Counter-Strike (CS) is by far the most popular mod (modification) of the March 1999 Game of the Year, Half-Life © 1999 Sierra On-Line and Valve.
?t modifies the multiplayer aspects of Half-Life to provide the player with an experience that a trained counter-terrorist unit or terrorist unit might have. Players will join either a terrorist or a counter-terrorist force and play in one of the four types of scenarios. These are:
Hostage Rescue, where the counter-terrorists must rescue hostages.
Bomb / Defuse, where terrorists must plant a bomb in a critical area and counter-terrorists must defuse the bomb.
Escape, where the terrorists must escape from the counter-terrorists.
Assassination, Where the VIP must be escorted by the counter-terrorists to an escape point.
The MOD is team-based featuring one team playing the role of the terrorist and the other team playing the role of the counter-terrorist. Each side has access to different guns and equipment, as well as different abilities. Maps have different goals such as: hostage rescue, assassination, bomb defusion, Terrorist escape, etc.
Weapons include the usual assortment of pistols, shotguns, assault rifles, sniper rifles, grenades, demolition devices. Each side has access to a different subset of weapons so for example only the counter-terrorist can use the M4A1, and only the terrorists can use the AK-47.
The First Playtest
The first ever playtest was rife with all too similar looking models, horrendous pings, and a hideous yet fun map named Mansion. The five people pictured are the only ones who were willing to test the then unknown mod... |
