mr_MADAFAKACounter-Strike 2 - Launch Trailer
drktOkay now make a real game in Source 2
EntropyJust because you don’t like competitive shooters doesn’t make CS2 not a “real game”.
Honestly I’m just happy Valve is making games again.
CS is only good if you’re a cheater or a troll because it’s all “shoot at a random moving blob that you can’t even tell if it’s an enemy because CS decided that giving easily identifiable characteristics to different teams is NO REALISM HURR and they want their wannabe war shooter kerfuffle to be gritty grimdark real” trash. CS has never been good.
Literally clown take. Mad cuz bad.
Go play Half Life Alyx, a “real” game on Source 2.
vvvvanIs it playable without VR hardware yet (officially)? Would love to play it, but… VR still seems like expensive gimmick to me.
ZoidsbergPlease provide a list of Real Game requirements. I’m sure Valve would be very interested.
I'm sorry, a sequel to one of the most important multiplayer titles in the history of PC gaming isn't a 'real game'?
Grammaton Clericmad cuz bad
Is cs2 a fake game?
Stoked. I like the new improvements. I’m happy to see this game moving forward like this. Been playing for over 20 years and I couldn’t be happier. After a few patches to tidy up loose ends, this game will leave CS:GO in the dust.
Not going to lie, I haven’t played a competitive shooter in years, but I used to play the shit out of CS back in the day. I kind of want to jump into this again.
heyfluxayNow’s the time!
1.6 was the shit on every single LAN party when I went to primary school. Good times.
Indeed. I was pretty decent back in 1.3 days playing on a friend’s server who had a frickin T1 line at home. It was just as competitive play was starting to develop and there was no voice chat until Roger Wilco came about. That’s partly why I’m not a WASD guy. Gotta keep the fingers on the home row ready to type “I had sex with your mom.” not just say it.
Ah, memories.
Played some CS2 last night and it was death match rounds on Dust 2. Unbelievable how fast I die. I just can’t even…
However, the game did feel really well polished. Very snappy except for a few lag spikes. I started to limber up and even earned a positive K:D in one round. Well, for most of the round. I fell to - 3 in the last moments, but overall it was pretty fun. Don’t think I could hang in a regular match though. Too much time sitting around dead.
Well, the reason dying in death match is faster in CS2 is because now it’s FFA, pretty sure in csgo it was team death match.
So now everyone is out to get you, not just the other team.
I get that, especially when the map is fairly small, but I’m talking about the insane twitch reflexes and aim of these players. I feel like 90% of the time it’s just thp-thp! and I’m dead, from practically any distance, whereas I’m firing bursts and need a second or three to actually kill someone.
Plus AWPers are unreal. The crosshairs in the scope blur if you move at all, so I can’t fathom how these folks are so accurate, but there you have it.
I’m not calling anyone a cheater, just saying the average skill level is far beyond me. I still had fun. Gotta remember, it’s easy, just click on their heads.
These games are inherently competitive with an unbelievably steep learning curve, so people git gud, which drives off casual players, repeat ad nauseam. The only people who regularly play CS are either absolute masochists, or very good at clicking heads even if by that game’s standard they’re only silver or gold or whatever.
To be halfway decent at CS means that no singleplayer shooter will ever be a challenge to you again, because there’s no intersection between casual gaming and competitive shooters.
Don’t they have a mechanism for filtering you into games with people who have similar stats so there’s a bit of balance? Play a while and get wrecked until you fall down to your own level?
If you play ranked, which a lot of the people who get impacted by this don’t
theodewerestill just competitive point and click right
e-raticas opposed to competitive button presses?
By that logic, doesn’t point and click describe every PC game?
all-knight-partyPainting so easy, you just draw lines on some tarp
Film making is even simpler, just start the camera, wait a while and stop it again!
Well it is a FPS game. There is going to be pointing and clicking as a central mechanic.
