So I haven't had much experience with CS. I've never played the PC version, and only played the Xbox version for a very short amount of time. But when I saw this on the dashboard, it spoke to me, telling me I wouldn't make a wrong decision if I get this. I did, last night, and I love it. I was just playing COD Black Ops all before that moment, so there are major differences, most of which I like. First off, I'm not a COD fan boy, yes I like their games but if I think another shooter did something better I admit it. I feel like this game is so... so... so simple. It's that simpleness that i like. There are no classes, no perks, everyone is on the same gameplay level edgewise. You buy your weapons in each match, I like that. No crosshairs? That too I like, though I wouldn't say I like it better then ADS, it just makes it more challenging aiming like that I feel. So far I love the community. For example, with any COD game I've ever played online, I could do ten matches and in those ten matches maybe find two people with mics. My first game the entire enemy team, and my entire team had mics! COMMUNICATION. Occasionally I find someone who doesn't have a mic, but I either get really lucky, or people realize this is a strategic shooter that demands communication. Something else I see is there are showboaters, like on COD. But these kids don't yell profanities into the mic. If they win a game of defusing a bomb (Forget the name, Classic Competetive?) they might sit there and t-bag all our dead bodies while shooting wildly into the air. That kind of thing makes me laugh, because he earned it. And when you see an entire team of 4 or 5 guys all trying to t-bag one or two bodies whilst shooting wildly it's quite funny. Now if they were telling me I need to go kill myself and my family sucks and this and that with all that lame game trash talk that COD screamers use, I would get pissed off quick. I just feel like it's a more tactical, team based shooter. You can not start this up hoping to run and gun like you did in COD. Hell, lately I even find myself t-bagging and showing off to speak! But if your team wins, you really earned it! Express yourself! LOL