Jah Warrior Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 OK, A little while ago I bought the halflife pack including blueshift and counterstrike and all that stuff, I didnt install it basicly because I was onto JK2 big time. Well, the other day I installed it, I was shocked to say the least. The graphics sucked in a bad way, the gameplay was plain sucky, and it was rife with cheats, they were even chatting about different cheat mods openly it was that bad! Why then is there like (at the time of posting this thread) 136,000 players on line when a good game liek JK2 has only 2,200 players online. What is so good about counterstrike I really do fail to see what the fascination with it is. OK Counterstrike has been around for ages and it has an established fan base but it does not even compare to JK2 in terms of quality, and next to games like Soldier of Fortune 2 it looks like something concieved for the Amiga. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'jais Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 It does suck... Plainly, CS has NOTHING going for it other than the established fanbase you mentioned. Nearly every new "realistic", teambased halflife mod is better, but the CS-mob just refuses to acknowledge the fact. Day of Defeat is far more realistic and it follows more or less the same gameplay - just better. Pick that mod if you're a bold proclaimer of CS's so called "realism".... pfeh. Actually, I was so used to the sniperrifle being used in a realistic way, that once I tried CS again I got brutally raped by "snipers" storming along, having perfect accuracy etc... And that sh*t about shooting through 10 inches of reinforced concrete: bleh. The ability to survive a direct hit from an exploding HE nade: bleh. Those jerks claiming CS is oh so damn realistic and promotes teamwork: bleh. DoD is the only halflife mod I've ever played bigtime (played CS a bit, but got bored of it quickly, it has no depth), but I'm sure most every other mod is better... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Yeah..and to get onto the "dedicated" servers which proboly are still hacked cost 25.00.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyth'emos Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 I never played or even saw the game... ubtil I saw a screen shot of CS in PC gamer this month, and I can not believe the crapiness of the graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingSacrifice Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 I have always wanted to try this game, but I keep hearing bad things about this game. I heard that Ghost Recon was better and also Americas Army. Does anyone else have any info on this? And Jais, what is DoD? Is it a mod for Halflife? Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Counterstrike does indeed suck! Full of idiots imo. If you have Half Life, I highly recommend you play TFC (Team Fortress Classic). It is truly the best mod for the game and does not have nearly as much lamers. It is CTF based and alot more fun to play. I played it for a year none stop before I bought JK2 and have recently started playing again. I love it! You have to remember though that Half Life was made many years ago so of course the graphics are gonna be crap by todays standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mima kake Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 C.S. was the first time I played a online game. I did liked it then but there are much better Half-life mods There is also a rally cross mod on the way and that sounds fun. But still the graphics are a bit dated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'jais Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Yes, as lexx says - the graphics are outdated, but that shouldn't matter to any game. Many great games are still played and enjoyed, despite being made 5 years ago and with graphics from the doom days.... Counterstrike though, never had a "teambased" gameplay, it's always been every man for himself and that's it... I know you can say the contrary is quite true, but the teamplay simply PALES in comparison to many other great mods and games. For newcomers, I simply can't see why CS should be found so attractive. DoD is Day of Defeat, a halflife mod yes - http://www.dayofdefeatmod.com Very good mod, WW2 based, with classes. Haven't tried the latest big patch (3.0), I hear it's gotten more counter strikey.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth-Nasty Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Originally posted by leXX If you have Half Life, I highly recommend you play TFC (Team Fortress Classic). It is truly the best mod for the game i agree with that Originally posted by leXX Counterstrike does indeed suck! i dissagree with that. tfc does rule and it is the best mod but cs is good as well. mind you i only ever play cs with bots cos of my shoddy connection (strange cs is much slower on the internet than tfc??) so i havent really seen many of the idiots that everyone talks about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 i used to love CS, i still play it occasionally with friends. Its a great game. Simple, but great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kstar__2 Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 i never played cs, and never saw a screenie of it, but i still think jkii is the best, and i really don't like AA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 although JK2 is a great game, it just doesnt hold me attention like CS did. And like Neverwinter Nights does now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Maximus Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 The thing