A Look at the CounterStrike Source Beta

mutewinter writes "CounterFrag.com has posted an article reviewing the recent CounterStrike Source beta. What is unusual about Source is that it keeps the same gameplay, including guns and maps, of the original CounterStrike and simply brings CounterStrike (which uses the original Half Life engine) up to date graphically. Imagine if Doom 3 had been just like the original Doom, but with a better engine. Many gamers look down on recycled content, but is this a problem for a 5 year old game that is still as popular as ever?" S!: We also had an alternative look at the Beta over on Slashdot Games a couple of days back.

Comments

So it plays like Farcry?

[Graemee]

I might deserve a troll label for this but...

From the "review" it seems he's never played Farcry. The features described in HF2 are all present in Farcry. Not that I'm not waiting for HF2 to come so I can get CS too. But you have to expect any new FPS game to contain ragdoll physics as well as the other effects that Farcry & Doom3 have. IMHO this is why Valve has not released HF2 on time. I don't think it originally did not measure up to some of this years games and they are using the leak as an excuse to add more features.

Again it's my opinion and rather than being a coward I put this forward for comment.

now that Half-Life 2...

[maxpublic]

...is becoming the new Duke Nukem 3D, recycled content is just about all the gamers can count on.

Max