Counter Strike (non-Source) still most played Steam Game. WTF?!

[Nintendesert]

I never got that into it, but it's got solid gameplay and always was fun to jump in for a few games. It was a good break from all the other stuff out there.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

If everyone had that attitude, we'd still be playing Pong. Would you like that?

Of course part of the fault also lies with Valve. CS is over six years old, they should have made a new version of CS by now.

If the original pong were superior to any future iterations of pong, damn straight I'd still be playing the original pong if I were into that sort of game.

I "move on" when there is something better or I get bored. Not for the sake of moving on. Apparently there seems to be no suitable, new replacement for CS classic. I don't play CS, though.

 

[zokudu]

I'm not saying we shouldn't make new games. I'm just saying there's nothing wrong with people playing old games that are still heralded as being excellent, even compared to many games today.


Made a new version of CS... adding what? Another graphical upgrade? Valve doesn't need to mess with the tested-and-proven CS formula, which is precisely why they aren't. (To be fair though, they did update CS:S just last year with newer source engine, death cam, and achievements.) Rather, Valve is trying new things: Team Fortress 2 and the Left 4 Dead games being the gist of them... both of which are very good.

I'm not a vehement Counter-Strike fanboy. But I'm defending it where it needs to be defended.

Actually I read somewhere the creator of CS is not longer with Valve and as such they are not allowed to produce another CS game without his permission.