Italy, also known as Italy , is a hostage scenario map from Counter-Strike ,  Counter-Strike: Condition Zero , Counter-Strike: Source , and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive . It takes place in the streets of an Italian town. The original Counter-Strike map was created by Glen Cooper and Jaison Green and also used chickens as the first map in the series .

Construction

Italy is set in a small Italian town that consists largely of long side streets. In addition to long streets, the map is also defined by narrow, winding building corridors. Near the anti-terrorist spawn is a marketplace and in the middle is an apartment that can be entered from two sides. There is also a wine cellar near the terrorist spawn, but its position and, above all, size depends on the game. Up until Counter-Strike it was on the left side of the map, leading to the center from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive onwardsrather in the middle, diagonally opposite the apartment. Originally, the wine cellar was more of a longer corridor. The hostages are located on the map on the two floors of a small apartment building right next to the terrorist spawn, or one hostage in the apartment building and one in the wine cellar in CS:GO. The marketplace and the building next to the terrorist spawn are connected by a long corridor.

development

Counter Strike

Italy was originally released during the Counter-Strike beta period , on June 8th, 2000 to be precise. It was created by Glen Cooper and textured by Jason Green. The two makers were members of the [HOTSHEEP] clan. One of the most well-known elements of the map, which was later used on other maps as well, was the use of the first chickens , which were only used for ambience, but nevertheless developed great popularity among players.

condition zero

Turtle Rock Studios practically completely took over Italy for CS:CZ, but updated it visually a bit. However, the characteristic chickens from the original menu were not carried over.

Source

For CS:S, Valve Italy ported to the Source Engine . In itself, the structure of the map was not really changed.

Global Offensive

Italy was released as the default map for CS:GO on August 21, 2012. The structure of Italy, like that of many other maps, was also slightly changed for the release of CS:GO: the map’s wine cellar was changed from a longer tunnel passage leading from the left flank to the middle passage, to a small building with an impassable one Changed the basement right on the center aisle to improve the balance of the map. The map also contained the map-typical chickens again.

trivia

• The house next to the terrorist spawn where the hostages are located is decorated with lilies in Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Condition Zero . The lily can also be seen on a house across from the counter-terrorist spawn. Ironically, the card is set in Italy, but in heraldry the lily usually represents France.
• Until Counter-Strike: Global Offensive , the radio in the building next to the terrorist spawn also played E Il Sol Dell’anima , an excerpt from an opera sung by Luciano Pavarotti .

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