This is such a Valve way to reveal a new game

just the fact you can eliminate smoke in the same way you could remove fire is a game changer

This is the coolest a Smoke Grenade has ever seemed to me, love it.

Always finding new ways to innovate

Ok that’s awesome. But one thing that kind of irks me is the perfect circle the smoke creates when you try to dissipate it with grenades and also the fact that it fills that hole up again to make a perfect cloud is odd. Nonetheless, this looks super fun!

I REALLY like the way it has no fading edges. You either see a part of the enemy or not, making the game a bit clearer in its information. A lot of frustrating nonsense is gone that way, nice!

Valve drops feature trailers without even making a trailer for the game first Absolute legends

Finally seeing the fruits of the labor that went into making Source 2 just makes my heart swell. I don't want to jinx it, but dare I say it: I think Valve is truly back. They're making games, y'all!

When you get more excited about Smoke Grenade demonstration than other developers whole lineup.

Glad to see you back in the business of making big games Valve. That new smoke looks like a great update that will bring some cool gameplay.

I've never been sold on a game before just by smoke dynamics alone, well done, Valve!

Really dig these kind of demos. Straight into the detail

These smokes will be absolutely game changing, no more one ways and less spamming in the smoke that's amazing

I'm not even into multiplayer games, but this looks phenomenal. I'm hyped for you guys!

I could see that a bunch of different play styles and iconic moments will be made from this smoke system alone. Bravo Valve!

I am amazed that you will release part 2 of this game, I have not played cs for about 2 years and this event makes me return to the game!

Aside from Nanite and Lumen in UE5 in general gaming, this has to be one of the best advancements in shooter games in the past 5-10 years. Even though this smoke doesn't work like IRL, the fact that it's dynamic, interactive and just feels like it's part of the environment makes it feel so much more realistic and immersive than how smoke has been done in basically every other game up to this point.

If smoke can interact with the environment, can a spinbot make a tornado with it?

That level of physics and interactivity... that's Valve for you 👍

That's an impactful way to shift the meta around. Interacting with smokes seems very game changer.

Even in an oversaturated and usually uncreative game genre like most realistic shooters, Valve still somehow manages to create really cool things without breaking any core fundamentals of the game that made it great in the first place.

I hope they also make some animations in the game more realistic such as when switching weapons and also the animations in fpp should match the animations in tpp

This is not ruining Smoke plays. This is making them even more agressive

This is actually the most next gen thing ive ever seen. great job. this will be interesting to play

One of the best video game updates I've ever seen, I wasn't expecting this at all valve impresses me as usual

The smoke alone changes up the whole game. Can't wait to see what people make use of it in matches

"Smoke não é parede!"... agora sim! Vai ser lindo assistir as novas estratégias!

I know this is going to sound a bit counter-intuitive for what they are going for with smokes but hear me out. The A1s shouldn't affect the smoke like the other weapons do in terms of making a hole in the smoke to see though. It's not realistic but it still allows for one of the big advantages of the A1s which is not giving away your position when you are spamming smokes. Just an idea. Also incoming Negev meta for dealing with smokes.

Just love how instead of cinematic trailers, we are getting deep dive into gameplay improvements. Feels like old valve again.

Surprised that noone seems to be talking about the change to the recoil animations and how like valorant they now seem to follow the spray pattern. Unless that was introduced in a different update? This is a really awesome change especially for newcomers to the game and giving players feedback within the game, rather than people just googling spray pattern vids.

Not sure how I feel about being able to shoot away the smoke temporarily, guess we'll see how it turns out. Either way so hyped for this!

Finally some innovation, I honestly wouldn't mind more additions like this that changed the gameplay. For example, they changed the machine guns and gave them a bipod but limited players ability to move while deployed. The machine guns are really only used when your winning and wanna goof around. It's probably the only class of weapons in the game that don't really have a function. Right now, they are kind of a weird SMG, run and gun weapon with a more ammo, plus rifle damage.

I'm excited to see how Valve will adapt the CS2 experience for the Steam Deck! They'll surely want it to be a great experience on it!

Very happy with Counter-Strike 2 announcement. My most favorite shooter and one of my favorite games in general. New Responsive Smoke looks incredible.

