Didn’t counter strike kill Quake lol? Boomer shooter is losing all meaning it’s just old thing I like at this point. Counter strike is low TTK, is rather against moving while shooting, and CSGO still pushes loot boxes, removed custom made sprays, a majority of the playerbase who does play use matchmaking and think the server browser is for “casuals afraid of ranked”
I never got to experience 1.6 in its hayday, but Counter Strike has been a big part of my life for a long time now. When it comes down to its longevity, Counter Strike is a game where simplicity is at its core.
yeah that's pretty much how i use it lol
I think it's because the way custom sprays work in Source is that when someone sprays something it gets downloaded to your game folder and stays there. If you play TF2/GMod you will have a folder full of other people's sprays, and I think I don't have to say why that's an issue.
Valve is to blame for loot boxes becoming an industry stay when they added them to TF2 in 2011. The amount of money that goes into the skin market in Counter Strike alone is insane. Millions of dollars.
The cache argument you have me there but why couldn’t they refresh it for you? It’s almost like hmmm valves various accountants, investment analysts, psychologists saw what they can do.
To be fair, the average player does not buy sprays. They just use the .03 cent ones given through the drop system. However, there are those who have the money (the whales who spend 2 grand+ on skins) who will just keep pouring money into the item market. If it wasn't for those people, I don't think the game would have as much support as it has for the lack of advertising Valve does. Dota 2 has had a similar treatment.
It's very simple.
I think you meant 5v5 (unless you are talking about the horrors that are Valve casual matches), but everything else you said is fairly accurate. In higher levels of play with pros and semipros there are "roles" like the designated AWPer, the entry fragger, and the IGL (in game leader), but there aren't roles that are specifically intended like a Tank or a Healer. There is most definitely a meta, especially when changes to the economy or guns happen, but it's been awhile since that last meaningful change. In the distant past this included people using the CZ-75 when it was basically a pocket AK, or the rise of the AUG/Krieg being so good that pros were buying them instead of the AK/M4 every round they could afford them. But again, changes to the core gameplay have not been super radical, and that is why simplicity is Counter Strike's strength.
Eh. There are now female player models, but I really don't care about that. There is absolutely no globohomo shit in the game though, which I fully appreciate.
Counter Strike was simple but nowadays esport brainrot had infected it fully. It used to be a small minority now it’s a majority.
Counter Strike as an esport hasn't changed how simple it is at its core. It's fine if you don't enjoy esports, but the changes that have come have been mostly positive to keeping the player base alive, while also not fucking with CS' "DNA" like some developers do cough League of Legends cough.
I did mean casual, but I was more referring to the fact that any size friend group can play CS with minimal issues. COD Warzone, Apex, etc all have hard limits on team sizes.
