[Purely]

Did a search, and couldn't find a CS-GO thread.

I did a survey a few months ago, and finally got the beta invite today in my steam account (I think they gave it to everyone).

Initial thoughts: I will admit that I'm biased because I used to play quite a bit of 1.6 casually, and preferred 1.6 over source.

I'm quite disappointed with the game at the moment, especially with all the hype. The game mechanics/movement/feel is very similar to CS Source. The hit boxes are very similar, and the amount of recoil is same or less than source. It is basically a refined version of CS source in my opinion. All of the pros that made CS 1.6 such a competitive game to play just isn't here(Isn't their goal is to make another competitive FPS game?). I guess this shouldn't be too surprising, because I remember back then reading an article where they invited only CS Source pros for beta testing instead of 1.6 pros.

Back then when CS Source was introduced, the community was divided between 1.6/source. With the introduction of CS GO, I don't see it "re-uniting" the community together again, but instead dividing it into 3. Also, I think players would rather stay at 1.6, or Source instead of buying Source#2.

What do you guys think?

TL;DR

CS GO=CS SOURCE#2, 1.6 FTW