Counter Strike Global Offensive is a cult shooter played by over a million users worldwide. This is a competitive first-person shooter game developed by Valve. Counter Strike Global offensive is a kind of symbiosis of Counter Strike 1.6 and Counter Strike Source – 2 earlier versions of the game, which were very popular among gamers.
Competitive Mode
Competitive mode is the most popular game mode in the game. In it, the time of each round is limited. Here it is allowed to deal damage to allies, and all necessary weapons and equipment must be bought before the start of each round.
There are a total of 30 rounds in a match and the first team of 5 players to reach 16 rounds wins. If the game ends with a score of 15-15, then it is a draw. There are 2 roles in the game, which each team takes in turn – Defense is counter terrorists and attack is terrorists.
The attack must reach a designated site, the plant, of which there are 2 in the game. Plant A and Plant B. Once they reach the plant, the attack players must plant the bomb and protect it from being cleared by the defense players.
Defense in the game should prevent the attacking players from planting the bomb or defusing it before the end of rwanda.
Economy
The in-game economy deserves special attention in the game. For all successful actions, players are awarded bonuses in the form of game money, which can be used to buy game equipment and the best weapons. Successful actions in the game are:
- killing opponents (the price varies depending on the type of weapon used);
- Bomb Disposal – for defense players;
- planting and defending a bomb – for attack players;
- using grenades to damage or kill opponents – for both sides.
All bad actions, on the contrary, are fined, money is taken away for them. A bad action in CS:GO is killing allies.
Shopping Menu
In this game menu, all operations for the purchase of game equipment and weapons by players of each side are carried out. As a rule, the call of the game menu is carried out in the game by pressing the “B” button. For a lost round, players of one of the parties receive $500 each, for the first loss in the round – $1,400. Every fifth round lost is valued at $3,400. Kills with certain weapons are also graded into certain price tags. For the money received, players buy weapons and equipment, at the prices indicated in the menu.
The maximum amount of money that one player can have on the balance in almost all game modes is $16,000.
Professional players know how to correctly control their economic situation in order to plan further actions and think over the game strategy for subsequent rounds. This is an important skill to avoid running almost all 30 rounds with a “bad” weapon.
Matchmaking and other modes
Matchmaking is a game mode in CS:GO, it is also called competitive. This is a mode, by winning in which each player receives in-game points, some points, thereby increasing his rank in CS:GO (rating). In addition to matchmaking, CS:GO provides such modes as:
- deathmatch – a mode without rules, you can fire at both your own and opponents;
- weapon goal – a mode without rounds, the whole game comes down to the victory of one player in one long round;
- warm-up – suitable for training;
- partners – 2v2 game mode;
- aim – for training shooting, accuracy;
- jump – mode for practicing jumping in the game and many other modes.
eSports
Counter Strike: Global Offensive is the leading esports shooter. This is a gaming discipline in which numerous cash competitions are held annually among professional players. Some tournaments like the Major, which are scheduled by Valve, collect millions of views on the Internet, dozens of teams come to them, and the prize pool of such tournaments reaches $ 1 million or more.
Microtransactions
This is the key source of real income in the game – microtransaction. This is an in-game purchase of cosmetic items – weapons. All actions for the sale / purchase of game cosmetics are carried out on the marketplace in the Steam system.
Some items can be obtained randomly after finishing a certain game of any mode.
