Counter-Strike 2

Archie

Posted 13 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.

ArchieGoodbye Moonmen

The Mad Carrot

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-12 16:22:39 UTC Post #297787

"Valve announced CSGO in August 2012"

What.

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

srry

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-12 16:23:54 UTC Post #297788

Heh, I just saw this on Facebook too.

srry

Dimbeak

Posted 13 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?

DimbeakRotten Bastard

Skals

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-12 16:40:18 UTC Post #297790

It's called CS: GO l2read dimbshit.

SkalsLevel Designer

Mcrich114

Posted 13 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?!

Mcrich114

Madcow

Posted 13 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.

MadcowSpy zappin my udder

Unbreakable

Posted 13 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!

UnbreakableWindows 7.9 Rating!

TawnosPrime

Posted 13 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...

TawnosPrimeI...AM...CANADIAN!

Madcow

Posted 13 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.

MadcowSpy zappin my udder

Soup Miner

Posted 13 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.

Soup Miner

Skals

Posted 13 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.

SkalsLevel Designer

38_98

Posted 13 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_98Lord

Mcrich114

Posted 13 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.

Mcrich114

TawnosPrime

Posted 13 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.

TawnosPrimeI...AM...CANADIAN!

Oskar Potatis

Posted 13 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🦔

Striker

Posted 13 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...

StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure

Archie

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-12 21:17:06 UTC Post #297818

...

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.

ArchieGoodbye Moonmen

Madcow

Posted 13 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.

MadcowSpy zappin my udder

Striker

Posted 13 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?

StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure

brendanmint

Posted 13 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.

brendanmintBrendan

Striker

Posted 13 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.

StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure

Penguinboy

Posted 13 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).

PenguinboyHaha, I died again!

srry

Posted 13 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?

srry

Crollo

Posted 13 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...

CrolloTrollo

Dimbeak

Posted 13 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

DimbeakRotten Bastard

brendanmint

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-13 00:45:02 UTC Post #297839

Game Community Formed around Valve Game.
Bash Valve's game making decisions.

Oh TWHL.

brendanmintBrendan

Mcrich114

Posted 13 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

Mcrich114

monster_urby

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-13 01:46:39 UTC Post #297842

delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust, etc.)

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_urbyGoldsourcerer

Dimbeak

Posted 13 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.

DimbeakRotten Bastard

Archie

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-13 04:17:58 UTC Post #297848

Something tells me Marc Laidlaw is just a little more experienced.

ArchieGoodbye Moonmen

srry

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-13 04:25:35 UTC Post #297849

>mfw brendanmint tries to greentext on TWHL

idontthinksotim.jpg

srry

brendanmint

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-13 04:44:16 UTC Post #297852

>Awe Shit Son

SAXTON HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE

brendanmintBrendan

Crollo

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-13 05:12:17 UTC Post #297855

>idontthinksotim.jpg

thatfuckingcat.jpg

CrolloTrollo

Blitzkrieg

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-13 10:25:49 UTC Post #297862

"I wish they would kill the Half-Life series" - Dimbark

Blitzkrieg

Notewell

Posted 13 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.

NotewellGIASFELFEBREHBER

Skals

Posted 13 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.

SkalsLevel Designer

Blitzkrieg

Posted 13 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.

Blitzkrieg

Strider

Posted 13 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.

StriderTuned to a dead channel.

Mcrich114

Posted 13 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!!!

Mcrich114

Skals

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-13 17:03:37 UTC Post #297881

Why even go anywhere near a hl forum if you dislike hl.

SkalsLevel Designer

Dimbeak

Posted 13 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.

DimbeakRotten Bastard

Suparsonik

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-13 18:33:37 UTC Post #297884

Then what else would Valve be known for?

SuparsonikI'm going off the edge to meet my maker.

Oskar Potatis

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-13 19:25:25 UTC Post #297887

I want Day of Defeat 3.

Oskar Potatis🦔

Suparsonik

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-15 20:46:27 UTC Post #298015

No need for DoD3. I want The Trenches: Source.

SuparsonikI'm going off the edge to meet my maker.

Dimbeak

Posted 13 years ago2011-08-16 04:33:17 UTC Post #298019

Im waiting for Left 5 Dead.

DimbeakRotten Bastard

kraken

Posted 13 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.