06-18-2003, 07:17 PM
I haven't explored the differences much, I just remember using the retail version at a PC room... guess it was easier for them to load up the retail rather than load up HL and then the mod. But I recall all the names being different, the menu looking dumb, stuff like that. Why sell an inferior product? Well, the people who buy it are bored people who walk through a kmart and see a picture of a terrorist and a military guy on the front, the name is counterstrike, they take a look, and notice that it's an online game where you play a bunch of other people, guns blazing. So they think it's interesting and buy it. Anyone who is actually into games would generally get halflife and then download the CS mod. Otherwise, I have no idea why someone would buy the retail version unless they have no clue about games at all.