Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for Windows

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a multiplayer military-tactical first-person shooter based on the ideas and concepts of the CS series and centered around battles between terrorists and fighters representing special forces.

Confrontations unfold in real time on detailed maps, often divided into neutral zones and points for planting bombs or taking hostages. The winner is the team that has coped with the assigned task (terrorists will have to plant and detonate bombs, protect hostages, and special forces will disarm shells and rescue those under the enemy’s control) or neutralize all opponents until the end of the round.

Features of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

• Supported by Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Windows, MacOS, and Linux computers, and runs on Xbox One.
• The free-to-play shooter is spreading: Valve developers no longer offer paying for access to multiplayer modes or battles with bots.
• You will only need to top up your account to buy keys and hack virtual reward chests;
• The gameplay in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is dynamic, but at the same time filled with strategic and tactical elements. With each new victory, you will have to rely not on shooting accuracy, but on team actions;
• The built-in rating system matches opponents with equal number of victories and a list of personal achievements: battles are always unpredictable;
• Equipment in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is realistic: grenades, knives, pistols, machine guns, sniper rifles. The arsenal is varied and has exclusive characteristics and features.

Gameplay & Modes

Against the background of competitors in the genre Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, it stands out both for its belonging to cybersport disciplines (tournaments with multi-million dollar prize pools are held up to 10 times a year), and the mechanics that have become fundamental for future projects. The idea of ​​planting the bomb is still used in third-party shooters. But besides the usual ideas and familiar maps, like De_dust, the new part of the series is capable of impressing with an expanded collection of additional modes. We are talking about military games with an arms race and sniper shootings, and about fighting to the death, and about joint raids, and even about cooperative confrontations.

Provided in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and differences in goal setting. In addition to fights without taking into account the rating and assessment of the actions taken (it is not at all necessary to fight for victory – no one bothers to train and hone skills), a competitive mode is provided, where reputation grows and there is a chance to move up the career ladder, acquiring new titles and statuses.

Updates, Content and Support

After the release of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in 2012, the developers from Valve never left the shooter without updates and updates for more than 2-3 weeks. New content is constantly being released, such as special operations with rewards and equipment, and cards for cooperative interaction. Interim patches are aimed at fixing bugs and crashes, as well as adjusting the balance.

Among the important innovations of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is the new Danger Zone mode, based on the ideas and principles of Battle Royale with tactical mechanics. The developers offer to navigate the global map, collect scattered items and fight those who appear on the way.