maps and how awfully made they were. And its obvious that valve didnt spend to much work on the v_models because you could see right fucking through them. I cant belive I wasted 14,99… Expand
  12. kill9015
    Mar 4, 2012
    4
    i got counter strike source because it was recommend by a friend and he really wanted me to have this game he gave me a 50 % voucher for it so i got it. when i tired a normal server i rage quited so quickly because it is mainly search and destroy which if fine unless you just get flashed banged 50 times a round. then i found the light at the end of the tunnel. it had a team deathmatchi got counter strike source because it was recommend by a friend and he really wanted me to have this game he gave me a 50 % voucher for it so i got it. when i tired a normal server i rage quited so quickly because it is mainly search and destroy which if fine unless you just get flashed banged 50 times a round. then i found the light at the end of the tunnel. it had a team deathmatch server which is better but it has no total score limit, it is basicly who can spawn trap each other first. the other good server i found was a zombie server and this was very good because there was normal a big boss which would take a thousand bullets before it got bored and flew away. overall if there was no tdm or zombie servers i would rate it a 2 at the highest.… Expand
  13. SantaClause
    Dec 22, 2006
    0
    Zero points couse steam. i have spending time two days, try to setup steam and css. First, i had to format my all hard drives couse steam´s updating system not workin at all... i have high speed internet connecton (800 kb/s), still steam downloading css updates only about 5 - 6 kb/s. Why, why... i´m so angry... fucking steam, great css, even i cannot play css, couse steam... !!!
  14. MikeD
    Jun 2, 2008
    1
    This game is terrible...an absolute waste of time and money. Buy COD4 and play online.
  15. TerenceC.
    May 23, 2006
    0
    This is one of the worst games ever, partly because all it is is the original Counter Strike with better graphics and less maps. Another flaw is that on almost every server in my experience there have been abusive idiots that have said some offensive comments just for using autosnipers and magnum sniper rifles.
  16. Anon
    Jun 10, 2007
    0
    Let's face it, CS:S was never meant to be a realistic game. Headshots can be made 9 or more times in a row, one man with a Famas can kill an entire team, and the AWP is ridiculously powerful - a .50 cal is not needed in most FPS games. Physics are crazy - bodies catapult out of windows through grenade blasts and bodies are flung back when the players are shot. The maps are linear. Let's face it, CS:S was never meant to be a realistic game. Headshots can be made 9 or more times in a row, one man with a Famas can kill an entire team, and the AWP is ridiculously powerful - a .50 cal is not needed in most FPS games. Physics are crazy - bodies catapult out of windows through grenade blasts and bodies are flung back when the players are shot. The maps are linear. Awful game, and 1.6 is much better value for money.… Expand
  17. SamuelMartin
    Aug 2, 2009
    1
    This game failed at improving counter-strike as the competitive game it should be. It lacks the feel and the competitiveness that goldsrc counter-strike has. The graphics don't make up for it (heck, they don't even update css to the latest source engine version). Hopefully the guys at cspromod will make a better job.
  18. JamesP.
    Jul 25, 2006
    1
    The engine is too choppy. mainly because the game was designed around a graphics engine not a physics engine. The game just doent feel right. It looks nice, just runs very bad. one of the worse fps games to date.
  19. RobertB.
    Jun 7, 2006
    0
    Absolutely terrible gameplay, very monotonous.
  20. JamesR.
    Oct 7, 2008
    4
    There are much better multiplayer shooters out there. Guns don't feel right like they do in other games like the brill rainbow six vegas. It just was no fun and you can tell it originated from a half life mod. This is just my opinion and i have heard many who have enjoyed this game. There are good points to the game but there are not many, buy team fortress 2 instead.
  21. NotReal
    Aug 10, 2006
    1
    Horrible Graphics worst FPS of all time, people in the game are immature and rude. I give it 1/10 the game is just horrible.
