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Critical Strike CS: Online FPS
VERTIGOGAMES · 46,200 ratings · ★ 4.7
4.7
★★★★★
46,200 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 50 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
1
"game"
34 negative reviews mention this · 68% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Hacker X 279 X 279. The game was fun when I first started playing however it has become boring with the rampant cheating that occurs to many hackers." - Javathecathacker
2
"money"
19 negative reviews mention this · 38% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pay to Win. 3 headshots and dude don’t die cuz he has insane armor and hp. NOT SKILL BASED. Time and money based. like actual counter strike. 10 dollar a week subscription." - Bit user
3
"play"
11 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Hacker X 279 X 279. The game was fun when I first started playing however it has become boring with the rampant cheating that occurs to many hackers." - Javathecathacker
4
"playing"
10 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Hacker X 279 X 279. The game was fun when I first started playing however it has become boring with the rampant cheating that occurs to many hackers." - Javathecathacker
5
"spend"
10 negative reviews mention this · 20% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Seriously? HOW is this game getting good reviews? :/. If I could describe this game in one word it would be: PREDATORY. Gamers beware. This game is a money TRAP. It’s been criminally designed to keep you buying gear. Every time you start to get ahead you get paired up against BOTS that are roc…" - Nicholas John
6
"spending"
9 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Seriously? HOW is this game getting good reviews? :/. If I could describe this game in one word it would be: PREDATORY. Gamers beware. This game is a money TRAP. It’s been criminally designed to keep you buying gear. Every time you start to get ahead you get paired up against BOTS that are roc…" - Nicholas John
7
"players"
8 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Investigate game. Why do I play the same battlefield 4 times in a row? Answer..rigged game. Seriously, how does one enjoy this game when certain players control the game? Is this legal? I will find out" - cricketistheworst
8
"weapons"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Seriously? HOW is this game getting good reviews? :/. If I could describe this game in one word it would be: PREDATORY. Gamers beware. This game is a money TRAP. It’s been criminally designed to keep you buying gear. Every time you start to get ahead you get paired up against BOTS that are roc…" - Nicholas John
9
"spend money"
6 negative reviews mention this · 12% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t download. I wish I could give it zero stars, but I can’t every single time I go into the app. There are 25 things that pop up and I have to exit out of them. It tries to make you spend money on literally everything from skins to guns to maps." - Yowspi
10
"away"
5 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Scam. Purchased battle pass and it took away all additional rewards options making it near impossible to complete. Unless it’s a bug, it’s an absolute scam and and punishes you for making a purchase" - Monica Blubilski
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"gear"
5 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Seriously? HOW is this game getting good reviews? :/. If I could describe this game in one word it would be: PREDATORY. Gamers beware. This game is a money TRAP. It’s been criminally designed to keep you buying gear. Every time you start to get ahead you get paired up against BOTS that are roc…" - Nicholas John
12
"experience"
5 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Seriously? HOW is this game getting good reviews? :/. If I could describe this game in one word it would be: PREDATORY. Gamers beware. This game is a money TRAP. It’s been criminally designed to keep you buying gear. Every time you start to get ahead you get paired up against BOTS that are roc…" - Nicholas John
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Pay to Win
3 headshots and dude don’t die cuz he has insane armor and hp. NOT SKILL BASED. Time and money based. like actual counter strike. 10 dollar a week subscription.
Hacker X 279 X 279
The game was fun when I first started playing however it has become boring with the rampant cheating that occurs to many hackers.
Елена
Елена
No need open
No need open app
Obscene
I wouldn’t waist time or money on it if I were you
Scam
Purchased battle pass and it took away all additional rewards options making it near impossible to complete. Unless it’s a bug, it’s an absolute scam and and punishes you for making a purchase
Seriously? HOW is this game getting good reviews? :/
If I could describe this game in one word it would be: PREDATORY. Gamers beware. This game is a money TRAP. It’s been criminally designed to keep you buying gear. Every time you start to get ahead you get paired up against BOTS that are rocking top notch gear 30-70 levels ahead of you. The devs have really outdone themselves. No reputable company would design a game like this. First of all.. You’re literally paired up with bots 99% of the time. I’ve only ran into a handful of humans in the wild. Second, the matchmaking algorithm they’re running is based solely on what they think will get you to spend more money, and the user experience suffers GREATLY because of it. They basically pair you up against tougher and tougher opponents to frustrate you into spending more money on weapons so you don’t have to headshot someone 30 times before they die. It’s actually ridiculous. I’d recommend staying away from this game. Anyone else who has spent time playing this game knows EXACTLY what i’m talking about, and I encourage you to also leave a review to protect other gamers from falling into this trap.
