History VideoGame / CounterStrikeOnline

''Counter-Strike Online'' is a version of Counter-Strike targeted towards Asia's gaming market. It is developed by Nexon Corporation of South Korea with oversight from license-holder Valve Corporation, essentially modified ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' v1.6 with bits and pieces assets from ''Counter-Strike: Condition Zero.'' It uses a micropayment model that was managed by a custom version of the Steam back-end until the game itself were transferred into Steam.

* RareGuns: And as a staple for games in this genre, weapons such as the Jackhammer, AN-94 and such exists for use. Their usefulness however varies.

** Some weapons have reload animations that are either similar or direct lift from a different game. The [[RareGuns MK3A1]]/Pancor Jackhammer in CSO, for example has the exact reload animation used in ''VideoGame/Battlefield3'', the Sha Wujing Dual Handguns take notes of the dual pistol reload in the Rise of the Triad reboot, and the AS-50 mimics the reload used in ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare3''.

* AKA47 - Zig-zagged. Korean, Japanese and Taiwan versions, straight up calls them by their original name (i.e: AWP), but Malaysian/Singapore and Indonesian versions calls it by Condition Zero titles to ease up the localization work (i.e: Magnum Sniper Rifle for AWP). Nexon Studios averts this entirely.

* AnnouncerChatter - In tradition with the custom mods of the original, Nexon provides their own announcer chatter for both CSO and its sequel.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures - At least, Nexon Zombies is much, much more lenient and less cash-heavy compared to other countries. While they taken out the free mileage decoder from daily play, players can accrue mileage coupons daily or event decoders from daily login or event rewards. This can be used to buy weapons from the Mileage Auction. Previous, older Transcendence weapons had a chance of being given out for completely FREE, even the +6 version is an event reward in Nexon Zombies.There's a lot to list in this that makes the RU/EU/US version a much more favorable version for cash-strapped players.
* ArmorIsUseless - You can buy a helmet, vest, or both. They barely lessen the damage taken - they're the difference between five bullets killing you and four bullets killing you. Realistically, though, the armor is more effective against sub-machine guns and pistols (except the Deagle) than against heavier arms and also protects well against grenades. In Zombie Scenario Mode, they are effective in lessening the damage you get from the melee-ing zombies. Played straight in Human Scenario Mode, since they doesn't seem to affect the amount of hits you can take before your screen turns completely red.
* BlingBlingBANG - The gold-plated versions of regular guns quickly falls into this quickly, and rather unfortunately unobtainable even from decoders since they were taken out of the decoder pool entirely. Newer weapons outright eclipsing them in stats. The 10th anniversary gold weapons (also unobtainable by today) are even shinier and have better stats than the regular drab gold ones, and they are available as event rewards.

* CountrySwitch - Non-Asian version of this game is called ''Counter-Strike Nexon: Studio''

* GatlingGood - Various man-portable M134s are available in ''[=Counter-Strike Online=]'', each with its own ability.
* GunsAkimbo - The Dual Beretta Elites are no longer the only dual-wield weapon in Counter-Strike Online. There's now dual-wielding for a lot of things.
* LeeroyJenkins - Just go on the online games. ''No one'' works together, unless they're in clans.
* {{Lethal Joke Weapon}} - The Decoder exclusive Lightning Series weapons lives in this trope. Let's see, a guitar gun, a violin, two water guns, an umbrella shotgun and a lot more. The Lightning HZ-1 is a weapon which makes you hold a super-deformed, fat heavy zombie that literally ''farts'' at whoever you point and shoot.

* MoneySpider - The zombies in Zombie Scenario drops chests with various treasures inside. Troops in Human Scenario Mode gives you spoils randomly.
* PaletteSwap - Some weapons suffer from this. Christmas version, Red versions, Gold versions, etc.

* {{Qurac}} - de_dust and de_dust2, with their two variants, and the Human Scenario map, Desert Storm.
* RareGuns - And as a staple for games in this genre, weapons such as the Jackhammer, AN-94 and such exists for use. Their usefulness however varies.

