There isn’t necessary grinding (you can hold your own with the base loadout), nor is there gating that might causing a disparity between paying and non-paying players, as the best gun in the game doesn’t have an unfair damage bonus compared to the entry level arsenal. However, Le initially designed the game as a standalone retail release and noted that he didn’t really have to change anything when adopting the free to play model he simply had to make sure the prices were right. If my intuition is any good, the words “free to play” elicit trepidation among many. Tactical Intervention (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC)

Its team-oriented, terrorist versus counter-terrorist framework is familiar ground, but the devil is in the details for Le, who describes his new game as “exactly what I wanted to do with Counter-Strike.” Le has been working on Tactical Intervention for seven years.

I sat down with him at GDC and found out why that isn’t a bad thing. He’s also the creator of a new game, the multiplayer, free to play first-person shooter Tactical Intervention, which looks a lot like Counter-Strike. Minh “Gooseman” Le is the co-creator of the ubiquitous PC shooter Counter-Strike.

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