The Limited Test of the newest Counter-Strike 2 is at full blast. Professional players, streamers, and content creators have already had a chance to try out what Valve has to offer. For example, smooya had hit 1,000,000,000 total views on his latest CS2 stream! Here, we will look closer at new features, stream clips, and a few funny bugs players encountered while playing CS2. Also, we will find out how CS:GO community reacted to the announcement of Counter-Strike 2 launching this very summer. In article you will find: When Valve announced Counter-Strike 2 yesterday, they had already shown the most significant changes to our beloved game, including reworked smokes, new graphics and maps, and no-tick-rate gameplay. You can find out more about these changes here. However, since the Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test launched, more new features have been revealed by pro players streaming the gameplay. Currently, the Limited Test only offers a Deathmatch Mode and 5×5 Unranked Mode on de_dust2 for players lucky enough to get an invitation. Counter-Strike 2 has a redesigned main menu and developer console. In Counter-Strike 2, developers added a new sound of dropping and picking up C4. It is now more distinct. Smooya showed the new pre-match load screen, which displays the team’s characters with different weapons, and destroyed bots in his first-ever played round of Counter-Strike 2. In Counter-Strike 2, training grenades are on a whole new level. Now, on a training server, you will see pre-throw trajectories of the nade while aiming, and also the game will show you where is it landing in real time after the throw. Legs! You will be able to see your legs! Previously, when you looked down in-game, there were no legs of your character’s model visible, and this is about to change in Counter-Strike 2. Here's the feet pics you've been asking about: pic.twitter.com/l41NqAs5wn Another satisfying feature coming In Counter-Strike 2 is the permanent consistency of jump throws. No more binds! In CS2 jump throws are possible and consistent without a bind, therefore there is no jump throw bind. Try jump throws and let us know what you think. You are able to land jump throw smokes consistently WITHOUT a jump throw bind in #counterstrike2 👀 pic.twitter.com/NruWWAu7uX Also, users found models of two new knives: Twinblade and Kukri. So exciting! Here is what the model of the Kukri knife style looks like. The Kukri is a short dagger with a contrasting recurve in its blade that originated in Nepal. It is used as a melee weapon and a standard cutting instrument across most of South Asia. And here’s the screenshot showing the model of the Twinblade knife. We bet that this knife will be extremely popular once it is released, thus extremely expensive. Although Valve has not yet announced that new knives are coming to Counter-Strike 2, it is more than likely that we will get to see them in-game in the future. If you are still here, then you like it! Follow us on Twitter to discover more & enjoy every CS moment. 2 entirely new knife models have been found in the CS 2 beta files 👀 Zeus now has an inspecting animation, meaning we might get Zeus skins in the future. Is anyone as hyped up about it as we are? The Zeus being inspectable in #counterstrike2 can only mean one thing. Explaining your 200 IQ strategies will become much easier, as in Counter-Strike 2, you will be able to draw on the map, like in DOTA 2. Drawing on map CONFIRMED @jamesbardolph ✏️ pic.twitter.com/45F6PPqPLe New radio announcements are coming to Counter-Strike 2 in male and female voices. Looks like we're getting new @CounterStrike 2 radio announcers. The sounds of many weapons have been changed. Check out the new sound of the AWP’s scope, for example. What do you think of the new AWP sounds? 🔊#counterstrike2 pic.twitter.com/WSQjaRECN2 Some other new features include: As of now, these are all new features of the new game apart from the one’s Valve described on the Counter-Strike 2 website. As the launch date approaches, we are sure to hear more from the developers. n0thing did a master class on nailing the round with the new smoke mechanics in mind. Pimp was onto something showing an incredible strategy for Counter-Strike 2, but a series of unfortunate events led to this clip. aaand there you have it, ladies and gentlemen. Pimp tricks meet Counter-Strike 2 🤣#Counterstrike2 #CS2 pic.twitter.com/4EBsImdvHn One of the first aces in Counter-Strike 2 by Znorux. Counter-Strike 2 ACE 💀@CounterStrike ❤️ pic.twitter.com/sJqaA2R4Zk NAVI posted a couple