* RegeneratingHealth - Only in Human Scenario Mode for the bloody screen kind.
* RightHandedLeftHandedGuns - Again, zig-zagged. Certain weapons are made to mirror correctly, some doesn't.
* SawedOffShotgun - Comes in ''three'' flavors, Double Barrel, Triple Barrel and the Quadbarrel.
* {{Shoutout}}:
** The regenerating health feature in CSO's Human Scenario Mode is similar to those in the recent ''VideoGame/{{Call of Duty}}'' games.

** Some weapons have reload animations that are either similar or direct lift from a different game. The [[RareGuns MK3A1]]/Pancor Jackhammer in CSO, for example has the exact reload animation used in {{Battlefield 3}}, the Sha Wujing Dual Handguns take notes of the dual pistol reload in the Rise of the Triad reboot, and the AS-50 mimics the reload used in Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3.
* StandardFPSGuns - At least until they started releasing the anti-zombie guns and premium weapons anyways.

* SuperSenses - Hearing, specifically. Not just in competitive modes, improved hearing in Zombie Modes would probably save your life, if not being a ParanoiaFuel for loners and last man standing.
* TerroristsWithoutACause - Averted with the new characters. While the original models has their own goals, the more recent characters introduced in CSO is more on opposing the government because of their Super Soldier Project which is connected with the ZombieApocalypse.
* ThrowAwayGuns - A sometimes effective strategy, both offensively (for [[LeeroyJenkins Leeroy Jenkinses]]) and defensively (No time to reload because the enemy is rushing you? Throw away your gun and grab a dead guy's gun!).
* WesternTerrorists - Militia, Arctic Avengers and Phoenix Connexion, from The US, Sweden(!) and former Soviet Union respectively, and then joined by the Vigilante Corps and the National Liberation Campaign, which are based off the IRA and ETA respectively.
* ZombieApocalypse - As a nod to the mod of the original Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike Online is blessed with three types of ZombieApocalypse game modes, Zombie Mode, Zombie Scenario Mode and Zombie Escape. Zombie Mode is basically Infection while Zombie Scenario Mode is NOTD/Zombie Riot with several changes. Zombie Escape originates from a mode of the same name from ''Counter-Strike Source''.

* GunsAkimbo - The Dual Beretta Elites are no longer the only dual-wield weapon in Counter-Strike Online. There's now dual wielding for a lot of things.

** Zombies in Zombie Scenario Mode also does this, and their stats and behavior are vary completely depending on the color. Dark orange, green, black, and so on and so forth. Higher difficulty Zombie Scenario maps would make the colored zombies come out regularly, and they are very, ''very'' dangerous for unprepared players.

''Counter-Strike Online'' is a version of Counter-Strike targeted towards Asia's gaming market. It is developed by Nexon Corporation of South Korea with oversight from license-holder Valve Corporation, essentially modified ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' v1.6 with bits and pieces assets from ''Counter-Strike: Condition Zero.'' It uses a micropayment model that is managed by a custom version of the Steam back-end.

It also has a sequel simply titled as ''Counter-Strike Online 2'', which is a beast of its own as it's built from the ground up with the Source engine, unlike its predecessor. Unfortunately, it was shut down in 2018 and didn't even have an English-language version (while both Counter Strike Online and Nexon Zombies stay up and running while still adding new content).

* AKA47 - Zig-zagged. Korean, Japanese and Taiwan versions, straight up calls them by their original name (i.e: AWP), but Malaysian/Singapore and Indonesian versions calls it by Condition Zero titles to ease up the localization work (i.e: Magnum Sniper Rifle). Some names are consistent between all regions, like calling the Desert Eagle as the Nighthawk .50c or the Barrett M95 as-is.

** The Epic Fragment event can be quite a money sink just so you can get the Epic-rarity weapons (Gungnir and Dread Nova are the only two weapons in this rarity at the moment), and if you're not buying decoders to get the rest as a free player, chances are your attempt will stop short of getting the M3 Black Dragon.

* BlingBlingBANG - The gold-plated versions of regular guns quickly falls into this quickly. The 10th anniversary gold weapons are even shinier and have better stats than the regular drab gold ones.

* CountrySwitch - Non-Asian version of this game is called ''Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies''

* {{Lethal Joke Weapon}} - The Decoder exclusive Lightning Series weapons lives in this trope. Let's see, a guitar gun, a violin, two water guns, an umbrella shotgun and a lot more. There's even a currently released (purchasable) weapon which makes you hold a super-deformed, fat heavy zombie that literally ''farts'' at whoever you point and shoot.

