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Counter Strike 2 update wipes nearly $2 billion off skin market value by making fancy knives and gloves easier to get [Eurogamer]
Submitted 3 weeks ago by theangriestbird@beehaw.org to gaming@beehaw.org
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dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Is Counter Strike ever going to innovate or just keep monetizing with empty fluff?
Moonguide@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Think the biggest innovation they did for csgo was molotovs, and for cs2 was smokes being affected by bullets and explosions. Other than that, I think it’s been largely the same.
Though do keep in mind, I have about 30h across source, csgo, and 2 combined; odds are I missed stuff.
Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Missing all of the fun custom maps people made, like surf, gun game, glass, think there was some zombie game mode where Ts were Zombies
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I am not saying I don’t understand there being a core competitive game that is meant to stay relatively unchanged like a sport… but CS2 doesn’t have destructible environments, it doesn’t have vehicles, it doesn’t have any innovation at all other than being more like a slot machine than the last Counter Strike which was basically the same as the Counter Strike before it.
A game this big I expect to have a core competitive very minimal core that stays relatively unchanged yes, but I also expect a bunch of more fun and more varied and changing stuff surrounding it that most players actually engage in. No not skins and shit, it makes me want to vomit even looking up that stuff and how many results you get for how to “invest” in CS skins (eeeeewww wtf?) I mean actual different gameplay with novel experiences to sustain and compliment the competitive unchanging core….
mctoasterson@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
CS 1.6 with War3 mod was peak. Classes, Skill Trees, leveling up based on kills and rounds won.
Reviving teammates, insanely OP grenades, partial invisibility, and other ridiculous abilities.
strongarm@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Yeah that was really fun and really helped with community servers bridging pepe together
DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I got bored in the 1.6 and CS Source days, are people even playing different maps or is it still the same 5 maps over and over and over?
At least you can surf and bhop properly in these games.
Try searching for surf_.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Eeew they got rid of surfing/made it way slower?
I would be way more pissed about this if Xonotic didn’t exist, that was one of the few spontaneous aspects of CS that I found fun to explore.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
They keep finding innovative new ways of removing skill from the game and making more shit up to RNG.
That’s why I quit playing.
MourningDove@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
What a weird fucking world we live in where this is a headline.
1984@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Ok but the game is so full of cheaters its not even worth playing.
Kissaki@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
What if I’m only role-playing for the skins?
Valliac@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Over pixels?
Nah, you got what you get.
Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Oooh I feel like that might be a bad idea for valve, but might be good for everyone else. I don’t personally play, but I would assume some of their player base is invested in the gambling. If they feel discouraged, it might be enough for them to stop.
roserose56@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I want to see ohnepixel face on this one.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Oh, no!
Anyway …
On a more serious note, if this is what people choose to waste money on, that’s of course their right. It’s just NFTs with extra steps.
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
yeahhh at least in this context there’s a built-in playground where you can show off your expensive purchases. NFTs are insufferable because NFT owners are always trying to talk to you about their NFTs. I think CS players know that their skins are only cool to other CS players. lol
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
The whole concept of in-game purchases is just foreign to me. I wasn’t even willing to pay 99 cents for a few extra lives in Candy Crush. This market being worth billions is frankly unfathomable.
Rose@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
NFTs are at least independent and won’t disappear if one corporation goes down. Other than that, they’re one and the same, and it’s insane that the same gamers who worship Valve are often the first to bash NFTs.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
NFTs with fewer steps, but yeah.