Rigged
This game is rigged so you keep spending money. The only way to level up in gear is to spend. Would not recommend it.
Glitched Out
For some odd reason this is the only game on my mobile phone that I play daily that skips like crazy I love this game it’s awesome but it’s the only game that I play that glitches and skips and it only does it when I am right in the middle of killing someone idk what’s going on but it pisses me off to were I won’t recommend it to nobody and I am done playing it because of that reason I have wrote reviews before but u guys never respond
Worst game ever
Guys don’t even start playing this game if you’re not pay, you’re not play so it’s
definitely not free right now
definitely not free right now
Awful game, greedy developers
Totally money grab game! Poorly made with no new additions to maps or weapons without major spending! DO NOT DOWNLOAD
New update
Imposible to win! The new update will only frustrate you and make you buy stuff and still you won’t win any match. Everyone is boycotting this game check fb page and you will see how everyone is not happy and planning on deleting the game .
rubbish game
垃圾游戏，还总更新？ 这是世界上最垃圾的游戏 all of developer are rubbish， non banlance game， rubbish contronal function， support mail not resonponse， rubbish game management， this is the most rubbish i have seen ， come on phase out
Clickbaity misleading
Misleading game. Lured me in with Instagram ads making me thinking I can play CS like game in dust 2. Nothing like that and bloated with Bs rewards and claim this claim that and buy this buy that. Stay away
Investigate game
Why do I play the same battlefield 4 times in a row? Answer..rigged game. Seriously, how does one enjoy this game when certain players control the game? Is this legal? I will find out
Money talk game
Disgusting developers who break the experience with moneymaking mindset. Quite the game!
Pay to win game
These kind of games must be skills based not money based. Even after paying a decent amount of money, you will need to consistently purchase to keep up with other players because new weapons and armors are just too powerful. Please fix the game and make it skill based.
👎🏽
This game is trash . A lot of cheating . You can literally shoot a guy with 30 rounds , while he reloads and he will still kill you .
Worst game ever
Too many ads and pop ups trash game
Don’t waste your time
The game is full of poor management by design and hackers and bots everywhere
Garbage IP Theft
Blatant ripoff, fully using CounterStrike in their ads for a bad mobile game copy full of microtransactions.
Trash company that deserves the lawsuits coming to them.
Trash company that deserves the lawsuits coming to them.
The Game has Failed
I have been an active player for a few years now and a big spender. This is a pay to win game, and if you have the $ it’s fun. However the developers have created an update that has removed much of the benefits we paid for. They have many excuses as to why they took speed and skills away from characters we worked and paid to boost. It was a greedy an unethical business decision and the consequences are that active high spending player will stop playing and spending immediately. Shame on Vertigo for robbing its players. I recommend finding a better mobile shooter game to spend your time and money on.
Money Pit
This game used to be fun… recent updates and game rule changes have made it clear, they don’t value their customers. Paid good money to upgrade character armor and weapons only for developers to change rules and gear levels in order to extract more money. If armor was paid to max out and rules change new armor that was maxed should be maxed out. But devs don’t see it that way. How do I get a refund on all the money spent?
Mostly bots
Recreating the game is ok - too many bots
TRASH
Complete money grabbing garbage…when you open the game you are bombarded with no less than 15 pops before being able to play. That’s the most I’ve ever seen. They put up stuff that says claim you reward but there is no reward it’s a click bait trying to sell you something. This game is horrible with that type of garbage. TRASH!!!!
Sound issues
Sound does not work with headphones or without headphones restarted this app and closed all the other apps and the volume still did not work for this game
Difficulty level
After the most recent update, game has become almost impossible to play. They have increase the difficulty level so much that regular players stand no chance.
Switch and bate
Don’t waste your time once your good they throw you with all the top players were you can’t kill anyone just to get you to spend more money.
Too Much Ads
It’s a fun game till the ads pop up. The ads just ruins the experience. The ads seems like I’m playing another game that never ends.
Loading
Game won’t even open past loading screen
Unbalanced slop
First they hit you with twenty pop ups asking for money. Game is not balanced.
Waste
Trash
No support
I had a problem with items that i PAID. I try to contact support 5 days in a row… i spent over 40$ oj this game and first problem they dont answer.
