After many months of waiting, Counter-Strike 2 finally had a more impressive launch on September 27. Valve itself also took great care of this appearance when it deleted CS:GO with Counter-Strike 2 on Steam. This game also brings significant improvements including upgraded graphics and map overhauls, but it seems the transition has not gone smoothly for most fans.
Specifically, Counter-Strike 2 lacks some popular features in CS:GO such as certain maps, game modes, and especially support for Mac users. Not to mention the game-breaking errors that players discovered after experiencing it. This has led to great disappointment for many fans. Things got even hotter after Valve removed all 167 achievements that many people had diligently collected since the CS:GO era. After this move, a wave of criticism of Valve on Steam appeared. Most fans expressed their frustration and left countless negative reviews about Counter-Strike 2. However, it did not take long for gamers to realize that the comments and reviews were negative. My prices are all “nothing but flying”.
Of course, it couldn’t be clearer that Valve, as both the operator of Steam and the developer of Counter-Strike 2, has influenced this. Accordingly, user reviews do not influence Counter-Strike 2’s rating, but instead, they are added to the collection of previous CS:GO reviews. Therefore, the score of Counter-Strike 2 on Steam is still rising like crazy, despite strong opposition from many fans. And of course, thanks to that, Counter-Strike 2’s rating on Steam is currently very positive based on reviews.
In fact, this is not the first time that major publishers have moved to delete or hide negative comments from users. Ubisoft and EA also did the same and of course also encountered a lot of criticism and mixed opinions. As for Valve, the publisher also stated that reviews written before September 27 were for CS:GO, not related to the newly launched Counter-Strike 2 brand.