Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 1: First Contact

Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories - Episode 1: First Contact is the first instalment of the Counter-Strike Neo: White Memories series of episodic visual novels. The series was created to promote and expand upon the setting of the Japanese arcade game Counter-Strike Neo, an instalment in the Counter-Strike series of first-person shooter games.

The White Memories series are classified as kinetic novels; visual novels which feature a linear storyline with extremely limited player choice or interactivity. However, half of the White Memories novels feature interactivity in the form of playable segments that loosely resemble typical Counter-Strike gameplay instead of branching story paths. In Episode 1: First Contact, the interactive portion tasks the player with moving through a simple 3D environment to reach a destination.

White Memories is set in the same future world as Counter-Strike Neo. War has broken out between two major powers: the megacorporation NEO, whose wealth and unethical command of nanotechnology has allowed them to grow beyond the control of the government and seize entire cities by force, and the Cosmopolitan Special Forces (CSF), a global task force formed by the United Nations to topple NEO and restore democracy. In Episode 1: First Contact, a young CSF soldier named Shou infiltrates a NEO facility with his teammates and is surprised by what he discovers inside.