Eurogamer - Over 13 years after Counter-Strike first appeared as a user-created mod for the original Half-Life, the game is still one of the most popular shooters available on Steam. So much so that despite the release of Counter-Strike Source back in 2004, the 1.6 version of the original game is still supported by a sizeable number of dedicated players. The driving force behind the game's popularity is simple: the team-based gameplay works just as well now as it did all those years ago and, remarkably, it still delivers an experience which comfortably stands out from other first-person shooters in today's crowded marketplace.
One of the only ways to play CS:GO on official servers is via the Xbox 360 version of the game.
We all know that videogamer.com went to each and every Xbox 360 owners house to watch them frantically dust off their 360s.
I love video games so much that I never have the time to replay the old one that I have finished, my backlog has only gotten bigger and bigger. I don't get how some people can play one game for years (except for mmorpg)
Wonder why they've never ported this game over to last Gen and now current Gen. This game would be pretty popular right now, I think.
About 39.5 million loot boxes were opened throughout March 2023, right after Valve announced Counter-Strike 2. It goes without saying that gamers love gambling, especially those who play Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
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I have about 260 hours on csgo and have not spent a single penny on any of the microtransactions. You can still enjoy it since it's not pay to win.
The rumours are heating up and it looks like Counter-Strike 2, the move onto the Source 2 engine for CS:GO, is coming very soon based on testing files found on Steam.
S&box devs already have access to Source 2 and have done for a while.
DOTA 2 was Source 2 but hardly anyone noticed/cared because it wasn't one of the Valve games most wanted. L4D3 was scrapped because Source 2 wasn't ready and buggy.
Half Life Alyx has been the only official Source 2 game that people notice so far.. The engine still looks pretty good graphically, but it looked far more impressive back in 2014 when the leaked plantation level that was rebuilt on Source 2 (for L4D2) was shown. Too bad it took this long for Valve to do anything with the engine.. with all the money they have I have to wonder what happened. Even a smaller dev studio could've produced stuff within a couple of years.
Not sure why this hyped tbh, it’s only in updated engine. Same maps, same game. So long as it’s top of steam listings, it’ll be here for evermore.
IMO this game doesn't work well on consoles. Played it on xbox and it didn't feel like the counterstrike that I've grown accustomed to in the past decade.
@achmetha Then you also have the people complaining about skyrim on PS3? It makes sense to compare the native platform to the ported platform. The only thing I was trying to say was that it's better on PC because it was developed for the PC.
I was very disappointed with this one.. didnt feel like cs to me.. its like veryone u fight is like fighting robocop. 2 clips to the chest and u dont die... fuck it... thats why u go back and play call of duty where people actually die.
I'm guessing they stated the pc version or 360 version.
Nothing new.
As for the game, it's old now. Still a decent shooter, but cod has taken over these days.
As for graphics.
It's nowhere near the quality of titles on both PS3/360.
Heck better engines make this game look like a PS2 game.
And the moral of this story is, there are better games about.
BF3. Destroys this and everyother shooter in existance.