Counter-Strike 2 was launched with a lot of expectations from the gaming community when, according to Valve’s introduction, this is the biggest innovation of this publisher in many years. Counter-Strike 2 will use a new source code to replace the previous outdated engine. It is also expected to bring a more realistic experience to this old game series in all aspects, especially in the ability to display images and movements between characters.
But it was surprising to know that, since September 27, the time Valve launched Counter-Strike 2, this game has become the most negatively reviewed name on Steam that Valve has ever created. It is no longer a strange story for games to encounter many difficulties at launch, and Counter-Strike 2 is no exception. Right from the start, many gamers were frustrated and admitted that they encountered dozens of minor errors such as character movements, poor map features, hit-box errors… Although Valve was also very proactive. Try to fix the above problems through patches, but that is not enough.
In addition, a bigger point of contention comes in the matter of tick-rate, which is used as a way to measure server response to the game. The updates in Counter-Strike 2 have made it meaningless. Not to mention that after the upgrade, the problem of hacking and cheating in Counter-Strike 2 exploded even more strongly than the previous version, even though Valve tried to prevent it by all means, even punishing them. people who team up with them. Overall, initial excitement aside, most gamers feel that Counter-Strike 2 is more like a major upgraded version, rather than a sequel to a famous game franchise.
Valve itself was also very clever in deleting CS:GO and filling it with Counter-Strike 2, but still left reviews about this game. So, looking at the numbers, Counter-Strike 2 still has 87% positive reviews but most of them belong to CS:GO. Despite so much criticism, currently, the number of CS2 players is still high, about 839,508 people in the past 30 days based on numbers from Steam Chart.