The Counter Strike series, which started its life as a Half Life mod in 2000 and became a legend after attracting Valve’s attention, returned to the Pool Day map with CS 2. The map, which will make players run from nostalgia to nostalgia, is available to the players as of today.
CS 2 brought back the Pool Day legend after 13 years
Valve has released an update that will delight the CS community. The update, which includes 5 different community-designed maps as well as minor changes, also celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Counter-Strike series.
Pool Day, one of the original maps of the Counter-Strike series and which players may remember as fy_pool_day, has been expected to come back to the game for 13 years. The map, which was first announced for Counter Strike: Global Offensive and expected to be included in Operation Payback, was later removed from the plans.
The longing is over for the Pool Day map, which is known for its chaos and fast gameplay. The new Counter-Strike 2 update released today added 5 different community-made maps to the game.
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Among the maps offered as a gesture to players to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Counter Strike, there are different maps named Thera, Mills, Memento and Assembly. While Mills and Thera are available in competitive modes in CS 2, Pool Day can only be played in Arms Race mode for now.
Although new game modes or a larger-scale content package are expected in addition to the 5 maps, this is all the news from Valve for now. What do you think about Pool Day being added back to the game? What were your favorite maps in CS 2 and the original CS? Don’t forget to share your comments with us.