Counter-Strike coming to XBLA/PSN

Healium

And Steam.

Early 2012.

Yep.

sumsar

ha no way, with the same graphics or is it going to be upgraded?

Nerdkiller1991

sumsar wrote: »

ha no way, with the same graphics or is it going to be upgraded?

From the looks of things so far, it'll be an expanded version of CS: Source, with new maps, weapons, and modes.

Dr Bob

back in the day CS always attracted the loudest dumbest , sweariest angry teenagers online.
Xbox live/ PSN are currently full of dumb angry sweary f**kwit 12 year olds who just dont know when to shut the f**k up.
Combining the two...
OH DEAR GOD NO!!

Sierra Oscar

Announcement information can be read here.

Cant wait to get some more info!

Magill

Does it mean the PS3/360 or the next gen of consoles ?

Not sure how it'll work on console but sure better than nothing.. it'll still be primarly a PC game obviously.

Sierra Oscar

Magill wrote: »

Does it mean the PS3/360 or the next gen of consoles ?

Not sure how it'll work on console but sure better than nothing.. it'll still be primarly a PC game obviously.

It means PS3 & 360.

Nerdkiller1991

Also...please have a server browser on consoles. It's been dying on consoles, this gen, for no real reason. Get in games faster my ass, I want to choose my own game and not have to access something that's always broken on release.

Overheal

It was due for an update. Played it over the Summer Sale for achievements and it was not aging well.

Trevor451

I'd imagine this game is not going to have cross platform play for obvious reasons

WolfForager

Trevor451 wrote: »

I'd imagine this game is not going to have cross platform play for obvious reasons

YES!! YES!! THIS ARGUMENT AGAIN!!! YUSSS!!! /s

Anywho....

Can't wait for this, played CS:CZ to death when i was younger, i NEED this!

Ciaran500

Overheal wrote: »

It was due for an update. Played it over the Summer Sale for achievements and it was not aging well.

Yeah, really needs an update with iron sights, health regen and bloody screen :pac:

ShadowHearth

Not being smart... Is that a bit too late now?

Why the feck would I want to play Cs now when there are so
Many modern shooters out...

I allways hated Cs, for killing hl1 multiplayer . We newer came back to hl1 that day.... Sigh...

ED E

CS:S is still my favourite MP FPS, grew up on that stuff. Dont like the changes they've made though, shoulda left it a la 2008.

Magill

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Not being smart... Is that a bit too late now?

Why the feck would I want to play Cs now when there are so
Many modern shooters out...

I allways hated Cs, for killing hl1 multiplayer . We newer came back to hl1 that day.... Sigh...

Because its still the best ? I wouldn't say its too late either, since both cs + css have a constant 50,000 + players online at any time and are the 2nd/3rd most played games on steam behind TF2 (Which is mostly because of it going FTP i think).

How it'll work on console.... who knows, its good that its not coming out until early next year, so MW3/BF3 players will probably be looking for something new come release.

Canis Lupus

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Not being smart... Is that a bit too late now?

Why the feck would I want to play Cs now when there are so
Many modern shooters out...

I allways hated Cs, for killing hl1 multiplayer . We newer came back to hl1 that day.... Sigh...

Fhithunk! as a bolt lands squarely in a head.

Still, CS was awesome. I lost so much of my life to that game.

Ciaran500

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Why the feck would I want to play CS now when there are so many modern shooters out...

Cause alot of people see modern shooters as being a bit shit?

Not a fan of CS but also don't like most of the modern shooters and would prefer CS over them.

lemon_remon

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Why the feck would I want to play Cs now when there are so
Many modern shooters out...

Modern shooters aren't tactical or balanced. Counter Strike is aimed towards the e-sports crowd.

Overheal

lemon_remon wrote: »

Modern shooters aren't tactical or balanced. Counter Strike is aimed towards the e-sports crowd.

