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Posted by ReNo on Wed Mar 29th at 3:52am 2006

Your right, it would be worse if they did it to Final Fantasy or something, because in those games the characters and environment actually matter. As far as I'm concerned, CS is pretty much devoid of character. That doesn't mean it isn't a good game or I don't like it, it just means that it is hardly renowned for its charm, story, or setting. I mean, just look at the amount of people playing s**t like Iceworld right? CS is essentially abstracted from any sort of universe (though obviously it attempts to reside within the real world style) - the scenarios it presents are entirely self-enclosed and don't contribute to some overall consistant "game universe", at least not very successfully. As such I really don't feel bad about seeing the gameplay being seperated from the scenario like this.



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Posted by Finger on Wed Mar 29th at 4:00am 2006

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Artistic integrity just doesn't occur to some people, I guess.

Artistic integrity is in the eye of the beholder. Obviously, the Japanese have a much different version of 'integrity' and 'art' than you do. You can't knock them for it, just as they can't knock you for liking what you like. I don't see the problem with this.... why get bent out of shape over someone elses artistic preference. It's not like they are changing YOUR version of countersrike.





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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Wed Mar 29th at 4:02am 2006

I definitely agree with ReNo, just look at all the crazy gametypes that have emerged from what once was pure vanilla CS that no longer fit with the "counter-terrorism" theme. Surf maps are a perfect example of this divorce of gameplay and scenario.




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Posted by FatStrings on Thu Mar 30th at 3:32am 2006

i've been very skeptical towards this article anyway because, to my knowledge, Japan is the #1 consumer (wrong word) of counter-strike




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Posted by Andrei on Thu Mar 30th at 10:30am 2006

Wouldn't that be one more reason to want their own CS?




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Posted by ReNo on Thu Mar 30th at 11:50am 2006

Whoever told you Japan is CS's main consumer is wrong/lying - that simply isn't true to any extent. As a general rule, western games do not do well in Japan - they make plenty themselves to keep themselves occupied and the culture generally clashes with anything we in the west put out. On top of that they aren't into FPS games in a big way whatsoever - note the almost complete lack of Japanese FPSs.



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Posted by poisonic on Thu Mar 30th at 5:56pm 2006

CS. Neo looks more like a mod to me.......





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