


Since the release of Counter-Strike 1.6, no maps have been added or removed from the game. During the post-beta stages, maps were still rotated in the official distribution on a slightly smaller scale.

Like in other scenarios, victory can also be attained by eliminating the opposing team.Ĭounter-Strike features a large variety of maps that take place in different environments including urban, arctic, jungle and desert settings. Both teams have a restricted arsenal of weapons available for purchase. The Terrorists have to take out the VIP and successfully eliminating the VIP will yield victory to the Terrorists. Some maps feature only one escape zone while others feature multiple escape zones. In this scenario a single player on the Counter-Terrorist team takes the role of a VIP that must make it to a VIP escape zone. This scenario is the least popular of the three and only a single map, Oilrig, is featured in the latest release of the game. The scenario itself is still playable, but all of the official maps were removed prior to the game's release. A fourth scenario, known as escape, existed during the Counter-Strike Beta. There are three official scenarios in Counter-Strike: Assassination, hostage rescue and bomb defusal. In the original retail release, a short single-player only training map was included but this was removed when the game was transferred to Steam. In all cases, the two teams are the Counter-Terrorists face off against the Terrorists. There are three official scenarios, each with their own teams, objectives, and maps. Doing a single-player game would have entailed much more work as new models and AI code would have been needed for enemies as opposed to a multiplayer game which requires considerably less work. The decision to make the game multiplayer only roots back to its mod origins. Over time, however, several server-side modifications have added bots for in-game use and bots were officially introduced in its later successors, Counter-Strike (Xbox) and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero.Ĭounter-Strike has been praised worldwide for its highly competitive multiplayer. The original Counter-Strike came exclusively with multiplayer, without computer-controlled players. Although basic, it is considered one of the most revolutionary online games of all time. In it, two teams, the Counter-Terrorists and the Terrorists, fight to complete an objective or eliminate the opposing team.

The fast-paced and team-oriented gameplay of Counter-Strike has stayed relatively the same throughout the years.
