Counter-Strike

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9.2

Universal acclaim- based on 7482 Ratings

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  1. EricP
    Feb 23, 2009
    5
    Let me be clear that this 5 rating comes from an average of two specific things. As a game that (I believe) revolutionized the FPS and Multiplayer genre, it deserves a solid 10/10. It is a technical marvel, it plays flawlessly, and is insanely addictive. Once you own it you just keep coming back for more. It doesn't matter what other games are out or will come out in the future, this Let me be clear that this 5 rating comes from an average of two specific things. As a game that (I believe) revolutionized the FPS and Multiplayer genre, it deserves a solid 10/10. It is a technical marvel, it plays flawlessly, and is insanely addictive. Once you own it you just keep coming back for more. It doesn't matter what other games are out or will come out in the future, this title will stand out for a long time as the epitome of a perfect gaming experience. The average of a 5/10 comes from the other extent of my review which is a 0/10 for all the ridiculously annoying hackers that ruined the game for many many people. This game was so fun and entertaining until the hackers killed things for a good number of Counter Strike fans. That is all.… Expand
  2. Anti-Fanboi
    Oct 11, 2010
    6
    A very awesome and challenging game,but when it comes to cheaters it really sucks.80% of the counter strike servers today are non-steam so you will find a bunch of 12 year old cheaters.
  3. baryluk
    Jun 12, 2011
    7
    Excelent multiplayer game, highly addictive, however still with lots of drawbacks - cheaters, too accurate weapons and players, and almost non-working armor, as well game when you can easly walk or run with sniper rifle and kill your oponents accuretly without recoil. It also have problem that maps are too small, and generally do not give you much of the freedom, in esence you cannot playExcelent multiplayer game, highly addictive, however still with lots of drawbacks - cheaters, too accurate weapons and players, and almost non-working armor, as well game when you can easly walk or run with sniper rifle and kill your oponents accuretly without recoil. It also have problem that maps are too small, and generally do not give you much of the freedom, in esence you cannot play a map more than one hour, as it will start being repetitive and boring. Also most of the fan-made maps are of very low quality. Other problem is that powerful weapons are too easly available, and revards and punishes quickly a worse players, makeing them even harder to kill anybody.… Expand
  4. eMPy
    May 10, 2006
    6
    Nice idea and teamplay. But the gameplay is very slow and sticky. The engine is much too old today and the graphics are very plain and simple. Especially this is a hard contrast to temporary new games.
  5. CalvinO.
    Jul 25, 2006
    6
    For what it does, it's a great game; problem is, it doesn't do much. Very solid, fast-paced gameplay, good graphics for the engine (bad in comparison to modern games, but whatev). As a realism FPS/ strategy gamer, CS is way too simple and repetitive for me. While the skill gap between new players and pro players is huge, all that seperates these players is their twitch reaction For what it does, it's a great game; problem is, it doesn't do much. Very solid, fast-paced gameplay, good graphics for the engine (bad in comparison to modern games, but whatev). As a realism FPS/ strategy gamer, CS is way too simple and repetitive for me. While the skill gap between new players and pro players is huge, all that seperates these players is their twitch reaction speeds. I've shot handguns and assault rifles for a while now, and a *very* minor thing that bugs me in CS is how your av hold left handed guns in his right hand, and right handed ones in his left (so that the brass ejects across your body, towards your eyes...hot brass stings like shit when it hits your eyelid). If you like simpler, faster paced games, you'll love CS. It's very solid (few glitches, movement/shooting/gameplay meshes great) and hackers, while much more apparent than in other games, aren't much of a bother; if one joins the server, find another server to play in. Deserves a 6 because despite what anyone else here says, it's very repetitive and does not take much skill other than being fast with your crosshairs. Just not my cup of tea.… Expand
  6. Redkiller
    May 10, 2006
    5
    ya i play cz and i wanted to say that u shouldbe able to hit people with ur gun in stead of pulling out your knife and that takes like 4 seconds and i think the hit box is off like when u shoot at a afk is so off u cant even hit in the head some times u should fix that please.
  7. StijnDejaeger
    Feb 25, 2007
    5
    I understand that people like it i play'd it 5 years but now i don't like it anymore .
    I say "start with girl then you will get tired of it there are much cooler things then gaming" .
    Freaking on a game is not good for your social life.
    Sow all get a life ;P .
    I give it 5/10 because i fucked up 5 years of mine life ! Thx ! ;P muahaha ;D
  8. SaxonSaxonson
    Sep 14, 2007
    5
    If Steam had "locked" the cfg so just rates could be changed it had been a 10* but i see scriptcheaters and illegal cfg hacks everytime i play, and the damn kids just says: the game is made that way to hack the cfg..........where is the moral? i can`t understand how people can sit and play and think that they are good when it is only their cfg hacks that is good. And why dont theyIf Steam had "locked" the cfg so just rates could be changed it had been a 10* but i see scriptcheaters and illegal cfg hacks everytime i play, and the damn kids just says: the game is made that way to hack the cfg..........where is the moral? i can`t understand how people can sit and play and think that they are good when it is only their cfg hacks that is good. And why dont they work harder with anticheat? i think they like the cheating and bust them couse they earn money thou the cheaters just buy a new account for about 12 dollars......it is all about the money or where is the logics? 3 lines in the cfg and u got almost wallhack, or how fun is it with people that have white walls and neonred skins on the enemy, and talk about that sound hack where u can hear wich way the enemy runs from their spawn......… Expand
