For a game that came out seven years ago this is still an amazing game and is still played by masses of PC gamers.
User Rating: 9.5 | Half-Life: Counter-Strike PC
This game was originally released in November of 2000, then Half-Life was superior in single player off-line play because Counter Strike lacked a single player feature. And although Half-Life is an amazing game, yet i prefer Counter-Strike over it any day. First off the game-play does have some flaws in the physics, but that doesn't take much, if anything, off the game-play. The online mode is easy to manipulate, just double click a server and it does the rest. Another great feature is the in-game voice chat, which many PC games lacked at the time. You can also turn this option off, if theres any annoying 8-year olds that sound like they should be in time-out. Some games like Counter-Strike Source, the newer more 'realistic' version of the original Counter-Strike, is good but not nearly as fun as the original. In Counter-Strike Source it takes just one head-shot with a weak gun to kill an enemy, which makes it too easy to get kills, and too hard to stay alive. The graphics in this game are one of the only things that bring this game down. Being released in 2000 its not going to have Oblivion graphics or anything near that for that matter. Even if you have a $2000 gaming computer, this game could make you hurl all over your new wireless keyboard. But for the rest of us these graphics are bearable, but not satisfying. The newer Counter-Strike Source has very nice graphics but like I said before is not nearly as fun as the original. Theres not much to say about the sound. Its mediocre but still very helpful, because if you have a headset or headphones, you can hear footsteps of enemies coming. Though they can do the same to you, there is a nice option by holding the 'walk' key (default is shift) they cant hear you coming. Other than that the firing of guns is semi-realistic but not amazing. Value. Value is a key word in describing Counter-Strike. Currently you can instantly download it off Valve's Steam. An even better aspect is that it costs an easy 10 bucks!!! And it comes with Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (a slightly different game, with single player that is played just like online games on the same maps) and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes (a single player only game but its not played like the online games of the other two versions. its more like a storyline but i haven't played it much.) Also the online play is four letters, F R E E. All in all this is a definite must have for any PC gamer, being only 10 bucks with off0line play. It is one of the funnest and best games i have ever played. I'm surprised it's not still being showered with awards and commemoration. 
