If you are interested in online gaming, chances are that you have already heard about CSGO. The acronym stands for Counter-strike: Global Offensive which is a multiplayer tactical first-person shooter game. It’s the fourth game in the Counterstrike series and is considered one of the best online games, all you have to do is look at the Google percentage play and you’ll see that 93% of players enjoy this game.

Counter-strike: Global Offensive is a game that you may or may not have heard of before. This article aims to shed light on how this game started, how has developed over the past years, the interesting cosmetic items that have cropped up and garnered quite a lot of attention and the weaponry and skins that this game is famous for. So, without further ado, it’s time to dive in.

A Quick Introduction

As with anything, having a quick introduction is always useful. So, as mentioned above, this is an online game that you can play and it focuses on weaponry fighting, in which two teams essentially fight against each other. It was created by two companies, namely Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. It’s a game that you’re able to partake in on your PlayStation, Xbox, OS X, Linux and Windows. That’s basically the mini-introduction to what you need to know about the game and now it’s time to move on to what the game is about and how it’s developed over the past years.

Diving into Counter-strike: Global Offensive

This game essentially puts two teams against each other. On one hand, you have the terrorists and on the other hand, you have the counterterrorists. Each of these groups naturally has a different objective, i.e., goal and this puts them in different game modes. 

Usually, although it’s never good to generalize, however, usually terrorists plant a bomb and the counter-terrorists naturally try to stop them. Or sometimes it could be that the counter-terrorists are trying to rescue hostages that the terrorists have and it’s a game about which of the two teams can beat the other first.

It has developed quite significantly over time, with new features and introductions being made. One of the interesting things about the game is that it has 9 official game modes which all have very different characteristics that are distinct to that mode. If you’re somebody new to this game, you will likely not need to go through all the modes initially, as it’s important that you first get used to one mode and then expand.

Is all of this starting to make a little bit of sense now? All of these different bits of information should serve as guides for CSGO understanding so that you can not only comprehend this game but also engage with it in a way that is both familiar and filled with information and know-how.

The Surge of the Gloves

One of the most interesting aspects of CSGO games is the fact that a lot of cosmetic items have surpassed their expected popularity. The main one that is often spoken about is the glove. 

Gloves are truly just cosmetic items that a player can use to customize their appearance and they don’t affect the gameplay at all. Therefore, it’s not like the gloves give you some superpower that you can use to beat the other team. It’s truly just something cosmetic and interestingly enough, this game holds a lot of importance in terms of aesthetics.

This is also clearly seen when it comes to skins. So, what are skins? They are the covers that you’re able to put on the weapon that you use. Again, these are completely cosmetic items as they have absolutely no impact on how the weapon operates. Therefore, if you cover your skin, for example, with a pink cargo set or a dark blue ocean set or whichever interests you most, that is how your weapon will look.

What big CSGO fans often do is they like to match their glove with their weapon. This gives them the feeling that they’re truly creating and crafting their game. It is such a clever way to create a nuanced and perfectly suited experience for a player.

Weaponry is at its Peak

Now, moving away from the aesthetics comes the part that actually does have an impact on the game and that is the weapons.

Officially there are 25 weapons in most Counterstrike games and another 19 were actually added in Global Offensive. In fact, 10 of these replacements were of old weapons. So, if you want to look at it really specifically, then you have nine completely new weapons, of those 19, with new ways of functioning, characteristics and properties.

As you can imagine, the weapons are used to beat the other team and if you use the right one at the right time, you can actually gain quite a tactical advantage. Typically, you are only allowed to carry one primary weapon, one secondary weapon and a melee weapon.

You’ll see that as the rounds progress, there are certain changes to the weapons that you use and how you use them, so it’s just about sticking around for as long as you can to see the full capabilities of the weapons.

Well, there you have it, this was hopefully an informative and helpful guide for you to understand how to play Counter-strike: Global Offensive.