Recent reviews by Radi0star [Ignore the hat]

I got this game by using a link that would give it to you for free that no longer works.

The skill ceiling in this game is unbelievable. Add in all the easy vanilla Source stuff like crouchjump, bhop, etc, and mix in total nerdout stuff like grenade cooking and magnum 2-taps. If you go on a higher skill level server be ready to have your ass handled to you by some guy shooting props and thowing perfectly timed nades at you while scoring 50-2 (sadly, not because he's cheating).

The weapons are a joke. What works well in a singleplayer game surprisingly does not translate into good online gunplay. Automatics are useless, shotgun is surprisingly underpowered, crossbow is nearly useless, and magnum rules over all. I do quite well in CS and TF2, and FPS skills I got there are not of much help.

The game support is also a sad situation. dm_runoff out of bound exploits that worked eight years ago still work fine. Anti-$ignorez measures can also be bypassed in a matter of minutes without cheats as they had been six years ago. I'm still glad however to see at least 300 people playing it on average.

The server situation is a mixed bag, You have your normal team deathmatch pubs that are actually okay, co-op servers that lag like hell since they are all located in Europe/Russia, roleplay servers, the existence of which puzzles me because gmod is far better suited for roleplay, and community free-for-alls which are ruled by the type of people who have to apologize for handing you your ass too hard.

I would reccomend getting this game only if:
* You have a time machine and can go back to the days when this game had used to be free
* Bought a Valve/HL pack and got this as a part of the deal
* Enjoy games so hard that they make Quake look like checkers

I'm not recommending this game not because it's bad or because the learning curve is steep - I'm not recommending it because there's no learning curve, but rather a brick wall that you hit.

I've always despised how pure aim decides so much in this game. With Danger Zone BR, now you have to use your frontal lobe to make plays, set up ambushes, and track your opponents. Now aim is a bonus, and not a key factor.

Thank you Valve for making this game great.

This game allows you to endulge in your autism by letting you play with a horrilbly outdated physics engine in half-assed game modes.

9/10 the linux of video games

What Quake would have been if it was made today: both needlessly flashy and extremely deep in core mechanics. There is a galaxy of activities to do besides running, gunning and farming for weapons. Updates and comics are still coming despite this game being, what, almost 7 years old? Source engine is very liberal and even has it's own scripting language allowing to tweak most of aspects in the game to your liking.

Tip: play with mouse raw input on or you will find yourself bashing the keyboard in rage, wondering "WHY AM I NOT HITTING ANYTHING UHUHUHU"

А теперь для русских. Почему-то много русских школьников, хотя забугорное коммьюнити - взрослые, умелые геймеры. Не играйте на русских серверах, Бога ради.