2D Counter-Strike is kind of amazing

A Counter-Strike game that's all based on being 2D. It surprisingly is really good.
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CS2D is a fan made game related to CS 1.6, that turns the game into a top down, 2D game. The concept of Counter Strike being in 2D has never been done , but this game managed it. While it is rather simple, and it is missing some of the defining features of Counter Strike, it is really good, and offers a ton of stuff, even some new things including new items, modes, maps, weapons (if the map supports it). It has gone down in popularity, but still remains really unique.
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[@unrealsoftware]

Thank you very much for covering my game! I haven't seen any video describing it in such a comprehensive (and funny) way yet! Great work! btw: "Gate Field" basically works like barbed wire but it only damages the opposing team.

[@turret95]

first one to reply to DC comment, haha!

[@CampinSteve]

Im just wondering, did you make the old 2d single player games with like WW2, and fallout stuff?

[@unrealsoftware]

@@CampinSteve I don't know what you're talking about so I'm pretty sure it wasn't me ;)

[@jktech2117]

hello there! i am a old player of your game, see if you guys have hecks keldeo and origa maesri and nullnight sun in your player database, its my old nicknames and i play cs2d for 11 years already.

[@IBims1Mark]

Yoooo!

[@sergeizemtsev]

CS2D also has: - space station 13 servers - rp servers - F.E.A.R campaign with screamers - prison escape servers and etc Very cool

[@ohunoiseau5155]

RP Sever and jail

[@Ak1M1223]

Is the Pokémon/RPG still a thing? I remember when it came out and we were shocked by the coding this one guy did and just left the community

[@sergeizemtsev]

@@Ak1M1223 oh, I didn't played it But yeah, some mods was just amazing

[@hurykles99]

F.E.A.R. campaign? Now you got my attention 😮

[@bertlesbertgh2290]

what do you mean, space station 13 servers? you CANT port byond stuff without going insane

[@OfficialGeniux]

This game used to be huge around 2006-2009 era .. • we used to have our own tournaments with cash prizes • large community who made our own AC for the game • casters who were commenting over tournaments • and we had at least few thousand people playing the game on peak times This all was before the Steam release .. the golden era of my childhood. - Gns

[@sophiacristina]

Omg, i used to play this game a lot when i was teen!

[@Rijads]

I used to play some homebrew cs 2d game on psp, it had multiplayer, not sure its the same game though.

[@Camelotsmoon]

Wow, the devs deserve a lot of praise here. It's amazing they kept this game alive for so long and it's completely free.

[@leogrievous]

​@@Ditty-pc9pestfu

[@robinspanier7017]

@@Ditty-pc9pe as a dev myself i can just say piss off dude. its for free after all and i certainly dont work for free for assholes like you

[@Fuerwahrhalunke]

*the dev **he

[@servantofallah9425]

How can 1 man do so much work!!!! ​@@Fuerwahrhalunke

[@pronotgaming722]

Well ... One mad built an entire farming rpg game and made millions​@@servantofallah9425

[@BillMCypher]

FINALLY SOMEONE BRINGS ATTENTION TO THIS AMAZING GAME!

[@goodguyguy5022]

Cs4d when?!?!?!?!

[@haimalexandernikolchook8280]

​@@goodguyguy5022 cs1d or cs0d when?

[@jktech2117]

FINALLY.. MAN I PLAY THIS GAME SINCE 2012.. nothing like the tibia and deathmatch rpg servers

[@sigataros]

bro i never heard of it until now and it released in 2004 wtf

[@spoot322]

YES

[@mararizer]

I wish more people would appreciate fog of war option in this game. Most players that I've seen seems to hate the feature with passion but to me it makes the game a lot more fun since you can sneak around. Amazing game, remember playing it long time ago.

[@EdyAlbertoMSGT3]

Some people hate those who sneak around.

[@slimK]

People who play competitive matches always use fow.

[@darkfun2481]

Haven't played the game yet but from what I've seen the Fog of War and Construction would work really well together

[@ThatPianoNoob]

Lol not having that what was an immediate dealbreaker for me.. good to know there is such a thing.

