Players: We want more optimization for the game and a better VAC
CSGO: You mean you want a battle royale
Players: No w-
CSGO: And you want the game to be free right?
Players: That's a bad ide-
CSGO: We also brought the jump glitch back
Players: Why the ♥♥♥-
CSGO: Primes also been given to anyone who has ever owned CSGO
Players: Are you guys ♥♥♥♥ing morons
CSGO: You can also buy your way into prime.

Valve you are actually ♥♥♥♥ing ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ what the ♥♥♥♥
Here's literally the simplest way we can tell you how to fix this:
- Fix VAC
- Fix Prime
- Fix Bugs
- Don't put a BR into a competitive FPS game
- And don't ♥♥♥♥ing make the game free to play and then give everyone a coin for being ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and actually buying this game.

There was zero communication between CSGO and the players, you legit just asked if we were free Wednesday, and now I wish I was busy so I never would of have to play this.

EDIT: A more structured, critical review.

I decided to try the game again to give a better review rather than just lashing out at what I saw earlier, and in a completely honest way, I'm still unhappy, but not as unhappy as I was prior. I still love this game if it is not evident by the number of hours that I have on my account. But still, I have some critiques on this.

The Battle Royale
When I heard the idea of a battle royale in CS, I was against it, they've never quite been my thing and the popularity of games like fortnite completely destroyed any hope that I had for battle royales in games. However, CSGO's battle royale does have some pros with some cons at the same time. Do take into account that I am biased against battle royales.
Pros:
- It's a fresh new take on the battle royale genre.
- Thing like escorting hostages add a great addition to the game mode as a way to get money whilst still being involved with anything around you.
- The idea of choosing and seeing where others drop is a nice feature.

Cons (take into account I am biased against battle royales):
- It doesn't fit well into a CS game, yes I understand that I don't have to play it but it does my head in that it's advertised on the main screen.
- Ammo is actually harder to find than real life aliens, the fact that you pick ammo up 1 by 1 doesn't make this any easier.
- Drones break if there is a ledge near where you are standing. I bought some ammo and the drone was confused if an inanimate wall was actually me.
- The amount of actual shake you receive when getting hit is akin to an earthquake, given I had some fun with my friends going around and bashing people to the point where it's like the Negev in warmup.
- Finally, it's a battle royale. You didn't have to follow this trend CS, even if it was planned a while ago.

Free To Play
This is one of the more concerning things that I had with the update, CS is already filled with cheaters and can sometimes make the game so irritating that I've put it down for a couple weeks. As 3kliksphilip said its probably the game with the most cheaters (Does CS:GO Updates not entertain you) But now I have some confidence in their decision for making it free to play, it allows more people to experience CS and will most likely double the population which isn't a downside. The thought that Valve has made the game free to play shows that they have confidence in VAC and that VAC will learn a lot more things due to the games new state.

Prime
This issue is one of the main reasons that this review is staying as not recommended. The idea that you can pay into prime and that people who have already bought the game will now have instant prime. This kind of makes me think that prime will be reduced to a standard trust factor match which cheaters are somewhat abundant. But if Valve is confident enough in their VAC, this shouldn't be a problem. However, the amount of cheaters who have probably been grinding enough to get prime on multiple accounts is worrying.

Valve in General
My issue with prime has nothing on this. Valve don't really know much about their audience. We believe that we are entitled due to the amount of♥♥♥♥♥♥they have given us in the past years (AUG Week, R8's introduction *solved quickly, nerfing weapon speeds *this affected pros but they can manage now, #HikoMissed). My problem isn't really with this, it's with Valve's transparency, they never tell us what they're going to do and expect us to all love their new idea like its Chef Boyardee's canned pasta. No one has really ever asked for battle royale in CS, we ask for improvements which are normally disregarded.

In short, I'm upset with this update, but not as upset as I once was, I still have faith in Valve although it is withering at a fast pace.

I just miss source man, the games only full priced because valve can't afford to make Gmod assets free. If Source-style movement was back in the game, I wouldn't care what happens.