The new test build is pretty fun, can't wait to see the full game come out

Honestly the most disappointing thing is the lack of ability to play private matches. Me and my friends that play CS we’re able to get friends that don’t play or haven’t played in a while to get on, but when there’s more than 5 of us we either have to split up or people have to sit out. Private matches are huge for the game growth and learning. Even without workshop maps it’s still an important feature

It was sad to see Arms Race being not included in the current build of the game. I hope it will return one day

I'm not a game developer but I've worked on huge IT migrations and even if you lose a dozen features, getting to the other side of a migration is a huge difficult feat. Now that CSGO is gone it's all about fixing and improving cs2 and by 2024 I expect it to be easily the best counterstrike we have ever played. However that's from a purely technical standpoint.

I couldn't agree more with regard to the point about the tracers feeling misaligned. The first thing I noticed in CS2 was that I couldn't spray, and I realized that I had relied quite a bit on the tracers when committing to prolonged sprays.

I'm very excited to see what they do moving forward, I'm no longer terrified they're not going to do anything. They've been putting in a ton of work lately, and with the uplift to Source 2 it's going to make the devs job easier to add new features/update existing ones. The future of CS is bright, we just have to get through a bit of the bugginess with the new version!

The bullet travel interacts with smokes. And it's also weird, because the travel as you showed is not going where the bullet is, so the same goes for holes left in the smokes. They are left where the bullet travel path went, not where you crosshair is.

"So simple your mother could watch a match and understand whats going on" Reminds me of when the ELeague Major was on TNT and i actually watched it with my mom and she was able to understand after a brief walk through of what they are trying to do

6:22 I love how the friendly chatting and positive vibes transferred from CS:GO to CS2

The biggest thing for me about the full release that makes it different than the Limited Test? A linux build. I am so happy I can play. "Finished" or not, I am just happy to be able to play with my friends.

I love the SC II background music that you use. I hate that you didn't mention CSGO 2 not running on Mac computers. There is currently no old CSGO and no new CSGO for Mac users, such a shame.

I haven't played CS in years, but I still love watching your videos WarOwl! Thanks for your dedication to the game!

I'm glad they finally released it, but they practically killed the casual experience in favor of completing the competitive one. We might not even be getting an operation before the major next year with how many game modes we lost from go that still need to be added. Team Deathmatch? Retakes? Flying Scoutsman? Arms Race? Dare I say, Danger Zone?

I think what really needs to happen as soon as possible is for Global Offensive to be reintroduced as a separate Steam entry in a stripped down form without matchmaking and without skins. Call it Global Offensive Legacy Edition or something. Make it clear on the Steam store page that this version is unsupported and is mostly for playing private games and old custom maps and modes. It would make this whole situation sting a whole lot less as we wait for the rest of the game to be re-implemented into the new engine.

The DM map groupings are great. When all the maps where available I mostly ended up with mirage and dust 2, if not people would vote to change the map to them. Now I have the option to avoid them all together.

new sub here because I watch your previous video last time and thanks for this video now I know about CS2 can't wait to play with you soon I'm a CS player since 2020 hello from the Philippines

As a solo queue player, it took me 30 games to reach 10 wins. I had an 10 and an 5 loss in a row. I played against pros (two players from the M80 team) and finished with 4,500 points. The solo queue line-up is crazy and causes mental health issues.

I like what developers do, they fix bugs fast, they listen to community - very good job. What is bothering me is actually all those business decisions from Valve. Because both locking 64 ticks and rushing release date were strictly business decisions and they are bad for the game in my opinion.

One more issue I personally have is that they decided to remove being able to check how much damage you did in the console when you die, instead they show how much damage you did in the NEXT ROUND. Very useful information going into a new round, tell your teammates how much you lit the enemies last round, so smart.

The day of the release hit reg definitely felt crisper. Not GO crisper but better. The biggest problem is when hits are calculated sub-tick but the firing animation is the next tick. It makes spraying feel weird

the rubber banding when you touch your teammates is something that i didn't expect to be a problem in CS2 tbh.

the loss of modes like danger zone and war games is crazy imo. really hope they come back

Unrelated but super proud of Mr Warowl, was watching some old videos and you’re in so much better shape now, I remember a video where you were really dogging on yourself about your physique and then one where you said you were on course to fix it. Super awesome how far you and your channel have come. ❤❤

Thank you for touching on the issue of players with low-end pc. I used to be able to play csgo with my duo with no issues but now they can’t even run the game without facing severe lag issues. Hopefully valve finds a work-around with this problem.

The CSGO team probably wanted and expected more upon release themselves. But often, software development timelines fall behind schedule and they said it was coming Summer 2023 so they were probably in a bit of a bind. I expect to see a lot of additions in the very near future.

After having taken a break from cs:go for a very long while, I'm surprised at how much I'm enjoying CS2. I really want to see more maps and game modes.

