CS2's New Italy Analysed 

The symbol at 6:49 looks a lot like the Quixel logo, a company bought by Epic Games that provides 3D assets and materials.

I like how CS2 is a lot like CS:Source where the maps show that Valve are having fun flexing the new technologies of their shiny engine

I just want to see the new models for the Separatists, GIGN and so on.

The one thing (STILL) missing for me is the opera at T spawn and music at CT spawn :(

Whoever remade the map clearly had a lot of fun doing the worldbuilding. My favorite hostage map by a mile, and the most balanced too.

As an Italian, "more cocks and less pagina" almost made me spit out my coffee

8:28 probably it won’t take long for any pro Geoguessr to figure out where this is lol

That final bit was 11/10. Perfect.

you never disappoint with your cs content for non cs players

Its crazy how different cs2 looks artistically from csgo. The art direction is so much more different.

Italy looks so much more real now. I always felt like this map was some abstract representation of a city where nothing makes sense if you look too close. Now it finally feels like it belongs somewhere in the world.

That CS2 room at 1:24 is incredible. I want to live there. Why haven't you made a 10 minute video about this room yet?

The stone reflections are out of this world!

I love how Source provides a great sense of identity to the games built within it. UE5 is beautiful, but feels same-y. Thank you for the showcase!

Italy was the first map I ever played in CS (back when we played CS 1.6 at an after school club in the late 00's) and it's still my favourite to this day. Love the way this makeover looks and really interested to see how the gameplay changes feel once I get my hands on CS2.

Can't wait for CS2 to release for the public.

this map is absolutely beautiful. italy was one of my favorite maps in 1.6 as a kid, so to see it be recreated so beautifully (and the new passageways!!!!) makes me so happy to see. as someone else said, i do miss the opera in t spawn and the music in ct spawn. i know valve could put a small radio there and have it play quietly without really ruining any sort of "competitive" integrity italy might have. maybe they just dont have licenses to the songs, iunno lol

source 1's fog blending would actually just fade the overall fog color depending on how your camera is rotated. It's really horrible when you notice it, so it's understandable nobody used it. I tried many times too and always just reverted it. This is a much better implementation.

I’m sad you didn’t show the 1.5/1.6versions at the start :( I loved playing Italy

Breakable fruit. Pinnacle of technology.

I love the colors of CS2, especially Italy always felt so pale and dead, now it feels like a small Italian town

I can't wait for it's full release. And I can't wait for you to teach us about the S2DK. You had teached me how to use the SDK for Source and I really hope you will also do the same for Source2.

10:30 have we lost something? why yes we have, we lost the music in the market, t spawn, and ct area

One of my favorite CS maps of all time. How much I played hide n seek on 1.6 on this... Good times

as an Italian I love this version of Italy, it really feels like an existing place

10:10 THANK YOU! I spent the entire video from the milisecond those plates showed up wondering if they were breakable, this part felt like someone finally managed to scratch that itch I had in my brain.

I wish Valve would have added more of these minor changes that can change up the play of the map. These two new path ways add so much to this map.

I am amazed that he didn't find the 2 bananas in the box that have the wood bullet hole texture when shot and don't move.

4:28 There are similar windows in the first chapter of HL:A, though they didn't look as good as this.

You know its a good day when philip uploads

hi philip, I ocasionally see small stutters like 8:21 and 8:59 on your videos do you know the cause of this? I'm having this issue on my pcs since ages

Again, nice video and great content! :D

The sign at 5:44 is pointing towards a place that seems to be inferno, look at the logo on the bottom right. Kind of interesting! Maybe a hint of what's about to come?

Italy is by far the most half life alyx map in CS2 so far I do like it but I don't really see any counter strike personality to it anyhow excited to see more

"Ivy flaps about, cobbles peek out..." I see what you did there

Wow. Great review. This is the first CS2 map I have seen. Super-impressive. I spent a summer in Italy and I can attest to the realism and research Valve has put into recreating an Italian town.

One of my fave maps back in the 1.5 era. There's definitely a pizzeria rivalry sub-story hidden on here!!

I kind of liked the open sky view from CT spawn on CS:S Italy.

your videos are so refreshing, probably due to your voice that goes great with counterstrike as a whole. Only complaint i have about Italy is the logs being changed to stairs with a normal entrance. =[ I always remembered italy for having that window and it being a small skill check to get in... also campers hiding under it behind that box.... sad to see it changed soo much

I am loving this addition to the analysis cs2 videos so far. Love italy ao much!

I think one or two maps look interesting at sunset bathed in pink but when all maps have that I'm not sure about it. I think it'll be refreshing when they move away from strawberry milkshake lighting for everything but the maps are still beautiful and unique

Damn this map is absolutely gorgeous

I didn't expect that outro, so funny! 😆

Nice detail of the sky looking blue farther from the sun and red towards it, redshift and blueshift effects.

As a fellow italian citizen I have to say Valve went above and beyond with their homework to make this look like a real place in Italy, from the street signs, shops, bars and even interiors look so real and accurate to real places, almost feels like home

looking at the new Italy make me more excited to see the new inferno

that soft pastel haze over absolutely everything reminds me of overwatch 2

Btw as an Italian i can say This is " Civitella del Tronto " (unfortunately I don't live in that city)but you can see on the ct side how accurate it is Recently i see it in a newspaper and it reminded me that

While I don't like the lighting changes/art style shift in some of the maps, Italy is one of the handful I can look at and say I think is a complete stylistic and graphical improvement. Which I can say as more and more maps get remade. And while overall I don't fully like the changes in comparison to CS:GO artistically, I'm warming up to them much more as we keep getting these maps. I very much think that they just needed time to grow on me, and I'm sure there are a few others that feel the same about it.