Mossy Feathers (She/Her)Valve’s shooters be like
bitteorcaDay of Defeat is beneath the pool
DoD was the first FPS I ever played that had mouse aiming. That sounded dumb to me so I just camped in crowded areas with a machine gun and waited for people to run into my crosshairs.
maniacalmanicmaniaI cannot aim and also have a crap mouse (don’t really want to spend money on anything gaming related) so I alternate between MG and nade runs. Small maps are great for nading all night long.
ivanafterallI spent more time on this one than any of the others.
If there’s one good thing that Back 4 Blood did, it’s remind me how good Left 4 Dead was, so I went and played that instead.
Goddamn, for real. Left 4 Dead 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, maybe even my favorite. Everything that's there adds to the experience and is finely tuned and crafted. It just plays so well that it's the only game that Ive played for over 200 hours and still go back to that has no meta progression whatsoever, aside from achievements I don't even chase.
that has no meta progression whatsoever
That’s one of the reasons I liked it. Everyone has the same experience, there’s no FOMO. It’s just so pure.
I was among the millions to cry foul that LFD2 came out so soon after the first game. It seemed like it was just gonna be a $60 map pack.
But goddamn they brought their A game and really did improve everything about the original.
playing cs2 makes me REALLY want a left 4 dead 3 with this engine 😞
ummthatguyRemember Valve’s cardinal rule: We can’t count to 3.
I like how Half Life is entirely missing 🤣
I mean, half-life recently got a new game. It wasn’t Half-Life 3/HL2:EP3, but it was more recent than L4D and TF2; which tend to be forgotten about until people start complaining.
When you gate it behind VR, most people aren’t going to play it. It’s also a prequel and wont address the cliff hanger ending.
Happy to see the game moving forward, and thrilled that so many players are happy about it. Idk why but CS stopped feeling like CS to me with GO. I’ll definitely try CS2 out, but I wish I was excited about it too.
Does anyone know if the custom server/maps community made a place for itself with GO? My peak CS experience (probably mostly due to my ages at the time, was 1.6 with the wacky custom maps, WC3 servers, super hero severs… And then in Source the zombie servers were so fun, especially the ZE (Zombie Escape) maps. Few things in life are as memorable as successfully escaping the mines of Moria from a hoard of player zombies.
I always loved the ‘surf’ maps
I sucked at those so bad! But I loooved the jumping puzzle maps.
Anyone know if you have to rewrite configs? Or is it easily transferred from the csgo config?
You can’t transfer it entirely, could even crash your game from my friend’s experience. Best pick out your most important commands, put them in an autoexec.cfg, and see what works and which commands have become invalid.
Some of these commands it says cs2 doesn’t even exist anymore. I wonder if that will be a problem in the future or if it’s just: “too bad, get used to it” mentality
Looks like GO with a new UI.
I’m guessing there’s more to it, but that’s what it looks like.
OhaThey ported it to source 2
That’s it ?
No, there’s also a bunch of changes like higher tick rates and volumetric smoke grenades. It’s pretty cool
Sounds cool indeed, might try it
The volumetric smoke grenades look really interesting. I’ve only seen the clips on their websites but it seems like a great way to add a bit more complexity to them.
Sabata11792Yep, I still suck.
I just hope VAC is back to working and they can finally get rid of the cheaters. CS:GO was unbearable, every single match, be it casual or competitive, had at least one cheater.
ZomgIt’s definitely not every match, but okay…
I forgot that you could see through my eyes and experiencr my life, sorry…
Fuck off with your bullshit. A quick visit to the steam discussion forums and you’ll see dozens of daily posts about this. The only people who gain something by dismissing real concerns of cheating are the cheaters themselves – are you a worthless cheater?
It is a serious problem but at least in my experience not even close to every match and they disagreed with your statment with anectotal evidence just like your statment so cut off the mean wording, that’s uncalled for… Also it’s just a game so no reason to call some kids worthless!
If you can’t even play fair in a game, which has zero stakes on your life’s success, then that shows a lack of basic morals and indicates you are completely worthless, and probably a drag on society. So no, I won’t stop calling worthless scum worthless.
If you care so much about a fucking computer game your life is most likely a lot more worthless than any of these kids, cheating sucks but it’s no reason to call a human being worthless, especially not someone who is most likely a teen or kid puahing bunderies!