Havent seen your channel like in 3 years that I stopped playing CSGO. I start back at CS2 and of course my internet mentor comes back. Always glad and looking forward to learning from you!

Been years since I've seen a warowl video, you're looking lean af!! good for you man!

As far as I'm concerned, its not a full released untill they add AT LEAST the maps they teased in the trailer (baggage, shoots, etc.) Its missing key game modes like arms race, flying scoutsman, danger zone, etc. Not to mention key features like left handed, inv_nextgun, etc. Also, I was sort of hoping for native support for more community game modes like surf, kz, bhop, prison escape, zombies, etc. But that may be pushing it a bit too far

100% with you on the tracers messing with my spray. Mac-10 feels especially bad with it for me personally.

i think tracers even tho hitscan is an accesibility feature... i dont have the best headphones and sometimes just play on speakers, so it helps me navigate where people are even tho im unable to hear where they are

You are simply the best out here. Nice day every time warowlo uploads a new vid

some things ive noticed with cs2: 1. hitreg is terrible, huge backtrack, people are getting shot behind walls. 2. same problem with awps, where the flick and shoot mechanic is severely changed by subtick, it is very inconsistent to hit flicks. 3. spray pattern, even though they say its not changed, it definitely feels different. there is a known difference between 64 tick spray and 128 tick spray, where 128 tick is slightly tighter, i believe it is the different with subtick. 4. movement, bhopping feels so impossible now before i can land 3 or 4 hops consistently on 64 tick now it is difficult to even start 1. 5. peekers advantage, probably same thing with subtick, but everyone is ferrari peeking me. i feel like something is off with camera and player model, but i havent seen proof. 6. player model is still very clunky, especially the legs, when u counter strafe on a slanted surface, the legs glide around. these are the definite cs2 mechanical differences, if yall seen some of this or have any other issues, let me know.

The one thing I'm sad about is the removal of clan tags and team name switching. It was fun to try and play like a clan with a 5 stack also this change removes funny group tags, smh

The tracers are kinda weird. Throw on a mac10 or mp9 and you literally can't miss if you use the tracers as an aid. But on the ak and a4 it just throws you off, probably because you're seeing the tracers from 2-3 bullets ago, so you process it wrong and end up not pulling down enough or staying on one side of the spray for too long. I guess it might depend on the spray pattern for the gun because with the galil the tracers also feel pretty helpful. A lot of people I've talked to said the galil feels better but no one can really say why. Could be the tracers making them more accurate.

Love the background music! while talking about cs2

I'm 30 years old and haven't played any CS in years. I used play 1.6 as a kid (even 1.5 against bots) after school all the time. It's amazing to see that this game is still going strong all these years later. It just warms my heart.

The reason that left hand perspective isnt in the game yet is probably because it affects the shadow that your player casts on the ground. In CS2 you can now see your own shadow, making it possible for the player to think more ahead of where and how far they are peeking so that enemies cant see you. Im sure they will fix this in the future but they simply havent implemented it yet.

Left hand mode is cut from cs2 for shadow issues according to the newest patch notes, I'm fairly sure.

Even if I can't play it anymore (was playing on a labtop), I'm glad for CS2 release, this update was needed

7:09 this. Me and my friends didn't play CS for a long time and decided to jump into CS2 for old times sake. Turns out, one friend of ours was unable to play because his game kept crashing due to the graphics.

I saw other content creators criticize the game but your way of explaining what you like and what you don't like is, by far, the best one. There's a lot to come, and it's going to take time. But I'm sure Counter Strike is here to stay for a long long time

you are such a good person in this community. nice vid

Expressed my thoughts perfectly. good stuff

Tracers are absolutely a problem, I noticed spray control is way harder because my eyes default to relying on the tracers, and so it’s really annoying. It just felt like they added tracers for the sake of graphical fidelity.

If there's one thing I'd like, it's for Competitive/Premiere mode to give you a rank after 10 matches played, not won. I'm on the opposite side of Warowl - a Silver 1-3 that likes the game and wants to get better at it, but for now, I've been in a couple of even matches, and the rest are curb-stomps. There's always a player that doesn't belong, being either way stronger than everybody else, or someone (usually me) finding themselves in the middle of coordinated smokes/flashes/pushs while I barely know how to hold my gun. That's kind of sort of normal at the start, buuuut it also means that the lower-skill players have to go through a lot of games to actually get ranked and matched appropriately against people of roughly their levels. Either by having even matches by chance, getting carried through the wins (which is a _horrible_ feeling), or waiting for the ranks to settle, which could take some time. I don't mind if I'm, like, 500 points on Premiere with a 3-7 win/loss ratio on those 10 matches, I'll gladly take it and grind my butt off from there. But _getting_ there at this point is going to be an exercise in endurance. And yeah, I know playing with stronger players makes you learn faster and can sometimes give you tips if your teammates are friendly, but that's the exception rather than the rule. (I'll also fully admit that I'm a masochist for going straight to Premiere, but I like having to go for every map and not being "limited" by 1 rank per map and having a more general skill assessment.)

