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Counter Strike: Global Offensive

CS:GO is the masterpiece of online multiplayer first person shooters

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and Valve Corporation. CS:GO expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered with Half-Life: Counter-Strike. Each player joins either the Terrorist or Counter-Terrorist team and attempts to complete objectives or eliminate the enemy team. The game operates in short rounds that end when all players on one side are dead or a team’s objective is completed. For most game modes, once a player dies, they must wait until the round ends to respawn. Players purchase weapons and equipment at the beginning of every round with money awarded based on their performance.

Game Info

Relase date: August 21, 2012
Developer: Valve Software
Genre: First Person Shooter
Rating: 85/100

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Counter Strike: Global Offensive

System Requirements

Minimum Specifications


OS: Win XP 32
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz / Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3600+
RAM: 1 GB
GRAPHIC: GeForce GT 420 / Radeon HD 6450
HDD: 8 GB

Recommended Specifications


OS: Win 7 64
CPU: Pentium Dual Core E5700 3GHz / Phenom 8750 Triple-Core
RAM: 2 GB
GRAPHIC: GeForce GT 630 / Radeon HD 6670
HDD: 8 GB

Game Features:

  • Hostage Scenario: the Counter-Terrorists must rescue hostages from the Terrorists, and bring them to an extraction point; the Terrorists must prevent the hostages from escaping. If a Terrorist or Counter-Terrorist attempts to kill hostage, they will suffer a heavy cash penalty. An update later changed how Counter-Terrorists rescue hostages: instead of leading them around, players must carry one hostage at a time to the extraction point.
  • Classic Casual and Competitive: Counter-Strike’s most played game mode, both involving Bomb Scenario and Hostage Scenario missions. At the start of each round, players can purchase weapons and gear with money earned from various actions, from assisting on kills to completing objectives. Regardless of mission type, a round ends when one team completes an objective, eliminates the other team, or lets the timer run out. If the timer runs out before one of these objectives are completed, the team which did not need to complete an objective wins.
  • Deathmatch: a mode consisting of 10-minute matches. Players must gain the highest possible score by earning kills with different weapons or desired weapons. The number of points from a kill depends on the weapon. Players may also take advantage of bonus timers for different weapons, or using knife to score extra points. Like in Arms Race, players automatically respawn after being killed, but also when they choose to respawn with bonus weapons.
  • Bomb Scenario: the Terrorists must plant a C4 explosive at one of two designated bombsites and protect it until its countdown finishes and detonates; the Counter-Terrorists must prevent the bomb from exploding, either ensuring that the terrorist team does not plant it or defusing it once it is planted. If the CT team does defuse it, the CT team will still win regardless how many enemy team members are still alive.
  • Demolition: a round-based mode that removes weapon and equipment purchasing, instead rewarding players who manage at least one kill by giving the next weapon in a predetermined set of weapons. After a second kill with that weapon the players are also rewarded a grenade along with their new weapon for the next round. This is something similar to the bomb scenario mission, which also requires one of the team to detonate the bomb site. But unlike the casual ones, these have only one bomb site.
  • Arms Race: a deathmatch-based mode where each player is rewarded for every 2 kills with a new weapon, or every 1 kill if they kill the enemy leader. The first player to get a kill with the golden knife, the final weapon on the list, wins the game.
  • Weapons Course: a single player map serving as a tutorial and a training mode.
  • Play Offline with Bots: which offers the same game modes with AI-controlled bots.

Counter Strike: Global Offensive Official Trailer

Counter Strike: Global Offensive Reviews:

8.5 Total Score
Superb

Counter-Strike still offers the best and most balanced multiplayer first person action. The traditional CS modes are excellently balanced. Games are fast-paced without being unmanageable, skill is rewarded in both the planning and outfitting stages as well as in battle, and good teamwork typically beats individual skills. When it comes down to it, CS:GO may follow the same old formula of gameplay seen in previous versions of Counter-Strike, but it's still a well-rounded tactical shooter.

IGN
8.0
GameSpot
8.5
PC Gamer
8.4
Instant-Gaming
9.0
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