COUNTER-STRIKE Other Titles Include: Counter-Strike Photo Taken From Dekuwa: Creative Commons License Published by Microsoft Game Studios Developed by Valve Released in the US on November 18, 2003 First-Person Shooter Available on Xbox and PC Other Titles Include: Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Counter-Strike: Source

Half Life Modded a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation which originated from a Half-Life modification

Gameplay Now this game doesn't have a campaign but it makes up for that with its multiplayer. The only practical way to utilize the multiplayer is over the internet i.e. xbox live. Without it, you won't get very much out of counterstrike Photo taken from mgrybos Creative Commons License

Online Gameplay The online play includes 18 maps and the choice to play as either a terrorist or a counter-terrorist. As a counter-terrorist it's your objective to either kill all of the terrorists, rescue the hostages, or diffuse the bomb. The terrorists' objective is to kill the counter-terrorists or defend the bomb. Photo taken from Tamahikari Tammas Creative Commons License

Even More Gameplay There are multiple rounds that make up one match. Each round starts off with a small amount of time and some cash to choose weapons, armor, grenades and you gain more cash the more rounds you win and the victor is determined by the most rounds won. Photo taken from Tamahikari Tammas Creative Commons License

Online Community Another online aspect that makes this game worthy of canonization is the community surrounding it. It's one of the largest of any online game. There are tournaments set up by the community to play against other teams. The counter-strike community is one of the best. Photo taken from swanky Creative Commons License

Mods The CS community of mod creators and script writers have developed a vast amount of amazing mods that have placed the CS series as one of the big names in mod gaming. Photo taken from Tamahikari Tammas Creative Commons License

So what does this do for FPS's? Fine tunes the genre into a more challenging and immerse style of play Uses simple, yet effective, weapons system Simple enough for a beginner to pick up but has deep enough for strategical play

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