I've been playing CS:GO since it has been released, it's always been a good competitive game, with some issues, but none that are game breaking.

Counter Strike 2, the only game that is released as an update to another game, as opposed to a separate game all together. This is a move, naturally, done by valve to secure it's multi-billion dollar asset market (feel free to look up the value yourself), which most of us refer to as the CS Skin market. Now while i might have have an ethical problem with a large multinational business benefiting from unregulated gambling targeted primarily at children, it hasn't stopped me from playing the game so far. Even the fact that almost all forms of creative expressions have been monetized, such as the spray, has not prevented me from enjoying a good comp with old friends.

What takes the cake for me, is the fact that somehow, after decades of experience, Valve has managed to release the same game, which underwent incredibly minimal changes(for good reasons) with brand new issues. A game with an engaged community, that takes care of the game it cherishes, has been here for valve since the start. As a matter of fact, the community has birthed this game, as mod for the half-life 2.

So i ask, with the support of billions of dollars, a loving community and a literal decade of experience with the same game, how do you allow for the rise of so many new issues?

What team of senior coders at valve has written a code that makes rejoining a game complicated? An issue that has never existed before, disruptive at the core of game play, splitting up the party before the game even starts. Personally, i encountered others having the issue too many times, be it randoms on my team, or opponents.

But now i know what it feels like to have my game crash on overpass, launch up the game and join into a different lobby on Ancient(of all maps) and lose over 1000 rating points. Valve, you will always serve as an example for me, that even those game designer that seem to care the most, will always give in to greed as long as there is enough money and time involved.

UPDATED REVIEW:
After my last review, i have spent another 199 hours playing this game. I have thought a lot, i have reconsidered. In the end i can only say that this game absolutely unplayable. You want to play Competitve? Hackers. Premier? Hackers. Deathmatch? Yes, you guessed it!

Without the help of the community and third party software this game would be gone. The only way to play/endure this game is on faceit or other services with comparable anti-cheat.