Forgotten Hostage Maps Of Counter-Strike

[@hazzardgaming405]

Thanks!

[@KotekCS]

Thank you so much, I appreciate it!

[@EurovisionESC]

There were versions of assault in 1.6 that were more more balanced. I hope valve actually fully reworks it (militia too) instead of just copy-paste it from csgo

[@KotekCS]

Fan made versions of maps always have the BEST ideas but Valve refuse to take their ideas. The Militia we ended CSGO with was half decent, though it was also a hell of a lot smaller than the original, that's for sure.

[@dinkydamn]

UPC was the one i loved iirc.

[@MrSnaetch]

The second backdoor on the first floor in CSS was actually taken from the community version cs_assault_upc.

[@bjmarchives]

I’m an old school CS player, assault was my favorite hostage map.

[@imrankaixa]

Bring me back nostalgia when i was 7-8 y/o playing 747 with my brother , we played from 8pm until 5am, just that one map, almost bring tears to my eyes when im remembering it

[@nonameguy3665]

Hah you play 747 map for all days with bots?

[@zoltanz288]

you either die a hero or live long enough to see cs_assault become a forgotten map.

[@KotekCS]

It truly is a sad day.

[@TaguroSuper]

5:19 Seventy-tooth caught me off-guard 😂.

[@sidewaysfcs0718]

cs_mansion was the very first map in counter-strike back in the betas, later remade into cs_estate. It surely deserves a mention. As do: Backalley 747 Militia

[@crys_o]

Thank you so much for this trip down memory lane! It took me back to the days of playing CS online with a 56k dialup modem and looking forward to the days of lugging my 17" CRT and beige tower to LAN parties. I still remember the hilarity that ensued when the whole team would jump on the APC for a kamikaze raids in cs_siege. Good times! I sunk hundreds of hours in high school on early CS but gave it up around 2004. The nostalgia in this video makes me want to jump back into it.

[@KotekCS]

I think we all miss the golden days of beige towers and staying up way too late to play games with our friends. Maybe one day computers will go full circle and we can get those beige beasts back.

[@Domesticater]

I feel like hostage is the perfect casual game mode and I hope Valve gives it some love in CS2. I really want Agency back, it sucks so bad it's missing in CS2. Agency, Militia, Siege, Insertion II, and Assault need to be in CS2 for us hostage enjoyers

[@KotekCS]

From the comments I have seen on some of my polls, people seem to hate Agency for some reason

[@axmoylotl]

Havana and Hydro(tf2) makes me think someone at valve really liked the randomized map idea.

[@LHGaming25]

Insertion 2 was one of the best hostage maps i played i remember during operation Riptide this map was so popular in the community and it was so fun to explore map i was so sad when they removed it I really wish they bring it back in next operation

[@mediumplayer1]

It has to permanently stay.

[@ankhbayarbatkhurel7284]

You’re getting a lot better at narrating bro! Always awesome to see original, meaningful, and heartfelt cs content. Please keep up the good work!

[@KotekCS]

Thank you for the kind words! I'll continue to do my best 🤠

[@AlR-ol9gh]

I’m so sad so many maps are gone. I’m not as optimistic as other fans that they will bring them back. I miss cobblestone

[@Acolis]

cs_docks was my favorite. cobblestone was good and i like de railroad a lot too

[@t3h51d3w1nd3r]

There was a version of assault that had an exit door from the hostage room out onto the bridge, it was fun to play cause once the CT's got to the hostage it was a race for the Ts to get to the end of the bridge to try and stop them. Mansion was also a lot of fun with different versions, Italy and office were of course was great, Milita was a lot of fun as well.

[@xylven5918]

Is this the same version where the CT's sniper building has an extra level you can climb up and the T also has a sniper nest on top of the warehouse? Unless the one I played is one of those fan made extended maps.

[@myztklk3v]

seige and assault were my favourite maps, sure they weren't competitive by a long shot, but so many good and funny memories with friends

[@TheThirdeYe1337]

cs_thunder was always my favorite hostage map. Great video, I always love taking a trip down memory lane.

