Counter-Strike Source Gameplay Revamp 68
Heartless Gamer writes "According to bit-tech.com, we'll soon be releasing the first in a series of updates to Counter-Strike: Source which will be focused on moving the core Counter-Strike gameplay forward. The first update will include an updated version of the map Train, which will feature an HDR lighting pass, some minor layout changes, and a number of small bugfixes. The second facet of this release will be a completely reworked radar system. There will be a significant change to the aesthetics of the radar, but there are also some fairly significant gameplay ramifications to the new system."
awesome (Score:2)
Now, if only they would get those damn T's to stop camping!
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Weapon tweaks, updated graphics, and new levels are not "drastic". They are "patches" and "updates". Just because I installed the latest expansion for Battlefield 2 doesn't mean EA made a completely different game. They added more content. Drastic changes would be completely different weapons, totally new maps, etc. It would be a total revamp in how th
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-Rick
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Back to q3a..
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-- look at how they handled the James Bond franchise after they got the rights away from Rare (Rare made Goldeneye).
look at the greatness that is in all their totally unique sports games... errr...
how about the fact they to
What? (Score:1)
Can I mention a couple other things?
1. C&C: Renegade
2. The largest game company in the world purchased the engine used in Medal of Honor, one of their largest franchises.
3. The largest game company in the world has no equivalent to Steam or battle.net.
And to make this thread somehow tangentially relevant to the subject, Yes, Valve is awesome fo
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I don't see why this is such big news. Valve has always been making little fixes and gameplay changes on CS:Source. They make changes on maps all the time. The radar thing sounds interesting, but in reality, it will make little difference. Newbies never use the radar, regardless of how helpful it can be. Skil
Gameplay ramifications! (Score:5, Funny)
Now you can get headshot and called gay even faster by bunnyhopping, wallhacking, aimbotting, attention-deficient 13-year-olds. Sign me up!
Re:Gameplay ramifications! (Score:4, Funny)
There is an easier way to get called gay even faster than normal on CS and you don't nead a modified version of CS either. Just change your alias to something like for example: 'Aimbotsky von Campenstein'. Your will learn hitherto unknown forms of profanity you didn't even imagine existed, and in multiple languages!!!
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Unfortunately this went the way of the Dodo by being deemed Non PC.
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Regards
elFarto
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CT's should be allowed to do both. If the bomb's out in the middle of an open area, they should be able to pick it up and defuse it while hiding behind a box, or after calling some teammates for cover.
T's should be allowed to move hostages.
It's funny to see the back and forth arguments between some people. Some people hate a new feature that o
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There are indeed slower paced games that are far far far more realistic than CS. They appeal to a different kind of taste, whether they are successful or not in doing so. The Rainbow Six line for example. They're striving for a certain level of realism. They want the game to be fun because it's realistic, but this assumes you find realism fun.
CS isn't really driving for realism as a core focus. It's shooting for it's own particular gameplay style th
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2 guys camp each bomb site, the other three seek out and destroy. Now, if a camper gets killed, you can reasonably guess that the T's are at that site, especially if the other camper has nothing to report. So everyone goes to that bombsite... you don't just sit there
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And what I don't get is the constant "no AWM" complaints (on a LAN, more than half the players would complain if anyone used the AWM). If you don't like the one-hit-kill nature o
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I suck with the sniper weapons, too. Again, if we talk about "real life", the sniper would have someone backing him up so he could jus
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Hear hear. Being able to split up the hosties would also be good.
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Most spawning terrorists replace their default pistol with a desert eagle or with a usp tact
But if you're in a balanced game eg. a game where everybody is decently equiped
you're mostly up against ak47 (my favorite), the maverick (m4a1), awp, mp5
and in that case you dont have the time to just go spot enemies for your team
Slightly OT - is CS fun these days? (Score:2)
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But Battlefield1942 still rules supreme.
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But we had CS and Condition Zero, did the free trial for CS:Source, and after the dust settled with the new release (and bots were available for CS:S), we did the upgrade. I thought it was worth it. When we get bored we download new maps, and there's new maps all the time. There hundreds of them, and you generally get pre
Try Dystopia (Score:2)
http://www.dystopia-game.com/ [dystopia-game.com]
Cyber-punk world. Assault a corporate office building with your team of mercenaries, escort your decker to a jack-in-point. Guard him while he battles in cyber-space to disable security systems, then advance to complete your objectives.
Or, if you're dressed in corporate blue... stop the punk mercs cold in their tracks.
True Combat: Elite (Score:2)
More problems in gameplay that need fixed first! (Score:1, Interesting)
And how about more weapon options? Very few of the weapons have secondary attacks when IRL these same weapons have tons of features that I'm sure would enhance
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Um, (Score:5, Insightful)
Seriously, NOBODY looks at their radar. The general consensus seems to be: "If you hear footsteps, fire and hope it's not a friendly."
I look at it, because I can tell where enemy presence is by seeing who dies, and where they were. It helps IMMENSELY once you get used to it. (This applies to both 1.6 and CS:S)
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Like the parent poster said, those that check the radar before firing on friendlies are aware of where their teammates are. And if those gunshots/footsteps aren't coming from a teammate location, you know where the enemy is and can make a pretty good guess about where they're going based on a whole bunch of clues. (Enemy playstyle, death locations of other players, time of death, runspeed, yadda yadda.) Experienced players already have a pretty good mental radar going.
This will probably help the newer playe
Is it such a big change? (Score:1)
Maybe if they made it so that ANY player seen within a cone of vision (maybe 10 degrees
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Personally I'd use the radar more if it was closer to my crosshairs. Best would be in the middle between crosshairs and bottom screen edge. That's where it is in Freespace. Dunno, I just can't keep track of any stats shown on the top edge of the screen.
More maps please. (Score:2)
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I stopped playing CS when America's Army came out. I was pretty good at CS and very often on the top of the list on pub servers. I got kicked all the time for "hacking". Eventually I quit because I got tired of getting shot through walls, got tired of grenades not killing people, and got tired of crazy Quake, jumping around / bunny hopping style of gameplay. America's Army was great for a while, but now that game has suffered the same scourge as eve
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