Counter-Strike 2 Created 12 years ago2011-08-12 16:19:33 UTC by Archie Archie

Created 12 years ago2011-08-12 16:19:33 UTC by Archie Archie

Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 16:20:27 UTC Post #297786
Boom.

Unofficial, but more informative boom.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) will expand upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched 12 years ago.

CS: GO features new maps, characters, and weapons and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.). In addition, CS: GO will introduce new gameplay modes, matchmaking, leader boards, and more.
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 16:22:39 UTC Post #297787
"Valve announced CSGO in August 2012"

What. :nuts:

Im not at all into Counter-Strike but i'll keep my eye on this one because i might just give it chance when it's out.
The Mad Carrot The Mad CarrotMad Carrot
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 16:23:54 UTC Post #297788
Heh, I just saw this on Facebook too.
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 16:32:08 UTC Post #297789
If they make a counter-strike 2, will that mean they'll make a counter-strike source 2?
Dimbeak DimbeakRotten Bastard
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 16:40:18 UTC Post #297790
It's called CS: GO l2read dimbshit.
Skals SkalsLevel Designer
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 16:58:00 UTC Post #297791
Ahh Arch beat me too it! Oh well, looks promising. BUT WTH IS UP WITH HL2:EP3?!
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 17:06:48 UTC Post #297792
I'll probably buy it. I've got 1.6, CZ, and CSS, and I used to played all three of them A LOT. I'm guessing this won't be an exception for me.
Haven't really played any counter strike in about 3 years, if you don't count Huntey and Urby's last tournament. It was fun to load up 1.6 again for the first time in about 5 years.
Madcow MadcowSpy zappin my udder
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 18:08:40 UTC Post #297798
WTF, Are you guys serious!?

BTW, in 1997 search for top 10 1997 fps games on youtube.
Half-Life was by far the best looking game!
Unbreakable UnbreakableWindows 7.9 Rating!
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 18:59:17 UTC Post #297800
I'm looking forward to this too, but I have to agree w/ Mcrich. Where is Episode 3?

Since Episode 2, we've had Portal, TF2, L4D, L4D2, Alien Swarm, Portal 2, and, at least until we hear otherwise, DOTA2 and CS:GO. Granted, the list between CS:S and CS:GO is twice as long, but still...
TawnosPrime TawnosPrimeI...AM...CANADIAN!
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 19:11:41 UTC Post #297801
Yeah I wonder what Valve is up to. Perhaps they got tired of delays so they'll just release Ep3 with a short notice. But still, it's gone a long time and you'd think that they'd focus most of their resources finishing their most anticipated game.
Madcow MadcowSpy zappin my udder
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 19:18:58 UTC Post #297802
Indeed, the first thing I thought was, "What about Half Life?"

This is incredibly frustrating to see.
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 19:23:44 UTC Post #297803
Why are they focusing on their lesser games rather than the core game behind them all i.e. half-life? Then again we never know, they could be working on HL3 now and for the past few years.
Skals SkalsLevel Designer
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 19:25:01 UTC Post #297804
If they are working on ep 3 and beyond right now, it'd be nice to see some sort of teaser dropped.
38_98 38_98Lord
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 19:25:47 UTC Post #297805
Did you guys read about the guys who protested outside valve for half life 2 episode 3? Gabe just stepped out, bought them lunch and took a picture. what a troll.
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 19:49:02 UTC Post #297811
While we're on the subject, anyone wanna start a pool on what Q1 2012 Valve time will actually be? My money's on Q1 2013.
TawnosPrime TawnosPrimeI...AM...CANADIAN!
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 20:54:49 UTC Post #297816
I want this more than another Half-Life. Half-Life, Uplink and Opposing Force are some of my favourite games. The other games in the series are mediocre. Source games lack the Quake "feel" I love so much.
Oskar Potatis Oskar Potatis🦔
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 21:07:26 UTC Post #297817
If this won't be free for those already owning CounterStrike:Source, it's just another bullshit added to Valve's official bullshit list instead of focusing on Half-Life.

Valve is just proving that economics are far important than what fans demand.

Or it might be that Valve is secretely working on a huge episode of hl2 and doesn't want to spoil it. I hope it's not a delusion...
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 21:17:06 UTC Post #297818
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Um, ok, first of all fans have been asking for a new CS for years. CSS is like 7 years old, I don't see how a new instalment is a bad thing.