Iirc we've always had it on. Not sure whether it was just because we didn't know that it could be disabled

[@jordanrodrigues8501]

I discovered CS2D nearly 15 years ago and played it for a long time. It was one of those games that truly shaped my childhood and teenage years. Today, I'm a software developer, and I'm incredibly grateful to CS2D because it was through this game that I first encountered programming with LUA scripting.

[@JhonasVe]

Hey, me too, my first programming language was LUA from this game and I'm a software developer now, hehe.

[@leegao]

Same! I was active between 2006 and 2011, this game defined my childhood and my future career. The game, the players, the forums, the clans and communities. I also cut my teeth on Lua scripting in this game, and I think it was a big reason I got into a good school and found myself in the life I'm in today as a SWE.

[@cubeofmars291]

Damn, how old are you guys

[@jordanrodrigues8501]

@@cubeofmars291 i am 25

[@cubeofmars291]

@@jordanrodrigues8501 It was a rhetorical question lol. But thanks for answering either way

[@Raii_Chu]

Steam charts shows a bit of an increased playerbase on CS2D since this video was uploaded. 👏🏼👏🏼

[@DjAmaratziOfficial]

Played this game many years ago a lot. The nostalgia right now. In regards to "FY - Fight Yard" then it was actually a huge thing back in cs 1.6 with maps like iceworld, snow etc.

[@lathrin]

Can't forget about poolday

[@FarazMazhar]

@@lathrin I grew up in fy_pool_day and fy_snow. 🤣

[@MarkStillPlays]

dont forget that one huge darkrp like server with those gunshop doors and spawners

[@DjAmaratziOfficial]

@@lathrin Oh yes of course another classic

[@Baratako0]

​@@MarkStillPlays Oh god, I remember that. Literally everyone wanted to be a gunshop owner, and everyone always rushed to one after every reset.

[@XanderNiles]

CS2D has its charm and it's a shame that it's not as popular as it used to be. Literally an underrated game. Basically Counter-Strike with a twist.

[@davidarvingumazon5024]

So, after my banned, I started hacking the game cuz I couldn't play it normally I used to. I trapped and spawn kills a lot of players. My raw skills are better at CS 2D and Shotgun maps. Now, I'm old, it's nostalgic for me.

[@davidarvingumazon5024]

It's long time ago.

[@wworst3074]

I'm kinda surprised that CS2D was created by a guy who made one of my most favorite game of childhood - Stranded 2. What a legend

[@HypeXesk]

This server is getting gay

[@gabrielx24_44]

as fu

[@ceruleanserpent387]

Make it even gayer

[@mechwarrior13]

No gay for you!

[@SunderZyzie]

I don't get itm

[@gabrielx24_44]

@@SunderZyzie watch the first 8 seconds of the video again

[@varna97]

10:16 Night Vision became quite useful right before the Steam release, with the implementation of yet another experimental light engine which you can find in the Options menu. However, default maps do not take advantage of such engine, and you will find it generally utilized in modded servers. 14:16 The game mostly revolved around mods back then. It contained such a surplus amount of them that, unlike CS1.6 where most servers revolved around de_dust2, you would forget that map even existed. And during its peak years, it used to be quite lively, with thousands of concurrent players per day, and hundreds upon hundreds of different servers (each carrying a different and unique experience with them). It had everything you could ever possibly ever think of, and it almost felt like a 2D version of Garry's Mod with the amounts of addons it offered rather than Counter-Strike. 14:18 F.Y.I. Yes, people have managed to create various campaign maps over the years.

[@amircool2529]

Varnaaaa yooo !!! Wassuuupppp Fifou is saying hi to ya !!!

[@amircool2529]

Varna remember tibia World !!! Daaammnnn your lua scripting was on point tho !!!!

[@dicuss6736]

The escape map that had both CT and T cooperate and solve different kinds of puzzles in order to escape a lab was amazing.

[@amircool2529]

@@dicuss6736 *escape_del_virus K is the name*

[@12washere]

i agree, there are maps like Jail Maps / Escape Maps, supported by Mods, such as Minecraft server (this too).

[@reasonable78]

1:30 Stranded 2 is also a great, fun, free game. It was actually the inspiration for the Garry's Mod Stranded gamemode aswell.

