The Esports Community Reacts To Counter-Strike 2

After weeks of teasing and speculation, Valve has finally announced Counter-Strike 2 in an official capacity. The multiplayer shooter sequel will feature a bunch of much-needed changes and updates, while addressing longstanding complaints. And it seems like the esports community from all across the nation.

Ex CS-GO player said that the only thing he wants to see is how movement is in CSGO2.

I’m overly positive about the play-testing of CS2.

The only thing I’m scared of is the movement…

I personally LOVE CSGO movement, as it was a skill. A skill that raised the skill ceiling of the game and made a difference.

I didn’t feel that movement in CS2 tonight.

— Jacob “Pimp” Winneche (@PimpCS2) March 23, 2023

CSGO and Valorant player Shroud said that the sequel will blow Valorant away, stating the joke quote “Quit Valorant, it’s done. It’s f***ing over”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9t8Voq82KY

Esports team FaZe Clan reacted to the CSGO 2 announcement. They seem to find the Smoke Grenade intriguing, to say the least.

OUR HONEST REACTION TO COUNTER-STRIKE 2 pic.twitter.com/o9eaz4V86v

— FaZe Clan (@FaZeClan) March 22, 2023

Fnatic’s response to the CSGO2 announcement is pretty simple:

the counter strike 2 hopium is real pic.twitter.com/7KjckDI3rZ

— FNATIC (@FNATIC) March 22, 2023

Malaysian esports caster Sir_Cloud has some thoughts about the game’s new smoke grenades.

Responsive smoke going to be a huge tactical game changer#CS2

— Sir_Cloud (@SirCloudMY) March 23, 2023

Even tech folks like Digital Foundry has some nice things to say about the game’s new GPU-using effects.

Counter Strike 2 has some seriously impressive gameplay driven GPU usage. This reminds me of the cool ambition in graphics we saw back in '05-11. Movable and deformable volumetrics ????? pic.twitter.com/k8KGa8ts10

— Alexander Battaglia (@Dachsjaeger) March 22, 2023

We’re still waiting for the rest of the Southeast Asian esports folks to react to this piece of news. Counter-Strike 2 will be out in Summer 2023 as a free update to CS:GO.