Disappointing. Feel like I've been ripped off by Valve.
Then I got a PS3 and have been playing COD games ever since.
So when I heard that CS was coming to the PS3, I was excited and thought here's a chance to go back to one my favourite games and play it on my favourite console.
I go the game on launch, and what a let down.
I went back to Source on the PC and even tried Modern Combat Domination on the PS3 just to make sure I wasn't missing something. It wasn't me.
The game looks ugly, has loose controls compared to the COD and BF games and has very few maps.
There's a mode called Arms Race that has two maps. That's right, a whopping two maps. The regular modes have eight maps. There have been hundreds if not thousands of maps made for the PC game and we get eight? Are you serious Valve?
I guess what I expected, especially since the game is something like 2.5 gigs, was crisp Portal 2 quality graphics and a tight control scheme.
You can't zoom in your aim (except for when using a sniper gun). It's aim and shoot, and if you want you can crouch. In an era where games like COD and BF have dominated the market, you can't give people controls like you'd have in a FPS from the early PS2 games and think they'll be happy.
I purchased Gameloft's Modern Combat Domination a while back because I thought it'd be a nice CS clone until a real CS game came to the PS3. It was okay and for $7.00 I couldn't really complain. Well, compared to CS:GO, Gameloft's game looks better and while it's not as fast to move around, I'd say the controls are tighter. That's just sad.
If you've never played CS, do yourself a favour, get CS Source for the PC, download some user-made maps and either play online or play against bots and get ready to have have some old school fun.
If you buy this on the PS3, don't be surprised if you stop playing it after a week and find yourself playing superior multi-player games like Battlefield 2, Battlefield 3, Black Ops and Modern Warfare 3.
If you're reading this Valve, you've lost a fan and I can only imagine that you've gone weak and soft in your old age. A pity because I had great memories of Counter-Strike and you've sullied them with this this subpar offering.
Counter Strike GO? GO back to the drawing board Valve.