Also, Gabe has said repeatedly that ep3 will never exist. Valve abandoned episodic content. Half-Life 3 is going to be a full-length game, and of course they're working on it.
Then again we never know, they could be working on HL3 now and for the past few years.
We do know; They have.
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 22:16:30 UTC Post #297824
The other games in the series are mediocre. Source games lack the Quake "feel" I love so much.
Heh, I always thought I was alone, I feel the same thing. I've missed the quake feel ever since I first played HL2.
Madcow MadcowSpy zappin my udder
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 22:37:09 UTC Post #297826
Um, ok, first of all fans have been asking for a new CS for years. CSS is like 7 years old, I don't see how a new instalment is a bad thing.
Sure, you can go on and approve every new game Valve releases but it's being a ninja bitch about Half-Life 3.
CSS is 7 years old, but also the last Half-Life installment is approaching 5 years. And although CSS features maximum replay-ability(duh), you can't say the same for a singleplayer story.
So what makes more sense? To reinvent an outworn game that is anyway constantly bombarded by custom content provided by fans, or to release a damn continuation to a story we all crave about?
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 22:40:25 UTC Post #297827
Compared to this, BF3 and MW3 look like shit. And I haven't even seen an In-Game Screenshot! Nah, love CS:S, this sounds great.
brendanmint brendanmintBrendan
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 22:48:33 UTC Post #297828
This is a list with the most noticeable FPS in history. Is Valve's CS:GO going to make a big difference?
This is just another shameless easy-to-produce-game so they can obtain more profit. MOAR profit. They're not even trying anymore to occupy a specific niche of FPS games. With the exception of TF2, Portal and the Half-Life series, there's nothing really special and creative in their releases. 2 zombie games released so quickly one after another? SHAMELESS!

Think about a Half-Life 3 release. It would rock the world. Heck, even our grandparents would know and discuss about it!
Um, ok, first of all fans have been asking for a new CS for years. CSS is like 7 years old, I don't see how a new instalment is a bad thing.
May I ask you what audience? 13 year old fappers? Yeah, they sure did.
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 22:58:08 UTC Post #297831
My guess is that this will be a free-to-play game, same as TF2.

Also, what the hell Striker? Just because you don't like CS doesn't mean that another CS game shouldn't be made. There is absolutely no "shameless" element to a multiplayer sequel released SEVEN YEARS after the last installment.

Also, everyone, Valve don't just have one game team. They work in smaller groups, each on a specific game. CS development wouldn't be taking all that much time away from HL stuff (assuming HL stuff is happening).
Penguinboy PenguinboyHaha, I died again!
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 23:05:42 UTC Post #297834
How can somebody whose name is literally THE COUNTER STRIKER end up hating on Counter-Strike?
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-12 23:58:03 UTC Post #297836
How can somebody whose name is literally THE COUNTER STRIKER end up hating on Counter-Strike?
That'd almost be just like somebody named thehalflifedude who despises every half life installation after the first...
Crollo CrolloTrollo
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 00:06:50 UTC Post #297837
it would be really shitty if they made a team fortress 3.

Have you guys not noticed that valve cannot count to three?

Doa 2
Half Life 2: Episode 2
Team Fortress 2
Counter Strike 2
Left-4-Dead 2
Dimbeak DimbeakRotten Bastard
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 00:45:02 UTC Post #297839
Game Community Formed around Valve Game.
Bash Valve's game making decisions.
Oh TWHL.
brendanmint brendanmintBrendan
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 01:11:30 UTC Post #297841
Um, ok, first of all fans have been asking for a new CS for years. CSS is like 7 years old, I don't see how a new instalment is a bad thing.
Counter strike is the most played game in the world (seconded to Tf2 now) But CS fans arent protesting outside the office now are they :)
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 01:46:39 UTC Post #297842
delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.)
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As for Half-Life, it's pretty old news that Ep3 isn't coming. I reckon Valve are having trouble making the next part of the story enjoyable to play.

I can picture the level designers / testers running through the tight interior of a ship, fighting telekinetic slugs and thinking: "Yeah, this is shit."

After all, they did cut the Borealis from Half-Life's story once already.
monster_urby monster_urbyGoldsourcerer
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 01:54:08 UTC Post #297846
It would be cooler if you would only have to go through the borealis for only one chapter, and in earlier and later chapters, it would be about finding it and trying to control it. Until suddenly, when you've managed to gain control of the borealis, THE COMBINE COME IN AND SCREW WITH IT OR TRY TO DESTROY IT. Then you would so something similar to the strider battle to protect it from being destroyed, or just withstand some invasions.

Then at the end, you attempt to use the borealis against the combine but then... something happens.

