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Valve Releases 'Counter-Strike: Source' for Mac OS X
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super low price, check
worlds best online shooter, check
massive new update, check
can run great maxed on almost any machine, check
mac support, OH HELLS CHECK!!!!
now just bring me l4d, and few other third party games, and I will never use windows or physical media again!
worlds best online shooter, check
massive new update, check
can run great maxed on almost any machine, check
mac support, OH HELLS CHECK!!!!
now just bring me l4d, and few other third party games, and I will never use windows or physical media again!
Source is the game engine used to make this version of counter strike, which is also why this version got ported.
Wondering this too, gonna try in a bit. What I know is it will definately be playable -- it's a 2004 game after all and a well optimized one as such -- so it's just a question of framerate. Up to 30 fps would be welcome, but that might just be a little too optimistic.
i'm still waiting for 1.6 as well. thats really the only one i play lol. sigh i dont know why this came out and not 1.6 also??
If you own it, installs free.
Glad to see this. Purchased it for PC years back. I can still use it.
Glad to see this. Purchased it for PC years back. I can still use it.
I'm more excited about the major update! It's been in beta for a few weeks now and some of the changes sound brilliant. Can't wait for it to finish downloading (XP).
We're just waiting for L4D1, 2 and Half Life 2 Deathmatch. 3 very awesome multiplayer games.
We're just waiting for L4D1, 2 and Half Life 2 Deathmatch. 3 very awesome multiplayer games.
Can't tell if you're being serious or not
. Console shooters are a massive step back from PC shooters. They're made for casual gamers after all.
The most important online distribution channel for games, one of the most relevant game engines and one of the most successful and famous game franchises of all time have finally been ported to the Mac (and are available FREE OF CHARGE for all switchers), inviting the entire computer game industry to follow their example, and you're not impressed.
Wow. Just wow.
You don't have a clue what you're saying, do you? First of all, Source is an engine, not a game, so what do you mean with "everyone stopped playing Source"? Games built with Source also include very recent titles, not just games from 2006.
Besides, do you have any idea how many people are still playing CS?
I wouldn't want to try playing any of the cutting edge games on a Mac anyway. It's already sad how much the frame rates suffer with Valve's old games.
Can't tell if you're being serious or not
Which is perfectly fine with me. I'm 40 now and no longer interested in spending more than three days in a row on playing a game from start to finish.
I like shooters with a story and I am more interested in the story than in the shooting part. Half-Life 1 was the best FPS ever made in this regard, Return To Castle Wolfenstein also was quite good, and "Alan Wake" (which isn't really a shooter) also is a great example.
I've played The Orange Box on both PC and Xbox 360 and didn't find much of a difference. Once you've gotten used to the Xbox controllers, it's actually easier to play the games on the console.
The biggest plus for choosing a console over a PC or Mac are the non-existent hardware compatibility problems. The game WILL run on the console at max resolution, and it WILL look good. With a PC or Mac version, you do not even have that guarantee when you're playing it on an expensive Mac Pro.
Come and get some ladies. I'm going to go pwn some noobs after years of not playing this game. BOOM HEADSHOT! BOOM HEADSHOT! GET SOME GET SOME!!!! DIE! BWAHAHAHAHAHA! DIE!
Does anyone know if the skins will work for this version?