[@kormosmate2]

Regarding cs_havana. The randomly blocked doors and windows were already a thing in 1.6. Me and my friends used to play this map a lot in 1.6, and at least some of the closed paths, and that fenced off way were definitely there, and the bots found their way without any problems. I guess the source version was broken for some reason.

[@figarofigarini]

I remember Insertion, it was one of the last CSGO maps i get to play before having no access to a PC powerful enough to run CSGO, the way you teleport from the buy zone and into the actual map blows my mind.

[@Stiffy9]

a bit sad to know that the creator of siege, a map that i enjoyed playing as a kid, died even before i enjoyed playing it

[@stevebanning902]

hostage maps used to be extremely popular in the 1.6 era. Kind of sad no one plays them anymore. It's a good mode. I do still want them to rework aztec though..

[@CastyelPH]

Hostage Rescue is my favorite game mode in counter strike series i always play it all the time

[@inasatok]

When I started playing breakout was already going so I had no idea about anything and I still remember about insertion thinking "damn this is a brand new game not the usual cs but with better graphic" That map played so differently from the others, if they would add it back, Im sure people would love it as its not the usual brainless ct rush into the gunfire but a more stealthy slow gameplay. I mean I loved assault, that was my childhood map in 1.6 but insertion is on a different level.

[@Loveau521]

seriously we need hostage maps in the professional matches .That would be fun to watch

[@agamemnon730]

Back alley and workout are two that I remember vividly but have completely disappeared from the game

[@KotekCS]

I remember when CSGO operations were all about showcasing awesome community maps like those and not about skins and operators...

[@XanderNiles]

Tha variations of Havana in CS Source was so cool man and it was a shame that it didn't return to CSGO when given the chance. As for the rest, yeah... Assault and Siege were legendary. Can't say much for Insertion because it wasn't my cup of tea but it had an interesting mechanic to choose spawning points.

[@coldsoggyfries1624]

Surprised you didn’t mention cs_militia I remember playing it back in cs1.5

[@KotekCS]

I love Militia, will definitely be mentioned in a future video.

[@Xaggy_]

My favorite hostage map is cs_italy. I used to play it on classic servers and even on zombie servers.

[@iqbrazil]

I was trying to remember the name of cs_siege that I've played on CS Beta in 1999, super thanks for sharing it!

[@iqbrazil]

Now I'm trying to remember one that had a home that you needed to invade it. With de_nuke textures.

[@iqbrazil]

I've got it, it was cs_militia. As well remembered de_prodigy that I've played a lot in the beginning.

[@trashcleaner]

My first ever CS map was Assault many years ago in 1.6 I'm usually Office main in cs2 the same as I was in csgo since ever (But I still play pretty much every map except for mirage and dust 2) That would be the sad thing if they removed the last hostage map from the game...

[@KotekCS]

I'm the exact same way, love me some good ol' fashioned hostage maps, mainly play Office and never Mirage. We definitely need Assault back.

[@jasonb8677]

We desperately need to add some of these to CS2, two maps sucks.

[@Sleijeri]

Firstly, thanks for the video, always love to remember the good old times with these kind of videos. But I am kind of sad that the first ever map (cs_mansion, later changed/upgraded to cs_estate) wasn't in this :/ EDIT: Actually nevermind, checked out other videos from you and there was mansion/estate, good job!

[@KotekCS]

Could never forget those maps! But yeah, as you noticed I have covered a lot of maps already and will continue to cover more over time!

[@VVAZI]

W Kotek keep 'em coming

[@KotekCS]

Thank you, I only stayed up until 4AM editing this. Who needs sleep right?

[@VVAZI]

@@KotekCS it was well worth it brother

[@madg8380]

I spent my childhood playing Assault and Assault_UPC

[@cody_raves]

I thought there was also a VIP mode where one player on CT has only pistol and needs to be escorted to the extraction

[@KotekCS]

A long time ago there was...

[@GabrielTrane]

Ah, yes... as_oilrig

[@goulakh555]

Hostage mod always was my favorite mod and I am mostly fan of playing offline with bots so balance is not that much a issue...

