Counter-Strike: Source Media

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  oh, this one screenie shows they've fixed the "quake 1 style" blocky dynamic lighting evident in the pc g... : dawurz
  • Shadow is going in the wrong direction. : Silent Bob
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    That looks like shit, to be honest. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
    • Looks like a lower end system tho. : lont
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  Is it free? Don't you have to buy HL2 to play it at home? : flibble2k
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    Seems to be the case. CS Source is still free to my mind. I am buying HL2 for HL2; I also get CS: Source... : dawurz
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      Man, I don't know how people can still bitch about this... Is it free? Don't you have to buy HL2 to pl : MikkleThePickle
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        Really. That whole "its free" goes right out the window with CS-Source. Maybe the original idea was fre... : SnatchBlaster
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          Hmm. CS was not free either. You had to pay for Halflife to play it. You could say that you get CS:S for ... : nosseman
          • It's a Half-Life mod, therefore it's free, and being that it's a mod, yea you need Half-Life ....... T... : esky
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          In order to participate in the beta you need to have either purchased Condition Zero or own an ATi Half-L... : Sapiens
          • Thats pretty much what I said in my post... : SnatchBlaster
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            You know, I think I may actually prefer HL2DM instead. Don't get me wrong, CS: Source looks great, and : famine101
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              well there wont be a HL2DM so even if u think you'd prefer it... guess again... lol : nova_x
              • If there isn't, I'm sure someone will mod it to make one available. I for one would much rather play HL2D... : Speedy8
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                Actually, valve is still tight-lipped about the full multiplayer components to be included with HL2. I w... : YamatoTwinkie
                • Man, I hadn't stopped to think about HL2DM. And I'm digging your "super secret HL2 MP component in devel... : dawurz
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  Because it is not impressive? A game is not cooler because it is free. It is still a game. And this on... : [7]kami
  • Compared to what other free stuff?! : dawurz

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  Depends on your strategy... I used the P90 seriously for quite some time, same thing as the MP5 essential... : askedrelic
  • But they are useless enough that they really dont ever get used in serious play. Of course you can use t... : spector
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  If it were up to me I'd dump most of the weapons and have it just be one pistol, one smg, one rifle, one ... : n0v4
  • Snipers get kevlar? : famine101
  • Sounds like you want to play Battlefield:Vietnam. : Sarcastro
  • Sounds like you want to play TF2 : SiW73
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    But one of the many great things about CS is it threw the done since Q1TF days "radical" class system out... : SpiderMonkey
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      But one of the many great things about CS is it threw the done since Q1TF days "radical" class system out : n0v4
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        Yes but AQ2 does count as CS's now-neglected half-brother. Or something. Either way, going back to classe... : SpiderMonkey
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          It would be radical for CS since it's been using the same forumla for 6 years and has two dozen useless w... : n0v4
          • I don't see it as radical, I see it as limiting. : Vorlonesque
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  I use auto-sniper ALL the time. They're both massively preferable to the scout IMO. Actually, depending o... : Dynotaku
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    Like a whore! I hate that gun, it just ruins all fun from playing. : askedrelic
    • Well, I suppose it ruins all the fun when you're getting shot by one... Me, I try to be the one doing the... : Dynotaku
• dude they made the semi-autos snipers good a long while ago. Those things own now. : mc-fine
• they should just fucking remove half of the weapons - they're useless, and pointless. : seven
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  It's frustrating to me to see people call certain weapons in CS useless. I think almost any weapon in th... : Sapiens
  • I disagree. In particular, I was playing Cs the other day with some guys at work. They got AWPs early, an : node
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    Those guns suck for people who really know how to play the game. Not to sound "elitist", but if you're bu... : bozer
    • Actually, weapon diversity has gone up in the past year. If you watch matches you'd see that some teams b... : mallrice
• Like cliffe said, this isn't CS 2.0. They wanted to keep it just the same as 1.6 with minor updates. T... : snuff

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• I still haven't seen screenshots with AA on. : mallrice
• Same thing with the gameplay. Well CS was actually fun back in 99 when you ran faster and all the guns we... : Speedy8