The biggest change for me is not being able to see how much damage you did to which enemy mid-round anymore. This must be a massive inconvenience and I'm surprised this is not being talked about much. Is this being removed for good?

i was sad to see that community maps are gonna come later, i feel like it's such an integral part of cs to spend a few minutes warming up before hopping onto a match or adjusting your crosshair

After 23 years, de_dust2 and nuke are still instantly recognizable. That is some amazing map design for it to look exactly the same, even in dimensions.

Bob settings, war games, viewmodel recoil, workshop, are some of the things Im waiting for them to add, also hope they are working on a new operation, its been two years since the last one.

I really liked how they improved the tik rate, it was immediately felt for me

I had to reduce resolution to get above 60fps on my GT1030. Also, I seem to get more random headshots (I am useless at headshots...) and spray control has changed a lot. the P90 sprays way higher than is used to I think, and MP9/7 are also weird. Maybe that is just my clunky GPU?

Will you release a guide series for cs2 for the next generation of new players?

I'm not a great player, but I do struggle a lot more on CS2 with my favorite weapons, such as the MP9. The new bullet traces are completely confusing when trying to aligning the shots.

I played it from release in 2000 upto around 2015 and I can't even stomach another 2nd of it.

The ending monologue was beautiful.

Its not ready yet. I think it needs a few more months till its ready

Biggest issue I have and I know a lot of people who have is performance. So many freezes/crashes and random disconnects for no reason other than "game said no" fingers crossed they fix these issues in time but I hate the idea CSGO worked perfect 99% of the time yet CS2 is a 50/50 coin flip on whether it's going to perform well on that day.

You are right about the visuals, actually the cs2 footage recorded and showed in this video looks much more noisy than csgo, it makes me think "am I actually running 1080p60fps or is this 720p?"

In online chess when you open an account it gives you a visible temporary estimated elo rank and when you’ve played 10 games or so it gives you your actual rank even if you’ve lost them all. This would be SO much better imo. Especially if there are going to be multiple season per year.

I used to do spray transfer 180, 1v4 clutch from pool inferno with 4 secs left, now I can't spray an enemy 2 meter in front ;D. The tracers made cs2 feel like it has bullet travel time. You kinda spraying in the past, bullets travelled already, they just haven't appeared to be that way yet.

Valve with every update are doing insane things. On launch I was getting 130-150 fps in comp and now im getting stable 190-200. Things are looking bright!

I hope they are working on the true left hand view not mirrored and the skins. Weapon skin are not printed on the new default weapon models they still use old weapon models.

The last bit hit home

We are currently on Oct 2 build, game is getting better with each build. I hope they do something about player collision, its throwing my player in different directions when running alongside teammate.

tbh the most painful part is the home button on the menu being all the way to the left when the inventory and such is top middle... that or the removal of factions (though we might get them back with new models)

They also need to re-enable the command to enable/disable first-person bullet tracers.

I've been getting brutal frame time stutters (AMD GPU). I can tell it's caused by shaders compiling, it has a certain feel to it. I did not have that in CSGO. It usually happens when viewing something on a map for the first time... like smokes, bullet tracers or... an enemy player. It's lost me pistol rounds on a few occasions. Now that it is first to 13.. pistol rounds are that much more important. It pushed me away from the game entirely. When there is enough competition on the market, you can't do stuff like this to your player base. Especially those with lower end hardware that cannot afford to upgrade. I paid for CS GO. I never agreed or consented to it being taken away. All the achievements are gone too. Any other company would be hung for this. Valve should not get a pass for ruining the game we all spent the last decade playing.

Would of liked to see left hand view models regardless of what they are working on for it. Been playing CS with the left view model since 2014 and I’m playing so much worse without it

i was mainly excited to see what they could do with new gamemodes and stuff with the new engine. i was actually for once excited about how much smoother dangerzone could be on the new engine for example. but all we got was a slightly reworked mm experience

I have never experienced more instances of being head shot behind a wall immediately after getting there and it doesn't say it was a wall bang. Implying even though on my screen I'm completely behind the wall after running there my hit registration model is somehow not where my pov says I am than in thus game. It was even bad in the test play until a month or two before the actual cs2 release

I would hope the game always stays in construction, meaning always improving.

I really love the starcraft soundtracks that you use. Talking about a game i played for my whole life while listening to music from another game i played my whole life is amazing

I was so surprised the game launched, for the past few days I actually still thought it was in beta... it really should still be an open beta, this isn't finished. Bare minimum we at least need everything that was in CSGO

I am fairly sure you can import demos into the new SFM as well

I mean, I was headed for Nuke and found myself under the Mirage map. I also got a Mirage... mirage on Dust II with random props spawning in. That was something new, right?