[@origoflix]

cs_docks and backalley for the next one plz 😁

[@KotekCS]

I was originally going to include cs_backalley in this video, but I didn't want it to be TOO long so it will definitely be in a future video!

[@Jwine3257]

Cs_militia is a banger

[@KotekCS]

We can never forget Militia.

[@radracer01]

havana was game breaking in terms of maps, had to think of what to do for an alternate path. if only more maps had that level of game changing on the fly would have been crazy fun, but we got stuck with stale same layout maps through out the course of the year. custom servers were all the rage for trying new maps. 1.5 and source were peak gaming. 1.6 just became hvh deathmatch

[@Raider1377]

No love for CS_militia? Not even a mention?

[@KotekCS]

I love Milita but I didn't want the video to be too long so I'll need to include it a future video instead unfortunately :(

[@Verbalaesthet]

I think the random open and closed doors was an impressive map feature. However since the map was confusing already it made it more confusing. If it had a clearer indication of what's going on this feature would have been really nice.

[@KotekCS]

Yeah, the amount of times I have turned a corner to try and flank the enemy only to find the path was closed was excruciating...

[@Verbalaesthet]

For example it would be cool to have a mansion variant where the windows are randomly open or closed so you have to choose the one that's open in this round to peek.@@KotekCS

[@SoulseekerNF]

Ah, cs_assault, the twoth map I played after de_dust back in Beta 5.0...

[@TheCoBBus]

I loved cs_assault in CZ !! So many hours played

[@mister.9909]

The steel door that closes in havana used to annoy me sooo much

[@re_modulate]

I miss cs_insertion2 so much

[@TheSUPERWIND2023]

Insertion should be a template for future hostage maps, I love the idea of selecting your spawn points and having the map be larger than the usual, that should be the modern standard for hostage maps in CS2.

[@zoltanz288]

those maps were the standard in Rainbow Six games until siege.

[@diogosz.]

Insertion II 😢 it was really cool to play 10v10 in casual

[@bleo8371]

I remember my moment playing assault beeing bridge i think and one tap guy inside trough wall :)) it was about year 2000? well i am this old :D funny fact we played in school these maps :D cant imagine kids play hostage maps xD... maybe its becouse after 9/11 terrorist attack people talked different about this kind of things and became more sensitive.. it gives my idea why these maps lost in time.

[@koliasic7456]

probably the poorest csgo casual experience was when i got sprayed through the wall every round with like 3 Ts sitting with negevs

[@KotekCS]

Sounds like a good time to me...

[@aliemiraltn6055]

i think assault in csgo was ct sided when ct know what they are doing. Most spots are wallbangable which leaves terrorists a few spots to hide.

[@KaTiToYs_81]

Never knew that cs_insertion, was that avail only in CSGO???

[@KotekCS]

Technically, it was made for CSGO but there is a version where someone has ported it back to CS:Source.

[@nickolaszuerg8015]

Want to see maps from cs beta. Some even more t sided maps can be seen.

[@itzuroo69]

Assault is my fav map, hope they make a remake in CS2

[@kalmanrokolya1782]

i hope they ll put some of these map back to the game

[@danielb9355]

Can't wait for a new insertion2 map in cs2 , aka the best map ever made

[@shouygui4955]

Calling the insertion map "popular" is wrong. People only played it to do the operation. I had a few friends who liked playing on it, but the matchmaking times were like 5 minutes or longer, which was better than like Office or (old version, unplayable meme map) Vertigo but it was not popular. The fog also made the map kind of janky, I'd hide in the houses to avoid the issues with fog. I hadn't realized the second insertion map (the Riptide one) was so old, it was far better. I wish it had a big team casual mode with 10v10, that would be awesome.

[@Andrew-nb6pe]

could someone jog my memory and remind me what that first map is in the intro? the plane in the hangar one

[@KotekCS]

The map in the intro is Assembly from the CS2 workshop.

[@gui18bif]

Assault 😍

[@KotekCS]

One of the best maps ever made.