of highlights that s1mple hit yesterday on his stream. CS2 calls 📞 pic.twitter.com/dbB3SZ0YQV In one of the rounds of the new Counter-Strike 2, smooya’s knife caught fire! This is surely a bug, but hey, um, Valve… could this become a feature? We are unsure what happened here, but it is an amusing bug. Imagine a game mode with AWP shooting with the speed of a Negev, that would be hilarious. Professional CS:GO teams, players, and content creators posted their first impressions about Counter-Strike 2 on Twitter. Here are a few tweets we have found to share with you. Team Vitality shared the players’ first impressions of Counter-Strike 2 gameplay. First Counter Strike 2 impressions 🧐 pic.twitter.com/MWkGK0RmBz FaZe Clan also posted a video of their CS:GO roster discussing Counter-Strike 2 trailers. OUR HONEST REACTION TO COUNTER-STRIKE 2 pic.twitter.com/o9eaz4V86v A FaZe Clan player, Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken, posted his impressions on Counter-Strike 2 on his Twitter account after actually playing the game. He enjoyed the new graphics, open skyboxes, and new smokes and Molotov mechanics. The open skybox's and the new smokes are going to bring a new depth competitively and help the game evolve. The new smokes and molotovs are a big improvement, better visibility for both, almost entirely removing the ability to 1-way either one. Well done @CounterStrike 😊 Streamer TimTheTatman also encountered a firing glitch while testing Counter-Strike 2. Complexity shared a clip from his stream. 🤣 First impressions… If you remember, the ESL Pro League Season 17 Playoffs are still happening. The organizers asked several pro players to share their first impressions after the Counter-Strike 2 playtest at the venue. Well here it is… Jake Lucky also gathered a few tweets of pro players reacting to Counter-Strike 2. CS pros give their thoughts on Counter Strike 2 👀 pic.twitter.com/22OaKBfXe0 Nail polish? I don’t see why not. Petition to add custom nail polish skins to @CounterStrike 2 now that we can see our feet 🦶💅 pic.twitter.com/LCmuGSrB7B CS:GO community loves memes, and the announcement of Counter-Strike 2 is an excellent newsbreak for new memes. We have scoured the Twitter accounts of professional teams, players, event organizers, and content creators to bring you the best Counter-Strike 2 memes. Hey, @CounterStrike, we have an idea for skins. pic.twitter.com/oKijWB68Tf CS 2 map improvements are insane! pic.twitter.com/fVeny8EOzz rest in peace to a legend pic.twitter.com/AHluYsGN8S Can't wait to see all my skins in the sick new CS2 graphics on 4:3 and lowest video settings 😈 pic.twitter.com/6M55xTZ1UI Trying to hide behind smokes in @CounterStrike 2: pic.twitter.com/8Qzkdx77Aw FEET 😍 pic.twitter.com/33fz9aJsOT Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ❌ When you're trying to run a tournament and Counter-Strike 2 drops.#ESLProLeague pic.twitter.com/uWEANisjRN COUNTER-STRIKE 2 texture detail: very low pic.twitter.com/d2uURZjaz7 purrfect day pic.twitter.com/ctROm5lVBF ¯_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/f4kZdd3enj walking outside behind all these people that don’t know counter-strike 2 is out and it makes me sick BREAKING NEWS: If you've ever had VALORANT installed your Steam account has been permanently blacklisted from the Counter-Strike 2 Beta RIPBOZO YOU WONT BE MISSED pic.twitter.com/WSVQ0x53oJ Our Counter Strike 2 looks different.. pic.twitter.com/wx7Nwr3Uxg shoutout to all the believers. they called us crazy. look at us now pic.twitter.com/i1RVmIKzME Me waiting for beta key: pic.twitter.com/cpY4dVdt3e Perfection. pic.twitter.com/BA0zKIHGMf the counter strike 2 hopium is real pic.twitter.com/7KjckDI3rZ The time has come @CSGO pic.twitter.com/mWInAP9KR8 Got selected for Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test pic.twitter.com/MdUmvCPlYE The new smokes are cool and all, but can you do this in CS2? pic.twitter.com/65WNdxCxa7 NiKo would have hit this on CS2 pic.twitter.com/3Tc51KZlAt They don't know CS2 is out pic.twitter.com/nE0iuppETu These surely brought a good portion of laughter! Counter-Strike 2 looks amazing so far! Are you among the few lucky ones who have had a chance to try it out already? If not, check out the Limited Test F.A.Q. on Steam Support to find out all the details of the testing and how to get an invite. Explore our blog for more articles about CS:GO (and CS2) cosmetics, in-depth game guides, and esports news. Also, stay tuned for updates on Counter-Strike 2!Advertisement
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