[@StickCannon]

no wonder that game reminded me of gmod stranded

[@torment4723]

It's better than cs2d

[@SteffenMiethke]

I just came here for stranded comments. Best game

[@fishyfinthing8854]

It’s one of the first island survival FPS out the. Kind of outdated but since the studio have a history of making easy to mod games, you can expect more contents from modders.

[@govindg7187]

0:20 VSauce moment lol

[@Evoken111]

It may come as a surprise to you but i loved this game for its competition. In Poland and some other EU countries this game was enough popular to have a lot of tournaments. I remember playing almost every evening and training with my team members, preparing for tournaments, competition for being in the starting five for the upcoming matches and... just having so much fun :) Heck! I even win as 1st player one torunament and it was an amazing feeling. It was a great community with tournaments, teams and all sorts of drama. People there have made even our own anticheat for cs2d. Everything in the style of cs. 1.6 and cs GO only on a smaller scale. It was good because everyone knew each other And if anyone remember clan STORM? We were the best team worldwide in cs2d! :) Much love for Storm, DOD, OFP, USK, and the best player Milriko ;)

[@babaloons4887]

Storm rings a bell, i know other games with clans called storm with only eu players and most of them are highly skilled

[@freemangman]

I played this game a lot when it was very popular. I remember playing it in 2010 and there were a lot of servers. My family was watching the soccer world cup while I was playing on a laptop with an Nvidia 7300go

[@Monsizr]

same thing bro, remember playing this as a kid because cs 1.6 wouldnt even open up because I had no graphics card construction was fun as fk

[@gamer-ik3ql]

I love when games give this many tools to its users. Game looks beautiful, wish I could find more indie games like this nowadays, reminds me of my middle school computer games

[@ruuji.]

This game was such a big part of my childhood man, it's an absolute gem. Met some life-long friends through it.

[@XDude615]

I imagine Peter had a hard but fun time making this god tier underrated game.

[@Skizzix_]

Its funny I was hit with a wave of nostalgia when I saw unreal software's page. you unlocked a memory that I have in fact played Stranded and Stranded 2. I recall them being pretty fun but also I was a kid playing whatever free game I could get lol.

[@ThePC007]

I never knew Stranded and CS2D were made by the same person, much less that he was German, lol.

[@dovydaslevanavicius9050]

finally someone popular in youtube talked about 2D Counter-Strike

[@imfinishedgrinding638]

I just don't know why but your dry humor sounding narration and funny edits and memes makes me laugh so much. I like this stuff and I don't mind rewatching it every time it pops up in my feed.

[@adamburns9185]

Wow I forgot all about this game! I remember playing it like 10+ years ago and thought it was so cool. Had no idea it was basically made by just one guy, very impressive work. Awesome video all around! Hopefully this makes some people try it out!

[@keiztrat]

CS-2D was honestly my childhood. The Zombie Plagues, Zombie Escapes, TOP tier RP and RPG, Amazing Minigames, hell, even the vanilla was super fun! (Even though at least 700 hours of my playtime on it was on community servers). This is awesome that it actually gets a mention least to say! And i can easily say it is one of those games that was nostalgic as f*ck to me! I NEVER had any fun as much as i did on CS-2D

[@Madridanin]

Underrated game

[@n8bayonet]

Yes it's underrated because it's trash af.

[@Madridanin]

I mean it was made by one dude (at least that's what the site says), It's good for what it is and I like it. You have your own opinion and I respect it

[@demonicious_]

@@n8bayonet Your father never loved you as a child.

[@thatgothcat]

@@n8bayonet not really

[@RocketPal]

@@n8bayonet Make a better game buddy.

[@aric7726]

You could totally add the equivalent of recoil patterns to this game by having each gun have a clockwise/anticlockwise kick pattern which is the same every time

[@Joschmo939]

I also want to say that I really enjoy watching your videos with your calm voice and deadpan sense of humor talking about my favorite games.🤣 It's so perfect! Cheers!

[@user-fz1bx1tk9q]

I think you have now brought this game to life...

