Counter Strike 2 enjoys plenty of the visual sheen that Half-Life: Alyx offers, which has inadvertently given one fan something they asked for three years back.

Back in July 2020, the creator of a popular CS:GO community project shared a video of a visually improved molotov cocktail on Twitter (opens in new tab). You've got more fire on the rag when it's ignited, crunchier sound effects, and more - it's great. It led one fan to innocuously reply, "now imagine CS:GO Source 2 with the Half-Life: Alyx liquid shader just to have the sexiest molotov".

Well, that fan doesn't have to imagine such a thing anymore. Following Valve's reveal of Counter Strike 2, Half-Life: Alyx visual effects developer Matthew Wilde shared a clip of the new molotov cocktail in reply before saying, "that's for you". The fan seems a tad stunned, though they're mainly just stoked for a new Counter Strike game.

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