Why Counter-Strike 2 must be released

'Counter-Strike: Source still retains a retains a significant fan base five years since it was launched. Combined with Counter-Strike 1.6 it has more regular players than the chart-topping Modern Warfare 2 on PC.'

[BlackIceJoe]

I would love to see what Valve could do with a new Counter-Strike. So I say bring on Counter-Strike 2!

[Dev8 ing]

How about making it exclusive to PC.

[Bnet343]

Why wouldn't it be? PC exclusive no doubt. Playing CS witha controller is a bit silly. The Xbox port was just an experiment. Though, that game, I remember back in the Xbox Live 1 days, Rainbow Six 3 and Counter Strike Xbox used to rule the Xbox Live charts.

[Pandamobile]

Counter Strike is one of those FPS's that can only really work with a mouse and keyboard. I can't imagine trying to use CS weapons with a gamepad... Pin-point accuracy is essential.

[MMFGaming]

I think some of the original CS team split off to make some sort of team based counter-terror FPS that's coming out soon.

[Pandamobile]

The original CS team was two people from the Half-Life community. Minh Le and Jess Cliffe. Minh Le is the one making that Source mod Tactical Intervention (or something), and Jess Cliffe still works at Valve after like 7 years.

[evrfighter]

I lol'd at the thought of seeing people trying to use an ak on the controller.

[Sigh]

I can't imagine playing CS with a controller. Sure I play FPS on my console more than ever, but CS is one great exception. I tried that horrid CS game on my friend's original xbox... really horrible.

[ThePlaystationFour]

Bunch of hacks in this game...

[Pandamobile]

Play on a server with admins. Me and my friends owned a Counter Strke Source community called Waba from 2006-2009. We were the most popular 24/7 CS_Assault server, so we were a major attraction for hackers. We'd get at least 2 a day, but they were dealt with within a round or two.

Permaban via SteamID, problem gone.

[ballsofsteel]

still play CSS every now and then still fun as hell would love if valve came out with CS2 rather than a L4D every year. or perhaps atleast HL2Ep3

[The_Firestarter]

My exact sentiments. Bubbles for you. :)

[FantasyStar]

ehhh Nah. The best appeal of CS is LAN-play. Being able to play this game on one of the most dinosaur of PCs is the other big appeal. I still remember the days where all of us in the computer lab were secretly playing CS without the teacher knowing.

If they do release a 2nd iteration of CS. It must retain all the appeals that made CS 1.6 so great. Although to be honest, I wouldn't mind if they take away the rifle-cannon known as the "Scout".

[Pandamobile]

Scout is for pros.

The sniper-cannon you speak of is the AWP.

[FantasyStar]

Thank you for the correct. It is the AWP indeed. I have not fun memories of being hit in the leg for MASSIVE DAMAGE. Ugh...still love CS, but god-damn those people.

[Pandamobile]

I only played on servers where the awp was banned, or limited to one per team.

[evrfighter]

way back when...when I used to play seriously competitive. I was a pretty beastly shot with a scout.

After I played a few years of ffxi and cod4 I was the never the same again :(

I still scrim 1.6 on occasion for kicks. game never gets old

[yewles1]

Never mind, apparently some people don't WANT to remember...

[edoman20]

After playing Neotokyo, CS: source isn´t fun

Maybe they sould take some of the ideas and put them in a brand new CS

[solar]

problem is the bar is sooooo high making CS:2 is going to be a very difficult task.

[vandaLl_L]

Promod ftw? Idk i like it. EP3 and CS2 same day release. Yay!

[tamd]

maybe valve are developing it along with half life 2 ep3 , a new orange box

[Revvin]

I think if they made a new one they would have to change some things to appeal to a larger audience that might upset fans and not make it Counterstrike any more. I loved Counterstrike, I still have it installed on my PC now but don't play it as often as I used to. I spent an obscene amount of time playing it, learning the maps, the choke points, sniper points and things like how far I could run to get into position before the enemy arrived. The changes I talk of are things like more realistic handling weapons, bullet penetration of walls and other objects, perhaps even some destructibility (more than just smashing some monitors up in office :) ) Those are things I think a lot of PC gamers expect now having played more modern FPS games like Modern Warfare 1 and 2 and World at War or Arma I and II and also the Battlefield series. If Counterstrike stayed as it was I'd give it a try but I don't think I would play it as much as I did Counterstrike in its heyday.

[PirateThom]

1.6 is fine.

[HueyNewton2008]

Too many hackers and nerds ruined this game. Plus Valve is getting fat off of steam they will not create another one. Too many hackers and no lifers making aimbots and etc they would be wasting their time.

[ddurand1]

im not sure what you guys are talking about. I played CSS for a long time and in leagues cal-o (i think it was called, been a while).

Counterstrike for xbox was ALOT of fun. me and my buddies used to play for hours. it was a very popular game for original xbox.

[grayscare0]

I stopped reading when the article implied that Modern Warfare was even remotely realistic. No one runs around with two UMP45's with red camouflage and a throwing knife.