How Counter-Strike Solved FPS Games

Counter-Strike is one of the most loved FPS games of all time. It is also the most influential; its core mechanics can be seen in many forms today, from Call of Duty to Rainbow Six Siege. But this is not what makes counter-strike special. It's only a small piece of a larger puzzle, a puzzle we hope to explore in detail in this video.

[rmw]

counter strike feels like one of the few untouched parts of the internet, unwilling to move on with the times but instead embracing its age like an achievement.

[JangaLangaBanga]

I love Warowl's quote about the game. "Counter Strike is a game where your character doesn't get better, YOU get better."

[kobus]

Just like physical sports, the new young generation keeps raising the skill floor to a never before seen level. Donk has shown that and he will not be the last one to do it.

[caboose_MJ]

CS has the ability to convey “I’m better than you” than any other game

[stevebanning]

CS is the purest and greatest FPS game that exists at the moment. It's been that way for 20 years.

[aslv]

i love cs for the fact that less is more in its case, and that while everything is tactical, its still skill based at heart

[ShadowDestiny]

never underestimate the staying power of CS

[AutisticWimpyKid]

It's crazy how spot on CS has been from the start 20 years ago to now.
Even crazier that no game has ACTUALLY ever come close to what CS is.

[LmaoJaime]

nice parallel there, much like football, counter strike is THE game. I started playing cs in like 2015 and i went through so many years of people calling it a dead game and now no one even dares do that anymore. nice vid, really wanna see more from this channel!!

[zaktheghost]

More games should take notes from CS. Where the game is easy to learn but hard to master. There's always something new to learn and improve on in Counter Strike.

[derozeo]

Counter Strike is as good and as clean as FPS games get, the perfect balance between sheer mechanical skill and tactical decision making. It has been like this for over 2 centuries and the beauty of it is that it refuses to die, no matter what. CS forever.

[daveinthemicrowave]

I've been playing cs casually since 2015 but its only been recently when I finally "got it" the way all these seemingly simple mechanics work together to create an ocean of depth . I still suck but I'm really enjoying the game more than ever before.

[Crossovahh]

"your favourite first person shooter's favourite first person shooter"

[neal]

Yooo the clip of the BO2 cod champs is a deeep cut, seeing killa and parasites name next to each other takes me wayyyy back lmao

[CWTheArtist]

I’ll forever find it incredible CS started as a mod for Half Life, and the devs had to beg people to play the game and give em feedback. Now it’s got over a million players regularly.

[raul]

Man as a CS player you brought me tears to my eyes. The way you spoke and described the game is just hitting home. Also showing nostalgic footage from the old majors is just hitting the right spot.

I have been playing CS 1.6 since 2009 when I was 11, since then I kept playing and stopping till 2014 when I picked up CS:GO and I can confidently say, it has changed my life. This is the beauty about CS, how it can bring people together like a physical sport.

With all the issues in the game (cheaters, bugs, etc) I still believe Counter Strike is one of the best things that happened to gaming.

[currently_in_Teyvat]

I thought you were coping so hard by that title, but the video is so well done that I couldn't help but shut up and just enjoy the video and get nostalgic about my time with Counter Strike.

[Vierr]

2:40 "you have to use, not just your brain, not just your hands, but BOTH" like every video game ever! WOW CS is so revolutionary!

[badger]

I'm a console scrub, so I don't play CS, but this video and all the other the algorithm gods have recommended to me lately have been fire

[ByDavZz]

0:20 "Cause its about shooting not cancel slide, abilities, meta guns, building... Its just shooting 😂"