Iv got a lot of faith in cs2 but I’m a bit anoyed with especially sprays and getting shot behind stuff. It also feels like I’m hitting and missing shots I should not be. Overall I am optimistic and can’t wait to see where it goes from here!

My first reaction to not wanting to win 10 matches on a map was a very valid counterpoint. With how long term we've played the game before without our rank resetting, imagine the gratification of ranking up on a series of maps in one day after practicing something new, or just in general play seeing where your weak points are in terms of rank, etc. But for one off players, the ranks per map are never going to matter and they'll sabotage queue into premier anyways.

You are really on of my favorite youtubers!!!!

My biggest complaint is not having the ability to boot up private matches with friends. I sometimes just want to run an aim map to warmup with a couple friends and can’t currently.

the achievements being gone is really sad. as someone who spent hours getting some of those in csgo, i'm pretty upset they're just gone.

It's so frustrate that I can pick only a few weapon out of all the circle that I used to have. Sometime the game really want me to pick nagev for a reason 🔥

Feels great when you AK someone in the head and they don't die. Even though the head moves, there's blood, and you get the headshot sound.

The most important thing to me right now is to turn back on cl_righthand 0. I've always used left hand since before 1.6. My right eye is much worse than my left eye, so using my right hand makes me feel dizzy.

Personally i think the lack of left hand view model, is due to the smoke tracers. From the left hand, the position of the holes in the smoke might be different from the right hand due to the view model

this is what i think: they’ll make left handed a gimmick where you can switch to your other hand with a bind and it does it in-game as well with a quick animation of the agent switching the guns to the other hand so your player model will change with it. it will add more depth and strategy on how you position yourself where the gun might not be visible. i also think that valve is cooking something about the AI anti cheat where it’ll be so effective that it doesnt need a kernal driver to detect cheaters but theyre still cooking and gathering data, they dont wanna say it too early because the cheaters will catch it. they are playing the long game and the right game

Not a lot of people know is that, during the creation of Counter Strike, the artist that created viewmodels was left handed. So in 1.6 all guns are right on the left handed, and mirrored on the right handed. It's funny how now the problem is exact opposite

I caught that SC2 Terran theme at the end.

Any plans for a return to counter strike refresher video, with how the new stuff works and refreshers of the old with new considered (like utility, weapon loadouts with economy and team roles, new competitive systems, etc)?

I instinctively follow the tracers as it makes sense thats where the shot would go. This has messed me up massively with the AK, but all other weapons seem to be fine. Galil seems far more spot on, M4 seems good so I'm wondering if this is just limited to the AK specifically.

Aight anchorman lmao!! Love the voice and vibe of the video, you need news fonts scrolling across the screen!!

One thing I WISH they would do with CS2 is make it so solo players only get matched with other solo players, or at least an option. It'd just be a nice feature for the more casual players that aren't looking to sweat it out every single game because they keep running into 3-mans or 5-mans.

Left handed models would mess the smoke penetration thing. You could spam the left right hand model and make a huge whole on the smoke. Think about it I think it wont happened at all

Something is off with animations or server-client updates. There are far too many moments where your kill or death is substantially delayed by at least 100ms. This is multiple ticks worth of server updates that are just not being utilized. I don’t remember that happening in CSGO much even on 64 tick. Surely the sub stick window of 15ms in between ticks is not the issue as at most the difference between subtick information and the old plain tick update rate is at most 14ms. I hope this is fixable because I don’t think even 128 tick will be able to solve this problem. I don’t care about the lack of new content but I think the map pool needs rotation. Nobody wants to play Anubis, Ancient, and Vertigo. We need Train, Cobble, and Cache back.

I think it’s a great progression of the game. Love it :)

I'm a brand new player to CS and it is INCREDIBLY fun. I obsoletely love it. I know nothing about the game before CS2 and this was very inciteful. But I feel like I'm coming into the game at an important time where I will be able to have lots of fun for the next couple of years. I don't have any complaints about the game, and it feels very complete. And the people I have played ranked with are really nice and supportive.

They did remove Danger Zone as well. I haven't seen (or least read into patch notes for not playing in a long time) anything that explained why... So that was an interesting removal for CS2.

My friends and I got super excited when CS2 dropped. My friend, with 100 hours in the game, was matched against players with 3000+ hours. We haven’t played since Thursday. it’s going to be difficult to convince him to play this game if that continues to happen

The most balanced and level-headed take on the CS2 release so far! Thanks as always Warowl ❤

I hope they add left handed view model back. I’m left handed and it feels more natural to me so when i switched to CS 2 it took a while to get used to it