Valve’s choice to alter one core setting has Counter-Strike 2 gamers in an uproar

The continuing Counter-Strike 2 beta has launched a number of key modifications to beloved options, and lots of have been fairly properly acquired, however Valve’s current bind capability change could be one step too far for the participant base.

Having a number of binds hooked up to at least one key appears to be a factor of the previous. In a March 30 patch, Valve created a one-key bind most, which forces gamers to make use of a distinct button to do separate binds. 

The change collected a mass of disgruntled Counter-Strike gamers in a same-day Reddit publish, and the group fortunately roasted Valve’s choice to take away the long-standing setting custom. Not solely that, they’ve already began a petition.

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The group believes the settings change could have a collection of unintended penalties, probably impacting gamers who want these forms of collective CS2 binds. The change principally simply confused gamers, because the setting has been round because the early days of Counter-Strike.

Particularly, one message was clear: gamers need the setting again.

Gamers famous the truth that CS2 has grow to be “much less customizable” is regarding for these with disabilities. Customers that “want to make use of totally different aliases that handle all (their) buys binds” might be closely impacted by this variation, making their recreation tougher within the course of. The group believes the modernized change to binds which were round since Quake simply appears to solely make issues harder.

Fortunately, these undesirable modifications got here alongside a number of welcomed modifications. Gamers can now roam free round Mud 2 with out being instantly domed by a gamer who used the wall-hack console command. The most recent patch additionally added sounds and visible modifications, however this bind tweak appears to be a step within the unsuitable course.

Hopefully, Valve will take into account this for its subsequent patch. Altering it again will significantly enhance the expertise of sure gamers within the Counter-Strike fandom.

Author: Ronnie Neal