Alright, I'm a new player to CS. Picked up Global Offensive in 2015 - 2016 which was the first time i'd touch any CS game. And then the current 700+ hours followed so I'll share my two cents:

CS2 is basically Global Offensive but modernized. Gameplay feels familiar enough, core mechanics are unchanged (except for the trade ups ofcourse but...yikes) and overall it's just a new way to keep our beloved GO spirit alive.

That being said, after ten years they still haven't fixed the cheater problem. At all. That is one of the few nitpicks I have against this game. Other than that, sure I'd say go ahead and play it for a few hours & see if you like it. Prime status helps with getting less cheaters but to be honest, roughly 60% of the playerbase is cheating anyways which just straight up sucks.

TL;DR CS:GO went super saiyan 2 but still has a cheater problem. Game good, Anticheat horrible. 7/10

Alright, I'm a new player to CS. Picked up Global Offensive in 2015 - 2016 which was the first time i'd touch any CS game. And then the current 700+ hours followed so I'll share my two cents: CS2 is basically Global Offensive but modernized. Gameplay feels familiar enough, core mechanics are unchanged (except for the trade ups ofcourse but...yikes) and overall it's just a new way to keep our beloved GO spirit alive. That being said, after ten years they still haven't fixed the cheater problem. At all. That is one of the few nitpicks I have against this game. Other than that, sure I'd say go ahead and play it for a few hours & see if you like it. Prime status helps with getting less cheaters but to be honest, roughly 60% of the playerbase is cheating anyways which just straight up sucks. TL;DR CS:GO went super saiyan 2 but still has a cheater problem. Game good, Anticheat horrible. 7/10