Overpass is a bomb scenario map from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive , set in the German capital of Berlin. Created by Valve , the map appeared as part of the Winter Offensive update . It was subsequently added to Operation Bravo for Global Offensive , but went into the normal map canon after the operation ended. Overpass is the first Valve-made map released exclusively for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive .

Construction

The map is divided into two different but almost equally large areas: There is the canal system below the bridge and a park on a higher level, in the middle of which there is a café. On Overpass, the two bomb sites are close together. While bomb site A is on the bridge and is located directly at the spawn point of the anti-terrorist unit, bomb site B is located below the bridge in the canal area. Accordingly, the counter-terrorist unit can reach both points quickly, but the terrorists have to travel a longer distance to get from their spawn point inside the canal to the opposite bridge. The longer of the paths leads across the park to the bridge.

development

Global Offensive

The map was developed by Valve in 2013 for the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Christmas Update and was first revealed on December 13, 2013. However, it was not based on any previously created community map, nor was it included in any other Counter-Strike title. Thus, it was the first map of the game that Valve developed exclusively for this. Finally, Overpass was released with its Winter Offensive update on December 18, 2013, along with Cobblestone .

Between December 18, 2013 and January 20, 2014, it was also part of Operation Bravo, to which it was added later. At the time, it could only be played by Operation Bravo Pass holders . After some time, however, it also became part of the normal card canon.

On April 4, 2014, a major overhaul of the map was released, as Overpass was the only map in the game that had been completely recreated for Global Offensive until then. In addition to the bomb locations, the stairwells of the map were also changed.

trivia

• Overpass was the first official map to be set in a capital city in around 15 years of Counter-Strike history. Besides Baggage and Monastery , Overpass is also the only permanent card in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive that uses the GSG 9 . However, this was also used on the Operation Payback cards Library and Thunder .
• Since the map is set in Germany’s capital, Berlin, all captions are in correct German. Originally there was a spelling mistake on the advertising sign of the fictitious construction company called Hübner, which read “Quality for over 25 years.” was to read. However, the error has since been corrected.
  • Ironically, the word “about” is misspelled. This also appears in the shooter Team Fortress 2 , also from Valve, as a prefix for Übercharge .
  • The only exception on the map where English writing can be read is the police roadblock next to the GSG-9 armored car at the AT spawn.
  • In the background of the map you can see the Nuremberg TV tower .
• At a bus stop that’s just outside the walkable part of the map, you can say “Why are you looking at me like that?” read in German.
• The map takes place partly on the fictional Seeberger Damm, which borders on a Niederdorf street. There is at least one Seeberger Strasse in the Marzahn district of Berlin.
• At bomb site B, graffiti can be seen of a burning GSG9 officer with angel wings defusing a bomb. This graffiti was added by Valve as a memorial to then- Fnatic player olofmeisteR, who was burning to defuse a bomb there during ESL One Cologne 2014 .
• Operation Vanguard is another map that takes place in a European capital. The Marquis map takes place in the French capital, Paris.
• Near the terrorist spawn, on the way to Bomb Site B, you can see a door near which you can hear a track from the Portal 2 soundtrack .
• The six colored balloons in the park can be shot.

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