  9. JosephM
    Nov 26, 2009
    7
    I give him(her) this punctuation. I do not give him(her) 10 because it(he,she) has bad(wrong) graphs in any sides, and it does not please me of the multi-player's video games. But only because of it, the majority of the game is excellent. But what happens(passes) is that there are to some servers that appear and have a great ping, and is too much. Sera because we are from another I give him(her) this punctuation. I do not give him(her) 10 because it(he,she) has bad(wrong) graphs in any sides, and it does not please me of the multi-player's video games. But only because of it, the majority of the game is excellent. But what happens(passes) is that there are to some servers that appear and have a great ping, and is too much. Sera because we are from another Country? Because they have told my me that if you belong to another country and another player to other one, one will have a high ping and other one a low ping. It is the only(unique) thing that it is necessary to arrange in this game and serious perfectly. This one is my commentary. =) Look, this use a traductor: Spanish to English xD… Expand
  10. HjarneRasmussen
    Nov 11, 2006
    6
    The game is an okay FPS game for ppl wh wants some action but it is old and cheating is getting even worse than when i started in beta..
    Cheating in this game is something everyone should try for a few days or so, but its actualley making you even worse than you were in the begging. I was number 2 in denmark for ablut 5months, and i must say that the game have become to easy to cheat in..    The game is an okay FPS game for ppl wh wants some action but it is old and cheating is getting even worse than when i started in beta..
    Cheating in this game is something everyone should try for a few days or so, but its actualley making you even worse than you were in the begging. I was number 2 in denmark for ablut 5months, and i must say that the game have become to easy to cheat in.. Doesent seem that anyone cares anymore?
    But all in all the game is something you must experince if you're into FPS games like most of ppl.
    Good game. Have fun playing
    MrT over and out    … Expand
  11. garrettp
    Jul 14, 2007
    7
    Valve is a great compeny and they can make great games. But, VAC (valve anti cheat) isnt so that good. I think cs should merge with css's grafix and make a cs1.6:source. That may you can have the fun of the game w.o the bad grafix. Any way, Great game!
  12. Tubie
    Oct 23, 2010
    5
    Good game and it could probably be much better but the kind of people you met while playing turned me off big time. I did enjoy playing it when it was relevant.
  13. Xextreem
    Jul 11, 2011
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its fun but at the end its all the same its simple shooter game if you like medal of honor you like this. If you like Quake or unreal tournament you don`t like this. Its a base round game. For me it was little fun but cheaters and aim-bots take over the game. Even with protection the problem is cheating wall-hacking and that kind of nasty things. If you can manage to ignore it have fun :)… Expand
  14. russiangamer
    Oct 16, 2016
    5
    Спасибо за вклад в индустрию,но твоё время прошло.
    Игра устарела по всем параметрам и в неё продолжают играть только те люди,которые застряли во времени или не признают современные игры,а так же cs:go.
  15. DelC.
    Jun 18, 2006
    7
    many cheaters. valve is not doing nothing like vac updating. other than that it is really fun.
  16. EmilJohansson
    Mar 20, 2007
    7
    Played the game sens beta, loved it all the time. But nowdays i only play for funt from time to time at public servers. But no more, all this cheating, whinning and unmature behavior makes it NO-fun at all, so to all you cheaters/whiners/unmatures thanks A LOT for screwing this game up ! =/
  17. JackAss
    Nov 26, 2001
    5
    Good weaponry, good maps, bad gameplay. People way to often cheat, not to mention those jerks that Flashbang their entire team at the game start... and Sierra doesn't seem to give a sh*t about the cheating...in fact, the lastest patch actually made it EASIER for people to cheat.
  18. davidESP
    Apr 17, 2016
    7
    Es un gran juego todo lo simple lo hace bien.Aparte con los mods hay muchas mas maneras de jugar iteresantes como los mapas de death run o modos como duelo por equipos
  19. ashketchum
    Jul 17, 2017
    6
    Counter-Strike is a decent game, however, it has since been outdone by many other FPS games. It is simple, and the controls aren't complicated to get used to. However, the gameplay becomes repetitive quickly, and after playing through it for some hours, the game doesn't offer much to add to the experience. Honestly, it doesn't require much skill, more about how fast you can dodge or aim,Counter-Strike is a decent game, however, it has since been outdone by many other FPS games. It is simple, and the controls aren't complicated to get used to. However, the gameplay becomes repetitive quickly, and after playing through it for some hours, the game doesn't offer much to add to the experience. Honestly, it doesn't require much skill, more about how fast you can dodge or aim, and how much time you are willing to commit to this game. For what it is though, it's not a bad game.… Expand
  20. meeyo
    Apr 16, 2019
    6
    im as a girl are not really interested in playing this game because it give me more stressed when play it.
  21. The_Moon
    Mar 18, 2018
    6
    Soundtrack: None
    Graphics: 4/10
    Story: None
    Gameplay: 6/10