That would be a good storyline. I wish they would offer storyline developement positions to 12-year-olds.
Dimbeak DimbeakRotten Bastard
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 04:17:58 UTC Post #297848
Something tells me Marc Laidlaw is just a little more experienced.
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 04:25:35 UTC Post #297849
>mfw brendanmint tries to greentext on TWHL

idontthinksotim.jpg
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 04:44:16 UTC Post #297852
>Awe Shit Son

SAXTON HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE
brendanmint brendanmintBrendan
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 05:12:17 UTC Post #297855
>idontthinksotim.jpg

thatfuckingcat.jpg
Crollo CrolloTrollo
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 10:25:49 UTC Post #297862
"I wish they would kill the Half-Life series" - Dimbark
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 11:07:04 UTC Post #297863
As much as I want to see Episode(/HL) 3, We have to trust them to be working on it. After all, they spent years and years quietly working on TF2. Sure, everyone thought it was vaporware. Nobody thought it was coming after the first couple years of waiting without new media. It came. Episode(/HL) 3 will too. As for CS:GO, it looks like it could be interesting. And maybe the changes will keep the...undesirable...players away. So everyone else can play it the way it was designed.
Notewell NotewellGIASFELFEBREHBER
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 11:11:52 UTC Post #297864
I laugh at everyone here that says another CS game is bad / shouldn't be made. It's one of the most addictive and fun to play shooters of all time, and a great game for it's time. Revisiting the franchise with a new game can only be a good thing. It doesn't matter if they remake the same old maps in each of the games, it'll be a new engine with new content and as always it will have mappers to create new custom maps for you to play on servers at your leisure.
Skals SkalsLevel Designer
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 11:13:54 UTC Post #297865
The more I read about it the more potential it has. I've always thought that small teams was the most fun, and CS:GO is being geared towards competitive 5v5 games, with a matchmaking system IIRC. I like that the weapons are more situational as well, although I'll be mad if neither of the 3 shotguns is effective at anything past twenty feet. The SMG changes sound alright, and if they fix the rifles so that the first 2-3 rounds are actually accurate then that'll be great, too. I can't wait to see how the player movement has been fixed, and obviously how the new version of the engine looks, and the map remakes.

It will be interesting to see if they can break CS's biggest problem- tons of guns, but only four(deagle, m4, ak, awp) ever get used.
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 12:28:03 UTC Post #297866
From what I've been reading they only pulled in a group of big-name CS:S players to test it, no 1.6'ers, and they aren't adding any of features that keep 1.6 players on that game. One of the playtesters even mentioned that they were playing on reworked versions of the original CS:S maps, only moved over to a newer engine and slightly spruced up.

I know I should wait and see, but it's sounding pretty mild so far. More like Counter-Strike: Source: Deluxe Edition than a massive, new Counter-Strike 2, which I'd really prefer.
Also, Gabe has said repeatedly that ep3 will never exist. Valve abandoned episodic content. Half-Life 3 is going to be a full-length game, and of course they're working on it.
They said they've given up on the episodic game model, because they're terrible at it, but it's hardly an indication that Episode Three is dead. It would feel strange jumping right into Half-Life 3 before the Half-Life 2 story has reached it's climax. But then again, it is Valve, so who knows.

I really miss Valve's monolithic games. There's less and less of a 'jump' between titles, and arguably a lot less innovation (Portal 2 being one exception). Their "games as a service" philosophy is nice and all, and they're easily a lot more generous than most developers, but it feels like it's diluting their work at the same time.
Strider StriderTuned to a dead channel.
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 16:46:08 UTC Post #297880
"I wish they would kill the Half-Life series" - Dimbark
BLASPHEMY!!! BAN HIM! DO IT NOW!!!
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 17:03:37 UTC Post #297881
Why even go anywhere near a hl forum if you dislike hl.
Skals SkalsLevel Designer
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 17:14:48 UTC Post #297882
We don't dislike HL. Just the other games that are pointlessly unrelated to the series.
Dimbeak DimbeakRotten Bastard
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 18:33:37 UTC Post #297884
Then what else would Valve be known for?
Suparsonik SuparsonikI'm going off the edge to meet my maker.
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-13 19:25:25 UTC Post #297887
I want Day of Defeat 3.
Oskar Potatis Oskar Potatis🦔
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-15 20:46:27 UTC Post #298015
No need for DoD3. I want The Trenches: Source.
Suparsonik SuparsonikI'm going off the edge to meet my maker.
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-16 04:33:17 UTC Post #298019
Im waiting for Left 5 Dead.
Dimbeak DimbeakRotten Bastard
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-16 11:03:09 UTC Post #298031
Honestly, I just don't care about this game. And I probably played more CS than any of you. I was a real addict at one point, would play about 8 hours a day when I wasn't at school.

I will probably get a nonsteam version just to check out what changes they made to the game.
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-16 11:11:38 UTC Post #298032
Why don't we make a fan-made episode 3?
Striker StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-16 12:45:02 UTC Post #298040
Interesting idea, but I doubt it would ever be finished. :P
Alabastor_Twob Alabastor_Twobformerly TJB
Posted 12 years ago2011-08-16 15:46:32 UTC Post #298044
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Dimbeak DimbeakRotten Bastard
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