Counter-Strike 2 Announced [Mar 22, 2023, 4:38 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Valve announces Counter-Strike 2, officially taking the lid off of what
has become a poorly-kept secret of late, though all the leaks may have just been
viral marketing. This new era for the multiplayer first-person shooter will
officially begin this summer, but limited playtesting is underway right now.
Check out
this FAQ for details on how to join the test. Key takeaways are that
the game is being remade using the Source 2 engine, and players will retain all
the items they've earned playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The
new version will also include new features, which will be announced closer to
the launch. But the Counter-Strike
Website has first details and videos showing off some of what's
new. Here's a summary:
CS2 is a free upgrade to CS:GO, marking the start a new era of Counter-Strike on Valve's Source 2 engine. The game's full range of new features will be announced at launch, but during the limited testing period we'll be evaluating a subset of those features to get it ready for the worldwide release.
Here's some of what CS2 will mean for players:
- Upgraded and overhauled maps
- Game-changing dynamic smoke grenades
- Tick-rate-independent gameplay
- Redesigned visual effects and audio
- All of a player's CS:GO items go with them to CS2
Xero wrote on Mar 22, 2023, 19:23:
Looking at the videos, I guess I expected more. Talking about a new source engine and unless I've missed other titles that came out with it, I expected more. It looks like they played it safe here. The graphics look very similar to regular CS GO, but obviously they updated the smoke grenades effects to be more tactile. Everything else doesn't look all that much upgraded other than perhaps cleaner/sharper looking? I'm not even sure. I guess they're mostly sticking with, if it ain't broke, don't fix it idea.
Source 2 was leaked in 2010 (being tested on L4D2 maps) and tools were released publicly in 2014 for Dota 2, which soon after became the first game to upgrade engines (2015). Then it powered Artifact and Alyx. So no, it's not some massive graphical leap, I don't think it was ever meant to be. In terms of CS, specifically, I very much doubt they're at all interested in drastically raising system requirements for some fluff visual improvements... People with potatoes want to be able to play with their friends, and the pros want 600fps for peak reactivity.
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