"Counter Stike: Source! A nearly perfect game!"

I'm really impressed with this game. Especially since I have a low-quality graphics card. It's fun to play almost everyday. As mentioned, it's nearly perfect.

Graphics: (10/10)
Yes, a 10 out of 10. I believe that the graphics are simply amazing when it comes to this game. Mostly every texture and bitmap in the game are very detailed. For example, a wall. Yes, we all know what a wall looks like. Its big, its wide, and its quite boring to stare at. In CS:S, the textures on the walls are detailed quite nicely. You can see the patches of dirt or stains on the wall, mainly on the bottom. Anyway, the details are amazing.

Sound: (9/10)
I wouldn't exactly give the sound a perfect score. All the guns on CS:S have different sounds, which is pretty cool actually, rather than having to used recycled sounds from any other game. Also, sounds are quite realistic when its being fired from one position, depending from where you are standing. Most pistols, especially the elites, sound very odd. All the grenades have good sounds too it, but I honestly think their ricocheting sounds are very...weird.

Gameplay: (9/10)
The most important part to any game is the gameplay. I'd give this a nearly perfect score. The game moves very smoothly, depending on your computer's hardware. I usually get 20+ fps which means its good for me. All of the battlezone actions are pretty amazing. With an AK47 or an M4A1, any bullet shot to the head is an instant kill. But somtimes the HK-UMP is a rather big disappointment. There was already a good sub-machine gun called the MP5, so they took that, made it worse in every catagorey, and called it the HK-UMP. Basically all the guns have unique qualities. The only reason I give the gameplay a 9 out of 10 is that there are many disrespectful people who yell into the microphone and spam the chatbox in-game. Also, some servers on the game have horrible tick rates. "Tick" is reffered to the possibilty for aiming at a hitbox and actually damaging it. For example, if a server has 100 tick, then a shot to the head will be a shot to the head. If it was the worst kind of tick like 14 (Yes, I have seen a 14 tick server), then a shot to the head will not be a garaunteed headshot. Overall, its pretty good gameplay.

Online Play: (10/10)
I think that CS:S is best as a online multiplayer game. Who wouldn't? I mean, what would counter strike be like if it was a singleplayer game? (I would still play it) It would just be another kind of war-related simulation. As mentioned before, the Tick Rate is the only big deal to online play.

Review:
Graphics: (10/10)
Sound: (9/10)
Gameplay: (9/10)
Online Play: (10/10)

Overall Score: (9/10) A nearly Perfect game!

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 11/26/07

Game Release: Counter-Strike: Source (US, 11/16/04)