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Summary: Valve makes buggy software, rampant cheating possible
Review: Counter-Strike was a very nice mod for Half-Life until the cheating became rampant. These days all it takes is a simple download and you can watch everybody else staring at you through walls. Neither Valve nor Sierra will address these problems and both ignore requests to fix them.Do not buy this game for the multiplayer capabilities as these companies have a poor track record.
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Summary: The best of the best
Review: Gamers....this is the game for you. The best of the best. Prepare to forget everything else in your life and focus on this game. You definatly NEED this game. It has everything a great game needs-good graphics, excellent gameplay, and enough fun to keep you coming back for more... Overall this is the best game in the market...Counter-strike condition zero should be the most popular game of all time.New maps,skins, and weapons should be helpful to keep this game popular for a long long time. Take my advice. Get this game. I promise you'll never get tired of it.
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Summary: How good is this game: AMAZING!!!!
Review: This game is going to be the best game out, adding new dimensions to the Half-Life add on (mod). The new weapons are set too look and feel (yes feel) brilliant, this is the game to buy, worth every pound and penny you buy it for. Also a edited Half-Life engine will make it perfect, the Half-Life engine is (id say) the best around, editing it for such a great game can only mean its going to be amazingly better. Buy it and have fun...
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Summary: Release Date
Review: Yo for all you who wanna know: Counter-Strike:Condition Zero is supposed to come out Spring 2002, not December! - Spectre
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Summary: A Sense of Purpose
Review: By - Tom Ham
Posted By - Dark Spectre "In Condition Zero players have a much greater sense of purpose," continues Pitchford, "This never really comes across well in the online game. In Condition Zero, failure has greater consequences and success offers greater rewards. As a Counter Terrorist, for example, you're going in there, getting shot at and putting your life on the line in order to save the lives of innocent civilians. Or, play the game from the other side and see how it feels to not be able to protect your squad mates with simple armor vests because failures in previous missions have left you short of funding. These things types of things are new to Condition Zero and really amplify the excitement of the game as well as keep us coming back for more." Taking the project over from Rouge Entertainment, the Gearbox team basically had to start from scratch. "I actually have been speaking with Valve about Counter-Strike and things that could be done with it for quite a while," continues Pitchford, "We all knew CS was going to be special." Amen to that. When you sit down with Randy Pitchford and his partner, Brian Martel, art czar at Gearbox, you can't help but feel their passion and enthusiasm for the game. This editor thought that we here at GameSpy were hardcore players, bah! These guys were nuts. "We know there are a lot of CS fans out there," says Martel. "We have the team and the tools to take CS to the next level." And this level of excitement doesn't stop at the top; it permeates through everyone else on the team. From the artists to the level designers, everyone involved is determined to make Condition Zero something truly special. The Single-Player Game "The single-player game will have approximately 30-40 missions and over 16 new maps," says Pitchford. What's cool is that all of these maps can be both played in multiplayer as well as the single-player game. We're introducing a new Russian CT called the Russian Spetznaz and a new Terrorist faction as well." An interesting gameplay addition to the single-player game is the inclusion of training. "Each side will have training," continues Pitchford, "When you're squad earns money, they can fund various skills. These skills include weapons training, bomb defusal, sniper skills, and even camping skills." Now does this mean we'll watch our units go into training? "No, not at all," says Pitchford, "It's basically an upgrade you purchase in the game, just like you would purchase a weapon or item." What's cool about these skills is that there will be one for every weapon class and one each tactic (bomb defusal, sniping, etc.) How many skills does this add up to? You do the math; it's quite a bit. With all this talk about fellow squad mates and units, you gotta wonder, who is controlling these guys in the single-player game? Have you ever heard of Pod Bot? "We have the best guy in the biz doing the AI for Condition Zero," says Pitchford. "We've got Markus Klinge on board, the guy who created Pod Bot. He's doing all the AI for the units in the game." So just how good is the AI? As a joke, the Gearbox guys put yours truly in a multiplayer game where the player's names were folks on the CZ team. After a few frustrating rounds, we later found out that the other players were indeed bots programmed by Klinge. How good were they? So convincingly real it was almost eerie. They not only camped, but were also adept with the AWP and their ability to cover for one another was remarkable. Remember how smart the Marines were in Half-Life? Imagine bots ten times as intelligent.
