Popular Online Shooter?

Whats the most popular online shooter @ the moment or in the very near future (i mean this or next month) ?

 

Uh... Left4Dead or CoD4... Or 5...


... I think

 

CS:S is currently the most popular (# wise)

www.game-monitor.com

 

Modern Warfare 2 when it comes out next month. COD4 right now!

 

I agree with EIement.

I don't use steam but even without it CS:S has tons of players. I've only poked around CoD4 servers a few times, but those always seem packed as well.

 

COD 4... steam= trouble with computers... hate steam..

 

CoD4 for your old school CoD game. CoD5 for a more fun approach to CoD.

 

Ok thats all i needed to know, i knew they were popular but im gonna buy a game and i wasnt sure whish one was morte popular so i am gonna buy counter strike source and wait for modern warfare 2. ill see for cod 5 later if a nice deal comes along.

btw Im still looking for a game like tribes or something with robots to play in multiplayer and the best star wars game to play online. im gonna look them up now

thx guys for the help.

 

If you're into cartoon shooters, TF2 has been going strong for like 2 years now. Has a growing community if anything.

 

if your gonna buy CCS be sure to find a good server fast. otherwise its bots,wall hackers,racism, stupid jokes, and bad language galore. also one more thing if you have never played it your atleast 4 years behind most players.

 

TF2 for payload. (more team based than other modes) or css for regular style games. left 4 dead is also awesome

 

Shooting Zombies never gets old. And I like playing as the Fatty on versus.

 

I'm new to CS:S (yes, I know I'm waay behind the times) but I thought that the cheating/etc was pretty much eliminated when playing via Steam? I don't use steam, so I still run into it fairly often on semi/non steam servers, but I was hoping when I purchase the game that the steam servers would be much better at regulating this.. right, or no?

 

Stop spreading lies, you troll.

I much prefer Steam over retail disks.

VAC (Valve Anti-Cheat) can take a while to ban players after they are caught use cheats or hacks. Also, make sure you're playing on VAC-secured servers, otherwise anybody, even banned players and cheaters, can get on and play.

 

Interesting.. Every server I play on is VAC-secured, but people are still aimbot/walling. I see some get votebanned, but not much good that does. Are all the official steam servers together, so if someone gets banned from an "official" steam CSS server, are they banned from all the "official" steam CSS servers?

I imagine it's much harder to control that with all the unofficial servers, since for example, I don't have a real steam ID and I'm sure many of the other players don't as well.

 

cheaters can still play even on VAC 'secured' servers based on my experience

 

Id say the most popular online shooter is TF2, never a shortage of people or games and its cheap to buy and easy to run.

While I like the game it was never as intense as say BF2 or BF2142, I loved those games.

I imagine the newer Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising is going to be popular and the soon to come Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2

 

and when is the new alien vs predator coming out. im def. getting that one
Operation flashpoint doesnt look like it is my thing. too tactical, little slower then the rest

 

No, there are no "official" servers on CSS as anyone can start one. What you need to do is find a good community/servers and play on them.
Same thing goes for Garry's Mod

 

In my experience, 99% of the time when someone gets called a hacker, they're not - they're just good.
For some reason people can't handle the thought of getting beat, so anyone who is consistently very good, especially if they're killing you, must be a cheater.
I know because I was one of these people in Call of Duty 2, and everyone on my team was as well (played competitively). There were only two public servers that all the pros hung out that I could go into without ridicule (except maybe getting called bad). If I went into any other pubs, I was consistently accused of hacking, complained to, ridiculed, kicked, and even banned. I wasn't hacking - I just played ~40 hours a week. Play 40 hours a week of just about any FPS and you'll likely get called a cheater too.

Valve is usually very good at finding and eliminating hackers.

 

I usually just play on some clan servers... the clan members or admins usually kick/ban the hackers. I've only played on one server that had a hacker! However, I only play like three different servers lol.

 

There's a difference between server bans and VAC bans. Servers are run by individual people and clans, and they can basically kick or ban whomever they wish, but only on their own servers. VAC is Valve's own system, and a VAC ban is permanent, irreversible, and completely bars you from ever playing any VAC-secured server ever again unless you make a new account and re-purchase the game.

 

CS1.6 or CS Source. Most steam servers are hacker free nowadays. I've never met a steam hacker so far.

 

LOL i got a reason to say so... steam caused a lot of problems for me but i've nver had problems playing using disks... and not to mention there's a ton of hacking in CS.. whether you like it or not mstershroom you troll , COD 4 is the best online game... CS is old and obsolete....

 

So, because you had problems (most of which were probably your fault anyway), that means everyone else obviously must as well, and that Steam is terrible? Hah. Try harder. Also, I'd point out the irony of you calling me a troll, but I don't think you'd understand.

Anyway, at this point I'd say Call of Duty 4 and Counter-Strike (1.6 or Source) are pretty much equally popular, although I personally thing CoD4 is the superior game.

 

Haha...somebody from valve must have given you a beating! You're free to state your opinion, but making it seem as Steam is the worst invention ever is not right.

Either way, I feel like BF2 is still really popular for some dumb reason. # wise, I don't think the TF2/L4D community combined can even match the CSS/1.6 community still.

 

Steam is awesome. There's only one thing I hate about Steam, which is how if you delete the icon from the desktop, it automatically re-creates it next time you run steam from their start menu shortcut. The fix is easy, just make your own shortcut to the steam.exe, but it's still a pain. Well, not a pain. It's just always irked me.

 

I love steam. especially when compared to D2D. there was nothing but hassle after hassle with all the games I bought from D2D. I can't complain tho- they were only 5$ each. but install issues, crap download speeds, lack of support etc. Only issue I've had with steam is a corrupt backup of L4D requiring a re-download.

 

I'd have to agree with everyone..

Counter-strike: source, even though an old game is still going strong. I play CS 1.6 since it's about the same and I already have it. I still play now and then.

Team Fortress 2: awesome game, I play this the most, and play it a lot. It's really fun once you get good at it, but it's very frustrating if you are new. The learning curve is steep, and the good players are REALLY good, so good that you'll get owned pretty hard and the game will not be fun. The difference in skill level is pretty far apart. But watch some youtube videos on how to play some classes and you'll do just fine.

Left 4 Dead: Never tried it but a lot of poeple are playing it. I was thikning about purchasing this and see what all the fuss is about.

COD 4: Another great game, I played this a lot but recently stopped. Don't think you'll be disappointed. COD 5 to me was not as good.

Battlefield 2 - I played this a lot with my buddies in college...4 years ago. Was very fun, great team work and game play is awesome. A lot of team work involved, good graphics, hours of fun. I thikn there's a new Battlefield coming out about the same time as COD 6.

 

^I agree with that point about TF2...it's an excellent game, but fairly hard on beginners; there's really no tutorial mode, and the loading screen tips are way outdated. Plus, the random drop system is never really explained in game and must be confusing as hell for new players. Speaking of which, I found my first hat last night (Sniper's trophy belt!), but that's for another thread.