CS2 Has Become Valve’s Worst-Rated Game Ever

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Out of all Valve games ranging from Left 4 Dead to Portal, nothing boasts worse reviews than Counter-Strike 2 right now. On Steam, the recent review marker reads ‘Mixed’, and in total, there are almost one million reviews considered as negative.

From hitbox issues to concerns with the ‘sub tick’ structure of the servers, and from a stripped-down platform overall to more cheaters than ever before, there are plenty of things that are irritating players of late.

Recently, one professional player, Oleksandr ‘s1mple’ Kostyliev, went on record slamming CS2, stressing that players shouldn’t get on board with the game for a few months, thanks to the teething issues that it’s experiencing.

It seems that the Counter-Strike community is wrestling with a series of concerns regarding Valve’s recent ‘update’ of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which existed for a straight decade. At the start of September, Valve released Counter-Strike 2, which is seen as being the next generation of Counter-Strike, but fans from the most casual to the most elite are finding plenty of things to complain about.

On Steam, Counter-Strike 2 has now become Valve’s worst-rated game. That includes all the historic reviews accrued by CSGO over the years, as essentially, Counter-Strike 2 just ‘hijacked’ CSGO’s store page on Steam following its global release. Steam reviews are divided into two categories, ‘all reviews’ and ‘recent reviews.’ Encompassing all reviews, the overall Counter-Strike 2 rating is ‘very positive.’ However, these reviews also include those posted for previous versions of Counter-Strike, including CSGO, as CS2 has simply inherited the Counter-Strike Steam page. Based on more than 160,000 recent reviews, the game has a ‘mixed’ rating, lower than any other Valve game.

Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Portal, Portal 2, Dota 2, both Left 4 Dead games, and even the much-criticized Half-Life Source – none of these games have a ‘mixed’ rating either based on all reviews or recent reviews. Likewise, previous versions of Counter-Strike that are still available, including Counter-Strike Source and Counter-Strike 1.6, have higher ratings than CS2, as do Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat, and Half-Life: Alyx.

Between the revamped Counter-Strike 2 maps and the best Counter-Strike 2 crosshairs, Valve’s FPS game sequel seemingly has plenty to offer as it replaces CSGO. The next iteration of the longstanding multiplayer shooter that began all the way back in 2000, Counter-Strike 2 represents one of the biggest PC gaming launches of the year. Nevertheless, it continues to attract criticism from the CS community, and has now picked up a Steam rating unseen among any other Valve games.