** Zombies in Zombie Scenario Mode also does this, and they are slightly different depending on the color. Dark orange, green, black, and so on and so forth.

** The game's daily roulette, bingo, decoders, crafting and weapon enhancement is mostly heavy with this. The decoder feature can be used to get rare weapons or previously-released permanent weapons. Decoders at least rewards use with Mileage Points (which also given out regularly) which can be used in the semi-permanent Mileage Auction.

* SawedOffShotgun - Comes in two flavors, Double Barrel and the Quadbarrel.

** Some weapons have reload animations that are either similar or direct lift from a different game. The [[RareGuns MK3A1]]/Pancor Jackhammer in CSO, for example has the exact reload animation used in {{Battlefield 3}}.
* StandardFPSGuns - Until they started releasing the anti-zombie guns and premium weapons anyways.

** The game's daily roulette, bingo, decoders, crafting and weapon enhancement is mostly heavy with this. The decoder feature can be sued to get rare weapons or previously-released permanent weapons. Decoders at least rewards use with Mileage Points (which also given out regularly) which can be used in the semi-permanent Mileage Auction.

The game is originally released in various Asian countries: South Korea, Japan, Republic of China, Taiwan, Singapore/Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, before released in Turkey, and then released for Russia, Europe and Americas as Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies. Aside from the same-old-same-old look of Counter-Strike 1.6 with bits and pieces of Condition Zero, Online naturally provides more original content for the game, new weapons, player models, game modes and much, much more. Some game modes are based on custom mods for the original Counter-Strike, such as Zombie Mode, Zombie Scenario Mode, Gun Deathmatch, etc.

** Unfortunately the recent updates negated this and replaces the weapons with Confirmed Blueprints, which is crafting specifically that item with a duration. To make it permanent, 1000 Duration Extenders is needed.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures - At least, Nexon Zombies is much, much more lenient and less cash-heavy compared to other countries. Play three hours a day? Receive 1 mileage decoder every one hour. Event weapons in other countries can expire? Nexon Zombies have them on permanent, without having to waste 1000 Duration Extenders for weak weapons. Only had a duration weapon or used to have them but it expired when there's a weapon upgrade event? You can have a friend throw that specific weapon and get the upgraded weapon for life. Really, there's a lot to list in this that makes the RU/EU/US version a much more favorable version for cash-strapped players.

* BlingBlingBANG - The gold-plated versions of regular guns quickly falls into this quickly.

* {{Lethal Joke Weapon}} - The C-Box exclusive Lightning Series weapons lives in this trope. Let's see, a guitar gun, a violin, two water guns, an umbrella shotgun and a lot more. There's even a currently released (purchasable) weapon which makes you hold a super-deformed, fat heavy zombie that literally ''farts'' at whoever you point and shoot.

** The game's daily roulette, bingo, C-Box (lucky prize box), crafting and weapon enhancement is mostly heavy with this. The C-Box feature needs to be decoded with keys bought with cash points (i.e real money) and if you're lucky, you'd get a gold-plated weapons, exclusive reskins, rare weapons or previously-released permanent weapon. The gold weapons and reskins are not entirely useless since some of them are better than the original in spades, such as being lighter, hits harder or having more ammo.
** Mileage Decoder at least rewards use, coupled with a permanent Bingo, but the whole mechanic is still subject to this.

** The C-Box exclusive weapon, the Dragon Claw, is [[WolverineClaws a pair of knuckle dusters with claws]].

* StandardFPSGuns - Until they release the anti-zombie guns and premium weapons anyways.

* TerroristsWithoutACause - Averted with the new characters. While the original models has their own goals, the more recent characters introduced in CSO is more on opposing the government because of their Super Soldier Project.

It also has a sequel simply titled as ''Counter-Strike Online 2'', which is a beast of its own as it's built from the ground up with the Source engine, unlike its predecessor. Unfortunately, it was shut down in 2018 (while both Counter Strike Online and Nexon Zombies stay up and running while still adding new content).

It also has a sequel simply titled as ''Counter-Strike Online 2'', which is a beast of its own as it's built from the ground up with the Source engine, unlike its predecessor. Unfortunately, it was shut down in 2018.

