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The bullets moving the smoke cloud was pretty impressive.

After 12 years, now the CS2 finally looks like BF3 but without destructible buildings

6:41 Valve did the exact same thing to Portal 2, 12 years ago, with the light panels. It's basically an image that moves according to the camera position, to look like it's a 3D object, and this optimizes the game a lot.

Fun Fact: The liquid in the Molotov is entirely an optical illusion. Valvə didn't incorporate physics or any actual liquid inside the bottle. Instead, they developed a highly sophisticated shader system for this particular bottle to achieve a shiny, realistic appearance. WOW!

its funny that even in cs2, the c4 explosion isnt any better than source's

Saw everything as a great improvement! My onlyyyyy small itch is with the Bomb detonation in CS2, visually the explosion looks nice, but it doesn't feel as destructive as csgo where there's a ton of black smoke, the terrain and camera shakes. If they could add some more to it, or even have assets break or move with the explosion, it'd be amazing. But everything else was very stellar, a well needed improvement to visuals and added game features/mechanics!

Wow! The granates combinating and bullets-smoke combination give SO MUCH strategic game variations! Im so impressed!

The more I play CS2 the more I keep thinking: “Man, I wish L4D2 was like this.” This will be revolutionary.

For me cs2 it's happier to look at and could be a huge quality improvement for esport viewers.

It's going to be interesting to see how pro's use and adapt to new interactions with things like sound design and smoke physics

4:15 as someone who has done unity shader dev stuff, this is pretty damn cool. I think the smoke is volumetric and not just a texture, but getting it to block out the sun is cool. I'm also curious if it adds to the shadow map to cast shadows. I'd imagine that would be quite a performance hit though, maybe not if someone smart made it lol. These effects with smoke are really "easy" with raytracing rendering but not so much with rasterization.

I kinda dislike that the dead bodies and the burnt ground disappear soon after appearing in CS2. They should stay there permanently until the end of the round like destroyed doors and windows. It lets other players know there was a fight there not so long ago so they can assume an enemy is still nearby. Also makes the map look cooler. The C4 bomb should also blow up and destroy things around it like in CSS

The bending of the skin when there is a bullet hole is insane

It's not so much a graphical masterpiece but a physicals and lighting rework that's impressive. I just hope it runs as well.

I love the quality and how you care for nearest details like 3D bullet holes etc. But I have a question: will there be story about the maps, missions and terrorist and counter-terrorist squads?

6:43 the downside of parallax occlusion

Only thing you missed was the rag doll differences when you kill an enemy

5:13 the zombies in and headcrabs in HL2 had this jiggle physics

The way how smoke works in CS2 looks so interesting! Shooting and using grenades to fan away the smoke could change how we play CS.

9:37 look at that right leg speaking of legs, it would have been cool to show off the IK (inverse kinematics) on legs, where they realistically adjust to standing on sloped surfaces like ramps

Looks like CS2 will be a massive improvement. I really like how the crosshair follows the recoil; that's the best way to simulate controlling a full-auto firearm in a game.

its pretty beautiful all the changes they have made...even the small ones most people wouldn't notice that much they still puht detail in it withpout chaning the "game" as most developers would. Keeping it OG is the way to go with making updates to graphics and damage mods...amazing. As playing Counter Strike since 2002 on 1.6, and even playing the 1.5beta I can say its come a long long way, and its awesome to see how its evolved :) Always will be my # 1 in my books!!! The smoke effects for CS2 were quite pretty I do say so myself, the way the explosions cleared the smoke was awesome. As well as the bullets clearing a hole, was a great addition! The soccer ball made me laugh...I always try to get a match going In game and see how many people join in! Cant wait....Cheers my dudes and dude-ettes !

That's kinda cool to see that you can actually end up spreading the fire by being in the molotov and running out of it

i love how satisfying seeing the blood splatter after getting a kill in csgo was and now its even better im so excited

"Follow recoil" is a game changer! especially for players who struggle to learn the patterns

8:49 Bullets leaving a trail is pretty big, that means that players exiting the tunnel from the left here can see the trails and attack the sniper on the right rather than getting ambushed

5:25 trypophobia lol

What Valve Thinks we want in cs2 Mechanism,Gameplay What we want Oo water on Molotov and legs

Your videos are so awesome, you put so much effort into them. Long time sub here, please keep 'em coming!

Parallax bullet holes and unique wound decals. I like this a lot

That follow recoil feature will be the game changer

5:35 Looks like a death scene from 2012-2017 CS:GO. I think they tried to make CS2 kind of rhyme with other Counter-Strike games.

Excited for the new physics engine. Its actually refreshing to see props and ragdolls move differently than I’ve gotten used to.

HS Top, the OG Channel. been watching since old L4d2 top 10 hunter plays when I was like 13, now watching CSGO vs CS2 and im 23. crazy

0:50 When your cocktail turns into bud light 😄

8:38 I'm thinking that this follow recoil mechanic will really do something...

Sensacional. Pensaram em todos os detalhes. Incrível ver essa evolução que tivemos desde da época do 1.6 onde eu vivia na Lan-house jogando fy_snow, poolday, de_inferno, assault, de_dust2 com a galera kkkkk'

Wow, the improvements in lighting, modeling, particle effects, and texturing are incredible! It's great to see that the CS:GO team is continuing to innovate and push the boundaries of what's possible in the game. I can't wait to try out CS:GO 2 and see all of these amazing improvements in action. Keep up the great work!

