Counter-Strike

Counter-Strike (or CS) is one of the most played Half-Life mods ever. Let me start off by saying the Counter-Strike is an Amazing game. For one, it has good visuals (atleast when it was released), Action Packed gameplay and realistic damage. Now, in terms of Gameplay, you have two teams: Counter-Terrorists (CT's) and Terrorists (T's). They are pitted to fight eachother in various game types (Well, 2 gametypes.) One of the Gametypes is Hostage Rescue, where there are hostages in the map and the CT's have to Rescue them into some Zone in the map. It's usually the CT's spawn where you have to Rescue them. Now the T's have to actually Defend the hostages and Kill the CT's. Most of the Time, people ignore the Hostages, so they just go on to kill the CT's or T's. A bit frustrating, but when you are playing competative or on a Server, it's all good. Another Gametype is called Defuse (hence the de_ in some of the map names.) The T's have to get a Bomb and Plant it in either the A or B bomb sites, and the CT's have to kill all of the T's. Now, if the T's do plant the bomb, however, the CT's have to Defuse it. It's really cool if you are playing competative. The guns feel also nice, because unlike Call of Duty, THEY ARE ACTUALLY BALANCED! When you die from someone, you actually feel like it's your fault. And there is also alot of Recoil. And when I mean alot, I mean ALOT.You can actually equip a Tactical Shield (or a Riot shield in Real Life), but it's pretty overpowered, because when you have it, basicly no one can kill you. In terms of sound, it's great. The Sound makes you feel like you are in a War zone, which is a Incredible achievement. Now, the Visuals don't compare to todays standarts, but they were pretty good at the time! And you think that 2 Gametypes are not enough for you? Well, since Valve opened the Floodgates to the Modding Community when HL1 was released, CS has alot of Modding tools which will help you make your own mod. You can make you're own Maps, Weapons, EVEN VEHICLES! There is endless creativity! You can even update the Visuals to meet the Source standarts! So even if you don't like the looks of the game, just download a Skin pack and depending on what Skin you have downloaded, it will make the game look much better.Don't want to make a mod? Well, why don't you join a Modded server where you can play Zombies, Surf and alot of other stuff.Bottom line is, is that Counter-Strike will entertain you for Years to come. Thank you, Valve, for releasing this amazing product.You can buy the Retail version, or you can download the Digital version through Valve's Steam platform.