Sixteen age ago , you needed a sensibly powerful computer to melt down Counter - Strike . Now you’re able to play it on a goddamn smartwatch , although you ’ll demand to fetch a moderately lose definition of “ play ” along for the drive .

While it ’s miraculous that Android Wear is able-bodied to run CS at all , the secret plan is far from perfect . It chugs along at about 20fps ; there ’s no on-line gambling ; and the tiny screen is so litter with controls that the only way you ’ll be scoring a headshot is by fortuity . It ’s more to show that it can be done , rather than to get noscoped from the comfort of your wrist .

That said , Dave Bennett — the mastermind behind this little labor — has posted some pedagogy on his website for gettingTeam Fortress , Half - Life 2,Super Smash Bros. Melee , and of courseCounter - Strikeon more potent Android devices which have a little more screen material estate .

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