The game looked rather clunky with weird animations, almost like they basically took L4D and shoehorned CS weapons into it. Other than that it looked better than I expected but not something that will get me away from CS:S. It looked like a mix of COD and 1.6 and to be honest, if I wanted to play COD I'd play COD and if I wanted to play 1.6 I'd play 1.6, they both reached the pinnacle of their niches of the shooter genre imo and it's pointless to keep trying to copy it.

T0fuuu

Australia2275 Posts

October 14 2011 06:49 GMT

#602

I dont actually like the visual style of the game for some reason. It looks so gritty and muddy whereas cs was almost surreal in how clean everything was.

Ah well the only thing that matters is how it plays. The 5v5 ONLY auto matchmaking system is by far the biggest part of this cs not the visuals or even the gameplay to a lesser extent. They can change all that after launch but if they make cs into an instant pug for all skills it will create a new scene overnight.

Grettin

42411 Posts

October 14 2011 06:54 GMT

#603

Watching the re-run of last night on http://de.twitch.tv/esltv_event3 - meh, i don't know what to say. I don't like the visual styles either.

Guess i need to watch a bit more, but anyway, if you haven't seen yet - tune in and watch.

CamTSU

United States93 Posts

October 14 2011 07:09 GMT

#604

I am just sooooooo so so so thankful that it seems they understand the actual reason that 1.6 players rejected source.

It is not "oh they don't have good computers", my computer is ridiculously sick, it was never about not being able to handle sources graphics.

It was about not being able to cope with sources terrible gameplay compared to 1.6

GeneralissimoNero

United States236 Posts

October 14 2011 07:12 GMT

#605

DUDE okay. So I was never into the CS scene. Why was source so bad? And is this game going to be as bad as Source or worse?

Tercotta

Canada402 Posts

October 14 2011 07:16 GMT

#606

I had forgotten I had made this OP. Never intended it to become the main thread about the game. If someone wants to make a much better lead post for this I will put it up.

Denizen[9]

United States649 Posts

October 14 2011 13:09 GMT

#607

I think the guns are too clunky and big

floor exercise

Canada5847 Posts

October 14 2011 13:14 GMT

#608

I keep going back and forth on CS:GO. Last night it just looked like they were playing a re-skinned Source. It just didn't look like it was a very good game, the same way Source just isn't all that great an experience.

On the other hand if they are as open to change as they say they are then the finished product won't be that way at all. I guess we'll see

Eee

Sweden2712 Posts

October 14 2011 13:32 GMT

#609

is there a VoD from the ESL showcase?

freddergeier

Germany140 Posts

October 14 2011 19:33 GMT

#610

here, i think is the vod.

126Q;A1

Sweden517 Posts

October 15 2011 19:15 GMT

#611

Europe vs. America showmatch from IEM NY coming up in less than 3 hours. More info here: http://www.hltv.org/match/1895814-europe-america-csgo-showmatch

The American lineup looks interesting :D

GGTeMpLaR

United States7226 Posts

October 15 2011 19:35 GMT

#612

Wow! I love the graphics on this game so much, they stayed completely loyal to the CS franchise graphics instead of going way over-the-top with eye-candy that gets in the way of competitive play. I'm honestly really excited for this game now, CS has always been my favorite style of FPS in terms of mechanical feel and pathing.

bakedace

United States672 Posts

October 15 2011 19:45 GMT

#613

I finally figured out why they call it "global offensive", because the globe will be offended.

RaLakedaimon

United States1564 Posts

October 15 2011 20:15 GMT

#614

On October 16 2011 04:45 bakedace wrote:
I finally figured out why they call it "global offensive", because the globe will be offended.

With matchmaking I think everyone will love it even if they fuck stuff up along the way, which hopefully they will really listen and fix things as they go. Being able to hop on at any time and jump into a 5v5 that would be huge, can't see that failing at all. If they get that stuff right while trying to appeal to the 1.6 competitive guys slowly but surely this "could" be were CS goes. Gotta have faith bro, because unless your on ESEA the NA scene is deeaaad for 1.6 so this can't do anything but help.

ilj.psa

Peru3081 Posts

October 15 2011 20:23 GMT

#615

On October 16 2011 04:15 126Q;A1 wrote:
Europe vs. America showmatch from IEM NY coming up in less than 3 hours. More info here: http://www.hltv.org/match/1895814-europe-america-csgo-showmatch

The American lineup looks interesting :D

Oh America as in United States -_-

Mastertouch

United States136 Posts

October 15 2011 22:26 GMT

#616

lmao just saw this on
Reddit

i agree. upvote this and get cs to replace call of duty

Thrill

2599 Posts

October 15 2011 23:29 GMT

#617

Yeah, that was a good watch! "Auto-sniper" though, what a joke lol.

PooLarX

United States38 Posts

October 15 2011 23:39 GMT

#618

I think it is important to remember at this point the game is still considered pre-alpha and a lot of tweaking to both the gameplay and visuals of the game are going to take place before we even get close to a retail release.

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

October 17 2011 20:17 GMT

#619

One thing the casters talked about at IEM was the new kit system and how they're droppable.

Instead of buying defuse kits, the CTs are randomly given 2 at the beginning of the round and you can drop it. Their solution was just to send one to each site and drop it in the middle of the site.

Makes sense and overcomes the "restriction" they put in, the problem is it's just too easy. Even though they used to be cheap, at least there was some tactical decision to be made, especially on pistol rounds. Now they're just going to be available, all the time.

Unless I'm missing some detail, it seems like a short sighted decision, to me.