I love CS since I'm a kid and it really pains me to see it in this state.

- Cheaters in almost every game (Internal, External, DMA)
- VAC Live is not enough and doesn't seem to catch most cheaters.
- Reporting cheaters feature doesn't seem to work.
- Players boosted by cheaters are not punished.
- Griefing report system is being abused by bad actors.
- 3K+ hours accounts matched against lvl0 smurf/cheater accounts.
- Premier matchmaking ELO teams unbalanced.
- 5 stacks team matched against solo randoms too often.
- Forced to play against players with 90-130+ ping every game.
- Fake 20 yrs old Steam accounts bought on Ebay everywhere.
- No region lock for Turkey, Russia and China.
- Most community gamemodes have disappeared.
- Impossible to hold angles now, peeker's advantage is too strong.
- The community became super toxic even in casual.
- Every player have cheating paranoia and hackusing/reporting easily.
- Scammer accounts trying to steal my CS2 skins everyday.
- Legit players banned because of bad CS2 updates.
- Some game breaking bugs that can get you stuck or CTD.
- Tabbing in 4:3 bug, screen flashing between the game and desktop.
- RTX 2080TI performs poorly in this game I get fps issues/stutters.
- Sound from footsteps direction can be hard to locate.
- Hardcoded 64 tick, no 128tick.
- Hit registration is better than before but still needs work.
- Spraying feels weird and random in CS2, not sure why.
- Weird grenade collision on some maps like Ancient.
- Smoke grenade doesn't extinguish molly instantly anymore.
- Player collision that can get annoying on some maps like Inferno.
- Missing maps cbble, train, cache, assault, militia, tides, chateau.
- No new content since CS2 release, hopefully next operation.
- CS:GO + all my 167 achievement deleted from Steam, oof

I have faith that the future AI anti-cheat Valve is working on will be a huge help against all the CS cheaters, but I think that an intrusive anti-cheat might be the way to go in the future. Every online multiplayer game is plagued by the same cheating problem and intrusive anti-cheats seem to be the most effective way to dealing with them. I hope everything I listed above will get improved or fixed in the future and I will update this negative review into a positive one.
Fingers crossed Valve doesn't let CS die.

I love CS since I'm a kid and it really pains me to see it in this state. - Cheaters in almost every game (Internal, External, DMA) - VAC Live is not enough and doesn't seem to catch most cheaters. - Reporting cheaters feature doesn't seem to work. - Players boosted by cheaters are not punished. - Griefing report system is being abused by bad actors. - 3K+ hours accounts matched against lvl0 smurf/cheater accounts. - Premier matchmaking ELO teams unbalanced. - 5 stacks team matched against solo randoms too often. - Forced to play against players with 90-130+ ping every game. - Fake 20 yrs old Steam accounts bought on Ebay everywhere. - No region lock for Turkey, Russia and China. - Most community gamemodes have disappeared. - Impossible to hold angles now, peeker's advantage is too strong. - The community became super toxic even in casual. - Every player have cheating paranoia and hackusing/reporting easily. - Scammer accounts trying to steal my CS2 skins everyday. - Legit players banned because of bad CS2 updates. - Some game breaking bugs that can get you stuck or CTD. - Tabbing in 4:3 bug, screen flashing between the game and desktop. - RTX 2080TI performs poorly in this game I get fps issues/stutters. - Sound from footsteps direction can be hard to locate. - Hardcoded 64 tick, no 128tick. - Hit registration is better than before but still needs work. - Spraying feels weird and random in CS2, not sure why. - Weird grenade collision on some maps like Ancient. - Smoke grenade doesn't extinguish molly instantly anymore. - Player collision that can get annoying on some maps like Inferno. - Missing maps cbble, train, cache, assault, militia, tides, chateau. - No new content since CS2 release, hopefully next operation. - CS:GO + all my 167 achievement deleted from Steam, oof I have faith that the future AI anti-cheat Valve is working on will be a huge help against all the CS cheaters, but I think that an intrusive anti-cheat might be the way to go in the future. Every online multiplayer game is plagued by the same cheating problem and intrusive anti-cheats seem to be the most effective way to dealing with them. I hope everything I listed above will get improved or fixed in the future and I will update this negative review into a positive one. Fingers crossed Valve doesn't let CS die.