[@MelonLuminus2845]

I admire your work, i now understand how much work must be put into to one single video

[@cattokomo]

nice, CS2D is now getting an attention. can't wait to have servers full of players because of just one video, great job 👍 (also my YouHelpMe mod in 1:15 lol)

[@_kishken_1595]

You know, a couple years ago I always wondered if someone would make an interesting video about CS2D for some reason because it’s a pretty underrated game. I’m glad you did so

[@PinkyToeWasTaken]

"Honey, Wake up Lamwarp uploaded!"

[@soldier22881]

love your editing and humor, was a fun and enjoyable video to watch

[@Brylan]

I used to play this game a couple years ago, quite fun and I'm glad you made a video on it! :)

[@mattiedee1037]

Thank you for covering one of my favorite games from my childhood, i was 9 when i started playing this gem (around 2007) shortly after i first played cs 1.6, and i fell in love immediately. As you said, this game appeals way more to the casual audience and this was even clearer in its golden era, the modding and mapping community in this game back then was one of the strongest and most passionate things ive seen in a game and i couldnt be left out so i even made my own mods, which werent more than trashy copycats from other existing ones, but what i truly loved to do in this game was mapping, i had my own server open to the public to show the huge variety of maps i used to make and i remember my server would get full everyday, i truly was happy playing this thing! 💚

[@pv8444]

been playing this game since 2014 and it was the only way for me to show my creativity, im still playing it to get back those wonderful memories, sadly its dying slowly but people who really enjoyes it will never forget something called CS2D

[@Un1234l]

I never heard about this game but it looks super polished. Same goess for you and your videos and channel. Great video.

[@daskaktuar6500]

Great video, keep up the amazing work!

[@Twten]

great video, love how you compared it to the other counter strike games and then went into depth of the new things it brought to the table. very interesting game.

[@natan5070]

wow! so many memories! used to play cs2d back when i was a kid, it was freaking awesome!! thank you so much for this video!!!

[@Zex-4729]

This game deserves a lot more attention, thank you for bringing it up :D

[@TheMechanicalHermit]

I played this so, so much back then. Made maps, skins, and hosted a prison server too! Thanks for covering it, really nostalgic and unexpected. Just wanted to point out something about the NVGs: When creating maps, you could import custom transparent sprites and also select them to become invisible to the NVG googles - this way, map makers would often "mask" rooms with a semi-transparent dark overlay, and until you turned on your NVG goggles, you were essentially blind. This was way before any lighting update and I wouldn't know if it's still a thing - it also depended on map makers utilizing that feature.

[@UpToSpeedOnJaguar]

wow the nostalgia hit me like a freight train with this one. I played a ton of this with my friends as a kid lol.

[@thegamelover21]

Happy Town map in construction game mode was where all the legends used to hang out. Building your own house and trying to break into the admin building to steal super armor and laser or portal gun was everyone's sole quest to dominate all of happy town. This game was literally Minecraft before Minecraft existed along with so many other cool game modes and things you can do in this little gem.

[@Wokeee]

Dude, I LOVE THIS GAME, easily thousands of hours put into it when I was a kid. I remember getting on and playing on the minecraft community servers, the rpg pokemon servers, the 2v2 duel randomiser arenas, the superhero modes, the PEAK of this game is unmatched by any game I have played since this game died, I love this game and am really sad that it doesn't have the playerbase it once had, but am grateful, so very grateful for all the people that played this game and the memories that I have from it.

[@GTGTRIK]

Man, this unlocked a memory. So much time spent making scenario maps in that editor.

[@luigivercotti6410]

Oh wow, CS2D has a lot less _depth_ than regular Counterstrike? Who would've thought? It's almost like...

[@PhillipAmthor]

Honestly really impressive for one man and i really love editors or building features in games

[@dragonbeast1159]

This video was way better than it should've been, good job

[@rsho3472]

This game to me was like the hidden gem everyone knows, like, everyone tried it when they first installed steam and didn't have games, but no one talks about it

[@blckmesa8978]

The amount of hours i spent in this game as a kid is unreal (yes pun intended), i remember ctf_cs2dfortress being basically your average 2fort match in TF2, a never ending cycle of people running in and dying to a wall of turrets that you would spend 10 mins each getting them to lvl 3. My favorite mode by far though was tibia world, nothing better than sitting in the same spot, shooting at some high level boss through a wall for 30 mins straight with a wooden crossbow so you could get a pair of shoes and a helmet instead of a better weapon.

