The Good
This is one of my favorite games of all time, definitely my favorite fps ever, csgo is an online 5v5 competitive shooter where you play as both counter-terrorists and terrorists in a 30 round match. There are two major game modes with plenty of unique and memorable maps for you to play and improve on. Csgo does this amazing thing where you play it and you are completely awful at the game. Unlike COD, it has no mercy for those who can not get the fundamentals of the game down, the main 5 being movement, aiming, shooting, map knowledge and team work. This game has such a huge skill gap between the new players and the experienced players to where it can be intimidating for new players to try and play; however, the game has a great balance with their weapons to where new players can use weapons that require relatively lower skill to use and the old players can use the more challenging weapons to master, making it to where everyone can enjoy the game. The game is hyper-focused on how well a individual can do and it is a great thing. Not even mentioning the amazing teamwork possibilities. Put in the time in this game and you will learn a lot about yourself and skills you can apply in real life which is something very few games can do.

Background
However the game is not a perfect game, yet it comes close. Now before I criticize the game I just want to state that I own this game over 5 accounts with over 2,500 hours clocked online. I have a very good understanding of this game at the highest levels (non pro, rank G/A) on 3rd party platforms such as esea and faceit and I have climbed to the very top of the ranks on Valve's matchmaking. With thousands of games played over years of playing I can confidently say that I have legitimate grounds to review this game on.

The Bad
- MASSIVE CHEATING PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Around the rank DMG you will notice an massive increase in cheaters and at that rank and above there is not a single game you will play where there is not a cheater.
- A good player with good aim will realize that the shot registration can be odd at times, even watching professional level games on 128 tick servers and 0 ping, the shot registration will simply not work
- A good player can NOT carry for victory, one player can lose the game for you, but a good one can't win it for you
- There are just several blatant visual draw distance issues on several maps which is kind of annoying and unacceptable for a game in 2018 with this big of a player base
- Jumping is very inconsistent, bopping is not viable because of this which is fine because the game isn't focused around this and you can go to the community servers to bhop. Where the problem arises is when you want to throw a smoke that requires a jump, and it is inconsistent without a macro and macros can be considered cheating
- In my opinion, some of the guns need major buffs and nerfs, especially the under-used weapons and pistols.
- There is a complete lack of tutorial for this game vs. games like quake live, so it makes it harder for new players to enjoy the game which hurts the game if new players lose interest because of the difficulty
- Most of the casual game modes are just boring and the big operations are scarce
- Skins in the game are blatantly overpriced and the odds of getting anything you want from cases are so slim that it is a waste of money
- The updates to the maps feel like they are lowering the skill level for movement which is very disappointing for players who put a lot of practice into their movement
- Prime requires you to be level 21
- No unranked matchmaking
- The cooldown system has a lot of issues that could easily be fixed
- The replay system is awfully slow
- Overwatch is accessible for low ranked players which is the single most idiotic thing I have ever heard of. It is obviously not a good idea to give the ability to ban players to people who can't get past gold nova, I have gotten overwatch banned before because of this and it is really not fun being banned because some gold nova 3 thought you were cheating.
- Low tick rate servers

Summary
Those are just my main gripes with the game, but honestly even with those flaws the game is still one of my favorites, an easy 10/10 for me as this game has taught me a lot of skills I can apply in other fps games, but more importantly I learned a lot about teamwork, my mentality to playing competitively and learning from other players who are just better and dealing with the reality of my own ego while reaching the highest ranks the game has to offer. It is truly an experience I will never get from any other game; this is the game that has ruined all other games for me for a very long time until recently I was able to put it down. It is a game I can always come back to and enjoy every time and I already know within the next year I might inspire myself to push even further than what I thought was possible skill wise, but until then I will enjoy the game casually.

Thank you to the people who actually take their time to read this.