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Valve releases Counter-Strike 2

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Re: Valve releases Counter-Strike 2

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Post by godzillabrennus »

willis936 wrote: post #82
blibble wrote: post #74

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sounds exactly like overwatch 2

Not even remotely close. OW2 introduced a battle pass riddled with dark patterns, removed all passive cosmetics collection while focusing on pushing cosmetics, changed gameplay balanced haphazardly for the worse to justify the "2" in the name, and the playerbase saw these hostile actions for what they are. CS2 does exactly none of these things and instead keeps the gameplay and social contract largely unchanged. Game…

As long as they leave me CS:Source to play iceworld and office in every few years then I’ll be fine.

Re: Valve releases Counter-Strike 2

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Post by Rebelgecko »

GloriousKoji wrote: post #33
Rebelgecko wrote: post #13

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CS2 is replacing CS:GO (kinda like how Overwatch 2 replaced Overwatch, but hopefully with a better outcome in this case)

CS2 is missing a bunch of maps compared to CS:GO but at least they didn't mess with gameplay like they did Overwatch 2 (removing a tank).

CS2 apparently doesn't work on Macs any more, so for me they're off to a not so great start

Re: Valve releases Counter-Strike 2

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Post by sampli »

poser-boy wrote: post #70

Looking previews this past year. I don't like how clean all the maps look. One thing the Source versions of the game did well is it made the areas feel lived in and sometimes dirty. I hope this can be improved on in future updates with CS2.

Yeah everything is to bright and pastel. I miss the eerie source 1 look

Re: Valve releases Counter-Strike 2

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Post by Corrado »

jakebasile wrote: post #101
baby wrote: post #88

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Just play fun games at your skill level, and/or play with friends. It’s all about having fun. Don’t try to get into competitive games right from the start. Or if you feel like you can, join a team at your level.

Oh no, I never meant to get into it competitively. I don't get much joy out of that. But it'd be nice to have a PvP shooter I could screw around in every so often. CoD kind of used to be that for me, but it's both gone in a direction I don't enjoy and doesn't work well on Linux due to anti-cheat.

Try TF2! It's super fun and not competitive at all. Sure, its a little gimmicky but most of the players are in it for a good time and don't mind messing around a bit.

Re: Valve releases Counter-Strike 2

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Post by npteljes »

joshmn wrote: post #9

For those wondering why the release date reads 2012: Game ID 730 was Counter Strike: Global Offensive. https://web.archive.org/web/20121001095729/http://store.stea... The developer in me find it weird that they didn't make a new database record for this internally.

Because it's like how Overwatch 2 is not a new game, just an update to the original Overwatch. They seem to literally copy that model.

Re: Valve releases Counter-Strike 2

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Post by npteljes »

Zambyte wrote: post #11
jauzj wrote: post #4

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They need a kernel-mode anti-cheat like all the other fps games have.

Or they could ignore the people crying about cheaters because they lost. I was previously SMFC. People love to call cheats way more often than people actually cheat im that game. People cannot fathom simply being worse, or they cannot emotionally handle it. No, they should not add kernel level malware to the game.

I agree. Paraphrasing Clarke, any sufficiently skilled player is indistinguishable from a cheater. And this is the charitable version too. Often participants just use whatever to hurt the other party - if they are not able via game mechanics, they will resort to reporting. It's how players are raking up Griefing reports in Rainbow 6 Siege's last update. I barely played some hours, and never griefed, yet still got some.

Re: Valve releases Counter-Strike 2

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Post by mdhen »

jakebasile wrote: post #17

I wish I could get into this game, but I just can't. The difficulty curve isn't so much a curve as a wall (see also Dota 2) and there's weird (to me) things like you can't change ADS to "hold the right mouse button" instead of "click the right mouse button". The most I can do in it is play against some very dumb bots. Hope it's a nice upgrade for the people who enjoy it! Good to see it has a native Linux build as wel…

I reccomend playing arms race to get good at the mechanics of it. Constant fighting, a lot of fun, and if you're not good at moving and aiming you'll get good because it's constant practice.

Re: Valve releases Counter-Strike 2

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Post by sznio »

willis936 wrote: post #82
blibble wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

sounds exactly like overwatch 2

Not even remotely close. OW2 introduced a battle pass riddled with dark patterns, removed all passive cosmetics collection while focusing on pushing cosmetics, changed gameplay balanced haphazardly for the worse to justify the "2" in the name, and the playerbase saw these hostile actions for what they are. CS2 does exactly none of these things and instead keeps the gameplay and social contract largely unchanged. Game…

>the playerbase reaction is overwhelmingly positive.

Looking at reddit, it doesn't look like it, but that's just reddit. I don't like it too. It's just a worse-looking, worse-performing game. The gamemodes and maps I liked are gone too.

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