However, one of Counter-Strike's signature elements-the money-based loadout selection that takes place between matches-isn't in the game. There are scenarios that take inspiration from Counter-Strike's multiplayer modes, such as one VIP escort mission where a politician you're escorting insists on going on a handshaking tour through the slums, only to be attacked.

So that it's not always just run and gun, there are a few different types of scenarios, some pure action, some stealth, and some focused on information-gathering objectives. Ritual says Condition Zero is all about gameplay. In addition to a wide range of national counter-terrorist organizations to play as, there are plenty of different settings in the game, including arctic, desert, jungle and urban settings. Some scenarios start with a briefing, others drop right into the action. The scenarios are self-contained vignettes there's no explanation why the player is a SWAT team member assaulting a drug lab in Modesto, California in one and a Russian Spetsnaz agent trying to clean out a terrorist infested missile silo in the next.

The single-player game is a series of 20 or so unconnected scenarios that put you in the role of unnamed counter-terrorist agents from various elite squads. Only some of its new elements, such as its improved visuals and higher quality audio, will carry over to the multiplayer game, and even then, they're designed not to make the slightest impact on the gameplay fans have come to expect. We've seen Condition Zero before, but it's a completely different game now that Ritual has taken the project over from Gearbox.Ĭondition Zero is now a single-player game to its core. Condition Zero has had something of a public debut at this week's CPL Counter-Strike tournament in Dallas, Texas. And by some twist of irony, Valve's first new retail product in years is Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, the upcoming single-player game based on what started out as a fan-created multiplayer mod. It's been quite some time since Valve released Half-Life way back in 1998, but the game's influence is still felt, not least of all by the more than 70,000 people who are playing Counter-Strike online on any given day.

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