I didn't think you could make smokes any more complex. Bravo, Valve!

you guys did a AMAZING job with this game, please dont change anything its perfect the way it is

wow thats a huge change in the game and the way information is gained or denied. very interesting to see what the Pro teams will do with this and how it will affect the meta

The smoke fills is really cool, but most of the existing maps are too wide for that, maybe have to try it out on the Cache

Only Valve would ever reveal a game like this, so low-key.

This is honestly an AMAZING idea! will be cool to play this.

I love how they make even more ways to experiment with game mechanics

looks like a really great job. I really want to play the beta version now

You can blow out the smoke cloud using HEs, but it would've been more realistic if the cannister gets displaced as well by the blast. But yeah, that's asking too much and it will change the game dynamics for the worst.

Imagine if Valve later added this mechanic to dota 2, for example, to item which already exist, like, "smoke", or riki's ability "smoke" and to some spells, which maybe can create smoke in theory, that will be so interesting... So much heroes may get reworked by this mechanic, like Techies, Clockwerk, Timbersaw, Tinker or sand king, riki, sniper maybe, bounty hunter, phanthom lancer and phantom assasin.

Looks really awesome, but I wonder how it will pan out in the pro scene. Smokes are going to be weaker in source 2 with these changes.

I love Valve for all the things they have done for Linux and vr gaming ❤

The smoke effect is literally a game changer! I already see that future fps games will have some CS2 features.

this is exactly the kind of stuff i expect from Valve. this level of needless detail, integrated into the gameplay, that i never see other devs putting anywhere near this much attention into. you guys are amazing.

Yoooo nice video! I’m super happy for Valve! Valve is being an actual game company for once!

This is INCREDIBLE. you are changing the gaming industry. ALSO WHOEVER MADE THAT MUSIC IS A GOD. I DONT KNOW WHY BUT GAME MUSIC COMPOSERS ALWAYS MAKE BANGERS FOR NO REASON IN PARTICULAR. BUT I LOVE IT

The smgs bullets should fallow the smoke and draint it out by a little bit , so you would need more smg bullets to clear the smoke , while assault rifle bullets should push away the smoke . If that makes sense anyway .

Wow, this is actually pretty cool. Being able to interact with the smoke through fire or a grenade essentially introduces a new gameplay mechanic.

Instantly clicked, Valve giving news is a sight to behold

I think the smoke should never be removed after puffing, it should just dissipate continuously so if both teams throw 5 smokes each into nuke A site, the whole room fills up and stays kind of foggy, reduced vision but still vision, as it leaks out of garage and heaven. Essentially, once a smoke entity is created, it is there for the whole round and just dissipates. Grenades can create a pressure front that pushes smoke through spaces, rooms, or out of vents in internal spaces. I don't want the meat of the smoke to last longer but there should be some residual evidence that smokes were used, especially in internal spaces. Maybe some of the new maps have like a set small breeze on them to push smoke around. idk. Lots of options if they set it up correctly as a bunch of individual entities like they said. Lots of flexibility. Maybe this is hard to do and keep deterministic with out melting the server.

idk why the smokes are what I am so excited about. It's like, we have seen a million FPS games at this point, so seeing a new concept in a fps makes you feel like how it felt when you first played counter-strike. There is this 'unknown' factor.

Finally!!! a smoke grenade that fills a room instead of going through walls, this is sick!

CS always been a game of strategy and skill and with CS2 they take that to a whole new level

This game is very realistic, thanks for the info!

Insane, this would add another layer of gameplay mechanics. Yeah you can shoot through smokes to confirm anything from the other side, but in the sacrifice of giving away your position to enemy players.

This change is the most impactful. We'll see if the community likes it or not, as this completely changes how counter strike is played.

I can picture those volumetric object effects used for that smoke being repurposed for other interesting game mechanics. -The smoke looks and moves kind of like cotton candy, imagine a cooking game where you make cotton candy and lattes and have to get the spin just right. -Use some force push, blow, or sweep ability to clean up foam from a toxic waste spill or at least move it out of the way to make a path. -In VR, wading your hand through soap bubbles to look for an item say in a pool or bathtub. -In VR having to fan away smoke away from your face. -Causing a reaction by mixing chemicals or detonating a device and seeing it foam and smoke up, grow, creep up, and consume enemies. (Think the Mimics from Arkane Studio's Prey getting consumed by something that corrosive to them, or freezes them in place.) -Monsters pushing through and emerging out of volumetric mass. It's not the most realistic looking smoke, but there's great potential in the tech.

can't believe they're finally making a second counter strike! so excited

What can I say Valve is always the one who impress us the most. Like the difference of "oh cool" and "woooow" Valve is always the "woooow" one Great job

I am so excited! No hiding in smokes anymore. 😀

the smoke dissipation feature is absolutely insane I don't think I've ever seen anything like it before Edit: the m4a1-s is indirectly getting nerfed by this feature, isn't it?