to remember about CS is this. Its simple to use and easy to run. It runs perfect on even a slow 56k connection. This along with the ability to cheat so easily has made it a very popular game among the young and those without the benifit of a high speed connection. My brother does not like CS all that much but with his old 450p3 and a 56k connection he can play little else. Plus you want realism play SWAT3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C'jais Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 SWAT3 is an *excellent* game, I've played it a ton with my mates... Sadly, it does not have a huge online following and it's pretty much only the hardcore players that like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 i dont think the half life graphics are that bad .... but i dont care about graphics neway ... blueshifts good if short ... neva played CS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mima kake Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Yeah agree I'ts not the graphics what makes a game good. But I prefer medal of honor over day of defeat now. because of the better graphics.(and the game is new to me) But gameplay wise, I must say that D.O.D. is far more better to me. But heeeey who cares about my opinion anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyth'emos Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Clem, from the screenshots I saw Half life's graphics suck when compared to JK's (the first one) graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clem Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 its not that bad .... and GTA1's graphics are pretty abismal but its a damn sweet game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratmjedi Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 I played Cs and I did not like it. I like America's Army but I have 56k so it sucks for me. I love Mohaa because it is such a fun game. I like Jedi Outcast cause it so fun and never gets boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XERXES Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Originally posted by mima kake Yeah agree I'ts not the graphics what makes a game good. But I prefer medal of honor over day of defeat now. because of the better graphics.(and the game is new to me) But gameplay wise, I must say that D.O.D. is far more better to me. But heeeey who cares about my opinion anyway. waaaaait, you say "its not the graphics that make a game good" then you go on to say.... you like MOH because of better graphics.... wtf dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$P4RK Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Originally posted by Jah Warrior OK, A little while ago I bought the halflife pack including blueshift and counterstrike and all that stuff, I didnt install it basicly because I was onto JK2 big time. Well, the other day I installed it, I was shocked to say the least. The graphics sucked in a bad way, the gameplay was plain sucky, and it was rife with cheats, they were even chatting about different cheat mods openly it was that bad! Why then is there like (at the time of posting this thread) 136,000 players on line when a good game liek JK2 has only 2,200 players online. What is so good about counterstrike I really do fail to see what the fascination with it is. OK Counterstrike has been around for ages and it has an established fan base but it does not even compare to JK2 in terms of quality, and next to games like Soldier of Fortune 2 it looks like something concieved for the Amiga. Any thoughts? 1.****er-Strike Rules 2.It's Addictive when your not a newbie to it (Like I aint no newbie to it) 3.It's FUN 4.END Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$P4RK Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Why is there stars, I said 'Counter-Strike'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth-Nasty Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 Originally posted by $P4RK 1.****er-Strike Rules 2.It's Addictive when your not a newbie to it (Like I aint no newbie to it) 3.It's FUN 4.END as there are four stars you made a four letter word by missing a letter out of "count" bearing in mind it censered the word, have a guess which letter you missed:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Warrior Posted September 5, 2002 Author Share Posted September 5, 2002 Originally posted by $P4RK 1.****er-Strike Rules 2.It's Addictive when your not a newbie to it (Like I aint no newbie to it) 3.It's FUN 4.END OK, well i just got SoF2 the other day, and picked it up immediately, great graphics, even better gameplay. Counterstrike to get it running at the latest 1.5 version took over 1 1/2 hrs to download patches and this is 512kbps which is frankly apalling. After this marathon of downloading I was gutted when i saw what I'd been wasting my time for. The graphics I could have forgiven but its just soooo clunky to play, far from slick. These cheating types instantly set the alarm bells ringing because I simply am not prepared to let anyone forcwe me into using cheats just to remain competitive. Thanks but if anyone wants a retail copy of CS and Blueshift I'll send it to them for free, It sucks that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Knight Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 you have to think it is what a like 2 years old now or something you can't compare it to today's graphics BUT I LOVE CS IT IS SO AWSOME also i am sorry but tfc imo sucks, it is not that fun to play, and one downsaide of cs is downloading those patches takes soooooooo long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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