![]() ![]() Much like CS:S, Global Offensive does little to reinvent the game itself. The front of ‘cs_office’ in brand new glorious detail! Death is permanent until the next round starts, and players earn money from killing opponents and winning rounds, which they can then spend on guns and equipment at the start of the next round. The round is over when the counter-terrorists complete or fail their objectives, or all players on a team are dead, and rounds are replayed until the map time is up or the round limit is reached. For those who have never played, the game is very simple: there are two teams – Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists – and two game modes – bomb defusal and hostage rescue. The first iteration (known as 1.6) is still played to this day, as is the successor Counter-Strike: Source, which was released in 2004. This is definitely a Counter-Strike game.Ī series that started out life as a user-made mod for Half Life in 1999, Valve’s Counter-Strike is one of the most popular multiplayer shooters to ever exist with a highly dedicated fan-base, an international competitive scene and brilliantly twitchy shooting mechanics. I set off, ready to kill, ready to obliterate, ready to revel in my own pride and, as I pass the slight gap in the large double doors that front a long, unobstructed path to my enemies’ spawn point, I hear the painful ‘boom!’ of an AWP sniper rifle, and my life is abruptly ended. Feeling confident – and stupid – I make the audacious decision to break away from the pack and head into the fray on my own, to the right. The clock reaches zero and my teammates split off to the left a squad of elite counter-terrorists ready to snap crosshairs to heads. The timer ticks down to round start as I contemplate my plan of action, wallowing in the blissful anticipation of my imminent targets being blown away by my shiny new assault rifle. It’s a nice change of pace for CS:GO, especially if you are new to the series and haven’t adjusted to its more conservative playstyle from modern shooters.This review is based upon the PC version of the game.Īs my floating pair of arms spawns in the 11 th round on the very familiar sands of “de_dust2,” I purchase a Kevlar, helm, flash grenade and an M4 with the funds I managed to muster up from the two (lucky) kills I made last round with my desert eagle. This is a much faster-paced gameplay mode than the other modes, since it allows you to jump right back into the action after a death rather than having to wait for the next round to start. There’s unlimited respawns and you receive a different weapon after each kill. In addition to the Hostage Rescue and Bomb Defusal matches, CS:GO adds two new gameplay modes. So, why migrate to CS:GO?įor one, the visuals from Counter-Strike Source have gotten an upgrade, providing updated visuals to the old maps and more detailed weapon and character models. Plus, of the sixteen maps, half are recycled from previous installments in the franchise, including Dust, Dust 2, Office, Italy and Aztec. The fact that Counter Strike: GO hasn’t become just another “knock off” of the Call of Duty franchise is reason enough for long time CS players to rejoice, but even they will be disappointed in the lack of fresh content.
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