Counter-Strike 2 is the most botched game release I've ever seen. Valve thought it would be a good idea to have this title literally replace the prior installment "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" on Steam entirely, which would probably be fine if the game actually was a straight upgrade in every respect -- but it was and is far from that.
I won't write about the cut features, bugs, and other gameplay issues which were most likely discussed to death in other reviews. Most of those (except some alternative gamemodes -- most notably Danger Zone) were added/fixed by now, but what remains is the cheater problem.
I think it would be a conservative estimate if I said that 80% of my matches in the competitive gamemodes were against some count of cheaters. That is players who will prefire you at the least likely spots, flashbang the most remote locations to try to get you, shoot you even before you turn a corner, or just spin-bot and headshot your entire team through walls.
In the past I thought CS:GO had a cheater problem, but Valve have actually managed to let it get way WAY worse.
Needless to say it is impossible to recommend this game to anyone in its current state.

Counter-Strike 2 is the most botched game release I've ever seen. Valve thought it would be a good idea to have this title literally replace the prior installment "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive" on Steam entirely, which would probably be fine if the game actually was a straight upgrade in every respect -- but it was and is far from that. I won't write about the cut features, bugs, and other gameplay issues which were most likely discussed to death in other reviews. Most of those (except some alternative gamemodes -- most notably Danger Zone) were added/fixed by now, but what remains is the cheater problem. I think it would be a conservative estimate if I said that 80% of my matches in the competitive gamemodes were against some count of cheaters. That is players who will prefire you at the least likely spots, flashbang the most remote locations to try to get you, shoot you even before you turn a corner, or just spin-bot and headshot your entire team through walls. In the past I thought CS:GO had a cheater problem, but Valve have actually managed to let it get way WAY worse. Needless to say it is impossible to recommend this game to anyone in its current state.