Counter Strike 2 is surprisingly awful on Steam Deck right now
Frame rate and optimization issues currently leave CS2 anything but playable on Steam Deck, but it appears that Valve is working quickly to fix things.
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I try finding out what the 2 is even about, and im seeing stuff like...improved smoke grenades, and ability to refund weapons?
What happened to the number 2 man, that used to be a big deal.
It's a new engine, which is more than enough to warrant a new title imo. CS has been practically the same game many years and has been incredibly successful all that time. The community does not want major gameplay changes, just minor improvements. CS as a series is not like COD or Battlefield.
CS2 has much more advanced and consistent smokes, vastly improved graphics, more advanced netcode, competitive improvments alongside a new competitive mode similar to FaceIT, and loads of quality of life improvements. I think this is more than enough to be considered a sequel.
I’m pretty happy personally that the community server browser no longer looks like it was made in 1996. The new one actually works on my ultrawide monitor, so I can find servers on my own now. In CSGO, I had to have a friend find a server for us and then I’d just join him.
Yep i'm also a big fan of the new browser. Although, I do wish it opened in the overlay instead of a completely separate window.
CS2 is on Source engine 2. Hence the major version bump.
The difference between csgo and cs2 is similar to cs 1.6 to cs source. Its a major change of engine with brings in other changes with it.
Why is it called CS2, though, instead of CS4? I mean, it's the fourth game in the series, isn't it?
Because calling it CS4 would mean admitting they made a "3".
because source wasn't a sequel to them, just an engine port. Why counterstrike 2 is called 2, imo, just because Source 2
Being a new game in a series doesn't necessarily mean that its the next numbered game, especially to valve. Technically speaking, the other counterstrike project (Condition Zero, single player content) is also a thing.
Hence "to them", not to people. They did make changes. But that doesnt stop what they think. Your opinion doesnt change what they think.
Why so aggressive?
They should have called it CS: Source 2, then. The game hasn't changed enough to be considered a sequel. They made the same amount of improvements to this one as they always have in the last. Doesn't make sense to call it a full-blown sequel.
They probably figured that if Blizzard could get away with calling it Overwatch 2, despite being the same game, they probably could too.
Wait until you hear about call of duty
