Valve has rewired Counter-Strike 2's bomb to make it more spectacular, but potentially less deadly

The CS2 bomb doesn't kill the way it used to

Blow up the bomb, everyone nearby dies. That’s been the deal since forever. Season 5 pokes a hole in it, and the fallout for how rounds end is sneakier than the patch notes suggest. Valve laid it out in a Steam post. The bomb no longer just cooks everything in a blast radius. Now the explosion rolls out from the site as a wave, travelling through the map. Cover finally matters after the plant Sit on the bomb and you’re still dead. Take a few ste…

Valve has rewired Counter-Strike 2's bomb to make it more spectacular, but potentially less deadly

have huge ramifications. There aren't many games where the addition of volumetric smoke grenades would be a headline feature. But in CS2's hyper tense battles, true 3D smoke cover has game changing consequences.Now, with the advent of Season 5, Valve has made another tiny-yet-huge change. Put simply, it's changed how the bomb works, giving players more of a chance to survive after it detonates. Valve detailed the changes in a Steam post (via PCG…