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Counter-Strike 2has officially replacedCounter-Strike: Global Offensive,but while this is an exciting development for the community, any old achievements that they may have had are now gone. Somefans are unhappy about this after collecting all 167 of them, some of which required significant effort.Counter-Strikeis known for its high skill ceiling, and this was reflected in theCS:GOachievements.
The update fromCS:GOtoCounter-Strike 2took place on September 27, after around 6 months of invite-only beta testing. A lot of information aboutCounter-Strike 2was shared during the beta test, but the removal of all theCS:GOachievements is taking some players by surprise.
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All 167CS:GOachievements have been replaced with a singleCounter-Strike 2achievement called “A New Beginning.” A Reddit user going by the name TheDudeofDC opened a discussion on the matter, which drew frustrated responses from achievement hunters in the comments. Others were more ambivalent, saying that a lot of people use third-party programs to unlock them anyway and that they have no real-world value. While that sentiment may hold some truth, those who had spent the time and energy collecting the achievements certainly value them.
“To be fair plenty of the GO achievements were broken anyway so good riddance,” writes Asdi144, alluding to the fact that someCS:GOachievements had become nearly impossible to get through legitimate means. For example, the “Aztec Map Veteran” achievement is for all intents and purposes unobtainable since Aztec was removed from the map pool in November 2017. Some commenters speculated that Valve might add achievements later on, but there are no known plans to do so as of this writing.Counter-Strike 2has shown impressive player numbersin spite of this disappointing news and may be on track to breakCS:GO’s all-time concurrent player record of over 1.8 million.
It doesn’t make sense to include achievements that aren’t obtainable inCounter-Strike 2, but it is also understandable that players who spent time getting all of them inCS:GOfeel upset at the new development. Perhaps Valve will find a way to acknowledge or reward those who had painstakingly collectedCS:GOachievements in the future. While some players will be disappointed withCounter-Strike 2dropping their achievements, there is room for cautious optimism about some of the game’s more glaring issues being addressed.Counter-Strike’s new VAC Live anti-cheat systemwill hopefully thin out the rampant herd of cheaters that was often the subject of complaints inCS:GO.
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