- CS:GO was overwritten by this game in steam, the only decent reason for that is players' migrated inventories (thank you). Together with that this game has overtaken CS:GO's reviews, which feels a bit shady given that CS:GO was made unavailable (I'm aware of the method to launch it, but let's be honest: it's hidden, you gotta know how - why?).

- Graphics look oversaturated, dusty and as if the warmth filter was overtweaked. I personally don't feel visual harmony. This also affects players' models and skins' appearance.

- .. speaking of which, if you are making money with skins, beware that the way materials and texture look is now completely different, it's not known whether it was intentional but the appearance of many (especially older) skins looks deteriorated comparing to that in CS:GO (google screenshot comparisons or try out yourself). 2000-15000€ dopplers and gems look completely fine though, if not better. Be careful with applying collector stickers to your weapons, find a way to preview first. The way skins look like now can change the market dynamics.

- What are the reasons to make the game "more friendly to newcomers" by adding audioradius to radar, bullet tracing, new spray patterns, colored smokes etc., when.. smurfing is still there? The logic behind these priorities is beyond my understanding.

- ELO and Matchmaking. *Sigh* I want to believe, they just didn't get to it yet. It's non-sensical. Does trust factor even exist?

- AI Anticheat. I hope as well that it still has "work in progress" status. Cheating is still possible, and I'm not even talking about S-tier hardware/dma device cheats.

- It's 2023 and it still feels like taking a ♥♥♥♥ shower after enabling voice communication and chat. What, making the game free didn't get you enough data to recognize and ban abusive behavior patterns? Automated voice/text chat recognition, no? Guess keeping the game notorious for it's community has become part of its identity.

- The game in general is moving farer and farer away from it's simplicity and own character.


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There is a lot to write, really but I don't see a point to write everything down.

A good start would be separating this game's reviews from CS:GO first.

- CS:GO was overwritten by this game in steam, the only decent reason for that is players' migrated inventories (thank you). Together with that this game has overtaken CS:GO's reviews, which feels a bit shady given that CS:GO was made unavailable (I'm aware of the method to launch it, but let's be honest: it's hidden, you gotta know how - why?). - Graphics look oversaturated, dusty and as if the warmth filter was overtweaked. I personally don't feel visual harmony. This also affects players' models and skins' appearance. - .. speaking of which, if you are making money with skins, beware that the way materials and texture look is now completely different, it's not known whether it was intentional but the appearance of many (especially older) skins looks deteriorated comparing to that in CS:GO (google screenshot comparisons or try out yourself). 2000-15000€ dopplers and gems look completely fine though, if not better. Be careful with applying collector stickers to your weapons, find a way to preview first. The way skins look like now can change the market dynamics. - What are the reasons to make the game "more friendly to newcomers" by adding audioradius to radar, bullet tracing, new spray patterns, colored smokes etc., when.. smurfing is still there? The logic behind these priorities is beyond my understanding. - ELO and Matchmaking. *Sigh* I want to believe, they just didn't get to it yet. It's non-sensical. Does trust factor even exist? - AI Anticheat. I hope as well that it still has "work in progress" status. Cheating is still possible, and I'm not even talking about S-tier hardware/dma device cheats. - It's 2023 and it still feels like taking a ♥♥♥♥ shower after enabling voice communication and chat. What, making the game free didn't get you enough data to recognize and ban abusive behavior patterns? Automated voice/text chat recognition, no? Guess keeping the game notorious for it's community has become part of its identity. - The game in general is moving farer and farer away from it's simplicity and own character. - - - There is a lot to write, really but I don't see a point to write everything down. A good start would be separating this game's reviews from CS:GO first.