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74 out of 100

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7.2 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 35 Ratings

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  • Summary: Counter-Strike, the popular online action game and first-person shooter for the PC, makes its console debut on Xbox and Xbox Live. Challenge other players in intense team-based multiplayer action in two thrilling game types--Bomb Defusal and Hostage Rescue--via Xbox Live or System Link. More than 20 real-life weapons, including shotguns, sniper rifles, pistols, are part of your military artillery. Get ready for the most graphically advanced version of the Counter-Strike series to date.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. GamePro
    100
    The epitome of an addictive multiplayer game that has just the right amount of action and team strategy to make it worth every cent to play online.
  2. GameSpy
    85
    Possibly the best game currently available for Xbox Live. Conversely, the single-player game offers very little gameplay and thus the title will likely not be too attractive to offline gamers. But what the game sets out to achieve, it achieves quite well.
  3. Official Xbox Magazine
    73
    What's here is only half a game. Live play may be brilliant, but the single-player experience is sorely lacking. [Jan 2004, p.78]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 27
  3. Negative: 6 out of 27
  1. Michael'sfather
    10
    OK my son michael is kind of stupid he doesn't know anything about games so don't listen to him buy this its the best online game ever made.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. TonayB.
    6
    I think the PC version is excellent and well deserving of a 10 however the XBox version could have been so much better. XBox is the most powerful console on the market and these graphics just straigt up blow. If you have a PC pick up that version over the XBox however it is still a fun game regardless but deffinatly not up to par with the PC version that came out 4 years before it… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. TomB.
    0
    This Game stinks really bad, bad graphics and the gameplay is boring.
    • 0 of 3 users said yes

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