Why do you think this game wasn't successful?

[MZZ]

I didn't play this game a lot, but it seemed really cool. Though Global Offensive is definitely better, the whole mission campaign in this game was great and i enjoyed it. But why wasn't this game successful? No one plays it and people often ignore it as a Counter-Strike franchise title.

[Tusen2KxX]

This game was one of the most successful games there was... It is old as hell and a lot of people still play it.

[Jill]

Well here's why (No i'm not gonna bash on CS:CZ because I actually like it).

1. It was released a year before Counter-Strike: Source
2. This game is basically CS 1.7
3. All they added was new maps, a campaign, a mission mode, and official BOTs.
4. People only got back then to play the CS:S BETA.
5. The grenades did way to much damage in this game.
7. Spraying is useless in this game.
8. Wallbanging is useless in this game.
9. CS:CZ back then was a full on retail game and they charged you for it, unlike CS 1. which was free. (Even though that doesn't apply now because you can get both for $9.99)
10. The development cycle of this game was on a rollercoaster. Too many developers, rushed out somethings, released it too late.

Maybe if it was released back in 2001 or 2002,or even just an update for 1.6 the game would be a lot more successful. All this game is 1.6 with better textures, but terrible gameplay change decisions.

[Zenon]

Maybe if they made the dropdown list of Mission Packs bigger to fit more custom mission packs, it would've been heaps better.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=405495135

[Vesicularbus683]

Another thing is that people generally play games like this for the online multiplayer, not to mess with bots all the time.

[Jill]

Unfortunetly, the multiplayer for this is slowly dying. People still play it, but it's a pretty low player count. I don't consider a game "dead" unless it has under 100 people playing it. This game gets around 2.5k daily.

[[MOSS]-BurningUp]

This game was pricey when it came out if I remember right and most people saw it as not worth it. The original Counter-Strike was still popular at the time that this came out. This wasn't that successful. It also came out not long before Counter-Strike Source came out and everyone knew at the time that Counter-Strike: Source was coming.