This is very cool, it's good that the skins will be saved but it's a pity that there are only 20 people working on this project =(

I'm just going to spent the day watching all of these CS2 vids...so FASCINATING!

Very cool. I haven’t seen a game do this yet

Valve may take forever on their craft but they're damn good at it.

Is this a new game or a massive update? cause I’m down for both, what they’ve been showing is amazing looking!

Not gonna lie, the smoke looks insane. I see they've been taking a few notes from MW2019.

I wish more developers focus on physics like this... rather than just lighting and texture...

Gameplay looks REALY DAMN SLICK Can't wait to return to CS and remember the good old days.

Felaket heyecanlandım şu an… bu iyiye işaret. Valve’in yeniden oyun yapmaya başladığını görüyoruz…

I have never been a big fan of Counter Strike since I've always focusses on other Valve games like Half-Life or TF2, but this looks amazing.

That's crazy! I never thought we will get volumetric smoke in Counter Strike!

Props to the devs for making this amazing mechanics!

I like how they seemingly changed all the weapon sounds EXCEPT the AWP.

I love it. I'm looking forward to it like a little kid. I have been playing cs since 1.5 !!! 👌

Поздравляю! Мы дождались! Конечно на CS 2 это не тянет, максимум на очень большое обновление, но это всё равно лучшее из всех обновлений за последние лет 7.

You need to incorporate destruction of the map by grenades and bullet models and that strategically affects the distribution of the map, just that more

The smoke cancelled by shooting or nades is a good addition. Definitely will add spice and prevents smoke spams.

Love it, only thing i wish they made brand new is new weapons or reload animation

I do hope there is more to this than some shiny new graphics and slight meta changes to this game, if id like to see a new CS, id like to see it with a load ton of real agressive updates & changes to it, while keeping the mapping somewhat similar, you know, see CS gameplay and physics evolve to a whole new level. SO yeah, Valve needs to do more like most recent games from this past century. ex: add actual world interactions/procedural destruction & a wider selection of weapons/mod for them. Cause, lets be honest, Counter-Strike is due for a real new formula upgrade and im afraid that Source 2 itself is might not cut it by itself.

Here's my big 5head contribution to the smokes, & I think it would somewhat unite both sides of the fence on this.. I'll be expecting an offer for lead designer next week. 👉👈 Make the smokes transparent when hit with a nade. That way you can still see through them, but vision would be slightly obscured.

Did yall see that clip of the frag exploding and the explosion blast pushes the smoke allowing you to see through the smoke for a brief second. Now that is cool. Even in a competative enviornment with these types of games like valorant CS GO always comes through.

Nobody noticing that the smokes has color based on which team throws it? CT's is more blue, T's are more brown. Cool stuff

I never thought smokes would be the most exciting change coming to Source 2 but my god! This is an absolute GAME CHANGER! :O

THE BEST DELIVERY THAT VALVE HAS MADE TO THE C.S. 1.6, I LOVE IT I WOULD NEVER CHANGE IT FOR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD

This is game changing. I'm back in CS. You got me back.

Coming back on this video every day. I'm still in shock. Counter-Strike 2 is real.

Valve is really something special. Other game companies simply cannot.

Love that they are using classic maps in the video. Looks great although I probably wont play this. Still praying for a portal 3 at some point.

Haven't played cs since go almost 15 years, but this implementation of smoke is outstanding!

Finally, tactic. I can't wait to see what get's improved upon further here

Wish COD had something like that. So many times you’re blinded by smoke but the enemy kill cam shows little to none from their POV

I think it’d be cool if it relocated or pushed the smoke away from the explosion rather than disabling that area

This is gonna elevate smoke in games for real like god damn

This may unironically be the biggest change the game has ever seen. It fundamentally changes how the game is played.

Massive overhaul this game deserved ❤️