Yep. You don't see people jumping into Call of Duty for want of a 1 Round, 1 Life setup. "Sudden Death" has been a great hallmark of Counterstrike. And, it's one of the only few good reasons to play a 5 point CP map in TF2, because of the Sudden Death round after a stalemate :cool:

ShadowHearth

lemon_remon wrote: »

Modern shooters aren't tactical or balanced. Counter Strike is aimed towards the e-sports crowd.

it can be aimed at holy jesus to make a universe tournament, i still wouldnt give two ****s about it. i play games, because they are fun, not because someone i newer met playing it competitively.

i used to play, alot of it, but i would not come back to it now. there are more fun games out there i stick to.

as for modern shooters not being tactical and balanced... i wont start epic handbag fight...but i have to say: that statement is just pure stupid.

ED E

One of the main things I love about CS:S is, despite their names, that "accuracy" of guns. In COD you can stick the damage/penetration perks on, grab an RPK and rack up kills like nobody's business. M4's are practically the same with the exception of a smaller mag. In CS though there is actually an advantage of using things like the MP5 where, with a little skill, you can destroy by being a little headshot devil. I suppose thats probably a thumbstick thing but lets not go there.

Oh yeah, and flashs are so much more effective. Gotta love clearing a room of five enemy's with nothing more than a flash and a USP.

ED E

ShadowHearth wrote: »

it can be aimed at holy jesus to make a universe tournament, i still wouldnt give two ****s about it. i play games, because they are fun,

This is a distinct point. Some people like the be competitive, some people want a good triggerfest nothing more. I'm a bit of both myself, depending on the mood. When I play CSS with the lads and in lans in college I get really into it but when its halo3 on XBL its much more laidback.

Each to their own, nobody is saying CSS is better, just that its better for the more serious players. Skill is much more evident in what I'd call "proper" shooters.

ShadowHearth

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

This is a distinct point. Some people like the be competitive, some people want a good triggerfest nothing more. I'm a bit of both myself, depending on the mood. When I play CSS with the lads and in lans in college I get really into it but when its halo3 on XBL its much more laidback.

Each to their own, nobody is saying CSS is better, just that its better for the more serious players. Skill is much more evident in what I'd call "proper" shooters.

i agree, each to its own. I love LoL and its very competitive game. i play only normal games and mostly only with friends. i really dont give two ****s that its used for tournaments.

play a game just becouse its aimed at e-sports... feck that. i cant play sc2 anymore as its e-sports heaven, i just cant compete with those people! if you whana be atleast half decent you need to play sc2 like second full time job!

CS was good back then, but i just cba playing anymore. I played since it was released and it didnt changed much since then at all.

If someone chooses to play it, then go for it, but saying that modern shooters are not tactical or balanced is just plain stupid.

as for it still being best... not really, but once again, its a matter of taste.

Magill

ShadowHearth wrote: »

i agree, each to its own. I love LoL and its very competitive game. i play only normal games and mostly only with friends. i really dont give two ****s that its used for tournaments.

play a game just becouse its aimed at e-sports... feck that. i cant play sc2 anymore as its e-sports heaven, i just cant compete with those people! if you whana be atleast half decent you need to play sc2 like second full time job!

CS was good back then, but i just cba playing anymore. I played since it was released and it didnt changed much since then at all.

If someone chooses to play it, then go for it, but saying that modern shooters are not tactical or balanced is just plain stupid.

as for it still being best... not really, but once again, its a matter of taste.

cs isn't just a competitive game tho... its public community is far more diverse than any other gaming community. The amount of choice you have if your just a casual gamer is beyond insane.. the 25,000 custom maps available on csbanana for css alone is proof of that. Some of the best times i've had on cs and css was in well "policed" community servers where its just a bit of craic, be it playing normal cs or gungame or even the warcraft mod.

Its fine if you don't like the game but please know what your talking about before giving an opinion.

lemon_remon

ShadowHearth wrote: »

it can be aimed at holy jesus to make a universe tournament, i still wouldnt give two ****s about it. i play games, because they are fun, not because someone i newer met playing it competitively.

i used to play, alot of it, but i would not come back to it now. there are more fun games out there i stick to.

as for modern shooters not being tactical and balanced... i wont start epic handbag fight...but i have to say: that statement is just pure stupid.