The most popular online {{FPS}} in the world, now a MMO!

''Counter-Strike Online'' is a MMOFPS targeted towards Asia's gaming market. It is developed by Nexon Corporation of South Korea with oversight from license-holder Valve Corporation, essentially modified ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' v1.6 with bits and pieces assets from ''Counter-Strike: Condition Zero.'' It uses a micropayment model that is managed by a custom version of the Steam back-end.

It also has a sequel simply titled as ''Counter-Strike Online 2'', which is a beast of its on as it's built from the ground up with the Source engine, unlike its predecessor.

* AllegedlyFreeGame - You should see this coming, since it's a South Korean made MMO. It's a blessing that cash point items (weapons, model skins etc.) may be sold with a permanent status, which sits in your inventory forever. Not to mention that the entire CS 1.6 content, plus exclusive maps, is available for all players for free.

* {{Bowdlerize}} - The Republic of China version is noticeably guilty for this, changing the color of blood into green. It doesn't stop there, due to the rather gruesome look of the Regular Zombie, they are replaced with the models of the Psycho Zombie which in other releases pop smoke. The proper smoke-popping Psycho Zombies are PaletteSwap. The blood-drenched gown of the host Light Zombies are clean.

* RandomNumberGod - The game's daily roulette, bingo, C-Box (lucky prize box), crafting and weapon enhancement is mostly heavy with this. The C-Box feature needs to be decoded with keys bought with cash points (i.e real money) and if you're lucky, you'd get a gold-plated weapons, exclusive reskins, rare weapons or previously-released permanent weapon. The gold weapons and reskins are not entirely useless since some of them are better than the original in spades, such as being lighter, hits harder or having more ammo.

* {{Shoutout}} - The regenerating health feature in CSO's Human Scenario Mode is similar to those in the recent ''VideoGame/{{Call of Duty}}'' games.

* SticksToTheBack - Non-gun example in the game: the Heavy Zombie's butcher knife sticks to the back when holding the zombie grenade, while the Stamper have an iron maiden on his back.

''Counter-Strike Online'' is a MMOFPS targeted towards Asia's gaming market. It is developed by Nexon Corporation of South Korea with oversight from license-holder Valve Corporation, essentially modified ''VideoGame/{{Counter-Strike}}'' v1.6 with bits and pieces assets from ''Counter-Strike: Condition Zero.'' It uses a micropayment model that is managed by a custom version of the Steam back-end.

* AllegedlyFreeGame - You should see this coming, since it's a MMO. It's a blessing that cash point items (weapons, model skins etc.) may be sold with a permanent status, which sits in your inventory forever.

* NoExportForYou - Averted since this game also release for non-Asian countries, only with a different title name. The downside is that Asian countries that has their CSO services shut down cannot access the game unless using VPN, and even so, purchasing cash items with the said account can come with some complications.
** The in-game content kind of suffers from this as well. Want to see Jiang Shi zombie model hopping outside of China and Taiwan versions? Fat chance. Crazyracing Kartrider weapon set? You won't be seeing them if you live outside of Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan or Singapore/Malaysia.
** Somewhat subverted with the QBZ-95C assault rifle, which is originally released for China and Taiwan. With the great effort on the Game Masters of Singapore/Malaysia region, the rifle is released for the game for free, with 10 hours of gameplay during an event is required to obtain it. Doubles as PermanentlyMissableContent since the event will not reappear again.

** Somewhat subverted with the QBZ-95C assault rifle, which is originally released for China and Taiwan. With the great effort on the Game Masters of Singapore/Malaysia region, the rifle is released for the game for free, with 10 hours of gameplay during an event is required to obtain it. Doubles as LostForever since the event will not reappear again.

The game is currently released in various Asian countries: South Korea, Japan, Republic of China, Taiwan, Singapore/Malaysia, Indonesia and more recently, Thailand. Aside from the same-old-same-old look of Counter-Strike 1.6 with bits and pieces of Condition Zero, Online naturally provides more original content for the game, new weapons, player models, game modes and much, much more. Some game modes are based on custom mods for the original Counter-Strike, such as Zombie Mode, Zombie Scenario Mode, Gun Deathmatch, etc.

