Counter-Strike: Source - Addicted
As you may have guessed from the title of this post, one of the main reasons I haven't posted in a long time has been because of Counter-Strike: Source. About two weeks ago, I finally finished up Half-Life 2. I'll post a final review of the single player game either later today, or this weekend hopefully. A few days after I finished the game, I decided to give the new Counter-Strike: Source a try. Back in the day, I used to be big into the original Counter-Strike game. I loved it! I lived alone at the time, so I had tons of time to spend playing. And that I did. I never joined a clan or anything; I wasn't that much of a geek. But I bought a cheap but fast machine and installed Linux and Counter-Strike server and started running my own bare bones server. It was fun.
Anyway, back on topic. I started playing the latest incarnation of Counter-Strike, based upon the Half-Life 2 Source engine. I have to say, the game looks spectacular! Most of the old favorite levels are there, given a much needed upgrade. I wouldn't say that the levels look spectacular or anything, but they do look really good. The gameplay is very familiar and pretty much remains the same. My favorite map these days is cs_italy, where the terrorists must guard (it's not camping!) 4 hostages, and the counter-terrorists must rescue the hostages. Either team can win obviously by killing the whole other team.
I love this map mainly for it's multiple routes available to both teams. There isn't just one common chokepoint like in other maps, like de_dust where most all players head right into the tunnel immediately. The odds are most definitely in favor of the terrorists as they only have to guard the 3 main entries: long dark tunnel, middle stairs, and the apartment (really just the doorway). Winning as a CT on this map is tough and takes good organization and communication. One great site I've found, CS-Nation, has some game tactics articles if you'd like to do some reading about the game itself and some of the maps. I will post more of my strategies for specific maps another day (I need to get better first!).
Anyway, back on topic. I started playing the latest incarnation of Counter-Strike, based upon the Half-Life 2 Source engine. I have to say, the game looks spectacular! Most of the old favorite levels are there, given a much needed upgrade. I wouldn't say that the levels look spectacular or anything, but they do look really good. The gameplay is very familiar and pretty much remains the same. My favorite map these days is cs_italy, where the terrorists must guard (it's not camping!) 4 hostages, and the counter-terrorists must rescue the hostages. Either team can win obviously by killing the whole other team.
I love this map mainly for it's multiple routes available to both teams. There isn't just one common chokepoint like in other maps, like de_dust where most all players head right into the tunnel immediately. The odds are most definitely in favor of the terrorists as they only have to guard the 3 main entries: long dark tunnel, middle stairs, and the apartment (really just the doorway). Winning as a CT on this map is tough and takes good organization and communication. One great site I've found, CS-Nation, has some game tactics articles if you'd like to do some reading about the game itself and some of the maps. I will post more of my strategies for specific maps another day (I need to get better first!).
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