    The graphics look low resolution and terrible, but I wasn't really expecting any better out of a game this old. The gameplay was very difficult, but I managed to have some fun. I'm sure if I got better at the game it would be more fun, but I don't have the patience.

    Overall: 6/10
  22. sebastianali
    Jul 14, 2019
    7
    Es un juego muy adictivo, incluso con bots pero no tiene modo campaña y no podes desbloquear nada. Ni siquiera cosmeticos... nada... Ademas, el juego no tiene una opcion para poder poner otra skin sin tener que remplazar las antiguas. Eso si que es un punto muy negativo. Ademas, el juego no recibio una actualizacion que lo mejore lo suficiente en graficos como la version de XBOX. Por loEs un juego muy adictivo, incluso con bots pero no tiene modo campaña y no podes desbloquear nada. Ni siquiera cosmeticos... nada... Ademas, el juego no tiene una opcion para poder poner otra skin sin tener que remplazar las antiguas. Eso si que es un punto muy negativo. Ademas, el juego no recibio una actualizacion que lo mejore lo suficiente en graficos como la version de XBOX. Por lo que se puede decir que esta decayendo graficamente con el paso del tiempo. Tampoco se puede apuntar con el arma, y la manera de disparar es horrible. Todas las armas tienen pesima punteria, pero los bots no.… Expand
  23. NightElves
    Jan 6, 2021
    6
    It was fun playing this game with schoolmates back then. But since the release of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero this game is nothing. Nothing for solo players, at least you can play with bots with Condition Zero.
  24. lidwang
    Mar 1, 2019
    5
    This gave me a great times with my friends a long time ago, and even though it's nothing special now a days I would recommend this to anyone who wants to know how all this started.
  25. vova22379
    Dec 18, 2021
    6
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  26. StarkAgentos
    Mar 16, 2022
    6
    Поиграл 1 час. Игра легендарная, но в 2022 играется никак. Физика ужасная, графика тоже, как и движок + невозможно тащить, ведь в игре сидят одни олдфаги.
  27. Mo3taz
    Nov 23, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Best game ever , i love it so much , nice gameplay , online , mods ..., Great ❤️… Expand
  28. Ravager72
    Dec 11, 2022
    7
    It’s an old game and its graphics have not aged too well. So, if you’re looking for a shooter with good visuals Counter-Strike 1.6 is definitely not the right game for you.

    There isn’t much music in the game, but the main theme is legendary. Sound effects, like reloading or pulling out of weapons are very satisfying, which is a very nice feature for any shooter. There is a massive    It’s an old game and its graphics have not aged too well. So, if you’re looking for a shooter with good visuals Counter-Strike 1.6 is definitely not the right game for you.

    There isn’t much music in the game, but the main theme is legendary. Sound effects, like reloading or pulling out of weapons are very satisfying, which is a very nice feature for any shooter.

    There is a massive amount of content if You include the community servers, which bring countless game modes, maps, and weapons.

    Overall, I enjoy the game. It is a good competitive shooter with easy, nice-feeling controls. However, after playing the new CS:GO and other titles like Battlefield I found the shooting in Counter-Strike 1.6 to be really difficult and hard to get used to.

    There are many better shooters available on the market now, so I would only recommend the OG Counter-Strike for its nostalgic experience, or to people interested in seeing the beginnings of the best series of competitive shooters to ever exist.    … Expand

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#12 Best PC Game of 2000
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#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2000
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#3 Most Shared PC Game of 2000

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88

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  1. PC Gameworld
    88
    Buy it, download it, whatever; just get on board and enjoy. Sure-fire fun for the online enthusiast.
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  2. Spank!
    90
    It combines the best of team based gaming with an authentic and therefore exciting approach to tactical ops.
  3. All Game Guide
    80
    The core of the game is remarkable.
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