CS2 is Worse than CS:GO, But...

okay we're all excited that CS2 is finally here but now that we're out of beta there's no more excuses and the game still just doesn't seem like it's up to par sure it's way less buggy than it was and valve have made huge strides in terms of improving the overall game play but the game just still feels wrong CS2 is upon us but what if it wasn't ready to be upon us before we dive in an extremely topical reminder that we have a face it clan that's right you can join for free using the link in the description below and play with me your friends and the rest of our community as we climb the leaderboards collect points and spend them in the shop fa its's new CS2 infrastructure has a ton of new features so check it out okay so today we're going to do a review of CS2 it is a video game after all and that is a thing that people do with video games especially when they officially launch which is exactly what happened earlier this week CS2 replaced csgo on Steam and became available to everyone as essentially a free franchise altering updates to the existing iteration of Counter-Strike which means it is going to start being subjected to a higher level of scrutiny valve were the ones who said summer 2023 that was their call that was their decision and to be fair they lived up to it well I mean like they missed it by a few days but you know close enough so let's talk about it the nitty-gritty what's good what's bad and what has to get better for starters what is CS2 well it's a patch a very very big patch they literally took Global Offensive ported it over to Source 2 redid the maps to varying degrees and overhauled the basic functionality of the utility so when we talk about whether CS2 is good or bad what we're really talking about is whether it feels and function functions better or worse than Global Offensive a game that valve tuned to Perfection over the course of a decade and right now CS2 feels worse than csgo but it functions better I'll explain what I mean by that let's start with what is basically the biggest change that CS2 brings to the table the utility in CS2 nades are both Dynamic and responsive mollies and HS don't make it harder to see smoke grenades are more well defined and expand to fill the space they're thrown into bullets help carve spaces in smokes and hes temporarily dispel them valve's goal was to add strategic depth and while it's hard to definitively say whether they succeeded since we haven't seen any pro play yet I can tell you that from my experience playing the game the utility feels so much better to use everything surrounding the utility touch-ups in CS2 is fantastic and bound to shake things up for the better on that front valve outdid themselves and the competition but of equal importance is the fact that it fixed all of the super busted spaghetti code nonsense surrounding utility that over the years came to Define The Meta in csgo the best example of which are one ways yes they got rid of one ways basically in csgo players learned that throwing utility in the right spots would let you create scenarios where you could see your opponents but they couldn't see you it basically meant that it even a medium level of play outcomes hinged on completely unfair gunfights now are there still ways to abuse obfuscated sight lines using smokes and CS2 yes and we're already seeing some of them come to light but there are way fewer of them and the sight lines they create are way less broken one of the reasons for this is that CS2 isn't trying to look as realistic as CS go CS2 is a way way brighter clearer and smoother looking game than Global Offensive ever was the textures have been streamlined and the dingy ass Corners that litter every map have been illuminated look you can make fun of the valerant child game aesthetic all you want one of the best things about CS2 is how easy it is to see people and the fact that it allows aim to be the determining factor in the vast majority of gunfights to me this is the foundation that will eventually turn CS2 into a masterpiece every aesthetic and mechanical decision was made to make CS2 a fairer version of Cs go no more one-ways no more hard to see BS just real honest to God Counterstrike two players their guns May the best aimer win but valve didn't stop there they took all of the ancillary stuff Maps weapon skins weapon sounds and either overhauled them streamlined them or simply made them prettier CS2 is somehow simultaneously csgo on steroids and with the sharp edges shaved off it is the Counterstrike that we as a community both wanted and needed the new player experience for instance has been greatly improved not only have valve added a real tutorial called Training Day they've also streamlined jump throws so new players don't have to do a bunch of Googling and console command nonsense before loading into a game valve have also switched the game to 24 round Maps down from the 30 rounds of csgo so far it actually feels pretty good leading to snappier faster paced games but there are some problems mostly that valve haven't made any economic adjustments to offset the shorter match structure loss bonuses will almost certainly need an adjustment especially as Pros begin to explore this new format all in all Counter-Strike 2 is a remarkable achievement it looks better functions better and is built on a more rugged sophisticated infrastructure but it doesn't feel better at least not yet but this is in news all right for months those with access to the limited beta have been complaining about how awful CS2 feels the movement the spraying the hit RG tick rate net code all of it and rightfully so the game has to varying degrees felt like in a word dog [ __ ] what there are a lot of problems the guns aren't as precise as they should be the movement isn't sharp spraying sometimes results and you just not hitting anything at all what is this spray it's hard to quantify but trust me when you play it you'll feel it it's loose and imprecise and in a game like this that's a huge problem please just die please just die I hate the spraying I hate the spraying so much now valve have made some substantial changes already and the game does feel a lot better than it used to in fact this past week when they launched the game officially they made further adjustments did those adjustments make a difference well it depends on who you ask personally I think it feels sort of worse but a lot of other people seem to think it feels better either way the point is that valve is trying to fix this problem but the important thing to understand is that CS2 categorically does not feel as good as csgo did on 1286 servers but it took valve over 10 years to get CSG go into that place which leads me to the point of this review CS2 doesn't feel as good yet it will feel better than csgo eventually csgo is and let's just be honest here the most important influential and yes best shooter ever made it just is the game itself was a disaster there were countless things about it that drove us crazy but what it did for TAC FPS can never never be replicated and that game the Undisputed goat was a hot mess when valve first put it into beta but over time it got better much better valve turned around a game that a lot of people didn't think was salvageable it's going to take time for CS2 to become what it needs to be and unfortunately I can't sit here and whisper sweet nothings about how it'll take no time at all I don't know how long it'll take what I do know is that the issues that people have with CS2 aren't design related the way they were with source and even early csgo valve have learned a lot since then and know what it takes to produce a First Rate Counterstrike and presumably how to do it faster than before so if you're sitting there wondering what the verdict is on CS2 it's great but with a big asterisk I think you should be playing it now not that you have a choice but even if you did have a choice you should be playing it because you want to be on the ground floor of the next best shooter ever made thanks for watching if you want more content like this hit the sub button and ring the notification Bell for Unique bite-size videos you won't find anywhere else hit us up on our Twitter Instagram Facebook and Tik [Music] Tok

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Length: 9min 24sec (564 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 30 2023