Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Preview

The Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Preview on GameSpy discusses progress on the upcoming single-player focused Counter-Strike game, which recently shifted production from Gearbox Software to Ritual Entertainment. Based on a visit to Valve Software to see the game first-hand, they also make some inquiries about the developer shift, eliciting this response: "Gearbox has completed its contribution to Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and Ritual will be running the day-to-day development responsibilities from here through launch" (though their own impressions seem to contradict this: "After checking out Condition Zero, it's quite obvious that Ritual has basically started from scratch"). The article goes on to describe changes in the upcoming version 1.6 Counter-Strike patch before offering impressions of gameplay, including the interface, the kinds of scenarios included, weaponry, AI, graphics, special effects, and more.
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I don't think those player models look as good as the ones Gearbox had. Also, I like botmatch single player games better than linear story driven single player games so this change does not sound good to me. They do say in this preview that there will be some bots though, so maybe we will get both? Who knows anymore. Maybe they will surprise us. It looks like the game will sell at bargan price range so it should do well.

I don't think they will include the graphic content that Gearbox created because then they will have to include them in the royalty payments. It works the same way in music, If we get someone to play a bass part on the album but then he is booted, we have to redo the bass part so he does not get a piece of the action even if his part sounded the best. Seems like the game industry works just like the music business with all the drama and egos clashing. Teams create free mods in the hopes of getting in the business or "signed" just like bands create demos and the publishers are evil just like the record companies.

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