Counter-Strike GO just got updated and now is called CS2, marking a new era in one of the most well-known FPS games.

As a person who went through a lot of CS games starting with CS 1.6, CS:Condition Zero, and, of course, CS Source, CS:GO was feeling as a very modern game.
After spending 2k+ hours in CS:GO, learning all possible tactics, smokes, making custom configs and binds, returning to CS every once in a while was fun. What was not fun is when the game initially became F2P, consequences of that being waves of cheaters every few months.

Now let`s talk about CS2.
Graphics improved a lot and all the dark spots are now brighter, maps feel more smooth and wider, which is good. A lot of great things were introduced in CS2, like new smokes, a lot of settings to customize your way of playing, ranking system changed and now you get an individual ranking for each map.

And that`s where good things end (in my opinion).

Here is the list of what still needs improvements and updates, and what needs to be added:

• Ranking system is really messed up right now
  You update to CS2, see that you need to win 10 matches to get your rank, you go competitive, win 10 matches only to realize that then you get a rank for specific map, and if you want to get a rank, or, what is now called CS Rating, you need to play Premier. Playing Competitive mode doesn`t really give you anything rather than rank for specific maps (and as of now, everybody gets Silver IV rank) and training those maps for Premier matches.
  Previous ranking system was more straight forward and easy to follow compared to new main CS Rating system with bunch of numbers - here is a detailed guide by me explaining new ranking system
  So forget about becoming The Global Elite - well, you can become such in Wingman, or on some maps, but what`s the point of that if nobody is gonna see your rank for the latter?
  
  
• Won matches count from CS:GO is reset
  Why remove amount of won matches for Competitive mode in CS:GO, but keep it and rank for Wingman?
  
  
• It`s not a separate game, but forced update
  Why merge CS:GO and CS2, when it is better to separate games? I mean, not everyone has a good PC to run those new graphics, with average player playing on a microwave/potato PC
  
  
• Weapons feel different
  It feels and seems that spray patterns have changed and/or weapon balance has been messed up - you can`t spray the same way with an AK-47, neither you can rush B with MAC-10, but you can now completely dominate with Nova shotgun
  
  
• No workshop custom maps 2.11.2023 update finally brings Workshop maps
  Forget about aim training on custom maps, forget about learning smokes/flashes etc, or basically warming up
  
  
• No way to practice efficiently on Practice mode
  Using basic warmup.cfg commands for in Practice mode with bots where you can practice smokes, etc. don`t work or are broken.
  Also as of now, not possible for your friend to join same practice custom map with you being host (other person is kicked out of lobby and can`t join your match).
  
  
• Autoexec.cfg
  A lot of commands / binds from custom CS:GO configs are rather not available, not working, or are introduced in settings officially. Example - you can`t change hands from right to left view.
  Oh yes, the path to autoexec.cfg is now changed
  
  
• Some launch parameters aren`t available
  "-novid" launch parameter doesn`t work
  
  
• No Danger Zone anymore
  I don`t know the reasons for removing that, I guess maybe not a lot of players played it?
  
  
• No Overwatch available
  You can already start to see a ton of cheaters, and reporting them doesn`t change anything for now (I guess Valve is busy creating skins for nades?)
  
  
• No group tags
  Custom group tags aren`t available in-game
  
  
• New maps (Ancient and Anubis) and removed (and still not introduced) old maps in Competitive mode
  Where is Train, Cache, Cobblestone?!
  Anubis feels like a schizophrenic version of Dust 2, while Ancient slightly reminds of de_aztec

They basically removed everything what was necessary for a pro/veteran player, and made it more casual and fancy looking for kids.

So, as a conclusion, CS:GO felt as a mature version of CS, while CS2 feels like Apex Legends / Fortnite, being more focused on skins, animations of player models, etc.
It might eventually become better, but for now, I doubt it.