

I wouldn't play any other version of Counter-Strike today.Ĭounter-Strike: Source was more of a straight re-make of the original 1.6, updating (most of) its maps and modes to the Source engine. It was aimed at maintaining Counter-Strike as a competitive game, but it also made bolder changes than Valve (or the game's community) had previously appeared comfortable with, including new modes like the gun game-style Arms Race, new maps, and proper matchmaking. It's a new way for the passionate modding community to make dolla dolla from all their hard work.ĬS: GO is the latest version of Counter-Strike, released as a separate game to sit alongside CS: Source and Counter-Strike 1.6. The best player-created skins or sets of skins will then be considered for inclusion in future official updates to the game, much like Valve's work in Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2. Even the most durable finish gets chipped with heavy use, so every finish is available in a variety of states of wear."

We also wanted to represent what happens to weapon finishes in the field. We reproduced spray-painted camouflaging, hydro-dipping, patinas, and more. From that blog post: "CS:GO is a realistic game, so we researched real-world finishing techniques.

The community has been making those for themselves since something like CS Beta 3, but Valve's tool lets creators work with materials that resemble the materials of actual real world gun decorators. Valve have added the Workbench to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, a tool for viewing and creating Counter-Strike skins. They're now honouring the M4A1 fetishism of the game's tens of thousands of players by adding player-created Weapon Finishes. In the weirdest way considering that it's the 4th, 6th and 9th most popular games on Steam, it's only recently begun to feel like one of Valve's games. One of those games where I can still close my eyes and get a little jolt from imagining the rattling fire of an unsilenced M4A1.

One of those games that caused me to run up a huge phone bill when 56k modems were a thing.
