Topic: Way OT... Any of you guys played Half Life: Counter Strike?

[Magnum357]

Hey guys, this is way off Topic, but I just bought a copy of Half Life: Counter Strike and was a little disappointed too see it does not have a single player capability.  Anyway, was wondering if anyone else here likes this game and if its great too play in Multiplayer?  

Also, anyone have any advice when I install it?  Like is their any special Patches I need and such?  Any info would be most appreciated.

[mc_cloud]

oh man....... welcome to hell
no not really... just have to listen... it can be tricky
I have my own clan...... well not MY clan...but im a founding member...ther ename is DvS.... my msn is mc_cloud13@hotmail.com and my aim is McCloud182
add me sometime...cause I think im going to lose you here...

install cs.... then you have to go to www.steampowered.com and download steam........ then make an account with steam...and if im right.... steam will automatically update counterstrike for you...... steam is kinda new...but its the way ALL pathces are going to be released for CS as of the latest patch... which is 1.6......... so download steam... and you should be set lol

when you get steam loaded..... go to the friends tab...then go to options and add friends.... search for mc_cloud14@yahoo.com
and you should find me....but I STRONGLY recomend adding me to aim or msn...because it can be confusing..... once you get all this done... I will get you the information for my clans server....im the top admin in there... so I will make sure ya get treated well :P

its a really fun game... not hard to learn...but it takes a while...
i've been playing for a little over 3 years now.. good luck with the install.....you shouldnt have any problems
just remember....... www.steampowered.com.... you must have this!!! unless you only want to play the old versions... which is actually better then the latest version...but that is another story..... lol

[Storvick]

Counter Strike: Condition Zero has single player action on it. I tend to like it a little better then the first Counter Strike.

[mc_cloud]

oh man.....nooooooooooo cz........ughhh...its like the newbie version of cs...
cs used to be ALOT better....just because you had to have talent.... its still a fun game...but its so much easier for a new person to come in and just randomly start hs people...
ah well....if ya want a good hl single player.... try out regular ol' half life.........or wait for half life 2 to come out
 

[KOL_Grim]

I used to play CS and NS before the whole steam thing, now i dont play it cause steam is a pile of junk.

CS:CZ is good because it has a single player option as well, in terms of graphics i personally dont think the graphics are that good in CZ, not much difference between it and CS which is considerably older.

Still the game is very popular online, most played game online, just beware of smacktards there are plenty of them.  

[mc_cloud]

grim............. steam was a pos when it was 1st released........many of the major bugs are gone...maybe you should come back and try it........trust me, I hated it at first...but its not so bad anymore

[Tus]

used to play CS then i found DoD...  has a bit more realism on this side  

[KOL_Grim]

I used to prefer the DOD before steam i think it was called 3.1 or something, but then they changed the realism slightly, added the stupid map which shows the direction nades are coming from etc.

Personally i thought the best mod for Half-Life was Natural Selection, but updates ruinined it for me.

No chance of me going back to steam i'm afraid, thank god i removed that pos, pointless, res whore app off my pc.  

[Lono]

Wow - How 20th Century of you!

(sorry - had to say it)  

No seriously - Counter Strike was one of my favorite games of all time, along side greats such as Team Fortress and DoD.

If you've never played it you'll find a whole world of gaming goodness!

As far as a single player experience, there were some great free downloadable bots the last time I played that game

(and that was in 2002)

So you can get a lot of great practice with them.

I am thoroughly looking forward to the CS update with HL2 when it comes out.

With that upgrade they should have an awesome new engine and a decent anti-cheat system in place

(even if it is through the much despised steam)

     

[Sirgod]

Hey McCloud. If I was going to buy this game, which one should I get. I notice about 20 (ok I exagerate abit) versions of this game. i'd like to play both MP and SP.

Stephen

[mc_cloud]

get regular ol halflife.......because with halflife.... you get to download for free as a mod.... Counter-Strike... Day of Defeat... Team fortress Classic and like 2 other mods....which are all basically different games.....  
how it works is...HL was the original game...and CS and others were mods of that game...but now they sell those mods as complete games.......so you should buy the original and just get all the other ones free
if you guys want help setting things up (it can be tricky) mssg me on those addy's above...and I can even give you some good servers to play on

[Sirgod]

Will do, and thanks. I might pick this up over the weekend.

stephen

[mc_cloud]

http://www.counter-strike.net/cswizard1.html
go there once any of you get it..and follow that through to the latest patch it offers..... then download steam and it will finish the install

[EE]

I used to play CS a lot. My favorite weapons were the UMP45, M3 Pump Shotty and P-90, mainly weapons others would not use because they 'sucked', which forced me to use them to prove they did not. 864 dmg with a single headshot with the pump shiotty As far as I know, record damage for a single shot.

Anyways, CS was fun but the rabbit jumping, the amp whores and poor map design drove me away after a while.

[mc_cloud]

lol p90 owns close up.........
anywho...... bunny hopping no longer gains you speed...you can still do it...but its very rare to see in most servers...and you can do it...but it doesnt actually give you an advantage...seeing as how it actually slows you down now....lol
awps now have a delay on the scope...which helps with the awp whorage..
and there are thousands of maps.......some of the main ones like aztec and cbble have been re-textured adn slightly redesigned.......you should come check it out
new weapons too...te auto snipes are now accurate....the glock does more damage....they introuduced 2 new rifels...the gali and uh..I forget the other name
new riot sheild...lots of new things abound

[Magnum357]

Man, now I'm disappointed.    I had no idea that CS and the other games where just mods.  I should have just got good old HL instead.  

Maybe, I will do that now.  Just find a copy of HL in a store.  I think I can still find a copy somewhere.  What about this CS:CZ?  Is it the same system requirements as standard CS?  Man, I feel like I wasted my money justy buying standard CS.

[mc_cloud]

cz isnt a mod of hl.....

cs and all others use to be mods of hl...now they are sold as individual games

[KOL_Grim]

Personally i would get a copy of HL and download CS, HL i dont think costs that much annyore, i got the platinum pack a while back, came with HL and all the expansions, this included CS.

Concerning CS:CZ i reckon the specs are probably the same as CS, the graphics are apprently very similar, the only difference is CS is a multiplayer only mod for hl, and CS:CZ is a seperate game with a single player element plus a multiplayer mod.



 

[Lono]

Anyone else here get a kick outta the Richochet Mod?

(another free download)

I thought it game a pretty excellent TRON-like experience!

Also was pretty impressed with the Firearms Mod back in the day as well.

Hope HL2 spawns half as many great Mods as well...

and yeah I agree the bunny hoping and the awp onwage have been almost eliminated totally, and the in game voice is preety good as well.

 

[KOL_Grim]

lol Richochet can be fun, decapitating people.