CSGO is the third incarnation of Valve Corporations worldwide No . 1-selling multiplayer FP

CSGO is the third incarnation of Valve Corporations worldwide No . 1-selling multiplayer FPS. The series, originally created 13 years ago by Half-Life modders Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jesse Cliffe, immediately became a huge international success (the version they created eventually becoming what we know today as CS 1.6).

2004 saw the release of Half Life 2 on the Source engine and with it a came completely new version of Counter-Strike, featuring altered gameplay and the vastly improved graphics of the Source Engine. Now, in 2012, this latest offering heralds the introduction of the franchises second major engine change and second major gameplay revision. Many debates and differing opinions can be found on csgo skins internet forums concerning the Source engine and its past, present and future.

In my opinion Global offensive looks good, it really does. While Source may no longer be the most sophisticated game engine on the market I can honestly say that from a visual standpoint I believe that CS: GO more than holds its own with most other modern FPS titles running on newer engines. Source may not have the rendering power of Cry or Frostbite, especially when it comes to open-world environments, but it also lacks the FPS issues that can plague these types of engine. When compared with MW3 on Infintiy Ward’s engine, I think I still prefer Source. MW3 may have the edge concerning the visual complexity of the environments; however , I find the CS: GO visuals to be clearer, crisper, and smoother.