  22. jd
    Oct 11, 2007
    4
    Hm I enjoyed 1.6 quite a lot before eventually deciding to also purchase source so as play with a good friend of mine. When playing by myself I always find myself switching back to 1.6. It feel as if the old game has been raped. Why? There's nothing that's been improved from the smooth-running, skill-desiring 1.6 unless you like the new graphics (which I personally findHm I enjoyed 1.6 quite a lot before eventually deciding to also purchase source so as play with a good friend of mine. When playing by myself I always find myself switching back to 1.6. It feel as if the old game has been raped. Why? There's nothing that's been improved from the smooth-running, skill-desiring 1.6 unless you like the new graphics (which I personally find horrendeous). In 1.6 I still consider myself a newbie after 4 years of play (I do work and have a social life) and get real excited when once in a while you have a great score.. In source, it's nothing to do with skill, just spray and you'll shoot head.. Never a need for a "new" cs! Rape of the best game ever created! Back to 1.6! Ban css!… Expand
  23. bobsmith
    Nov 30, 2007
    0
    This game was the best game ever!!!!!!!!!!!...untill steam ruined it! best game i ever played, but I cant play the game because of the service of steam. is says: preparing to launch counter strike:scource, but then nothing. ive contacted steam and have never heard back. if anyone has a solution, please tell me!!!! game is a 10, steam is a 0
  24. GaryKirkland
    Mar 31, 2007
    3
    Good game, poor players. they constant bunny hopping and exploitive playing of most "players" of this game takes away any fun that may have been there for people with a life. the lack of realism is this games main downfall. and its main strong point for the people not skilled enough to play real FPS games
  25. Michelgrandpa
    Jul 7, 2007
    1
    fucked up game wats this fucking recoil IT SUCKS OMG... you cant even shoot someone fucking crap shit

    AND NOW YOU CANT PLAY THE GAME wtff... dude common yeh sorryr the game is unavalble at the moment please try later fuck you i got a day free and even cant play fucking CRAP GAME AND STEAM SUCKS!!!!!!!!
  26. ruilago
    Feb 20, 2008
    2
    I play this game and i feel among this years that this comunity is very bad, along with the fact that at the begining of the game their font code was robeed and is at the web for anyone yo wanna buy it, and valve2 anticheat system is so por makes this game a cheating paradise, when you buy this game cheats are among the pack, lol, and in the web to all, thanks once more for another gameI play this game and i feel among this years that this comunity is very bad, along with the fact that at the begining of the game their font code was robeed and is at the web for anyone yo wanna buy it, and valve2 anticheat system is so por makes this game a cheating paradise, when you buy this game cheats are among the pack, lol, and in the web to all, thanks once more for another game like this, it will be the last multiplayer online i will ever buy again till someone present a true anticheat, regards… Expand
  27. JamesR
    Apr 20, 2008
    1
    Not worth the money, Game looks horrible bad gameplay, not fun at all.
  28. BillH.
    Nov 21, 2006
    4
    Frustrating to learn from day one, but addicting, beautifully rendered with enjoyable rag doll physics if improbable. Horribly balanced gameplay, some weapons are one hit one kill weapons, while others are inexplicably ineffective. Valve has recently patched the game with updates that limit the options you have when setting up your own games. They've also altered the weapon Frustrating to learn from day one, but addicting, beautifully rendered with enjoyable rag doll physics if improbable. Horribly balanced gameplay, some weapons are one hit one kill weapons, while others are inexplicably ineffective. Valve has recently patched the game with updates that limit the options you have when setting up your own games. They've also altered the weapon procuement system of the game to make it all but impossible to enjoy a quick 20 minute game as it takes that long to have enough money to buy your preferred armament. It had a lot of potential, but has slowly degraded with continual updates that limit options and methods of gameplay, rather than enhance them.… Expand
  29. BegalJ.
    Nov 23, 2006
    4
    It's such a great game but steam is the worst thing in the world, so is DWP take that stuff off it's horrible. The game gets so buggy with all these crap updates you bring, just make more maps/maps to bring to cal one day.
  30. LukeM.
    May 28, 2006
    0
    Best Game Ever!!!!
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#11 Best PC Game of 2004
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#2 Most Discussed PC Game of 2004
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#7 Most Shared PC Game of 2004

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88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. 1UP
    90
    The game looks more beautiful than ever, with structures that feel weighty and solid and little visual touches throughout. The flash-bangs look fantastic.
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  2. Gamers Europe
    85
    Valve has done a sterling job of moving a flagship franchise over to a new engine. Whilst the gameplay guts come over correct and intact, (which may disappoint some), Counter-Strike: Source is an even more engrossing and captivating experience, capable of sapping hours of your time, and even the worst "1337 g33zers" abusing voice chat can't spoil the fun you'll have with it.
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  3. Eurogamer
    90
    Counter-Strike: Source is, once you've gained a knack for it, the most consistently rewarding and surprising team-based shoot-'em-up available on the PC today. It's been dressed up nicely for its relaunch in 2004, but it wasn't broken, and Valve hasn't fixed it.
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