So far everything downloaded and installed and launched quickly. But their servers are down for maintenance. But they said they are down! At least they aren't torturing you with having a bunch of broken servers while you keep trying to connect all the time. I'll try again later when they say they are back up.
Also apparently everyone will be able to play the open beta in some days.
Has anyone played recently? They've pushed out a bunch of updates, and despite my initial reservations it's actually pretty hot now.
There's a fair few new guns which need some adjusting to, but all the old classics are there. It seems they've made the assault rifles spray much more, so the game doesn't just devolve to AK/M4/AWP. I'm excited.
The game is great, but the servers situation is not so hot. The only Arms Race server that had people playing was really laggy. For the times that it wasn't lagging, though, it's pretty awesome. Maybe the lagging is really just net code bugs? Unlikely, since Valve is usually pretty good with net code, but possible. More likely that there isn't enough demand for servers yet.
Here's something I noticed today onthe Steam list of top 100 played games.
31,714 44,359 Team Fortress 2 25,139 66,840 Football Manager 2012 19,873 57,469 Counter-Strike 19,004 37,756 Dota 2 17,535 27,693 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 14,276 47,902 Counter-Strike: Source 14,265 18,561 Sid Meier's Civilization V 9,267 38,908 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - Multiplayer 6,467 6,634 Garry's Mod 5,662 8,651 Left 4 Dead 2 4,990 5,152 Terraria 4,551 6,162 Portal 2 4,218 7,372 Total War SHOGUN 2 4,178 5,527 ARMA II - Operation Arrowhead 3,997 6,255 Stronghold Kingdoms 3,852 6,434 Empire: Total War 2,958 3,629 Fallout New Vegas 2,957 4,717 Mount&Blade: Warband 2,148 12,433 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Multiplayer 1,976 6,105 Call of Duty Black Ops - Multiplayer 1,946 2,483 Super Monday Night Combat 1,851 4,717 Football Manager 2011 1,847 2,358 Dungeon Defenders 1,806 3,206 APB Reloaded 1,722 5,024 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 1,719 2,176 DC Universe Online 1,689 2,420 Killing Floor 1,641 2,102 Star Trek Online 1,589 2,887 Anno 2070 1,508 3,500 Condition Zero 1,386 1,672 Torchlight 1,380 1,471 Dead Island 1,292 1,582 Spiral Knights 1,287 2,900 Napoleon: Total War 1,264 1,526 Realm of the Mad God 1,192 2,039 Age Of Empires Online 1,137 2,117 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta
DotA 2 is way up there. Lots of people have access already. CS:GO is way down there. It's not just us that is waiting to get in on the action.
I think that's a Steamworks game so it's one of the few which shows somewhat accurate numbers, at least for the PC version. Also, Euro 2012 kicks off in a few weeks, so it's probably been released or pushed to coincide with that.
Wasn't this game supposed to be released accross all platforms on launch? It only says Windows on the Steam page. I'm only concerned because after a month of this game being released I'll be at school with just my Mac.
Wasn't this game supposed to be released accross all platforms on launch? It only says Windows on the Steam page. I'm only concerned because after a month of this game being released I'll be at school with just my Mac.
It says cross platform in the trailer but I had assumed that it was cross pc/console platform.
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Also apparently everyone will be able to play the open beta in some days.
There's a fair few new guns which need some adjusting to, but all the old classics are there. It seems they've made the assault rifles spray much more, so the game doesn't just devolve to AK/M4/AWP. I'm excited.
31,714 44,359 Team Fortress 2
25,139 66,840 Football Manager 2012
19,873 57,469 Counter-Strike
19,004 37,756 Dota 2
17,535 27,693 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
14,276 47,902 Counter-Strike: Source
14,265 18,561 Sid Meier's Civilization V
9,267 38,908 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - Multiplayer
6,467 6,634 Garry's Mod
5,662 8,651 Left 4 Dead 2
4,990 5,152 Terraria
4,551 6,162 Portal 2
4,218 7,372 Total War SHOGUN 2
4,178 5,527 ARMA II - Operation Arrowhead
3,997 6,255 Stronghold Kingdoms
3,852 6,434 Empire: Total War
2,958 3,629 Fallout New Vegas
2,957 4,717 Mount&Blade: Warband
2,148 12,433 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Multiplayer
1,976 6,105 Call of Duty Black Ops - Multiplayer
1,946 2,483 Super Monday Night Combat
1,851 4,717 Football Manager 2011
1,847 2,358 Dungeon Defenders
1,806 3,206 APB Reloaded
1,722 5,024 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3
1,719 2,176 DC Universe Online
1,689 2,420 Killing Floor
1,641 2,102 Star Trek Online
1,589 2,887 Anno 2070
1,508 3,500 Condition Zero
1,386 1,672 Torchlight
1,380 1,471 Dead Island
1,292 1,582 Spiral Knights
1,287 2,900 Napoleon: Total War
1,264 1,526 Realm of the Mad God
1,192 2,039 Age Of Empires Online
1,137 2,117 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta
DotA 2 is way up there. Lots of people have access already. CS:GO is way down there. It's not just us that is waiting to get in on the action.
Emily already has the game!
EDIT: http://www.1up.com/news/counter-strike-loses-cross-platform-play
Also disregard my comment, I just realized how stupid it sounds. However the couple articles I just read said PC and Mac so ????