Encounter

Encounter is the first chapter of Zombie Scenario: Season 4 in Counter-Strike Online.

Overview


This map takes place in an arctic region. Some parts of this map resembles Train map. In this map, the player will face Frozen Terror as the boss. Defeat him to receive Frozen Terror's Mane. Encounter also introduce Gerrard as the scenario guide. After the players have defeated Frozen Terror, a helicopter will come and throw ropes to rescue the players.

Storyline


Vanguard Laboratory collapsed by the disaster that occurred within the Vanguard core. Erica and David Black seems to be missing in the Panic Room. The remaining survivors are extracting to the escape zone, leaded by Gerrard. They planned to meet at an arctic post but later the transport aircraft was informed has been destroyed.

Surviving from Hitchhiking chapter, Gerrard and Zim teams have safely landed after a long train ride. Once they step their foot on the ground, a shriek sound can be heard. An infected beast appears and rush to a place. They follow to find the truth and of course, on the way there, they will get a company.

Events


This map was released alongside with Skull-6 on:
 * Korea: 1 August 2013.
 * Taiwan/Hong Kong: 6 August 2013.
 * China/Japan: 7 August 2013.

Trivia

 * This is the first map that introduce the location and range of the player from the button switch.
 * There is a cinematic trailer when the players are about to fight the boss.
 * There is a special screen effect when the player is attacked by the boss.
 * On the first release, the boss has a major bug where it is just appeared but die too soon when compared to the heath bar, making the round endless until all of the players die or leave the room. In addition, shooting the fuse box while the elevator is still moving will cause it to stop permanently.
 * The inclined elevator part of this map resembles earlier part of Lambda Core chapter in Half-Life.
 * There is a secret place in Round 1. It has a fan in there and if anyone touched it will be dead.
 * This map is mirrored map Train.

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