...I'm going to cautiously recommend this, but on one condition: this game is only enjoyable if you have a healthy attitude toward self-improvement, you have a healthy coping mechanism for failure, and you play only with 4 friends who also have these mental abilities. Unfortunately, what can, and very often is an extremely rewarding and intense experience has a tendency to devolve into a bitter pit of blame-game and sharp-tongued ♥♥♥♥ slinging...

There is, however, a world where this doesn't happen, and that is the world in which the conditions outlined above are true. If and only if they are true, does CS:GO become the promised 'extremely rewarding and intense experience', but boy does it deliver on that front. The game has extensive depth that allows for a steady skill curve; creating a repeating cascade of moments and clips in which you can feel pride, and in which you can also feel the accompanying wave of serotonin/dopamine/oxytocin (I'm not a neuroscientist; I have no idea which is relevant but I'm still gonna throw 'em out there). That makes for a fun game! Just be careful. It's easy to watch yourself become the arsehole. Don't let that happen, and you'll have fun.

...I'm going to cautiously recommend this, but on one condition: this game is only enjoyable if you have a healthy attitude toward self-improvement, you have a healthy coping mechanism for failure, and you play only with 4 friends who also have these mental abilities. Unfortunately, what can, and very often [i]is[/i] an extremely rewarding and intense experience has a tendency to devolve into a bitter pit of blame-game and sharp-tongued shit slinging... There is, however, a world where this doesn't happen, and that is the world in which the conditions outlined above are true. If and only if they are true, does CS:GO become the promised 'extremely rewarding and intense experience', but boy does it deliver on that front. The game has extensive depth that allows for a steady skill curve; creating a repeating cascade of moments and clips in which you can feel pride, [i]and[/i] in which you can also feel the accompanying wave of serotonin/dopamine/oxytocin (I'm not a neuroscientist; I have no idea which is relevant but I'm still gonna throw 'em out there). That makes for a fun game! Just be careful. It's easy to watch yourself become the arsehole. Don't let that happen, and you'll have fun.