After making a surprise announcement earlier this year, Valve has surprised players again with the following. Counter Strike 2 suddenly released The update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was released on Wednesday after a long beta period. In addition to some new gameplay aspects, Counter-Strike 2 brings some big changes, including: weapons refund and Completely revamped graphicsa model that helped its predecessor become one of the most played Steam games of all time.
Unfortunately for a significant number of players, however, the original Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been completely replaced (with the exception of being playable as an offline “demo”) by Counter-Strike 2. Original game. Now, players who were caught off guard are taking to Reddit and X/Twitter to share their concerns about the state of the game.
Just hours after CS2’s release, players started noticing the missing features.reddit user u/cosmictrigger01 created the list A larger aspect of CS:GO that mysteriously disappeared from CS2. This includes several competitive maps, wingman maps, workshop maps, an entire game mode such as Arms Race, Flying His Scoutman, Danger Zone, etc. In replies and across Twitter and Reddit, other players are currently I participated upon I wonder where these modes went And whether they will come back.
Reddit user u/theicarusambition commented, “I played Arms Race a lot, usually with the same group of people who happened to be playing at the same time.” “So many strangers became friends and we had so much fun. It would be a real shame if it was discontinued in CS2.”
as game radar It was noted that some Arms Race maps have been leaked, hinting at the possibility of the mode returning in the near future. Still, these players were concerned that Valve removed these modes without warning.
Aside from the removed features, a portion of CS2’s player base no longer has access to the game at all — Valve also Removed support for players on Macno word on whether it will be re-added.
Players also raised issues with other technical features, including commands like “cl_bob” that change Bob’s animation. Caused protests during CS2’s beta.
Other players have complained about CS:2’s servers. Valve has improved his rate of ticks in CS2 with a new system, but some overseas players are worried that due to the game’s servers “Almost unplayable” game Comparison with CS:GO.
“My agents and enemy agents are very laggy, sometimes I can’t switch weapons…, sometimes I can’t jump when trying to throw a grenade, and there’s a lot of lag like this,” said Reddit user u Posted /ykoonab (that they are playing from Central Asia).
Meanwhile, Valve has acknowledged server issues, saying that “server capacity is being impacted in various regions.” They said they are adding server capacity “as soon as possible.”
It seems like a lot of people want to play Counter-Strike 2.
If you’re having trouble finding a match, it’s because our servers are reaching capacity in various regions.
We are adding server capacity as quickly as possible. Thank you for your patience as we work to address this issue.
— CS2 (@CounterStrike) September 28, 2023
Like other Counter-Strike games, quite a few players felt that Counter-Strike 2 hadn’t had enough new features since the beta (or since the original CS:GO as a whole).
They basically released no new content at launch.
And I think they removed CS:GO completely so as not to divide the audience. So the only game left is CS2, which seems to be in a hurry.
It’s very strange how all the hype these past few weeks has come about…basically nothing.
— Anomaly (@anomalyxd) September 28, 2023
Streamer Anomaly said on Twitter: “Very strange how all the hype these past few weeks has resulted in nothing happening.”
Of course, the reaction to CS2’s sudden release wasn’t all negative. Twitter and Reddit are also full of players praising the game’s completely revamped graphics, discussing new features like reactive smoke grenades, and (of course) sharing some impressive clips.
However, disappointed players have been quite vocal, and Valve has yet to respond to their (other than) concerns about the game. Threaten to ban the scammer and his friends). Now, we’ll just have to wait and see if Valve brings back these missing features, or if this is exactly what Counter-Strike is going to look like in the future. Valve has not yet responded to IGN’s request for comment.
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