Well you seem to have a very narrow mind towards it. There are people who find competitive gaming fun and they just need to be more "serious" about the game to have "fun".

ShadowHearth wrote: »

as for modern shooters not being tactical and balanced... i wont start epic handbag fight...but i have to say: that statement is just pure stupid.

I wouldn't say it's pure stupid at all. There's a reason Counter Strike is still the 2nd most played game on Steam. I challenge you to come up with a modern shooter as balanced as Counter Strike. Popular games like CoD are a joke when it comes to balance and tactics, even a team of "pros" could be beaten by only a relatively skilled team.

I'm not saying that modern shooters aren't fun. I love playing CoD when a group of my friends are online and I will often play BC2: Vietnam by myself but while these games are fun they are not as skilful nor as balanced as CS.

ED E

Pity DOD:S hasnt lasted. Great game as co-ordination was key to victory. The simple pushing style could only entertain for a while though.

Retr0gamer

Magill wrote: »

cs isn't just a competitive game tho... its public community is far more diverse than any other gaming community. The amount of choice you have if your just a casual gamer is beyond insane.. the 25,000 custom maps available on csbanana for css alone is proof of that. Some of the best times i've had on cs and css was in well "policed" community servers where its just a bit of craic, be it playing normal cs or gungame or even the warcraft mod.

I found the level of entry into CS way too high. I used to play it for a bit, take a break, go back and then get completely dominated. However a few months back me and my brother tried it out for old times sake and stumbled into a gun game and had loads of fun. The server is now saved to favourites and we both play it on sundays every so often. The amount of custom maps and games is what keeps it interesting.

Magill

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I found the level of entry into CS way too high. I used to play it for a bit, take a break, go back and then get completely dominated. However a few months back me and my brother tried it out for old times sake and stumbled into a gun game and had loads of fun. The server is now saved to favourites and we both play it on sundays every so often. The amount of custom maps and games is what keeps it interesting.

Yeah the entry level on public cs can be a bit high when playing on the normal map servers(Although i wouldn't have thought it to be that high), thats mostly because you'd get a lot of competitive players coming in to warmup for a few rounds before playing some PCW's and what not.

You can find a lot of really nice community servers tho were the skill level will generally be pretty low. First 3 or 4 years of playing CS was argubly the most fun I had playing any game and that was entirely on public custom map servers.

You have everything you really want tbh

Normal DE maps
Hostage/Rescue maps
Surfing and Climbing maps
Hide and seek
Gun game
Warcraft and other RPG styled mods
Zombies
Jailbreak
and then all the other funky custom maps (Rats/knifearenas/grenade maps)

So much fun to be had ! :P


Shame anyone that plays it for the first time on the xbox or ps3 will never really get the full CS experience.

Retr0gamer

Hate to bring it up again, but CS really is a game where a k+m is pretty much essential. It will be interesting to see how it works on console considering how much the game relies on high speed precision aiming which really isn't conductive to aim assist.

partyatmygaff

CSS on consoles :eek:


That's one game that really needs a keyboard and mouse. If you ask me it's still the best raw FPS game out there.

Magill

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Hate to bring it up again, but CS really is a game where a k+m is pretty much essential. It will be interesting to see how it works on console considering how much the game relies on high speed precision aiming which really isn't conductive to aim assist.

The lack of ADS is probably gonna hurt it on console. ADS is pretty much the only reason i think shooters are much better now than they used to be(It adds a lot of control for the sticks). We'll see tho, valve haven't really made a shoddy game before besides their last console version of CS (And maybe blueshift.. which i actually thought wasn't too bad :P) so if anyone can make it work it'll be valve.

Retr0gamer

Well either valve changes the game completely to facilitate controllers or keep it the same with aim assist. Whatever happens it will be fun seeing the fanboys up in arms either way

Also Blue Shift was made by Gearbox and I'm pretty sure CS on Xbox was farmed out.

Magill

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Well either valve changes the game completely to facilitate controllers or keep it the same with aim assist. Whatever happens it will be fun seeing the fanboys up in arms either way

Also Blue Shift was made by Gearbox and I'm pretty sure CS on Xbox was farmed out.

