Is CS2 as good as CSGO?

[ucksmayitfay]

I thought CS2 was a spinoff when I got it, but it seems to be the definitive CSGO experience. What is it like? I've never played CSGO before, but it could be fun to have a free competitive game. Did it switch to the microtransaction model like Overwatch 2 and that's it, or did it make drastic changes to more than simply graphics?

[Ice Robertson]

Counter strike and team fortress are just plagued with cheaters, I'm not going back until they tell me there's a decent anti cheat.

[xDDD]

It's basically the same exact game.

[Alliesaurus]

Naw. CSGO is goated.

[Xero_Daxter]

Originally posted by Alliesaurus:

Naw. CSGO is goated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CozZJ7m8ztA

[ucksmayitfay]

Originally posted by xDDD:

It's basically the same exact game.

Sweet. I've waited so long but felt too hesitant to buy PC games and use a launcher, so now I might actually try it.

Originally posted by Alliesaurus:

Naw. CSGO is goated.

Because of the time period/community and better anti-cheat back then, or something else?

[A&A]

-They made the smoke to be volumatric (interacts with objects on the map) and not just a random sphere which fixed one ways bugs.
-The movement is kinda wierd for me. (I don't have much experience in CS2)
-From the buy menu you don't have access to all weapons and now you can chose which weapons you want to be available in the matches.
-And some balance changes that they always do.

[Xero_Daxter]

Unpopular opinion but I really liked Counter-Strike Source. I remember playing Zombie Run. It's a mode where you're chased by zombies and have to run to escape.

[ucksmayitfay]

The framerate is significantly lower with nominal graphics improvements and arguably worse physics/polishing in some ways from my first impression. If it has ray-tracing, it could be worth it, since THAT is a GTX 1070, and I could maybe get at least 144 FPS at 1080p with an RTX 4060. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfW0TrOAog4

Edit: I found out that you can supposedly play the legacy version with custom servers. Is this authorized or doable?

[A&A]

Originally posted by ucksmayitfay:

The framerate is significantly lower with nominal graphics improvements and arguably worse physics/polishing in some ways from my first impression. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfW0TrOAog4

Graphics + more forced physics.

[Sidakte]

well i always loved css mostly but did went on csgo as well. it was fun.
cs2 i think it's just csgo but better, an upgrade if you want.

[Alliesaurus]

Originally posted by Xero_Daxter:

Unpopular opinion but I really liked Counter-Strike Source. I remember playing Zombie Run. It's a mode where you're chased by zombies and have to run to escape.

The random Spanish lobbies were loud AF

[Hammer Of Evil]

counterstrike has always been a hilarious take on tactical shooting game, just give it a try.

cs2 is not a spinoff, its a ground up redesign of cs:go, modernized.

the application is much nicer now than it ever has been.

coming from someone who's played it from back before valve created the store.

There's no MTX unless you want flashy looking guns or costumes. the application is free, and doesn't require payment to play it anymore. it used to cost per copy.

they should actually go back to that, i think that was the biggest detriment to cheating and being banned - needing to re-buy the game.

[ucksmayitfay]

Originally posted by Hammer Of Evil:

counterstrike has always been a hilarious take on tactical shooting game, just give it a try.

cs2 is not a spinoff, its a ground up redesign of cs:go, modernized.

the application is much nicer now than it ever has been.

coming from someone who's played it from back before valve created the store.

There's no MTX unless you want flashy looking guns or costumes. the application is free, and doesn't require payment to play it anymore. it used to cost per copy.

they should actually go back to that, i think that was the biggest detriment to cheating and being banned - needing to re-buy the game.

Good point about purchasing. If this game has invite-only lobbies, it'd be golden, since I could organize them or go to private Discord servers or something.

[Hammer Of Evil]

Originally posted by ucksmayitfay:

Originally posted by Hammer Of Evil:

counterstrike has always been a hilarious take on tactical shooting game, just give it a try.

cs2 is not a spinoff, its a ground up redesign of cs:go, modernized.

the application is much nicer now than it ever has been.

coming from someone who's played it from back before valve created the store.

There's no MTX unless you want flashy looking guns or costumes. the application is free, and doesn't require payment to play it anymore. it used to cost per copy.

they should actually go back to that, i think that was the biggest detriment to cheating and being banned - needing to re-buy the game.

Good point about purchasing. If this game has invite-only lobbies, it'd be golden, since I could organize them or go to private Discord servers or something.

you can arrange matches by grouping the participants together. you can launch a local server/password protected as well, and invite your friends to it for more customization.

the game also contains a comprehensive enemy bot script navmesh, and if you crank up the difficulty on those things, they won't miss a shot, you'd think you were playing ultra dark souls.

[skOsH♥]

Cs2 is a work in progress that is, in many aspects, better than csgo, but it still needs a lot of work.