What was the point of condition zero?

[Goldfingers]

I remember my friend showing it me when it came out. It seemed to add almost nothing to cs (which was free) , counter strike source was on the horizon. And the most pointless thing of all it had that absolutely terrible single player mode tagged on..

 

[Goldfingers]

cz wasnt such a bad game, it was just a tad pointless due to the fact it wasnt so much different from 1.6, although i did enjoy playing a few clan matches on it, with slightly modified maps and what not, it did feel a little different, everyone seemed a bit skinnier and what not. source on the other hand.. well talk about the other end of the spectrum to cs, the controls were not as responsive, guns sprayed more etc, maps were ups and downs etc, yea some people prefered the realism.. but come on.. cs was never about realism, it was a competitive game. leave the realism for the clancy games.

I know it wasn't bad, but i just can't get my head round the pointlessness of them releasing it. I mean sure you can go on that it had a single player mode, but it was terrible. No effort and no valve shine was in it. The main bulk of the game was like a very slightly altered version of cs. But not altered enough to be somthing in it's own right.