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  Unless you use lefthand models. Probably an artifact of how they support switching hands. : mallrice
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    Yes, but thats my point they didn't fix this problem after so many years. : sinisterblood
    • Probably because they dont see it as a problem, just an artifact of how they support right handed models : mallrice
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      Being able to choose right-handed models means that they're mirroring the models on the other side of the... : Sapiens
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        My point is that this is one thing they overlooked in polishing up the game. Realistic looking models are... : sinisterblood
        • When did CS become a realistic game? : Leonard Ghostal
• I don't even know what that is. : valiance

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  How did you get your copy of the final game before it went gold? : Sapiens
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    What, so unless you see the final game you're not allowed to have negative opinions of a beta of a game t... : bigimp
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      Negative opinions in general are fine, it's just that most of the people commenting here are either moron... : Sapiens
      • who cares what people say. It's not like there will be any shortage of cs:source players. screw em : Erit

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• Very nice. Couple this with the oft enjoyable fun gameplay (just find the right people) and we have a win... : MrLonghair
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  The old ones look about the same or better (especially the AWP). I think screenshots don't do the sour... : Jackass1233
  • ??? dude there isn't even a question about it. the new ones are improved in everyway, more realistic/more... : buckshack
• P90 looks alot better to me. Very good models though. : askedrelic
• I actually think they models look better, in most of the models they look fuller. In the old models the g... : eldiablo01

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  That's what Half-Life 2 and user mods are for. And hopefully they'll continue the trend of spicing up ... : sgtsanity
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    Being this negative to Doom3 on threads landed a few people bans..but Half-life WHO CARES! Just try th... : SherwinWIlliams
    • what the hell are you talking about? misreply? : ermac
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      I'm not going to try the game, I'm going to buy it sight unseen. The single player story and out-of-t : scot_seese
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        HLDM was terrible. : dopefish
        • I wouldn't say it was terrible, it just wasn't as beefy as it could have been... a notch above, say, DOOM... : Sapiens
        • I liked HLDM. For simple deathmatch, It was great, the weapons were very dynamic and radically different,... : famine101
      • If you want to answer your "why", go over to csnation.net or steampowered.com and see just how many idiot... : SpiderMonkey
    • We tried it the first time, when it was called CS. : sgtsanity
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  They're not 13 anymore, they've got to be 16-17 by now. : TwiLyght
  • Well the voicecomm reveals the fact that their voices still haven't broken, so I'm not too sure personall... : SpiderMonkey
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  Nice troll : bozer
  • yeah there's a few of them here, guess trolling CS Source threads and Doom3 threads have different rules : snuff

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  With that kind of logic, I guess I'll stick to Morrowind? : Sapiens
  • bwahahahahahahaha! : famine101

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  Because the lighting sucks? a troll for a troll i always say : Jackass1233
  • go back to troll school : snuff
• I read that as fleshlight :( : m0nkz

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  the mose striking difference is that "Lick my BALLZ" is missing : mankeroo
  • Man, i am so overjoyed that ball-licking has been removed from CS:S : mallrice
• Lick my BALLZ has been banned from the beta =D : esky

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• Pretty fucking cool. The screenshots dont do it justice. The second gameplay video really got me excited ... : mallrice

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• It's not meant to look revolutionary either. Just a quick hack-up of the good old CS game with extra deta... : MrLonghair
• It's meant to be..holy crap..we can turn a HL1 mod into a HL2 mod with not too much effort. And then...wo... : flasher 907
• Where you living on the moon when they announced this game ?!? : Stargazer78
• duh. : johnny rotten

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  Lack of polish in a beta?! : Sapiens
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    Just because its a beta, it doesn't mean forsure that the graphics will change. there isn't a BETA = ever... : buckshack
    • ^^ true, in fact, valve has already redone a lot of the textures/models/skins, it's unlikely to think the... : mallrice

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• oops : smackythefrog

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• Nah, the architects built it like that many hundereds of years ago : MrLonghair

