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Wednesday 6 February, 2008
Gameplay:
Counter-Strike is a very social game. The game is purely based on communication. Without good communication, your team will not be able to succeed or get very far. The reason why you need good communication is because you need to be able to tell your allies where your enemies are, when to coordinate attacks, and when to push or get the flank. Counter-Strike has integrated an in game voice to voice communication program that allows you talk to other players on your team.
The game has a lot of flow to it because once you start playing you get into a groove where you just need to keep playing. You get addicted to shooting and killing people and also finishing the objectives. When your team works together as a team it gets really fun because people aren't scared to trust their allies. I've had experiences where people would "bait" each other. That mean that people would tell you to go in first and they said they'd follow you in, but instead they would wait for you to die and whittle down the enemy, at that point they would run in and steal the kill. If you were playing with a team that you could trust, you could both run in together and then you guys would both have a better chance of killing the enemy.
I've played counter-strike for a while now and i can honestly tell you that i can always come back to this game and play it. That is because Counter-Strike is different each time you play. There are at least 30 weapons you can buy which range from Machine guns to pistols to Grenades and Flash bangs. Each weapon is very different from one another.
Design:
The one thing that i thought was very good about this game was that each gun's recoil was very different and unique. And mastering each weapon is very time consuming and takes a lot of practice. Also they seem really realistic and keeps the shooter focused at all times.
If i could change things about this game, i wouldn't. This game is a classic and I've been playing this game since i was in 7th grade. Although there are times where it is really frustrating. Such as when you die early and it takes forever for the round to end. The games reward structure follows a real life sort of way. That is because when you win a round you are rewarded with more money which you can use to buy different or stronger weapons. In real life when you accomplish a mission you probably get money too.
Each level in this game is very unique, with different hide outs and sniping spots it really keeps the players on there feet. You never know when you turn a corner and someone could be right there to shoot you. Also the levels are scattered with objects to hide behind to protect you from stray bullets. One thing i like about this game is that some guns can go through the objects. For instance an M4A1 can go through boxes and create ands just like a real M4A1 can. it makes the game more realistic and allows good players to judge where the enemy might be behind the wall and spam it with bullets.
Overall Counter-Strike is a very good game, the game play and design mechanics behind it are flawless. Even though, they came out with more realistic versions of counter-strike such as Condition Zero and Counter-Strike: Source. A lot of people still play the original.
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