CS 1.6 scores a comeback as CS: Legacy, it might be a return to Counter's best days
A group of modders is working on CS: Legacy, a remake of Counter-Strike 1.6 built on the latest version of the Source engine.
Counter-Strike 2 is almost two years old, and this past weekend the game set a new activity record, attracting 1,824,989 players simultaneously on Steam. Despite these successes, there are players who still prefer the good, old CS 1.6. With them in mind, a group of modders is working on an unofficial remake.
- The project is titled CS: Legacy and its early access is set to launch later this year. The game is being developed as a complete remake, recreating all the content and gameplay of the original using the latest version of the Source engine.
- The creators also released the first trailer, which you can watch below. It presents, among others, refreshed versions of classic maps: de_nuke and fy_pool_day.
The project is very ambitious, but the devs have experience in this type of mods. CS: Legacy is created by the same team that previously prepared CS ProMod, a modification for Counter-Strike: Source, whose aim was to improve the game and bring it closer to the specifics of CS 1.6.
The creators plan to release CS: Legacy as a completely free game on Steam. However, some concerns have arisen. While Valve hardly ever interferes with classic mods, it's a different story with fan projects on the Source engine, officially distributed on Steam.
We recently wrote about the blocking of the release of Counter-Strike: Classic Offense, and last year something similar happened to the remake of Team Fortress 2 on the Source 2 engine. In both cases, legal issues decided, related to unauthorized use of graphic elements or code that leaked. We can only hope that the devs of CS: Legacy know what to avoid in order not to repeat the fate of those projects.
