After the original Counter-Strike became the most famous multiplayer online action game in autumn 2000, Valve Software now is said to publish Counter Strike: Condition Zero soon. Read on for an overview of the games features and check out 3 hot screenshots! Based on the original Counter-Strike, which originally was developed through the Half-Life MOD community, it is to offer gameplay in a complex single player campaign. The player is transferred into the role of a group leader of an anti-terror unit in the singleplayer campaign which spans over up to twenty missions. Other team members will be CPU controlled and can be given specific orders similiar to the bots in Unreal Tournament.
The scenarios presented stretch from a much-populated large city area via close-combat in the jungle up to a merciless desert setting. Popular goals where taken from the original multiplayer game like rescuing hostages, defusing bombs or escorting important personalities.
Condition Zero will once more be based on the already quite used engine that helped Half-Life to become game of the year 1999. However Valve Software announces a major revision of the game engine (see screenshots below). Beside high-detailed models also numerous small effects are to improve the graphic feast, as for instance a realistic weather model with snow and rain simulating atmospheric effects.
All missions can also be played in multiplayer mode, one must not live without the modes used in the original Counter-Strike. According to Valve Counter-Strike: Condition Zero is still aiming for a release in the first quarter of 2002. First Screenshots Of The Action Source: Golem News