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  Just wondering... How exactly do "Physics look amazing"? : NoCopy
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    When they actually look realistic. And even better, when they actually affect gameplay somehow. : famine101
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      No, I mean how do you tell that from a screen shot? : NoCopy
      • You watch the movies! : SherwinWIlliams
    • Doom 3 wins graphically but CS: Source wins with Physics, Doom 3 bodies for example seemed to gitter (Can... : SherwinWIlliams
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      "Realistic" physics like bodies being thrown back several feet by little shotgun pellets? I don't know w... : buroja
      • Trade "realistic" for "Really cool!" : SnatchBlaster
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        umm, if you were shot by a shotgun in real life it would throw you backwards several feet and possibly br... : .spanky.
        • I agree with the parent. : famine101
        • Not according to the Bad Movie Physics webpage. : nudel
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      I bet a rolling tyre affects the gameplay. : slacko
      • Something that small could tell where someone is or if someone is expecting you to come a certain way you... : SherwinWIlliams
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  i dont really see how physics really matter.. everything nowadays uses havok so everything should be the ... : armypant
  • Couldnt have said it better myself. It helps that Source engine has the best physics out there (E3 demo v... : MrLonghair
  • Physics matter because they're implemented in such a way that they're cool and fun and add to the gamepla... : Sapiens

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  No, check out MY impressions! : ShekkyBoy
  • NO, check out HIS impressions: http://www.comediansusa.com/impress/little_rich.html : mankeroo

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• I know a Cajun/Korean guy named ping donk ding beeuu. : Dynotaku
• >_< : nico2
• That's a good choice of onomatopoeias, congratulations. : famine101

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  There's a pretty noticeable difference between the two. Not saying Source is super looking or anything bu... : santa-s
  • Woah, you're not kidding! And here I was looking at these new pics (not having played CS much) and think... : Zann
• We're not gonna miss you : SeriousBobtheFighter
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  Hahaha, I have played BF1942 and Vietnam, and I can't beleive you think they look better than CS:Source. ... : fad3r
  • I agree that 1942 looks nowhere near this good. 'nam looked pretty good when I watched it over shoulde... : freshview
  • I agree almost wholeheartedly. The infantry vs. infantry of BF1942 is assinine. It is fun to play in t... : famine101

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• *High five!* : buroja
• Most people here would review a game on a single screenshot. : yourname00
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  well since it's a beta and is supposed to be done VERY SOON there isn't a whole lot they are going to dra... : scarefro
  • Well, what's troubling is that with all this negative feedback Valve might get scared and delay the game ... : brushbaron

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  CS:Source is using the Source engine, the engine developed to make Half-Life 2. : bling1bling
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    Finally someone that speaks the truth. I played CS from the beginning, up through 1.5 (from WAY back in ... : Force[FED]
    • Arghhh misreply (meant to be replied to #35 DraconianDevil) : Force[FED]

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• word. : cam3lt0sis
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  exactly, why am I not thrilled about this? Truth be told, I'm having a hard time telling the difference ... : proclone1
  • not enough bump mapping. There is some on the tiles in the building. Can't see it easily cuz of compressi... : mc-fine
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    Typical shack response. If they change the game: OMG they changed everything when they had it perfect... : SnatchBlaster
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      Dude I usually think the shack is way too harsh on stuff, but this is ridiculous, I'm so underwhelmed... : freshview
      • I hope they are developing it full steam ahead. I will agree that there could have been alot more put in... : SnatchBlaster
    • Who says CS2 IS in development? Maybe valve will just continue Counsterstrikes "Evolution" : fad3r
• Agreed, at least the fonts look smoother, I guess. : Deathlove

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• You get the activation-key/cd-key when you put in the cd and do some registration stuff. : Stage

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  apparently it is the only map available in the beta. : pyide
  • Oh. Well that would explain it. :) : Silent Bob
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  Because evryone who has played CS has played Dust? : AxeMan808
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    exactly. it's by far the most popular map. note by "popular" i do not imply that it's "good" : Hodder11
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      So it's popular cause it's bad? help computar! : Pink0r
      • Just because a map is overplayed doesn't mean it's bad. I like Dust a lot and have great games on it. U... : Sapiens

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  dod and ns really needs a better gfx engine, hope source is it : egg5hen
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    I heard NS wasn't going to source because they were pissed off at Valve for not buying them. : sgtsanity
    • http://www.unknownworlds.com/ Looking for a new engine suposedly : askedrelic

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• been under a rock for the past..ohh..5yrs? : Madwacker

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• Whose going to suck Maarten off for a chance to play. : askedrelic

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• repost hey, kung fu, i played it last night at extreme gamer for free, woot! : bling1bling

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• It's still the most widely played and popular online FPS by far. : famine101