Try to chat in hlep desk, sent emails but no replay.
Try to chat in hlep desk, sent emails but no replay.
Too many prompt to purchase items
Upon opening the app, you get blasted with a ton prompts to purchase items to the point it get so annoying I just closed the app and uninstall right away.
Don’t download
I wish I could give it zero stars, but I can’t every single time I go into the app. There are 25 things that pop up and I have to exit out of them. It tries to make you spend money on literally everything from skins to guns to maps.
Ok gameplay terrible set up
The gameplay is entertaining but the way they push over pays and add at you is insane it’s not worth the ads. Also the ads are some of the longest and most annoying ads ive seen. Not worth the effort for a couple minutes of enjoyment. Also multiple people on the app that are hacking and you can’t report
This game is pay to win asf
Don’t even waste your time if them pockets ain’t deep, I couldn’t even kill a dude with SNIPER HEADSHOTS because he had so much health. This is a disgrace to the genre of counter-terrorist🤦🏾♂️
Cant compete
It was fun at first. A lot of adds, but you can get rid of them for 1 dollar. Once you hit gold ranking you simply cannot compete with players without spending a lot of money. They have weapons that do 5x the damage and 5x the armor you have.
Strong Opponents
Why do I keep playing with 4-5 times stronger opponents (character & guns)? How do you expect me to hold a chance in that case? It started happening today. You either fix that or I’ll contact my bank to get all the money spent on this game back.
Pay to win
I played a lot this game. But the truth is a pay to win game. You loose your coins in the roulette and the truth you always get the worst prizes. It’s not good that the app don’t value your time on it.
Needs controller support
More and more people are using their devices as gaming machines with controllers. You gotta step up the controller features please.
Not Balanced
Critical Strike has the potential to be a fun mobile shooter, but unfortunately the game is heavily built around spending money. Upgrading weapons takes an excessive amount of time and resources, making progression feel extremely slow unless you’re willing to pay. The cost to improve weapons or unlock better gear is simply too high compared to the rewards you earn from playing.
The reward system also feels very unbalanced. You can spend a lot of time completing matches, only to receive minimal rewards that barely help with upgrades. This creates a frustrating cycle where progress feels locked behind paywalls rather than skill or effort.
Overall, the gameplay itself can be enjoyable, but the economy of the game makes it hard to recommend. Unless the developers rebalance the upgrade costs and rewards, I wouldn’t suggest downloading it if you’re looking for a fair and rewarding experience.
The reward system also feels very unbalanced. You can spend a lot of time completing matches, only to receive minimal rewards that barely help with upgrades. This creates a frustrating cycle where progress feels locked behind paywalls rather than skill or effort.
Overall, the gameplay itself can be enjoyable, but the economy of the game makes it hard to recommend. Unless the developers rebalance the upgrade costs and rewards, I wouldn’t suggest downloading it if you’re looking for a fair and rewarding experience.
My Experience
The game started out fun to play. Then once I had leveled I ended up in games with players higher levels. Who killed me instantly. I was unable to affect them in anyway. After spending close to $200 I still could not keep up. I believe that is the objective to get you to spend more money. Don’t waste your money on this game.
玩不了啊
为什么用苹果7进去，量了一下工作室图标就黑屏了？也没反应
Pay to Win
After level 30 or so it becomes nearly impossible to play unless you start spending LOTS of money. I am fine with some level of pay to win, but in order to compete at higher levels you need the best armor and guns which you’d either need to grind for years to get, or pay $100+ like most other players clearly end up doing.
Pricey
The game itself is pretty good, but be ready to spend some money. The only way to be competitive is my spending lots of money. All ranks play against each other so it’s really not fair or fun for lower tiers
Optional can go 5 strars
It matters playing and win thing but i know and everybody knows that every win rewards wants me to pay for the spin and the special boxes for what reason i dont play to much. Fix and ill play and later if i like the game ill pay for things.
Level not the same as player gear.
I’ve leveled up many times, but now I’m playing player who have all special gear and I get killed in two shots, regardless my skill. Makes me want to quit putting anything into it.
Meh
Good game to play, if you have hundreds to spend to upgrade!!
Too expensive to have fun
You can’t grow unless you spend $10 a week, the bots are max level, the spenders just camp and kill. It’s lost all its fun at this point.
Sentiment summary
93%
Positive (4-5★)
2%
Neutral (3★)
5%
Negative (1-2★)