SUCCESS ?? :P

Yeah it'll be fun. CS fanboys are a million times worse than the CoD fanboys so it'll be interesting to say the least !

bastados

Cant wait..if true..great game

Ciaran500

bastados wrote: »

Cant wait..if true..great game

Huh, this is official news from Valve

K.O.Kiki

I remember being introduced to CSS as the one game to play in the Vivendi offices.

Had great craic, even tho I was terrible I'd still get the odd lucky kill, and could survive just by playing smart.

I just love how it's got this lovely slow-slow-FAST rhythm to its combat. Can't wait

Sisko

Well this is an odd one for the consoles. Then again, CS heads were the scum of the internet back in the day, then they all moved to the consoles with their halos and cods so I guess you could say the game followed them eventually.


But seriously though a game such as CS was all about having good aim , can't see any hardcore CS fan enjoying it with a pad. TF2 aint so hot on the consoles.

Still I like what valve has been doing with steam on the PS3 so I'm sure a lot of people will get some fun out of it still even if it is dumbed down with auto aim and the likes.

Tar.Aldarion

just hope the pc version is good, seems there will eb little recoil as it's for consoles

Sisko

One would like to hope valve won't compromise the quality and scope of the pc version due to having it on the consoles too unlike most other devs.

Tar.Aldarion

sseems like they will, hope it wiill still be good though

Marek ".PhP" Kadek is one of the players in seattle. This is what he wrote on Playzone.cz :
- this game is not going to replace CS 1.6, or CS:S, it is primary made for consoles, PC version is just kind of a "bonus"
- at the moment, the game looks more like HL2DM
- There is no recoil and there will never be. (because of the consoles)
- the game runs on L4D2 engine
- SourceTV is NOT a priority
- they are working on match making system
- new money system
- no kevlar (this should be fixed in the future)
- maps are simplyfied for XBOX style, less ways, most fights are close range
- Hidden Path (Valve only finances the game) is trying to make all weapons balanced.

Valve is going to continue updating CS:S, and today they will also talk with the players about the future of CS:S...

Magill

Too me it sounds like its going to be another CZ(A bridge between css/cs2?). Im still excited because frankly i wont beable to play it on PC and even if its only half as good as the PC version i'll enjoy it more than I do CoD.

I wouldn't be suprised if valves next full game is HL3, with the next gen consoles only round the corner they're probably waiting until then. With it will probably come a new Engine and obviously a new CS/TF/DoD.

Its nice to see them pushing the competitive scene with their next 2 games tho.

Trevor451

Lets hope valve is not pulling a activision :pac:

F1ngers

http://kotaku.com/5834542/an-hour-with-counter+strike-go.

On the PS3, players can use the game controller, the PlayStation Move motion controller or even a mouse and keyboard. PS3, Mac and PC players will be match-made against each other, clumped by skill, regardless of input device or platform.

A whole new arguement, PS move > KB&M > controller...:p.

Hercule

Cross-platform play between PC/Mac/PS3

It prob the PC master race blood coursing through my veins but when I see "cross platform play" I immediately think "game simplified/dumbed down to work on consoles".

The finesse of CS1.6 and games like CoD1 was what made it so interesting to me - if every gun fires bullets that are a metre squared at targets which take up a 3rd of the screen the game is meh

Kiith

I'd be interested in seeing how Move players could compete with kb/m players. I'd still say kb/m > Move > controller (basing this on nothing btw).

Retr0gamer

I still don't think move is as accurate as a mouse and also there's still the massive disadvantage in turning speeds.

Magill

PS3 can use keyboard and mouse...... unlucky PC noobs... im still gonna rape ya

richymcdermott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN93xXfews4

Retr0gamer

Magill wrote: »

PS3 can use keyboard and mouse...... unlucky PC noobs... im still gonna rape ya

I might just get it to relive those memories of destroying the noobpad users on the Dreamcast quake 3 servers :P

ríomhaire

partyatmygaff wrote: »

CSS on consoles :eek:

There's already an Xbox (original one) version of Counter-Strike.

Overheal

Cant wait to see a real fight between keyboard and joypad