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Multiplayer component of the game is NOT capped to 30 FPS; in fact it runs at 60 FPS.

As this is a Splash Damage title, do not expect the guns to kill instantly as they do in CS:GO or COD. Splash Damage is known to make the enemies bullet sponge in order to let them fight back. Just like Enemy Territory: Quake Wars and Dirty Bomb, all the classes are essential and it is simply not possible to complete objectives without specific classes. What I am not a fan of is the parkour system but as that is one of the royalties of the game, I do not complain much.

Please consult following article for performance related issues:
https://segmentnext.com/2011/05/10/brink-errors-crashes-ati-fix-no-sound-fix-freezes-and-fps-fix/

It's okay. I mean, if it was 1 hour long mod with that quality, people might be right for whining. But as it takes less than 15 minutes to beat the whole mod, all the hate seems a bit pointless to me. Final boss is buggy though...

Croteam's dedication for updating and even upgrading its old titles deserves recognition. The game runs fine on GNU/Linux. High variety of options, lengthy campaign and amazing cross-platform co-op multiplayer. If you haven't already you must get it.

3rd person levitating simulator. Just like Dear Esther, it is a non-game but with a minor difference; you miss nothing if you don't play it.

Sil Baştan + Kelebek Etkisi + Başlangıç = To The Moon

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind + The Butterfly Effect + Inception = To The Moon

Fazla söze gerek yok; en iyi single player Half-Life 2 modu...

Eski adiyla Strife: Quest for the Sigil oyun motoru olarak id Tech 1'i (Doom motoru) kullanan bir FPS-RPG hibriti. Kendi turunde System Shock, Deus Ex, BioShock gibi basyapitlarin oncusu oldugunu soyleyebiliriz. Oyun motorunu kullandigi Doom'un aksine oyuncuya birbiri ile baglantili, tekrar ziyaret edilebilir, fazlasiyla genis butunlesik haritalar sunuyor. Elbette RPG oyunlarin olmazsa olmazi NPCler oyuncuya cesitli gorevler, esyalar ve silahlar sagliyorlar. Oyunda secilen goreve ve tamamlanan bolume gore ilerleyen bir isabetlilik ve can yukseltme ogeleri de mevcut.


Aslen 1996'da piyasaya surulen oyun gelistiricisi ve dagitimcisi battigi icin uzun bir suredir internetten ucretsiz indirilebiliyordu. Ne var ki o surum modern sistemler ile uyumsuzdu. Veteren Edition'la birlikte yuksek cozunurluklu grafikler, genis ekran destegi, fare destegi, Steam Basarimlari, multiplayer. Steam Cloud, mod destegi, Steam Koleksiyon Kartlari, 1 yeni single player haritasi, 3 yeni multiplayer haritasi, iyilestirilmis muzik avantajlari sunuluyor. Ustelik Windows'un yani sira GNU/Linux ve OS X'in de desteklenmesi buyuk bir arti.


Oyunla ilgili yapabilecegim tek olumsuz elestiri baslardaki "Sewer" bolumunun gereksiz derecede uzun ve karmasik olmasi. Buna da 90lar ortasinin oyun tasarimlarindan umulacak bir durum diyebiliriz. Eger birden fazla sonu olan, iyi bir hikayesi olan nostaljik oyunlardan hoslaniyorsaniz Strife: Veteran Edition'i gonul rahatligi ile onerebilirim.

First of all, I would like to say that following comments are releted with neither "Counter-Strike: Condition Zero", nor "Counter-Strike 1.6"; the comments are soly about "Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes". Both CS 1.6 and CS:CZ are great games regardless...

If you check the Wikipedia and Wikia articles of CS:CZ, you will find out loong story of the development of the game; it was a disaster... Valve ordered the game to Rogue Entertainment in 2000, however the departure of the producer of the studio to Sony led the company defunct. After that failed startup, Valve gave the project to Gearbox Software which made a remarkable progress however failed to meet the deadline. Therefore, pissed Valve took the project from them and gave it to Ritual Entertainment. The "clever" people in Ritual decided to remake the game instead of developing well designed job of Gearbox. Then, ta taaaa; the gold version the game was boring, dull, unpolished and even clunky. The critiques were so bad that Valve decided to pull the game back and ask Turtle Rock Studios to complete the job. Turtle Rock restarted the work of Gearbox and completed the game that we have now as CS:CZ which is quite nice. But how about "Deleted Scenes"? Well, that single player game was released as a free addon to actual CS:CZ with the name of Deleted Scenes.

Yeah, that was the story of the development. But, is it worth to play Deleted Scenes? Not at all!

All 19 missions are totally uninspired and dull. The game shamelessly respawns enemies to the locations that you have already cleared. Worst, you killed a guy in the corner, you want to take that corner as a cover, right? Na na na na naaa; a new enemy is likely to be respawned right back of you. The developers did not even bother to respawn those enemies to a fairly distant location. If you are annoyed with the instant back spawning of Arch-Vile in Doom 3, you will be pissed in this game which is not even a fantastic horror FPS...

Deleted Scenes has one of the most linear level progress ever; it can even compete nowaday's modern shooters such as COD in the case of linear level progress... I can understand the need for linearity in order to have scripted events which are pretty much the curse of nowadays' shooters. However, the game does not let you backtrack most of the times. It is not like "hey, you fell down from that roof which is not reachable right now" scenario; you pass a door and after a short loading, that door is now cannot be openned in the very same level! You are simply caged between the loading points. I do not play nowadays' noob shooters, thus I have few information about their level progress but that does sound even foolish for those games. Gold key seeking in the mazes of Doom 1 is way more innovative even for "today"...

Conclusion;

I cannot say "do not buy" Deleted Scenes; it is bundles with Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero. But I can easily say that do not bother to play that game. If you are too bored and looking for something to kill you time, grab one of the F2P games... The only reason that I played and even finished all the levels of this game is my current computer is so crappy that it can handle very few games; that is one of them. That is it...

Peace...

One of the best action RPG that I played. A new hope for the future of the decent gaming.