[@supercalifragilisticexpial2703]

Damn. Seems pretty cool! Gonna go and try it out now, thank you for covering it!

[@Marchanist]

hey these type of videos are entertaining, not only do you give us a great honest review about the game with gameplay in the background but u make sure we see all the game has to offer, you should continue doing that staying subbed to find great games.

[@m.x.]

CS was also not created by Valve, but rather primarily by Minh Le with the assistance of Jess Cliffe. At least until Beta 5.0 where Valve became involved. However, Le and Cliffe were still the core developers. Then, Valve ruined the CS world by releasing the first final versions via their new Steam platform at that time, so forcing people to pay for what mostly Le and Cliffe did thanks also to the altruistic support, help, feedback and contribution of the entire CS community. Charging money for playing a game mostly developed by the community? Charging money for skins, sprays, etc. also developed by the community? GFY.

[@astromonkey7120]

back then this 2d game was pure gold for me. There were thousands of online players with lots of crazy gamemodes It was really funny. Thanks for that dude who made this.

[@McGWilliums]

Man, when you mentioned stranded and stranded 2, it gave me a rush of childhood memories.

[@sebastiangonzales46]

Glad this video and your channel blew up!!

[@alekcastillob]

I remember playing a homebrew port of this on my PSP back in 2011 and was amazed at how accurate and detailed it was.

[@vale_recca]

I remember having a shitty pentium laptop with 128mb ram and basically CS 1.6 and 2D was the two games I could play without burning the house down. 2D more so since when I was a kid I liked the zombie mode so much and made a lot of maps in that game based around real places in my life for that mode. Honestly if there is a mobile port of this game I'd play the heck out of it in my spare time.

[@hsandev8972]

I played this roughly 15 yrs ago, thank you for showing it again

[@cuervorenard]

This... This right here is nostalgia. I used to make tons of custom levels in this game and my own skins and weapons thinking people could see it online, I spent hours upon hours learning the mechanics of the level creator and a lot of my english, I learned it from this... Dude, thank you so much for making this video, I'm downloading CS2D again, I need to revive those memories

[@MrByTaha]

Bro such a nostalgia... If you can find maps made by Hitsugaya, those maps were crazy back in the day. He made whole Portal games in it and other cool maps with lua scripts. He even made a whole server in a MMORPG setting that was full all the time, it was such a good map.

[@rysepiano]

I love this game so much way back in 2011 when I had a potato pc. The roleplay servers, tibia servers, prison maps, and of course the ctf_sparta servers were good as hell!! Fighting my way against people with machetes, never-ending turrets and barbed wires until we capture their flag... damnn memories broo

[@alexiscoutinho8078]

I also loved the sparta and other ctf maps. Those zombie maps with construction were really amazing too! I loved those final moments of matches where the last remaining base was overrun and that "dinosaur" sound kept getting spammed.

[@armando3168]

There was a popular jail server I always played, going in the cafeteria and using the rpg at the bottom to kill new players was a blast, shame there are no people playing anymore

[@alexiscoutinho8078]

@@armando3168 Only a few dozen globally. 😢

[@ohunoiseau5155]

I remember hosting tibia server (+ edited some thing in my own) and see ten to twenty players joining and playing it, oh my god

[@VeryButtery]

Nice video. I’ll give you a sub for the deadpan humor and in depth coverage 👍

[@djproducerarejik6800]

this is my childhood that i already forget. Thanks man ❤

[@clueless4150]

I remember playing this game and back then and probably still now there used to be these continuously running servers with a map of a big city or something like that and it had the building elements of the construction game mode but was playing in the zombie gamemode. So as a human you could barricade yourself in houses and maximize your defenses against the zombies. It was pretty cool

[@gamerman7276]

It's crazy seeing all these games from my childhood getting attention again.

[@bobSeigar]

"I know this may look 2 Dimensional to you" That looked high res af.

[@Grybotrong]

holy shit, ive played stranded two like ages ago, thanks for unlocking my childhood memories 😭

[@marvinseanterry9200]

Appreciate the effort man. New sub here! :)

[@xsiN2k]

Really great analysis of a game that pretty much made a lot of people's childhoods including my own

[@thewitchidolsachika6682]

fancy seeing you here.