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Summary: CS CZ CSucks
Review: Look: I LIKE CS. I hadn't played it in awhile, and I heard that they were coming out with a single player version. "Awesome!" I said-- imagining a game featuring the action and mechanics of CS with the in-depth missions of a Rainbow Six. That's the way it was pitched to me, at least, before it bounced around several companies.
So today, I see CS CZ in a store for the first time (which I now chalk up to my ignorance; not its launch). I buy it . . aaaaand-- the single player blows. No new weapons. Mildly improved skins. More importantly, there are no 'missions', per se-- just ridiculous parameters set on existing maps.
You thought you liked "Italy"? Well, try to play it as regular CS with bots, only-- the only way you can advance is by killing 4 guys with the AWP, 4 with the desert Eagle, and rescuing ALL the hostages. Oh, by the way-- at least five or six times, you'll be rescuing the hostages, when one of your own teammates will take a gratuitous kill on the last terrorist as you head down victory lane, sending you right back to the beginning.
The AI is great-- it starts at 'drooling retard' (your teammates will wander in front of you, oblivious to your fire) and works its way up to 'Assisted Living' (If your teammate hears an opposing player approach, and the opposing player opens fire, they MIGHT ACTUALLY shoot back). However, the terrorists have one setting: "Wall Hacker".
I haven't tried the multiplayer yet, but I didn't buy it for the multiplayer-- that I can just download for free (with the purchase of half-life).
I bought this game for a cool single player counter-terror experience, and if that's your aim-- er . . play something else. This game blows.
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Summary: WTF CDKEY DONT WORK?!
Review: I bought this game cause it was $20 bucks when it first on amazon. First of all most of the stuff in the game were almost the same. Its just a different look if your really got bored of the looks of the older counterstrike. Ok the part where it really hit me was the cdkey doesnt work. I was like wtf. I went to steampowered.com about this and they told me to sent an email to a guy who will give you a new cdkey if you sent pics of a cd case with ckdey and a reciept as proof. I did and i havent recieved an single email from them for about a week. I am very disappointed. Second do not waste your money or you can be one of the unlucky ones with a non-working cdkey.
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Summary: The True First Person Battle Simulator
Review: This is my favorite battle game. I started by playing Half-Life first, which in addition to "boots on the ground" battle against online opponents, also has an incredible story plot solo game included. But Counter-Strike is all about the battle between terrorists and counter terrorists, and bringing the battle right into your soul. What Condition Zero, the latest release from Sierra does so well, is it allows you to fight offline with robots, or 'bots', as they are called in this genre. You can set their skill level low so you can be the hero and hold your own, and not get slaughtered by the pros you would otherwise meet in the online network option. Playing with the bots is my favorite way to play. It also alleviates any trouble you might have with a slow internet connection. I want to have to struggle, but I enjoy coming out the hero in most of the bot matches. At the beginning of each round you get money to use to equip yourself with the necessary kevlar armor, as well as submachine guns and rifles, etc, based on real world counter-terrorist police gear. If your team wins, then the next round you have more money to buy better weapons and gear. By the way, each round lasts about 10 minutes, so if you get shot, you float like a ghost and observe until a few minutes later when a whole new round commences.
The 3d graphics are great, the approximately 20 maps are varied such as Chateau, Train Station, Aztec, Desert, etc. The sounds are very realistic, right down to the sound of the brass casings bouncing on the floor as you fire your mp5 at your enemy. There is solo game story adventure included, which even includes a training mission. Counter-Strike is the #1 selling first person shooter in the world, bar none. Not to be missed! Website: http://www.counter-strike.net/
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Summary: c.z. i hate that you have to wait for the pach for playing..
Review: c.z. i hate that you have to wait for the pach for playing on the internet
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Summary: Non-stop fun!
Review: This is one of my most played games.
I play CS: CZ constantly and it never gets old. This continues the Counter-Strike series with better graphics, new maps, new scenarios, etc. Play offline in the Tour of Duty mode and fight against terrorists with intentions to destroy what's right. Or play online with thousands of other players!
I am a big fan of the multiplayer, you meet hundreds of new people, get better rather than playing against the computer. It's just a fun thing to do.
The newest thing in Condition Zero is the fact that you can make single player missions with bots. You can make them carry certain weapons, have higher or lower skill, etc. It's up to you.
Overall, a great game and must for any FPS fan.
8/10
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