The gameplay in Global Offensive is similar to that of previous games in the Counter-Strike series in the sense that it is an objective-based multiplayer first-person shooter. Players play as one of two teams; the Terrorists or the Counter Terrorists, with both teams having different objectives: the Terrorists' being to plant the bomb and have it explode or to protect the hostages, and the Counter-Terrorists' being to prevent the bomb from being planted and exploding, or to rescue the aforementioned hostages, depending on the map.[1][2] At the start of every round players get the opportunity to purchase weapons and equipment with their money that is awarded based on their performance in the previous round. Winning rounds results in more money than losing, and completing objectives such as killing enemy players results in more money.[1] Negative actions, such as killing teammates, will result in a penalty.[3]
An in-progress Casual match in which the player is using the AK-47
There are six different game modes in CS:GO. These consist of Competitive, Casual, Arms Race, Demolition, Deathmatch, and Weapons Course. All of these options have both online or offline options except the Weapons Course, which is offline only.[4] Competitive mode is the most serious, with players being put into a 5v5 match that takes around 45 minutes to complete.[5] Arms Race mode is similar to the "Gun Game" mod for other games in the series. It consists of players racing to upgrade their guns via killing enemies.[1] Demolition mode is again like the "Gun Game" mod, but in Demolition the players are able to plant and defuse the bomb too, and only receive a gun upgrade at the end of the round if they killed an enemy.[1] Casual mode is a toned-down version of the Competitive mode as it has both team damage and collision disabled.[6] In Deathmatch mode, there is no real objective except to kill the enemy players. Players instaspawn after death, meaning the action is almost continuous. It is most popularly used to practice and learn how all of the guns function.[7] The Weapons Course is an offline practice mode designed to help new players learn how to use the basic items, such as grenades and guns.[4]
Matchmaking is supported for all online game modes through the Steam software,[8] and runs Valve Anti-Cheat to prevent hackers.[9] In the competitive modes, players are encouraged to act more strategically in CS:GO than in other games because of the lack of the ability to respawn.[10] When playing competitively, each player has a rank based on their skill level and will be paired up with and against players of around the same skill level.[1] Prime Matchmaking is available to players who have verified their account by inputting their phone number. This was introduced to try to prevent legitimate players from playing with hackers or high-skilled players playing on alternate lower ranked accounts, a practice known as "smurfing".[11] The PC version of Global Offensive supports private dedicated servers that the player may connect to through the community server menu in-game. These servers may be heavily modified and in turn, can be completely different from the base gamemodes. There have been many community made mods for CS:GO, one of the more popular ones being kz, a mod which allows players to complete obstacle courses that require advanced strafing and jumping techniques.[12]
CS:GO added new weapons and equipment not seen in previous installments, most notably the firebomb for each side (referred to as a Molotov on the Terrorist side and as an Incendiary Grenade on the Counter-Terrorist side). These temporarily cover a small area in fire, dealing damage to anyone passing through. The game also saw the introduction of the Zeus taser and a range of new guns, including shotguns, pistols and sub-machine guns. Two new game modes, Arms Race and Demolition, were added, along with a total of eight new maps for said game modes. Both of these game modes are variation
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