Long talked about and recently voluntary it seems that ads are finally in the most recent update to popular mod Counter-Strike.
Half-Life is still one of the greatest FPS games that ever existed. Out of a list of the top 100 games, 99% of people would list Half-Life in the top 5. Looking back, this was an industry influencing game and due to its success, Valve became a household name. What made this game so popular back in the 1990s? What was it about Half-Life that was so different from other PC games at the time?
It is still an amazing game and I hope we see more of it soon. It came out with little expectation and became the new standard for the genre.
This sort of article comes up once every few months... Is there anyone who would argue it's not one of the greatest PC games of all time?
I played it and thought it was boring as hell. Nothing about it stood out at all to me. Glad I'm not someone waiting for Half Life 3 due to the retarded amount of time it's been anticipated and never revealed.
Well for me it wouldn't make the top 100. I got all the half life games on some steam sale a few years ago but have never managed to finish the first one and never started the others. I just got bored.
Maybe I just haven't gotten far enough into it but I've yet to see anything that I would call great.
If you didn't play it in 98, I don't see how you have the perspective to make a definitive judgement. It's like playing System Shock 2 today and saying Bioshock 1 is better.
The game revolutionized story telling in shooters, and was one of the major pillars that supports the notion that 1998 was one of the greatest years ever in gaming.
So you are saying that it was influential and great for it's time, that's not the same as greatest of all time.
When something truly is great then it stands the test of time.
No piece of software will be "The greatest of all time", everything is iterated on and improved upon. You can't argue the influence of Half Life in how it shaped gaming, especially in the realm of FPS.
God of War, Halo 4, CoD etc, etc while all being wildly popular, WILL be considered antiquated and quaint in 15 years. While you might not see greatness those who were there and knew what the genre was before Half Life and after Half Life understand it's importance.
My opinion of the game has nothing to do with the software. I just didn't find the game very engaging. For me it was much like Crysis, I found both games boring, and Crysis is much more up to date with regards to the software.
Currently open to steam users and people who like browsers, the CS:GO beta is now open. Hey, you have a browser... Why don't you take a look?
Misleading article. I seriously thought that valve had actually made the beta open, lol
Video games come in a wide variety of styles. Some are single players, some are multiplayer, and others have elements of both. One of the things that draw in many gamers is the multiplayer aspect of games.
The author is clearly doing a bit of Activision butt kissing in the hopes of being given some schwag or early review consideration in the future.
There is no chance in hell MW3 belongs anywhere within a mile of an "all time" list. Sorry. People can have their opinions, but this is pushing the bounds of reason.
Why do you like MW3?
Because it's CoD4+MW2? Thats bad! CoD4 will always be the best CoD multiplayer
buddy i dont offend you but...i just love the fast paced gameplay in MW3 and especially the new perks and killstreaks. Also, there aren't as much camping spots as prevalent in MW2. I know that MW3 is by NO means perfect multiplayer game, but i enjoy playing it everyday on PSN.
"i just love the fast paced gameplay in MW3"
As opposed to what? The slow paced gameplay in CoD4? Have you played much CoD4? It's fast.
"there aren't as much camping spots as prevalent in MW2."
Are you joking? MW3 is the campiest of them all. So many nooks and crannies to hide behind in these poorly designed maps. All I see is fools camping with their Type 95's waiting for someone to walk buy. It's garbage. MW3's maps are nothing but over blown boxes with corners everywhere. Atleast in the past CoD's the maps had flow to them.
Agreed with above, I got a chance to play MW3 this weekend, borrowed a copy, and I’m quite dissapointed to say the least. It really is like a reskined MW2, the menus are the same, the emblems/titles are almost the same and/or made more horrible than in MW2. Played campaign(veteran), it’s ok, but the enemies are still dumb aimboting POS. Spec-ops also seemed like a letdown, didn’t have the chance to go trough all of them, but they were basically run’n’shoot, that’s it, in MW2 you had to man turrets on choppers, AC-130 (that was included, but still lacked), etc., those missions had great diversity, but not in MW3. Survival wasn’t bad, split-screen coop great, split-screen MP is a great bonus. MP overall is 1:1 like MW2, just made even more noob friendly, since now you can earn killstreaks (i.e. pointstreaks) even if you die. And the maps were ‘effin horrid, they all seemed like a freakin’ chessboard, kill one guy in front of you and you are bound to get shot in the back or side of your head a second later. I have to constantly rotate 360, omg.
/rant
EDIT:
OT - CS 1.6, TF2(PC), COD4(PS3) for me.
I feel with the new modes, including everything in spec ops, and the new killstreak chains MW3 multi is the best in the series. The maps are solid and the gun choices aren't as bad as previous installments.
But if MW3 made the list I think Halo Reach should have made it, that multi was pretty great.
That's fine if you like it but to me, it's probably one of the worst out of the series.
Part of it is due to the extremely bad maps. I actually miss maps from MW2 like quarry. The maps in MW3 are just so extremely small and just have so many camping spots.
The original Halo and Goldeneye would also come before MW3. WoW also would come before MW3.
I'm glad they included counter strike though. Hate that they're referring to the xbox one that was released in 2004 and not the original PC one.
Gotta add Quake 2 as well. And BF1942.
There are a LOT of games that come before MW3.
My personal list
Halo 2
Golden eye 007 (n64)
battlefield 3
Call of duty 4 and world at war
assasins creed brotherhood
Test drive unlimited
uncharted 3
R6V2
Red dead redemption
little big planet
Counter Strike, etc.
@below, agree and a bubble for the straw hat avatar.
Edit: At least he included CS and TF2, but that doesn't make up for including MW3 and not including the (IMO) much better Battlefield games.
also, he lost me when referring to COD, "..this game has already broken records..with top notch graphics.."
decent list though I guess.
Yes I know there is good with the bad but ads have the potential to really ruin games. Sure this isn't the first instance where they have appeared but now there is the possibility of in-game ads for GTA IV. Where that game has had jokes before a change like this would be a big takeaway.
Seriously, those ad do look like they shouldnt be there, and therefore it removes the "feel" from the game. next thing we will see a plane with a banner flying in the sky in a game like obviblion. Better yet, how about "Got Milk", TMobile, Blu-ray, etc in a game like Conan or Rome Total War.
if you paid for it why should you have to see ads in the game? unless there is something you get for seeing the ads there shouldnt be any ads in the game.
Deffinately not the way to go. There's a growing trend,against this sort of intrusive advertising,simply DON'T buy the product. It will take time,but advertisers and devs will catch on eventually.We do have the power to stop it dead, if we wish.The main reason i have not and will not buy half life sequels is the compulsion to sign up to steam even if you want to play off line.Have i missed it ? not really, there are plenty of other better games out there. Make your choice by all means , but understand the consequences.