Being able to disapate smoke with bullets and grenades is really cool.

The Follow Recoil option looks fun! I remember seeing this system in Blacklight Retribution and wondering why no other FPS employs it.

0:51 I hope they give a bit animation when holding like moving their hand a bit the weapon or hand, i mean human always moving.

the ending comparison was a nice touch lol

IMO, the way the right foot bends when planting is the best part about CS2 (9:37)

Please valve, tf2 exist too. Just love us the way you love this game.

0:12 Foot was also in l4d but for some reason l4d2 was also removed.

having a "follow recoil" option is game changing

Fun fact : For half-life Alex, there was a dude dedicated to making the water physics for bottles/cups, that code is probably reproduced/reused in cs2

we should get skins for molotovs (bottle skin to be exact), like real life counterparts, rare wine/tequila/whiskey bottles etc

It would be nice if there was an animation when the c4 is deactivating, that you can see that he is holding the deactivator with one hand, and the other on the weapon.

the nade cam thing is hella awesome

I absolutely love that they keep the 1.6 voice prompts still ❤👍

2:16 visual bugs on HE explosion?

Y'know, the first L4D Game did the "seeing your feet" thing first, and that game was from *2008.* But hey, nice to see you are able to do it in the recent CS2.

Finally after all these years, the trees and mesh move in the wind for the first time in a valve game.

9 years for something that can be done in one update 😭😭

I hope overtime they beef up the weapon animations, it doesn't have to be super detailed like tarkov and mw2 but a nice glowup would be awesome while keeping it familiar

High quality content as always, keep it up ❤!!

It seems that whilst the Bullet decals are much improved, that's not actually new geometry. As seen from the corner shot, it's Parallax Mapping. A good example of parallax mapping are the interiors in Spiderman PS4, whilst they are not actually modelled, they appear so.

that smoke grenade with bullet holes is gonna be a game changer

5:30 this sh!t is cursed

10:56 my favorite part of the whole video is this

I'm not even a CS fan, but those smoke effects and interactions are fucking awesome. I can also see new tactics being used with this new system.

the explosions must be like battlefield games

9:37 his right foot is dying

6:48 Oh wow I remember seeing that in HL2 Beta, didn't know it was used on CSGO

that bullet hole is scary, can't believe gaming has gone a long way

The audio engine improvements in CS2 is amazing

Source 2 games will never escape the glory of the HL:A bottle shader

2:55 i guess this is some balancing reason, but why return dissipated smoke back? I'd at least imagine it'd "come back" from the smoke grenade, the center of it, not just accumilate as if some dark force gathering from outside source... they need to change that, either completely gone, like how smoke clears fire, so would grenade "destroy" smoke grenade, or so that smoke actually comes out of the grenade after this, and not just coming back out of the oblivion.

I'm going to use this video as a template to follow. I'm making an FPS game and this is a great reference video.

Used to play cs1.5 and 1.6 back in the day amazes me it’s still going.

So is 10:55 how we're gonna look like surfing in CS2?

Very well explained comparison 🙌🏻

Last seconds: hippyty stabby stab

but you gotta love how "bomb has been planted" hasnt been changed. and i think its iconic

8:34 follow recoil will be a bit of a game changer for managing recoil

One thing worries me, the smoke. Yes, yes I know that this depends on the situation and playstyle, but with this update, they have effectively killed the ninja defuse.

should be able to see each other flying like ghosts when we're dieded

0:11 i love that gabe said that

I don't even play CS:GO or CS2 but it was fun to see the improvements!

I swear, as much as Valve improves CS2.... HS also keeps on improving these type of quality content videos. Kudos!

When the bomb explodes it should have a blast wave :D Maybe some shuttered windows and the sign in A should blow off or something 😄

seems like valve tried to add as much attention to details as they can while keeping the game budget friendly, got some really cool changes

It looks great but with the Zeus electric effect and the fireball from the HE grenade I’m worried this will lead to the game becoming super cartoony in the future. GO, Source and 1.6 had a very gritty feel to them that looks to be most likely on the way out.

0:33 that sounds like Minecraft ngl😂

lighting on that bottle is so realistic it triggered my alcoholic urges

Man, I love that thing that alcohol in Molotov and bottle transparency in CS2 exists

Фейковые углубления от пуль прямо из фиара 2005 года, вот это эволюция

fun fact about molotov’s detail: you can see there’s gas oli water moving

I died laughing when you shot the chicken in the head

cant unhear that new minecraft burning sound of molotov

the pros are complaining about the flash noise in cs2 and that's for a good reason, leave it like in csgo

Are you using an old update? The smokes looks weird just like on release of the limited test, I believe they look as intended now, without those random huge dark parts in the smoke.

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It took 20+ years to have the crosshair follow the recoil. Nice!

one thing they didn't know. when grenade explode, only particles exist. no flame

the cs2 c4 explosion looks very boring, since its still in beta hope its fixe

Well Done , ty for this

0:34 they really got the minecraft burn sound tho 💀