CONSIDER THIS POINTS BEFORE BUYING OR PLAYING THIS PRODUCT.
CS:CZ could be considered a separate update to the original CS, including a story mode and missions, improved weapon and agent models, map enhancements, better optimization, improved bot intelligence, and environmental effects. Additionally, it introduces two new factions: the CT Spetsnaz and the T Midwest Militia, which, unfortunately, remain exclusive to this title to this day.
This review is probably unnecessary since when you buy the original CS, Condition Zero is already included. I even find it strange that they never merged them into a single game for an anniversary or something. In any case, this version of CS is technically "better" than the original, but due to Valve's poor management, Condition Zero faded into obscurity.
Please don't cheat.
⚠️ BUYER MUST KNOW ⚠️
The game is primarily focused on competitive play.
The game relies on community servers, which are luckily still active.
Using a microphone is necessary for a better experience.
✔️ POSITIVE POINTS ✔️
VALVe... I guess...
Break the gameplay cliche that many Tactical FPS games have.
Excellent movement.
Fun gunplay.
Balanced economic system.
It has a large number of maps like no other Counter-Strike has.
Semi-Casual and competitive community.
It doesn't have a workshop but it does have pages like "gamebanana" that have great content such as maps, weapon skins, player models, etc.
Excellent performance for gaming on low-end PCs
It has the best input lag of the entire franchise.
It does have a campaign mode this time.
It does have bots this time.
It does have a soundtrack this time, and IT'S GREAT.
❌ NEGATIVE POINTS ❌
The current anti-cheating system has a lot of vulnerabilities and is very frequent to find "bad actors".
Sometimes the community get very toxic for nothing and causes new players to end up having a bad experience.
There are usually war crimes, racism, sexism, discrimination and bullying on the servers.
It doesn't have Achievements.
Its recoil is random so it is usually uncomfortable to follow.
The movement can be easily glitched to trigger exploits like bunny hopping, side walking and ground strafing.
The map layout was left in the past making some maps unbalanced or frustrating compared to their updated versions in CS2.
GENERAL EVALUATION TABLE
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☐ Price bug/troll or scam ☐ Less than 2 hours
☐ Not worth it. ☐ 2 to 8 hours
☐ Recommended to wait for offer ☐ 8 to 12 hours
☑ Acceptable ☐ More than 12 hours
☐ Worth every cent ☐ From 50 hours onwards
☐ Free to play ☑ Whatever you want to dedicate
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☐ Creative ☐ No
☐ Easy ☐ Visual Novel
☐ Normal ☑ Simple
☐ Hard ☐ Varied
☑ Competitive ☐ Complex
☐ Unbeatable ☐ Complicated
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☐ No story/Irrelevant ☐ No soundtrack/Irrelevant
☐ Cliché/Unattractive ☐ Annoying
☑ Acceptable ☐ Decent
☐ Very good ☐ Catchy
☐ Fantastic ☑ Inspiring/Impressive
☐ Masterpiece/Innovative ☐ Masterpiece
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☐ No graphics ☐ Unstable
☐ fuzzy ☐ Terrible performance -30 fps
☑ retro ☐ Stable but gets worse 60 < 30 fps
☐ Cartoon ☐ Stable but could be better 60 fps
☐ Detailed/Clean ☑ Acceptable performance +60 fps
☐ Realistic ☐ Excellent performance +120 fps
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☐ Bare-bones ☐ Fortnite Cringe
☐ Lacking content ☐ Third-party dependence
☐ Lore necessary ☐ Out of place
☐ Rich of content ☐ Fan-service
☑ Full of content ☐ Faithful to its lore
☐ More than it should ☑ E S S E N C E
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☐ Game is a bug
☐ Ruins gameplay
☑ Hinders the experience
☐ Few notable bugs
☐ Very few irrelevant bugs
☐ No glitches has been noticed
PLAYTIME: DIFFICULTY: GAMEPLAY: STORY: SOUNDTRACK:
★★★★★ ★★★★☆ ★★★★☆ ★★★☆☆ ★★★★☆
GRAPHICS: ESSENCE: PERFORMANCE: CONTENT: GLITCHES:
★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★☆☆
TOTAL SCORE:
86/100
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