Im just here for content

this is the kind of content we need to appreciate the amount of work and passion cs mappers possess. Thanks Philip to uncover all these "hidden gems" for us

The sign at 1:05 is so damn accurate to something you would find here in Italy lmao loving it

I love that glowy peachy Source 2 lighting. Reminds me of Half-Life: Alyx, even though only a bit of the game has that.

This map is so gorgeous but I think my only complaint is that I feel like it's lost some of it's distinct counter strike personality. Something about the smoothness and the insane amount of details makes it feel like something less unique to counter strike, like this map reminds me too much of illios from overwatch or parts of ascent from valorant. It's really hard to describe but I think it's best exemplified by the main split building, I like it much better in csgo because I feel like its simplicity adds to its beauty, it feels real but also appealing while the new buildings looks too much like a mainstream instagram post I guess. I don't want it so sound like I dislike the changes, I just am sad that some maps are losing a bit of source engine character, I do feel live they've managed to maintain that better with some of the other maps though so maybe its just a bit of a learning curve :D

2:39 just gave me a flashback to when I discovered your channel (I think). I might be misremembering, but that shot with a CT on the logs and burning molotov on the ground popped up as an ad before a video. Maybe it was something else though, has been a while. Must have been like 2014, 2015ish.

Lovely video, fully agree with you in the end :3

The map looks beautiful but I’m sad that it lost its personality a bit. It’s missing the special source vibe, this slight eerie feeling. Almost not Italy anymore

I'm just sad you don't show the 1.6 version of maps when comparing.

Wow the ending took me by surprise xD

I havent played any version in ages. Can't wait to try it out.

For me csgo is trying to achieve realism with a primitive engine whereas cs2 is going for a stylize map

10:40 P0rn sites on pride month

The chicken at 9:54 was murdered so casually 😭

I will be queueing italy, there was a phase where my friends and I played Italy nonstop, we just love the old maps and how different they are from newer and more competitive ones

Honestly I think the new color palette for Italy is much more of an improvement than the other Source 2 maps. It's very colorful but less saturated, and more romantic, it paints a different view of Italy but one that seems more videogame-y. Having drab, sorrowful, or otherwise down areas be less saturated makes a lot of sense, but the CS:GO Italy just looks depressed. It's finally a CS2 map that I think really soars past the original vision of the map, into a new, creative direction.

I'm going to call the lighting: "pastel lighting" Feels... like the color palete of textures are less realistic.

That mysterious logo seems to be quixel logo. Its a popular tool & library for texturing. Makes sense.

That's my fav map in the entire counter strike franchise. I used to play cs_italy a lot with my friend in cs source. I hosted a server and he connected through hamachi and we just had fun messing around. And now it induces this eerie yet somewhat nostalgic feeling of days when you were able to have fun and nothing to regret

blud had me green turtle emoting at the end there, totally caught me off guard 😂

This map will never be complete without that music from CS 1.6 playing on a jukebox in T spawn

you make really good videos

I like that havok pun you sneaked in there

The attic bar is awesome!!

It kinda feels like the map is alive if you think about it. When you compare it from cs:s to cs2 it feels like the map, italy, has been renovated which is cool to think about

FINALLY the market sells more than 4 things!!!!

Looks amazing

Beautiful!

I've said it before but I love listening to your analysis early in the morning with a cup of coffee or tea philip. It might be creepy, but it calms me so much xD

Love your latest videos and it really makes me happy how much content you’re pumping out. The 3kliks content offensive is in full swing. Hope it’s paying off analytics-wise.

I like how the clock on 7:36 shows 4 as IIII instead ov IV how you probably most commonly know it. Years ago I've watched a video explaining the difference and the reasoning it exists, which I've completely forgot so I'm gonna read up on it.

Banger closer!!

We were flyin with the birdz

visually, this is a real treat

Rest in peace to all Luciana's store dishes. They will get sacrificed for nothing.

I want the italian singer back. His voice is still in my mind after 22+years. Its a necessity.

I liking the new changes to map esp the new pathways, i didnt knew the balcony boost until now 🤔

This map really looks Beautyful, i would love to see some extended version of it someday somewhere.

this is the italy in my head from 1.3 but now fully realized

I like the map changes! Are all the models separate, or did they batch parts together? I’m Curious what xray vision would look like in the marketplace

i loaded up some source and go to see the comparisons when 2 came out, ive never liked the apartments in previous versions (great redesign imo)

Model trim, crazy new lighting tricks, source limits removed. I pog uncontrollably everytime I see a new map with all the bits of trim to play with when I get my hands on the editor

What a strong finish to the video

3kliksphilip uploads are bittersweet. The videos are absolutely amazing, but as soon as you've eaten the new upload up like the hungry viewer you are, you have to sit and wait for the next one. One week or two doesn't feel like a long time, but it sure is. Keep doing what you're doing philip. I'll be watching... Always watching.

Did NOT expect that ending at all

I love the casual chicken murder. It’s done in such a natural, yet so very intentional way.

Lol. That results of your fruit and veg smash-fest at the end made me laugh 😅

I remember a modified Source italy with that passage to mid halfway up the tunnel and thought it was a great improvement... glad valve realized it too, if only a few years late

It looks amazing

i love italy, it's great to see how the changes look

7:25 Amazing easter egg in the captions hahah