Regarding shady sovereign. The game is supposed to be REALISTIC, not SF. If you like Unreal Tournament or Quake fine, go play that. CS was never intended to be a game like the ones you mentioned, some kind of an alien game with non-existing supernatural weapons that reload automatically. And about the maps, I really think you didn't play the game enough, it has hundreds of maps, maybe more, of different sizes. But if they are not played in major competitions they don't stand a chance, they are played only for fun.
Personally this is the best game ever, entertaining, competitive and fun. The only thing I hate about the game is the Source version... but that's just me.
Personally this is the best game ever, entertaining, competitive and fun. The only thing I hate about the game is the Source version... but that's just me.