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Phil Schuman wrote:
> We have a family birthday coming up -
> Was thinking of getting him Condition Zero,
> as he has played CS at a local gaming cafe,
> and also with some friends at a LAN party.
> He's not really that interested in online play,
> but more of the laptop play (single player)
> at various down times... school, train, etc -
> He has Battlefield VietNam, etc -
> BTW - can the game be loaded totally onto a laptop,
> or does it require the CD to play ?
> I've been reading a lot of negative comments
> about the game in Single Player mode -
> Any comments - should I buy it, wait, look at others, etc -
I just (well, as soon as I could) purchased the HL2 pre-order - solely
so I could play CS:Source online. But I bought the Silver package,
which included all previous games - including Condition Zero and
Condition Zero
eleted Scenes.
Personally, because I have been playing CS for years online, I found CZ
single player to be a bit boring and prefer to play against real people
online. Mind you, the bots I thought were quite good in the game. But
the maps and missions in CZ were basically just the same as CS (there
were some new maps though).
CZ
eleted Scenes, however, I did like. All of the maps were new. All
of the missions were new - they were not simple "rescue hostages", or
"diffuse bomb" - they seemed to be more part of a story. I did quite
enjoy it.
If it were me making the decision, I would get the HL2 silver package.
That way you get the following single player games, which you say he
likes : Half-Life, Opposing Force, Condition Zero (which you said you
were thinking of anyway), Conditon Zero
eleted Scenes (the game I
reckon he will enjoy), Codename Gordon (2D not-very-well-received),
Half-Life2 (when it is released in November) - that's right, 6 single
player games!
He will also get Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike:Source, Day of Defeat,
Day of Defeat:Source, Ricochet (hmm...), Deathmatch Classic, and Team
Fortress Classic multiplayer games!
I have made some assumptions - that you have an internet connection, and
one that can take 3.5Gb of downloads successfully for you; and also that
you want to spend US$59.95. If you can't download it now, then you will
have to wait til November. I have also assumed that your computer is
fairly recent and has the specs to handle HL2 and the Source requirements.
You mention he plays CS at local cafes etc. I reckon he will like
having the multiplayer games of his own, as long as he has the internet
connection at home. I also reckon that you will get the game you were
going to get anyway, plus some of the most awesome single and
multi-player games this year.
The above is just my opinion. Hopefully there are no followups
attacking what I thought of CZ
S, or people saying they love Ricochet
and Codename Gordon, or hate them. Just trying to give you options.
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