This is a recreation of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero: Deleted Scenes.
Action packed, thrilling mod for Half Life in the form of a Counter-Strike: Condition Zero mod. Feels like an extra single player mod for CS:CZ in some ways. Some glitches were noticeable, like hostages getting stuck in walls, which did not bother me as I found ways to bypass it. Overall, an engaging experience.
Counter-Strike: Zero Hour, by the prolific Deanamx, is a short singleplayer campaign inspired by CS:CZ: Deleted Scenes, despite the description mentioning that this is a recreation of Deleted Scenes, that statement is inaccurate, it's more of a drastic reimagining, this is not a direct port of the missions to Half-life or anything like that.
Having played Deleted Scenes again a couple years ago, I can say that Zero Hour has a much more enjoyable gameplay loop. At the start of the game you pick one of 5 different operators from various special forces from across the world, I chose the SAS operator, which granted me decreased recoil and better accuracy at the cost of movement speed, I figured if I played aggressively I could counterbalance my handicap and take advantage of my reduced recoil to use automatic fire more often. The game wasn't intense enough for my choice to matter, I think, but I enjoy the variety regardless of that.
After picking your operator, you're taken to the headquarters of a private military company, which serves as a hub for Zero Hour, here you can buy weapons, replenish supplies, and start the next mission (of which there are 7). Gameplay mechanics are more or less lifted straight from Deleted Scenes, though enemies are not as... insane... and the rocket launcher troops are less plentiful and more forgiviging to fight against.
Level design takes a minimalistic approach, which is not a negative, but one should not expect the levels to be accurate recreations of the missions that they are based on. The missions objectives generally have the player rescue hostages in varying configurations and premises, and then having to take them back to an evac point, unfortunately this is where Half-life's bad pathing rears its ugly head, making this process a bit frustrating at times, nevertheless, the good news is that you can finish the mission whenever you want with no penalty, which is a refreshing idea that allows the player to dictate the pace upon which they play the mod; can't be bothered to escort every single hostage back to the exit? You can just leave, you'll miss out on the cash reward for rescuing all of the hostages, but that is fine, you should have enough resources to make it through the game, as long as you are mindful of which ammo your guns use and diversify (for example, don't fill your inventory with weapons that use 5.56 or you'll quickly run out of ammo, pick something that uses other cartridges, personally I recommend rounding out your loadout with the P90, the Deagle and the AWP for the sake of ammo efficiency).
Zero Hour is relatively short, but that is not a bad thing, I think it was just long enough for me to enjoy it without becoming too repetitive. While the minimalistic level design made me want to revisit Deleted Scenes for its bombastic, COD: Modern Warfare-esque presentation, my memory of the frustrating gameplay of Deleted Scenes quickly made me appreciate that this is a much more enjoyable game to play. Give it a go if you're just looking for some Counter-Strike themed fun, set your expectations accordingly, and I think you'll have a good time.
I'm glad to see Counter-Strike Nexon assets and this mod make a comeback with Counter-Strike style.
The map design looks good and you can choose Counter-Terrorist with 5 different class. Using a lot of CSO weapon is very cool, you can purchase some weapon 1 by 1. Enemy Ai seems challenge to me, also choosing a 5 Counter-terrorist classes reminds me of Team Fortress 2 where you actual play some class as well.
Overall, it was perfect and down to the last minute details!