Valve has today announced Counter-Strike 2, which will be arriving in Summer 2023 and they've released some details on what's changed.
This will be a big free Source 2 upgrade for Global Offensive, with some of the features being announced now including responsive smoke, sub-tick updates for more responsive gameplay, overhauled maps, Source 2 tooling for the community, your whole inventory carries over from CS:GO, higher resolution models for basically everything, improved visual effects, an upgraded UI and much much more.
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They're doing a Limited Test too, which is based upon invitations. Seems like they have more to announce, as the limited test and the features being revealed are "a subset of Counter-Strike 2's features, so that major issues can be resolved before the summer" and they will reveal more in "a few months".
As for how to get into the limited test? They will be selecting people based on recent playtime, trust factor, Steam account standing and so on. If you are chosen, you get a notification inside CS:GO, so you'll need to keep checking back with more players being added over time.
The limited test is Windows-only but SteamDB shows it all clearly set up for Linux and macOS too. It's likely just to get the main technical testing done they're keeping the platforms smaller to get it finished.
See more on the new website and the FAQ.
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Responsive smoke? Yes, well, I too hate it when my smoke is unresponsive.
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According to the FAQ, the limited test will only be available on Windows. That's a little strange, I'd have thought Valve would use this game / opportunity to push the Steam Deck[1] and/or native Linux games.
I wonder if the final build will be proton only then?
[1] I'm aware most PC-based FPS players would pick a keyboard / mouse combo any day. However console gamers use gamepads all the time, so it's not as fetched as you may think.
I wonder if the final build will be proton only then?
[1] I'm aware most PC-based FPS players would pick a keyboard / mouse combo any day. However console gamers use gamepads all the time, so it's not as fetched as you may think.
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Makes sense that they'd do a sequel to one of the few games left where they wouldn't have to count to three.
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It's probably not a game, just an item shop with some gamifications => no good fit for Linux…
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mr-victory 22 Mar 2023
Proton? Or Steam inside wine? Anyone?
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Volumetric smokes could be really nice but I am curious to know how it will interact with incendiaries/molotovs.
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This was a good opportunity for CS to turn things around for Linux gamers. CS:GO's deck compatibility is still only "playable." Which is sad considering it's Valve's own title and it continues to be one of their most popular. In late 2021, Valve demonstrated that they don't test their Linux builds. In 2020, they rolled out a new gamemode that to this day only consistently works on Windows. That's right, this issue has had two birthdays!
Excluding Linux players hurts. It suggests that nothing has changed internally. It also means that I won't be able to join my friends when they all get invites. But it is just early testing, so perhaps things could still be different.
Excluding Linux players hurts. It suggests that nothing has changed internally. It also means that I won't be able to join my friends when they all get invites. But it is just early testing, so perhaps things could still be different.
Proton? Or Steam inside wine? Anyone?I'll certainly try Proton. If/when I get enrolled I can report my findings.
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Arehandoro 22 Mar 2023
I don't understand why is it called CS 2 when in reality it is just the same game but with a modern engine/physics/graphics...
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I don't understand why is it called CS 2 when in reality it is just the same game but with a modern engine/physics/graphics...
probably something along the lines of it sounds jazzy and is good for marketing.
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It suggests that nothing has changed internally.
It does. And that the bottom line is still the most important thing, there are more Windows users. Sad.
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I don't know why, but CS GO Deathmatch with Bots (with trackpad and gyro aiming) is one of my favourite things to play on Steam Deck, specifically while "watching" a TV show, while lounging on the couch. I'm not very good at Counter-Strike (or any KB/M centric FPS) nowadays (I used to be quite good, back in the 1.5 days), so I don't play CS on desktop anymore.
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ElectricPrism 22 Mar 2023
Source 2 & VR Vulkan here I come! Amazing. (And VR later I'm sure in at the very least a mod.)
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So does this make it Counter-Counter-Strike or Counter-Strike-Strike???
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So does this make it Counter-Counter-Strike or Counter-Strike-Strike???Alien -> Aliens. So logically,
Counter-Strike -> The Scramfabulous Adventures of Striking Counters 2: The Revengening of Electric Boogaloos Part 1
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fenglengshun 23 Mar 2023
I don't understand why is it called CS 2 when in reality it is just the same game but with a modern engine/physics/graphics...coughOverwatchcough
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ElectricPrism 23 Mar 2023
So does this make it Counter-Counter-Strike or Counter-Strike-Strike???
Counter-Strike: Global-Offensive - Episode Two obviously
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good news:
1)we can be prety much 100% sure that this game will support linux and probably will treat it as first class citizen, it will be opimized for linux as much as it is for windows or maybe even more.
2)it will probably try to squeze 100% of the potential of the steam deck.
3)its a famous ip, so it will have an big impact.
bad news:
1) its an fps, no matter how much we try to make it if an controler, many people will prefer playing it on a mouse+keyboard wich isnt great for an portable like the deck (sure it has the docked mode but its not it main usecase), even if its better on gyro+other controls that the deck provide, than with an mouse, muscle memory will make a lot of people stick to mouse+keyboard.
wait the beta test is windows only? sigh.
i can understand their reasons but that is shooting their own foot now that they have an "console".
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1)we can be prety much 100% sure that this game will support linux and probably will treat it as first class citizen, it will be opimized for linux as much as it is for windows or maybe even more.
2)it will probably try to squeze 100% of the potential of the steam deck.
3)its a famous ip, so it will have an big impact.
bad news:
1) its an fps, no matter how much we try to make it if an controler, many people will prefer playing it on a mouse+keyboard wich isnt great for an portable like the deck (sure it has the docked mode but its not it main usecase), even if its better on gyro+other controls that the deck provide, than with an mouse, muscle memory will make a lot of people stick to mouse+keyboard.
wait the beta test is windows only? sigh.
i can understand their reasons but that is shooting their own foot now that they have an "console".
Last edited by elmapul on 23 Mar 2023 at 8:04 am UTC
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CS:GO's deck compatibility is still only "playable."To be fair, CS:GO is a mouse & keyboard game.
If you played it with a controller (which I would count the Deck as), you'd go down easily and quickly.
Yes, I am aware that you can connect anything to the Deck, but most people do use it "as it is".
So I understand why the Deck is not a focus for Counter-Strike.
That Linux itself doesn't seem to be a focus for it is still somewhat weird, though.
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