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What are the differences between CS 1.6 and CS:GO? A simple bullet point comparison similar to What are the differences between CS 1.6 and CS:S? would be nice.

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The way you've worded this question makes it sound like you're asking for opinions and discussion. The question you linked to just lists the differences; if you're looking for the same sort of thing, I'd recommend limiting the question to just, "What differences are there between CS:GO and X?" Until then, I've voted to close. – fbueckert Nov 27 '12 at 15:51
I edited the question so that it is a comparison between CS:GO and CS 1.6. Then one could compare CS:GO and CS:S by looking at both questions. – Konsta Nov 27 '12 at 17:21
Much better! This is much more answerable than the original question. – fbueckert Nov 27 '12 at 17:26
After editing it I tried to flag it in order for an admin to see notice. Is that the way to inform an admin? If so, I believe I failed to flag, since it told me that I had 10 flags open today, even after I thought I had flagged it. – Konsta Nov 27 '12 at 17:28
That is indeed correct. Now we just need to be patient until it gets the number of people seeing it who agree it should be re-opened. – fbueckert Nov 27 '12 at 17:47
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First of all, there are many differences attributed between CS1.6 and CS:GO. The most important thing to note is the engine; it's improved dramatically over the past 9 years (CS1.6 was released in 2003, CS:GO in 2012). Namely, CS1.6 uses the GoldSrc engine, which is a heavily modified Quake engine, and CS:Go uses the Source engine.

Second, CS:GO features drastically balanced gamemodes and weapons. Most notably, they completely changed the way Hostage missions worked previously in CS:S and CS1.6, and made it a lot more balanced for both sides. Some new weapons were added, and most of other weapons got a huge balance update (default pistols get a buff that puts them up to standard to other pistols, deagle nerfed).

Along with that, CS:GO also features a matchmaking system extremely similar to that of TF2, but it forms games based on a "combat rank", which helps to put similar players of similar skills in the same games.

Some other features are a complete UI revitalization, a more informative and easy to use buy menu, and an extremely polished user-friendly tutorial. Some minor things are the removal of flashlights (some servers have it with plugins), removal of silencer/silenced weapons (TMP (now known as the MP9), M4A1, and the USP (now the P200), as well as getting rid of pre-defined loadouts.

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Self comment: I believe the animations have improved drastically from the orginial game; I abhorred the reload animations within both CS:S and CS1.6. CS:GO gave me the satisfaction I needed – Retrosaur Dec 19 '12 at 17:12

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