I have a couple hundred hours into CS, I was never too serious because I know I'm a decent AWPer and an average at best aimer in general (in big part due to wrist/nerve issues,) but I legitimately had no idea in my short return to CS2 how much had been changed or why.
Call me a casual, which I am all things considered, but at least the rebrand was less of a train wreck than Overwatch 2 in terms of outright removal of features and crafting a malicious monetization scheme and an overall worse experience.
As someone who has been around for effectively all of the history of Counter Strike, this is a step in the direction. Not a good direction, not a bad direction, just a step somwhere.
Call me a casual, which I am all things considered, but at least the rebrand was less of a train wreck than Overwatch 2 in terms of outright removal of features and crafting a malicious monetization scheme and an overall worse experience.
As someone who has been around for effectively all of the history of Counter Strike, this is a step in the direction. Not a good direction, not a bad direction, just a step somwhere.