Half-Life - Counterstrike (PC)

Half-Life - Counterstrike (PC): *WARNING*WARNING*May contain nuts and excess asparagus (4492 words)
by DudeGlove - written on 18.10.01 (Very useful, 1697 readings)
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Now I know that this has been written about countless times and many crowns have been awarded to several opinions on this topic, but I feel like writing about it because its just too much fun and you need to know about it, and besides I can’t think of anything else to write at the moment. Counterstrike is as the majority of you might know is a "mod" or a modification (rather than a Sixties rocker) on the popular first person shooter (FPS) game Half-Life created by Sierra studios and Valve Software. What modifications do is, as you can obviously guess in that ever expanding mind of you the reader is "modify" the game itself. What the ...

Simple, but impossibly addictive (1417 words)
by Excelle - written on 21.03.01 (Very useful, 897 readings)
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First Person Shooter. To most gamers, this means one thing – pick up a gun, and run as fast as you can around a variety of unrealistic levels shooting anything that moves. And then we have the Delta force style strategy games, which tax the brain and call for more stealthy manoeuvres and calculated judgements. But it's rare that we see the former being modified into the latter – but that's what Counterstrike is. Counterstrike is a 'mod' of Half Life. This means a group of programmers have taken the original game, and changed the graphics, sound, and gameplay to make an entirely new game. Sometimes it works, sometimes not – it ...

Half-Life - Counterstrike (PC): So you want to be the Daddy of Counterstrike? CS Guide *upda ... (1756 words)
by JammyB - written on 31.03.01 (Very useful, 1766 readings)
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Sooo you want to get decent at CS eh? Have a read of me guide and you'll soon be kicking bum. *** Updated 25.04.2001 - Added: Grenade Use and Lights sections. “How did that god damn skank kill me damnit!!!! I had the AK and he had an MP5... wtf?” I often hear that phrase or variations used when I’m in a game of CS. To be honest, I’m often the one spouting it, yet more out of rage than not knowing why :) The truth about CS is, a big weapon is nice, but it’s how you use it that counts. This guide is for newbies as well as people who’ve been playing for a while, though you l33t gurus will (I hope) not ...