Launched Over a decade ago as a mod for one of the most important games ever, Counter-Strike has become a pastime for tens of thousands of people worldwide.Its success is rooted in the way it's changed and yet remained unchanged.

Evolving from a bolt-on extra to Half-Life with a look and feel barely different from the game on which it was based, Counter-Strike: Source is now a modernfeeling thing. Over the years it's had numerous revisions big and small, while steadfastly sticking to its principles and listening patiently to the bad tempered, semiliterate know-it-alls who play it.

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Although its popularity has never dwindled, put both the 1.6 mod and Source versions together and you havea title with almost twice the head count of its closest rival, it isn't attracting new blood. A lot of the people who play it today have always played it, and the clubby feel of most servers, together with the fact everyone seems to be in a clan, means newbies don't feel welcome. Because they aren't.

New Guts

As a result, Counter-Strike has recently had its biggest upheaval since 2004, when its engine was swapped for Half-Life's GoldSrc to Source. The nuts and bolts of the world's most famous hostage rescue game have been changed from old Half-Life 2 code to Orange Box, meaning it now runs the latest version of Valve's engine that supports Windows and Mac OS X and now powers Team Fortress 2 and Portal.

Besides support for the six per cent of Steam users with Macs, the biggest gains you'll see from this upgrade are multi-core processing, allowing owners of multi-core processors (ie pretty much every desktop CPU sold in the past few years) to reap the benefits of multi-core rendering; better HDR support, juicier explosions; along with tweaks, bug fixes and enhancements inside Source itself.But Counter-Strike players are never more than a few moments away from complaining about something, and it's the extras Valve has added to the game, on top of these engineering works, that have polarised a community which prides itself on acting like a two year-old beating the floor in a tantrum.

While Valve promised to keep the mechanics of the game itself will stay exactly as they were, the addition of over 100 achievements, 'cinematic' death shots, a redesigned scoreboard overflowing with information, not to mention persistent player stats and a domination/revenge system - all of which we've seen before in other titles - Counter-Strike veterans are creating something of a fuss.If you've spent more than five minutes with TF2, you'll find it hard to understand why everyone's in such a tizzy. Achievements are frivolous tasks that any veteran will have accomplished donkey's ago (plant 100 bombs, kill 500 enemies with the high-explosive grenade, win in less than 30 seconds, and so on), they don't get in the way of the game. They're a bit of harmless fun, the sort of thing that entertains casual players and can be ignored by everyone else.The 'cinematic death camera' is long overdue. Panning back to see yourself slump to the ground before getting a demeaning close-up of your killer has been an integral part of both Day of Defeat and TF2 (where it is used in conjunction with taunts for comedic effect), and in Counter-Strike can only help people learn from each other and identify cheats.

Old Complaints

The clutter on the scoreboard takes some getting used to, but if players had ever set foot in other games they'd quickly realise it's standard fare for any title that preserves match data for rankings. And the domination/revenge system, where getting killed repeatedly by the same opponent, will result in you being humiliated and under pressure to even the score can only bring out the best in even the most timid players. Nobody wants to be flagged as someone's bitch.It's true this upgrade has brought genuine problems. The code change included numerous bugs, though Valve have already fixed most of them, releasing a succession of updates addressing the most reported issues. The beauty of Steam is that everyone gets the same updates automatically.

But therein lies the biggest problem of all. Every Source player is effectively on a roller coaster ride, unable to opt out of Valve's timetable for changes and is totally reliant on them plugging the holes they make along the way. Long gone are the days of reverting to a working prior version: like they say in the movies, there's no going back now.

Verdict

Counter-Strike is better than ever. It's still the old game to old hands, but is more accessible and more fun. If you gave up on the game a while back, it's time to give it another go.

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Counter-Strike: Source is a classic shooter where you can choose to be a terrorist or a policeman. The game was developed by Valve Corporation and millions of people all over the world are playing it for years. In this game, like other CS series, every round is won either by completing objectives (blowing up bombs or rescue hostages) or by killing all members of the opposing team.

System Requirements:
Operating System: Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8
Processor: Dual Core 1.7 GHz
Memory: 512 MB minimal
HDD: at least 2GB Free Space
Video Memory: 64 MB lowest, 512MB recommended
Network: 256 Kbps Internet Connection for Multiplayer
Of course, Sound card, Keyboard and Mouse.

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CS: Source was developed using new (Source) game engine and released in 2004 along with Half-Life 2. In comparison with Counter Strike 1.6 it has better graphics and physics, but higher system requirements. Player models and map are much better then in previous versions. The world became more realistic. Players have more weapons to kill each other.

Unlike Half-Life: Source, the CS:S is a complete remake instead of a port with additional content.
You can download Counter Strike : Source for free without registration and start yo play immediately after installation.
To install game, download CS:S installation package directly or via torrent and launch the executable. After installation which can take from 1 to 10 minutes (depends on your HDD speed) run the game using shortcut on your Desktop.

When you will enter the game it's better to change nickname use in game-console: setname 'your name' or clicking main menu Options -> Multiplayer. You can use your native language in your nickname.
Just select a server in 'Find Servers' -> 'Internet' and start playing.
Source V34 was released 3 December 2009 so it is rather old. Nevertheless, it works faster on older PCs and takes 2 times less RAM. Significant part of code and technologies was inherited from older versions. All game resources like models and maps are located in a separate files. As for Source V84 it has better graphics and higher system requirements. Game resources are located in huge VPK files. The score board looks much better then in V34.

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There are much more players using latest version and much more game servers. But, some people still enjoy playing old game at old servers.
You may check next screenshots to decide which game version do you want. Left picture is V34, right is V84


During years different versions of CS:Source were developed, but the most popular are CSS v.34 and the latest version CSS v.84. We provide you both of them for free. Download CS:S without registration.

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