Counter Strike : GO

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Counter Strike

GO

KSI Zohan

08-25-12

After download the trial game for what seemed like an eternity, the game being 2.0 gigabyte downloadable content, I fired the game up and waited even longer just to find a single match. Once inside the actual match I quickly noticed some similarities between Counter Strike and Left 4 Dead. After researching it further, I found Counter Strike as a PC game, and both PC and Xbox 360 versions are made by Valve. Though on the PC it is a flash version, runable on even the most out of date computers. With graphics rivaling those ONLY of pong, or minecraft, I was extremely off put by the blocky nature of the game, and the forced maneuverability. The movements seemed as artificial as they were, not to mention the choppy sights staring me down from the middle of the screen. The cross hairs stayed in one place, as did my weapon, a trick in itself, as hitting RB would switch your weapon to a knife, and would not allow you to return to your pistol; the crosshairs also did not bounce up and down as I floated across the choppy map.

No sprint or melee seemed avalible to me, although I must admit I couldn't play it for more than 15 minutes. After becoming increasingly frustrated with the graphics, movements, and gameplay, I paid more attention to the sounds I was hearing. I immediately ran to by brothers room, and grabbed Left 4 Dead and fired it up. The sounds were the same. The weapons, different yes. But the sounds were the SAME. I then fired the P90 in Counter Strike, and then fired up my Modern Warfare 3 disc. Comparing the sounds was in many ways the same as comparing a refridgerator and freezer. The P90 on Modern Warfare 3 sounded organic and crisp, as if I were really holding the gun in my hand. Not to mention the recoil it provided me. The P90 in CS sounds damaged, and laggy. As if I were only firing every other round, though I could see the rounds being fired. With my trusty Turle Beach X12's mounted up, I could here a huge difference in the sounds.

Finally, in closing, I give the game a D-. The only thing saving the game from a full blown F is the originality and potential of the game. The maps seemed unlike any in any game I've played, but perhaps it may have been the terrible graphics confusing me. The weapons were run of the mill weapons avalible in most realistic type first person shooters, though their avalibilty from team to team was a let down.

[Sungazer's Wife 6]

Counter Strike
GO


KSI Zohan


08-25-12



[immediately] after download[ing] the trial game for [Counter Strike GO,] [what seemed like an eternity, the game being 2.0 gigabyte downloadable content, removed due to the fact there’s variations in Internet speed between everybody] I [fired] [launched] the game [up and waited even longer just to find a single match] [,I waited <insert how long maybe? or a while? However, a while might be too vague for what the audience may be wondering> to find an available match]. Once [inside the actual] [i began the] match [,] I quickly noticed some similarities between Counter Strike and Left 4 Dead. After researching it further, I [found] [discovered that] Counter Strike[‘s] as a PC game, and both PC and Xbox 360 versions [are] [were both] made by Valve. Though on the PC it is a flash version, runable on even the most out of date computers. With graphics rivaling those [only] of [Pong][,] or [Minecraft], I was extremely off put by the blocky nature of the game, and the forced maneuverability. The movements seemed as artificial as they were, not to mention the choppy sights staring me down from the middle of the screen. The [crosshairs] stayed in one place, as did my weapon, a trick in itself, [as] [was] hitting RB would switch your weapon to a knife, and [it] would not allow you to return to your pistol; the crosshairs also did not bounce up and down as I floated across the choppy map.

 No sprint or melee seemed [available] to me, although I must admit I couldn't play it for more than 15 minutes. After becoming increasingly frustrated with the graphics, movements, and [game play], I paid more attention to the sounds I was hearing. I immediately ran to [by] [my brother’s] room, and grabbed Left 4 Dead and [fired it up] [inserted it into my Xbox 360 to play a round of it to compare it to Counter Strike GO]. The sounds were the same. The weapons, different yes [.] [,] [That is a fragment. What is the subject? Weapons. What is the verb? …? So, it would be, if you absolutely want this sentence, best to adjoin it to the next ‘sentence’ [but] the sounds were the [same]. I then fired the P90 in Counter Strike, and then [fired up] [inserted] my Modern Warfare 3 disc [into my Xbox 360 to play a round of as well for comparison reasons]. Comparing the sounds was in many ways the same as comparing a [refrigerator] and freezer. The P90 on Modern Warfare 3 sounded organic and crisp, as if I were really holding the gun in my hand. Not to mention the recoil it provided me. The P90 in CS sounds [damaged] [,] and laggy[; as] if [I were] [it was] only firing every other round, though I could [visually] see the rounds being fired. However, whenever I put my With my trusty Turle [Turtle] Beach X12's [mounted up] [on,] I could [hear] a huge difference in the sounds.

 Finally, in closing, I give the game a D-. The only thing saving the game from [an] [full-blown] F is the originality and potential of the game. The maps seemed unlike any in any game I've played, but perhaps it may have been the terrible graphics confusing me. The weapons were [run-of-the-mill] weapons [available] in most realistic type first person shooters, though their [availability] from team to team was a let down.

P.S. Stop being such a pyromaniac. You don’t “fire†up discs!

Main Entry: ²fire

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): fired; fir·ing

1 a : to set on fire : KINDLE, IGNITE b : ^1STIR3, enliven <a story to fire the imagination> <all fired up>

2 : to dismiss from employment

3 : to cause to explode <fire dynamite>

4 a : to cause to be driven from or as if from a gun : LAUNCH <fire an arrow> <fire a rocket> b : to shoot off a firearm : DISCHARGE c : to throw with speed : HURL <fired the ball to first base>

5 a : to subject to great heat <fire pottery> b : to feed the fire of <fire a furnace>

6 a : to begin to burn b : to have fuel (as in a cylinder of an engine) ignite at the proper time

7 : to transmit a nerve impulse <the neuron fired>

• fir·er noun
  

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There may be more edits needed than this, but it's a start in the right direction.

[Sungazer's Wife 6]

Bump.

My expectations (especially seeing that over two weeks have past since I have given you a heping hand) is that after I or anybody assists you to better your article, that you then re-write it with some if not all the suggestions your fellow news writers give you. If you think that one of our suggestions are wrong, please do explain why you think the suggestion is wrong. We are all learning from eachother continuously.

Once fixed by you, please post a reply with it, and we can review it again to see if it is good enough to be published on the front page. If not, we'll repeat this process until it is.

[KSI Ace 7 97]

Also just wanna throw this out here...CS: GO isn't a brand new game...it's a game from years ago that was re-skinned.

[Badfur 13]

Yes, it is the original counter strike updated to current standards, basically. A game that has been competitive for about a decade, and your claim of originality is extremely hollow. That is like saying any game in the call of duty series, minus the first one, is original. It's a sequel, clearly, not original. Including Counterstrike 1.6 and Counterstrike: Source this game is anything but that.

No sprint is available because you are taking a game and trying to compare it to games that are not even close to it in terms of mechanics. The fact is that you are ALWAYS running - though you run faster with a knife, everyone runs faster with a knife. Refer to this video (note: 6 years old, and he's playing CS:Source - also, mild language.)

It also takes more than 15 minutes playing a game to write an effective review. Have you tried all the modes? The different gametypes? Weapons? Have you looked at its predecessors? Consider looking at reviews of them to familiarize yourself with the previous versions so you know how this differs or is similar.