[@xsiN2k]

@@thewitchidolsachika6682 sup

[@twls153]

12:56 The Gate Field is basically a high tech barbed wire, it does damage only to enemies (you and allies can pass thru).

[@shingo767]

nice dude, i love these vids.

[@kukism]

I am very happy to come across such a video. I played this game for 7 years. There are different game modes in the game. The game is really fun and I recommend it to people who have a bad system. Edit:I forgot to mention, this game turns people into software developers.

[@ponteirodorato]

I used to play this a lot with my friends, especially Construction Mode. Everyone had a time limit to build a small base and then we would try invade each other bases.

[@Caffeinated-DaVinci]

Used to play this on my school laptop because it couldn't run anything. It really scratched that itch of CS Source. I never figured out how the Construction gamemode worked back in the day, but watching your video it seems nearly identical to Source Forts but 2D, and SF back in the day was awesome

[@TheManinBlack9054]

Love your editing!!

[@KevinFu5100]

got a huge blast from the past when you mentioned Stranded 2; completely forgot I played that game!

[@1Mad_One]

CS2D getting attention? damn I thought that was never gonna happen also I love your videos keep the good work

[@TheUnseenBlade_]

3:03 In case it wasn't mentioned. RCON (Password) stands for `Remote Console`. When you create a dedicated server you have the option to create a RCON password which allows other people to gain admin access over the server and use commands remotely.

[@ItsCheetahTV]

Literally weeks after I play the game for the first time a video drops on it. Crazy

[@the_primal_instinct]

When I studied at the university and smartphones were still pretty rare... we played 2D Counter-Strike on a piece of paper during lectures.

[@choroyexplota]

I used to play this with my mates back in highschool. So many memories

[@KaTiToYs_81]

I never played this before but now im enjoying this, its hard to aim here at 1st when u used to be in 3D....the bots here are brutal....

[@pinkius]

No hecking way, that I just randomly found a game, that I've been looking for decades for, since I accidentally stumbled across its walkthrough on youtube, and now want to feel nostalgia, on a video about 2D Counter-Strike. Stranded is the game I saw walkthrough in my childhood, and I couldn't find that game anywhere. What a luck....

[@raigeki2k605]

This game was my childhood back when it wasn’t on steam and only available on unrealsoftware or other software sites. This video was much needed

[@SludgeReal]

I remember I played CS2D simply because I couldn't play CSGO on my poopy pc this brings back so many memories

[@OJOtheMojo]

Assassination was actually a gamemode in CS. I used to play it a lot on Condition Zero.

[@viomi05]

Still remember when i used to spend hours of my time on 2011 playing CS2D Tibia mod, thanks for the memories.

[@herald1953]

i remember how addicting it is to play in de_cs2d and learning how to use shotgun and bouncing grenades to the point that i always got to the top every round

[@kalid2151]

6:43 remember playing on this one map called awp_gray alot, it's dead now but it was super fun, most of it was just people spinning around and flicking around corners.

[@hexerin]

Stranded and Stranded 2 are actually pretty fun too. I recommend taking them for a spin if you’re bored and have an hour or two to spare.

[@Platzhalterxy]

played stranded a lot as a child.. cant get it running on my steam deck though

[@hakesz]

A part of my childhood has been brought back. All those community games like prison break, rps and zombies were so fun back then. Shed a tear almost :)

[@cosmin3048]

Used to play the game in early 2010s because my internet sucked. Construction and deathrun servers were really fun. Thanks for the nostalgia hit!

[@shreviews6969]

8:19 they could do this like in project zomboid, make a fog between the walls. And after that, It's became "who do jumpscare and shoot his friend first" and in "fog on war" you still can see between the walls

[@AbdullahEkici34]

Finally a video, and it is about this awesome game. N I C E

[@skyecase5968]

okay the deadpan delivery in this entire video is amazing

[@_Rag3_]

Thank you for bringing this game into the light of day!!!

[@BattlewarPenguin]

I remember playing a lot of zombie mode and escape rooms that were a lot of fun. Good memories man