Office is a hostage rescue map that is considered great for many reasons. First of all, Office might be the most balanced map in CS: GO , meaning neither attackers nor defenders have an advantage. Eliminating the other team may prove to be difficult because of the map’s various hallways. Best played through competitive mode, Office provides many path options. Securing all hallways leading to hostages is critical for the defending team. Office is exceedingly popular and has been remade four times since the first Counter-Strike g

The game combined different aspects of film noir to create the Land of the Dead, where the game primarily takes place. You play your role as Manny Calavera, a salesman of soul packages for the recently depar

It’ll work if you can’t afford something else, by sheer virtue of being a gun. However, you’re likely better off banking your money and roughing it for one round so you can pick up something a bit more practical during the next

The AWP is practically the franchise mascot . This classic one-shot showstopper has been the bane of many servers, and the boon of any player that has taken the time to master it. Everyone knows and either loves or fears its trademark firing so

Back from LucasArts glory days, Grim Fandango is probably the best example of a graphic adventure you can find. It was amazingly stylized and had an incredible plot which hooked you right from the beginning, and is probably one of the best examples of good writing in the videogame busin

With the release of this week’s Senran Kagura: Peach Ball , Marvelous’ stalwart franchise has crossed over into the world of pinball. This is far from the first time the brawler has switched genres, though. From rhythmic cooking to cutthroat water gun fights, the upstanding young women of Hanzo National Academy are truly Jills of All Tra

While I love other games that have true attention to detail, they really can’t put me into full relaxation mode. Some of the more complex titles tend to have what I like to call “chore mode,” where you have to do extra minuscule tasks in order to continue with the core game, i.e. collecting items in Assassin’s Creed , or having to please your friends in GTA IV . Sometimes it’s just nice to let the brain drift and kick-

However, with this most recent release, it’s easy to wonder – where will the series go next? At first blush, it might seem like the games are exhausting their possibilities when it comes to genre. But have no fear! We’re here with some salient ideas of how Senran Kagura can tap into the hottest industry trends to bring its unique brand of titillating action to an even broader audience! Let’s strip down and get right into

But what she doesn’t know is that this monster is one of her own creation. Her latent masochism has given way to these dark delusions – twisted abominations that are physical manifestations of her own innate desire to be punished by somebody, anyb

It’s an all-rounder, landing accurate and deadly long-range shots while maintaining manageable recoil for closer encounters. CT players will notoriously pick these up off of fallen enemies in over their team-specific analog, the M

It’s worth mentioning that not every player is a fan of Nuke. In fact, a large number of people in the CS: GO community hate the map with a passion. Nuke doesn’t have a lot of surprises now that CS: GO’ s developers removed the storage room at B. Everything is laid out very neatly, and there should be few surprises when playing Nuke. If you aren’t good with a sniper, you may not be a good Nuke player. Assault rifles are effective, but sniper rifles can get you easy uncontested ki

After all the money Final Fantasy 7 made you’d figure Square Enix would continue this story in another video game. A CGI movie sequel, Final Fantasy: Advent Children, came out years later , but that was never good enough for me. That’s a different medium. I want to see a video game sequel. I mean Street Fighter 2 had how many sequels before we saw part 3? Square could have done the same. I think Square dropped the ball on that one. It’s not like it would have been difficult to do. Final Fantasy 7 screamed for a sequel, I thou

If there’s one thing that could make hearing slurs barked into your ear a little easier to swallow, it’s cute anime girls. Picture, then, a challenger to CS:GO and Siege ‘s throne. A bouncier, brighter, and more inviting challenger – but with all the brown and bloom you’ve come to know and l

For my third choice, Beyond Good and Evil (the sequel has been in ‘pre-production’ for two years). The main character, Jade, reminded me of a female Luke Skywalker (pre-Force) in her quest to investigate an alien

There is at least one reason why Train has appeared in Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike 2 Story Guide: Source , and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive . It happens to be a delightful map that is relatively balanced for both teams. Sprinting into A site like the game is Call of Duty is just about the worst thing you can do. Plenty of players think Call of Duty and CS: GO are similar. Attackers are advised to stick together, communicate with team members, and choose a bomb site. Both bomb sites on Train can be reached easily, so you may as well have your squad with you when plant