Counterstrike Source - Worth Buying?

davewhite04 · 16 Oct 2010 at 15:55

To the OP, if you don't mind getting shot a lot (as the game is full of vets now) then go for it, otherwise I would go for a more recent online shooter, where you'll get some players at your level and thus you won't throw the mouse out of the window.

mrbios · 16 Oct 2010 at 15:56

Don't do it, took me ****** ages to quit that addiction!

shauncr91 · 16 Oct 2010 at 15:57

There are still PC gamers around who don't own CSS? 0_o

Wynthorpe · 16 Oct 2010 at 16:00

This is something im looking at getting also, but there are several different version to buy on Steam, which one should i go for?

Gee · 16 Oct 2010 at 16:20

Wynthorpe said:
This is something im looking at getting also, but there are several different version to buy on Steam, which one should i go for?

Counter Strike: Source £13.99 is the basic package so to speak.

You can pay extra for Day of Defeat: Source & HL2 Deathmatch - both of which are wicked games!

Gee · 16 Oct 2010 at 16:21

seekdestroy said:
All servers are 66 tick now in css. Although weapons and stuff supposed to be 100 tick (something like that).

Source?

Sin_Chase · 16 Oct 2010 at 16:22

orderoftheflame said:
Worth buying, but the learning curve is pretty vertical. Definitely widely played.

Vertical? More like horizontal

cplhardnut · 16 Oct 2010 at 16:23

go for it ! there are a few beginner friendly servers you can join.

shauncr91 · 16 Oct 2010 at 19:43

cplhardnut said:
go for it ! there are a few beginner friendly servers you can join.

Normally full of people who've played for several years looking for easy frags

seekdestroy · 16 Oct 2010 at 19:52

Gee said:
Source?

here

That guy is from Hidden Path (the guys who are updating css).

Also,

http://store.steampowered.com/news/3976/ said:
Removed -tickrate command line option and defaulted tick rate to 66 rather than 33. This addressed a number of issues, including:
# Tick rate affecting how fast doors open / close
# Tick rate causing players hitting the ground to stutter
# Tick rate affecting the firing mechanisms of certain guns

Viper² · 16 Oct 2010 at 19:54

You can still enable 100 tick using an addon/mod. It isn't really advised though.

Snooble · 18 Oct 2010 at 10:55

No official CSS servers are 100tick so.. what's the point? Sure you can patch user end. But server's always gona discard extra packets.

PatZ1989 · 18 Oct 2010 at 11:13

Lost 6 years to this damn game, KEEP AWAY!

chrismscotland · 18 Oct 2010 at 12:16

Loving CS:S although I prefer Day of Defeat Source it just reminds me of COD2 / 3 online which I loved!!!
Also very impressed that with a little overclocking my HP Mini 311 netbook runs CS:S and DOD:S really really well! Shame it won't run TF2!