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The biggest offender in GO is the removal of free look. You’ll find some surf, Goldeneye, and zombie maps, but the mapping and modding community hasn’t arrived just yet. I managed to find a couple quality community maps (including faithful recreations of old classics like Backalley), but the pickings are still pretty slim. Gone are the detailed damage reports, server rankings, gambling, and quirky server-side tweaks. If you are a 1.6 or Source player, you’ll find GO to be a bit hollow in terms of features. The game started as a mod made by fans and fans of the mod have made the game into something else over the years. Counter-Strike has always been a game by community, for community. Once again, players are limited to one weapon they must upgrade through kills but now death is permanent and they need to plant/disarm a bomb.Īfter a shaky divorce in 2004, Valve are breaking up the family again with GO. Demolition is the meeting point between Gun Game and classic Disarm CS maps. Demolition, on the other hand, is almost worth purchasing GO on its own merits. Even worse, there are only two maps that come with the mode and neither is very good. This will give you some time to get used to the vicious recoil on some of these guns - a jarring difference between GO and recent military shooters.Īrms Race has respawns so it’s very fast paced but doesn’t feel like CS. These two modes serve as an excellent entry point for new players, since you are forced to learn the current weapon in your inventory until you get a new one by killing an opponent. Both of which are variations of the popular Gun Game mod played on CS servers for years - though, you may be more familiar with Call of Duty: Black Op’s mode that borrows the name and concept. The most noteworthy addition of GO are its two new modes: Arms Race and Demolition. Here’s where the things fall apart: CS was never meant for consoles and this latest iteration serves as a reminder. There is a well made tutorial to guns, an informative “How to Play” option in the menu, dumb-as-dirt bots to play against offline, and a new player ranking system (ELO rank) that will pair players of the same skill level together over time. Valve has tasked Hidden Path with fitting a square peg in a round hole, but the young developer has done an admirable job of making the game approachable to new console players. Without accuracy and player awareness, you don’t stand a chance in the brutal servers of CS:GO. This is where things get a bit rough for console players. Above all, you’ll need to be incredibly accurate and control your weapon. You’ll also need to keep quiet, as this is a game where hearing nearby footsteps can change the course of a round. Since death comes quickly, you’ll need to learn the maps inside-and-out so you can cover all your corners. You’ll find some minor changes made to Italy and Dust, but it’s not exactly going to put a stop to your nostalgia or established strategies. Nine classic maps are included in this download, in addition to eight new maps for the two new game modes (more on this below). What I love most of all about CS are the maps and Valve seems to know as much.
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