Critical Ops

### Released

**Facebook Gameroom**August 30, 2016August 14, 2015 (web)**Android 4.4+:**August 22, 2017February 24, 2017 (4.1+)September 30, 2015 (4.0.3+)**iOS 10.0+:**December 18, 2017August 22, 2017 (9.0+)September 1, 2016 (8.1+)May 2, 2016 (7.0+, Beginning of soft launch)

## Other attributes

### Platforms

 (pre 0.8.1; shut down July 10, 2017)

**Critical Ops** (commonly abbreviated as **C-OPS**) is a tactical first person shooter developed by Critical Force Entertainment and functions as the sequel and successor to Critical Strike Portable. It was first released on August 14, 2015 on the browser version of Facebook, but then later moved to Facebook Gameroom on August 30, 2016. It was released on September 30, 2015 for Google Play. The official release for the App Store had been soft launched for selected countries on May 2, 2016. The game was also released on June 30, 2017 for Amazon.

Like its predecessor, it is primarily based off the game mechanics of *Counter Strike*. However, Critical Ops has a more detailed aesthetic, bigger maps and more weapons, along with the addition of Weapon Skins. The game currently has 3 selectable Game Modes, 22 Weapons and 20 playable Maps. Critical Ops does not include maps based on those from other games such as Dust 2 from *Counter Strike* or any of the maps from Critical Strike Portable, and does not currently support community-made Maps. The PC platform of Critical Ops was deactivated on July 10, 2017 claiming that it was taking huge amounts of resources and time for a fraction of the total amount of players and due to *Critical Force*'s primary focus on mobile.

## Development

Critical Force Entertainment began testing early stages of Critical Ops during the final updates to Critical Strike Portable and released pre-alpha gameplay footage during this time. Then on April 5, 2015, Critical Force Entertainment began accepting selected requests from players to test the game out. These players needed to try to find and fix any bugs found. They also wanted the game to be as stable as possible before the alpha release. During that time, it was referred to as "Critical Strike Portable Sequel".

As popularity grew, Critical Ops then entered open alpha phase on September 30, 2015, merely for players to give feedback on the game. It was only released for the browser version and Android devices.

On March 9, 2016, 100 closed alpha invites were sent to selected emails for testing of the iOS build. Five days later, on March 15, 2016, another 100 invites were sent. Eventually, soft launches began on May 2, 2016 starting with Singapore and later on, other countries.

On August 30, 2016, the game moved all following updates after patch 0.6.0.7 from the browser version to Facebook Gameroom due to an increasing number of browsers dropping NPAPI plugins, including Unity Web Player, the one Critical Ops ran on. Then on October 19, 2016, the browser version was removed completely leaving only a link to Facebook Gameroom.

On May 14, 2017, Critical Force announced that the game would become exclusive to mobile platforms, explaining that supporting the PC version took too much time and resources, and added that they wanted to be the top mobile first person shooter game. It was shut down on July 10, 2017.

## Gameplay

Critical Ops retains the same objective as Critical Strike Portable; to eliminate the opposing team in an attempt to stop them from achieving their assigned objective. Players can choose to be either Counter-Terrorists or Terrorists. An initial buying intermission is given before a match starts and when this interval ends, each team can start hunting for enemy players.

### Game Modes

*Main article: Game Modes*
There are currently 4 default Game Modes to play:

1. Defuse: A scenario where Terrorists try to plant C4s. Counter-Terrorists are assigned to stop them. The game can also end when all the players from one of the two teams are eliminated.
2. Deathmatch: Teams are assigned to contribute to their total Kill count and raise it higher than the enemy Kill count until time runs out.
3. Gun Game: Players start off with an MP5, and work their way up 15 Levels. Players earn a Level and a new Weapon for each enemy player they kill, and when they reach Level 15 they must get a kill with their knife to win.
4. Ranked Defuse: Similar to Defuse, but players are ranked between games in timed templates by wins and KDR.

There are also several special Game Modes that are not always available and will swap with Gun Game when they are made available seasonably.

A shop is included in the main menu where players can purchase credits (or earn them through Missions) to open skin packs to get weapon skins by random.

### Maps

*Main article: Maps*
Maps are playable areas and locations. Some Maps are exclusive to Game Modes, such as Brewery, which is exclusive to Deathmatch and Gun Game. There are currently 21 Maps, including the Tutorial Map, which can't be played online and is exclusive to the Tutorial.

### Weapons

*Main article: Weapons*

* Kukri Knife
* Remix Knife
* Tac-Tool Knife
* Tactical Axe
* Balisong (Also known as **Butterfly knife**)
* Karambit

Pistols* Dual MTX
* GSR 1911
* MR 96
* P250
* XD .45
* Deagle

Submachine Guns* MP5
* MPX
* MP7
* Vector
* P90
* AUG
* HK417
* M4
* SA58
* SG 551

Shotguns* M1887
* FP6
* Super 90

Sniper Rifles* M14
* URatio
* TRG 22
* SVD

### Gear

*Main article: Gear*

	+ Practice Grenade (tutorial only)
* Flash Grenade
* Smoke Grenade
* Kevlar & Helmet

## Cosmetics

*Main article: Cosmetics*
In **Critical Ops**, there are 3 different type of Cosmetic Items: Weapon Skins, Gloves, and Emblems. They can be obtained by purchasing them in the Shop, opening a Case, spinning a Lucky Spin, or leveling up in the Critical Pass.

## System Requirements

 RAM

*Note: these requirements assume that you have downloaded the game from either Google Play or the App Store. Emulators and rooted devices are not supported and therefore not taken into account.*

## Trivia

* Before its alpha release, it did not have an actual name, constantly referred to as the "Critical Strike Portable Sequel".
* On June 7, 2016, Critical Ops reached 5,000,000 downloads on Android.
* A year after on June 13, 2017, it reached 20,000,000 downloads in total (4 times the amount of downloads).

## Gallery

Menu screen.App icon pre-0.9.6Winterfest themed app icon.The original app icon.
## External Links

* Critical Ops Official Website
* Critical Ops Facebook page
* Critical Ops Twitter
* Critical Ops Twitter
* Critical Ops Mobcrush channel
* Critical Ops Twitch channel
* Critical Ops Leaderboard
* Critical Ops Roadmap
* Critical Force Official Youtube channel

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://twitter.com/CriticalOpsGame/status/884396447092924417
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3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.facebook.com/CriticalOpsGame/photos/a.1608343319423008.1073741830.1567024910221516/1680120982245241/?type=3&theater
4. ↑ http://criticalstrikeportable.com/news/post/critical-ops-is-now-live-on-facebook
5. ↑ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.criticalforceentertainment.criticalops
6. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/CriticalOpsGame/photos/a.1608343319423008.1073741830.1567024910221516/1703919896532016/?type=3
7. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/CriticalOpsGame/posts/1706839286240077:0
8. ↑ https://youtu.be/NDLC6FPANao?t=11m
9. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/CriticalOpsGame/photos/a.1608343319423008.1073741830.1567024910221516/1887834298140574
10. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/CriticalOpsGame/photos/a.1608343319423008.1073741830.1567024910221516/1703919896532016/?type=3
11. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/CriticalOpsGame/photos/a.1608343319423008.1073741830.1567024910221516/1750334338557238/?type=3
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