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 enlarge | From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $16.44
You Save: $3.55 (18%)
New (13) Used (1) from $15.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 1040
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Xp
ESRB: Mature
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.1
MPN: 9839
Model: 71608
UPC: 014633098396
EAN: 0014633098396
ASIN: B000AOJ7FK
Release Date: September 26, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Great game..... once you get good. January 31, 2006
58 out of 59 found this review helpful
Ok, here are your options. You can buy this package and get three multiplayer games. Or you can buy the retail version of Half Life 2 and get Counter Strike:Source, Half Life 2 Deathmatch, and the story version of HL2. Basically, with this package versus HL2 retail, you will be trading the story version of HL2 for the multiplayer game Day of Defeat and whatever price difference there is.
Now with that out of the way, I'd assume you are looking at this page because you are interested in Counter Strike: Source. Good choice. There is a reason CS:S is the number one online game in the world. The game is amazing......it's that simple.
The game is set up around the premise of Terrorists vs. Counter-Terrorists. When you first join a server you choose which side you want to be on, the main difference being the weapons you will have access to. During the game each team has a different goal. One some levels the Terrorists have to plant a bomb while the Counter-Terrorists try to stop them. On other levels the Counter-Terrorists try to rescue some hostages while the Terrorists try to stop them. During each round you get 1 life. That's it! This means if you die you have to sit around and wait until the round is over. It's not a big deal though, the levels are generally small and well designed, and rounds don't usually last very long. Some of the positives of this system are that it discourages "Rambo" type play where people will just run around with guns blazing, of course some people still do that, but most people are more concerned about being careful with their life.
The graphics in this game are amazing! All the particle, smoke and water effects are extremely well done. There is a reason the Source graphics engine is so popular and it shows in this game. If you don't have an up-to-date computer you may have to sacrifice some visuals for performance, but the Source engine scales quite well, so as long as you aren't years behind you should be able to find settings that work.
A heads up to any parents up there, there is a good amount of blood in this game and obviously it is centered around shooting other people, so you may want to keep that in mind if you are purchasing for a kid.
Now we move on to the actual gameplay. I already touched on the one life per round aspect of this game, but as a new player you should be prepared to die...... a lot! You will die over and over and you will never kill anyone. That is a fact, and if you are going to buy this game it would serve you well to just accept that right now. Having played First Person Shooters in the past will help a bit, but you will still be nothing but a bullet absorber when you first start out. The learning curve on this game is a bit steep, and there are many people out there who have been playing this game for years. They have the aiming system down to a science and know every level like the back of their hand. There is also a little weapon called the AWP, which is a sniper rifle you will get to know very well. Mainly by the amount of times you are killed by it. This is a one shot one kill weapon and there are some players out there who simply don't miss with it. Suffice to say it can be quit frustrating when you are constantly killed from 200 yards while you barely get a chance to even see who shot you.
The point of all this is that it will require a bit of patience to learn this game and get to a skill level where you can be competitive. There is a neat little option where you can start your own server and fill it with "bots", which are computer controlled characters, and use this as practice. You can even set the difficulty level of the bots. While no AI can compete with human intelligence this is a good way to get better at the game and learn the levels if you are getting frustrated on real servers.
Overall, it's a great game that is being updated constantly with new levels and features. If you can get past the learning curve you will be rewarded with a satisfying online shooter that you will be playing for years to come. If you are easily frustrated and do not want to put in the time it takes to get good at this game you may want to pass on this and try something else.
Other than the graphic, it is another Counter Strike January 3, 2006
5 out of 15 found this review helpful
My friend gave me Half Life 2 after he finished the story mode. I finished the story mode and I head onto CS:S. The first impression for me is, the graphic is better than CS, even though the graphic is not that great. I play for a month and quit. It just like the cs that I played 3-4 years ago. I still keep it on my laptop since I am looking for DOD. DOD is finally avaliable after a few months and it cost $19.9. I was thinking it would be free of charge like CS does. $19.9 for a graphic improvement is totally worthless. Well, I still keep it in my laptop until my space is running out.
Pros:
-Free internet play
-Nice story mode( So please buy Halflife2, not sole CS:S)
-Graphic improvement
-Run on older machine ( my old laptop with P4 1.8GHZ, ATI 7500M runs fine with setting adjustment)
Cons:
-Just like CS that I play 5 years ago
-Need to pay 19.9 for DOD!!
 Counter-Strike: Source January 2, 2006
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
A very great game. I dont have this game but I used to play the older counter-strike 1.5. But my friend has this game and its way better. Awesome graphics and gameplay, newly designed maps and weapons. Runs really smooth. Very great shooter multiplayer online game for PC. If your a PC gamer and like shooters, this game is for you. Definately. Its a really addicting game and I used to play the older one alot. But I recommend this you get this game with the package, the Half-Life 2 one.
 Not Really Worth It November 3, 2005
3 out of 11 found this review helpful
Simply put, you can buy half life 2,which is cheaper, and get 3 of these games. But if you dont want half life 2, someone should beat you, this would be a perfect package. Also, for ten more dollars, you can get this and HL2 all from steam and never leave the house, no shipping. You dont really want deathmatch anyway. It sucks.
Still great games, but if you like them, they all started out as mods for half life. Just buy HL2.
Amazing Graphics, familiar Game October 15, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This product was originally exactly what I was looking for with a retail package for HL2. I had played though Half Life 2 at a friends house and didn't want to put out the money to buy the game just to play CS:S. The problem here though, is that the games are essentially clones of the original Half Life mods, just with better graphics. Counter Strike feels a little changed, map layouts are a bit different than 1.6, and weapons are a bit more random in hitting what you aim at. (inaccurate). Day of Defeat source is pretty much an identical clone of Day of Defeat, just much much prettier, and at release there's only 4 maps compared to the hundreds that I've played in 1.6. The game runs much better under the Source engine than the original mod did on the Half Life 1 engine. If you have no interest in Half Life 2's single player and you don't already have 1.6, this is a product that you won't regret buying. (at least I didn't, and I have 1.6)
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