[@JustinSeizure]

Insertion is the best map ever made.

[@manticore4952]

People these days complain about balance but unbalanced maps were better because they were a challenge.

[@KotekCS]

Winning even a single round when you are told you shouldn't really feels good.

[@xylven5918]

I think its more like CS has been molded its players into this hyper competitive mindset. It also didn't help that Valve never bothered to cater towards its more casual players by expanding casual map pools. Long gone are the days where CS is just a game where you hit up cs_assault with the boys and going around shooting each other without caring about the hostage.

[@hotwheelskid2003]

What about workout?

[@TiGroKe]

Vegas was a Great map aswell !

[@OdairASilva]

Another masterpiece by Kotek 🤌🏻

[@KotekCS]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@brownbreadinc127]

Whats the name of the first map you played?

[@KotekCS]

The first map I ever played was probably Train. I remember thinking I was so clever hiding under the trains on the inner bombsite as a CT only to get shot from angles I didn't know existed yet. Those were the best days ever.

[@brownbreadinc127]

@@KotekCS train was actually my first map too, but I was asking about the name of the map with the planes you played on in the intro 😅😅😅

[@KotekCS]

Oh! That map is Assembly from the CS2 workshop. It's actually a wingman map, but it plays well with more players surprisingly.@@brownbreadinc127

[@dackns]

Austria is one i miss so much

[@soulpaulx5947]

lessgooo ASSAULT is my favorite map ever !!!

[@arc-sd8sk]

siege was wild back in the day lol

[@KotekCS]

One of the all time best maps.

[@martinv8681]

At this point every hostage map is basically forgotten with exception of office which is the biggest garbage of them all .

[@mediumplayer1]

Office is good, though.

[@marclago2594]

What's with the paused sentences? smh

[@abelorfigo]

are you from PL :) Nice video tho

[@KotekCS]

Hi Figo, thank you for watching! I am actually from Australia but my father was born in Poland.

[@최명근-q9k]

I need Assult....

[@GenericInternetter]

no cs_militia? no cs_rio???

[@Scarcheeze]

you forgot the cs_militia and cs_747

[@KotekCS]

I've spoken about 747 in a previous video and Militia is an all time classic but I didn't have time to include it, but it will definitely feature in a future video.

[@martinbauzon7450]

apollo left the chat

[@nikolozibasiladze3083]

Vip maps ??? Nobody play's it anymore

[@studmuffn]

good video to eat food to

[@redherrington3040]

You forgot about Estate

[@KotekCS]

I believe Estate was in my first Forgotten Maps video so I didn't put it in this one.

[@alexmuller2226]

Apollo was great 🤗

[@oswaldmensin5283]

This is why CS sucks today. CS 1.6 was designed with realism in mind to be like real world places. Real world places have advantages and disadvantages. CS today is almost only about competitive and balance. Certainly in absolute professional leagues and ranked matches, they could just not play those maps. We miss all of the old and cut maps. CS is much more boring and watered down without the variety.

[@janitortech3264]

Non of these are forgotten

[@spicy1570]

sick

[@MrSnaetch]

"cs_seige" actually is "cs_siege".

[@KotekCS]

Note to self: Don't edit at 4am.

[@jellybeanz3399]

Ayyoo 🫡

[@kurshtop8299]

If hostage map then cs_militia and exploding turd 😂 iykyk

[@nsmilitia]

Cs_militia

[@edivadR]

👍

[@zuganixbracht]

Prodegi

[@suntzu6122]

Assault is easily one of the worst maps in CSGO.

[@TeporWithNoBacon]

Hi

[@juanquinoneschumacero5699]

Lmaoo

[@KotekCS]

Hello Swiss Ball

[@diavolo-o]

обнови свое видео, новый cs_assault вышел в кс2

[@2manygamestoplay]

Siege..

[@BogdanZelinschi]

Хаха котик

[@IncultaVulpes]

Переведите на Русский и залейте

[@WSADKO]

its not forgotten, its just garbage

[@einssechssieben]

cs_backalley ♥

[@KotekCS]

I still love backalley to this day.