A sequel to ''Counter-Strike Online'', simply titled as ''Counter-Strike Online 2'', is slated for a 2012 release, currently under closed beta.

* AnnouncerChatter - In tradition with the custom mods of the original, Nexon provides their own announcer chatter for both CSO and the upcoming sequel.
* ArmorIsUseless - You can buy a helmet, vest, or both. They barely lessen the damage taken - they're the difference between five bullets killing you and four bullets killing you. Realistically, though, the armor is more effective against sub-machine guns and pistols (except the Deagle) than against heavier arms and also protects well against grenades. In Zombie Scenario Mode, they are effective in lessening the damage you get from the melee-ing zombies. Played straight in Human Scenario Mode, since they doesn't seem to affect the amount of hits you can take before your screen turns completely red.
* {{Bowdlerize}} - The Republic of China version is noticeably guilty for this, changing the color of blood into green. It doesn't stop there, due to the rather gruesome look of the Regular Zombie, they are replaced with the models of the Psycho Zombie which in other releases pop smoke. The proper smoke-popping Psycho Zombies are PaletteSwap. The blood-drenched gown of the host Light Zombies are cleaned.

* CountrySwitch - Non-asia of this game is called ''Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies''
* GatlingGood - There are three man-portable M134 available in ''[=Counter-Strike Online=]'', the regular M134, Christmas Edition, and the Predator edition, the latter obtained by getting enough kills with the regular/Christmas M134s during an event, enabling the barrels to be spooled with the hold of the right mouse button.
* GunsAkimbo - The Dual Beretta Elites are no longer the only dual-wield weapon in Counter-Strike Online. There's now Dual Infinity series (a pair of SVI Infinity with three levels of upgrades), Dual Kriss Super V, Dual Skull-3 (Basically anti-zombie, souped up [=UMP=]s) Dual [=MP7A1=] and Dual Nighthawks.

* NoExportForYou - Averted since this game also release for non-Asian, only different title name.
** The in-game content kind of suffers from this as well. Want to see Jiang Shi zombie model hopping outside of China and Taiwan versions? Fat chance. Crazyracing Kartrider weapon set? You won't be seeing them if you live outside of Taiwan, China, Korea and Japan.
** Somewhat subverted with the QBZ-95C assault rifle, which is originally released for China and Taiwan. With the great effort on the Game Masters of Singapore/Malaysia region, the rifle is released for the game for free, with 10 hours of gameplay during an event is required to obtain it. Doubles as LostForever since the event most likely will not reappear again.
* PaletteSwap - Some weapons suffer from this. Christmas version, Red versions, Gold versions, etc.

* RegeneratingHealth - Only in Human Scenario Mode.
* RightHandedLeftHandedGuns - Again, zig-zagged. Certain weapons are made to mirror correctly, some doesn't.

* {{Shoutout}} - The map dm_kart and the Kartrider weapon set are a clear shout-out to Nexon's racing game, CrazyracingKartrider.
** The regenerating health feature in CSO's Human Scenario Mode is similar to those in the recent ''VideoGame/{{Call of Duty}}'' games.

* StandardFPSGuns

* SuperSenses - Hearing, specifically. Not just in competitive modes, improved hearing in Zombie Modes would probably save your life, if not being a ParanoiaFuel for loners.
* TerroristsWithoutACause - The terrorists don't really have a mission in the normal game. Their backgrounds pose them as anti-government, anti-Western fanatics.
** Averted in ''Condition Zero: Deleted Scenes''. Some of the terrorists who are present in multiplayer actually have goals and causes (not all of them are present, though).

** The regenerating health feature in CSO's Human Scenario Mode is similar to those in the recent ''{{Call of Duty}}'' games.

* {{LethalJokeWeapon}} - The C-Box exclusive Lightning Series weapons lives in this trope. Let's see, a guitar gun, a violin, two water guns, an umbrella shotgun and a lot more. There's even a currently released (purchasable) weapon which makes you hold a super-deformed, fat heavy zombie that literally ''farts'' at whoever you point and shoot.

* NoExportForYou - Due to the game being targeted for Asian regions, Nexon does not release CSO for non-Asian countries. So far, the game have been released in (in order) South Korea, Japan, Republic of China, Taiwan, Singapore/Malaysia, Indonesia and more recently, Thailand.