Counter-Strike

Contrary to some people's opinion, pitchforks, jetpacks, ninja stars, and grenade-throwing hostages were never part of the game. A simple look at the changelog for the game will show that these aspects were never included in any release of Counter-Strike.

Ok, my friends have played this game since it was in beta testing (summer 1999). I watched them, but I never played -- until about 2 months ago. This is one of the best, most addicting games ever. Counter-Strike is a multiplayer-only PC game played either over a network or the Internet.

The game simulates terrorist/counter-terrorist action. You can join either the terrorist or the counter-terrorist (CT) team. The two most common scenarios are bomb defusion and hostage rescue. In bomb defusion, one terrorist is given a bomb and must plant it at a specified location. The CTs must either kill all of the terrorists prior to the planting of the bomb or defuse the bomb once it has been planted. In hostage rescue, the terrorists must prevent the CTs from rescuing the hostages.

A little background into the making of the game: Counter-Strike is a modification of Valve Software's game "Half-Life." Counter-Strike was not created by Valve, but by a group of people seeking to improve the multiplayer aspects of the game. It is more popular than the original game, played by millions of players all over the world.

Note: This game features graphic violence and should not be played by children.

A pure kind of action.With real players,with real guns,against real players.Successful maps,guns,weapons.There is never an end,eternal challenge.But the minimum A.I. and maximum human factor never makes it seem again.And all these human factors;tricks,mistakes,different plans...makes the graphics not so important.More important than graphics maps are very suitable for seek and destroy,unstoppable rush,hiding somewhere to shoot in the back or big battles in big areas.The guns are so many and realistic so you don't stuck into a character during the game.It's not hard to learn how to play but so hard to learn to play well.But no matter how good or bad you are,you'll never get bored.Other thing about the game is,this one makes you a real hero.You're in a team and coordinate with plans but sometimes you have to stand up just by yourself and fight alone.By winning,you don't save a computer A.I. character;a real human character.So you can be the hero of the day.

I love playing this game a PC whenever I go to my friends house, but know it has come out on xbox. My uncle works at Best Buy and he gave me a surprise I told him how much I loved it and poof there it was. In the game you get to choose between being a counter terrorist or terrorist. On the xbox version you can play with friends on xbox live or if you are by yourself you can play against the mods. You get to buy weapons, shoot at the other teams so you can get a good score, and take it from me give this game a try you won't be disappointed!!!!

When the whole world was raving about Counter-Strike, I had initially chosen not to play it because I preferred the frantic action of the Quake games. However, when forced to play it among friends, I quickly got addicted to it. You'd notice people playing the same old levels over and over again. Counter Strike is so good because of how balanced it is in terms of gameplay. Your arsenal is extensive and the bullet ballistics are extremely realistic and add to balancing the gameplay. You really have to strategise and evolve effective tactics and team work as brute force often ends up getting you killed. Getting killed is extremely frustrating and getting a kill feels extremely good as well. So go play it now if you have'nt already.