Has Aztec dropped in popularity?

[Mr-Fusion]

Well..has it?

In cs1.6 Aztec was a guaranteed server filller. Great gameplay, lots of great walling positions, nice and BRIGHT. It was my favourite map.

Aztec in source has a lot of mat_specular 1 problems for me personally! Shocking frame rate drops when i look up close at specularity materials (in t spawn specificall). Yes setting mat_specular 0 fixes it...

The map is also very dark. Yes it's atmospheric etc, but gameplay endures far longer than atmosphere could ever hope to. I'm finding servers which pack dust and dust2 will empty out when aztec appears.

I think the map should be lightened up A LOT and re-textured to match that white-stone wall appearance of 1.6 aztec.

 

[Razor]

Aztec has always been one of the worst maps for me, always made me leave the server as it is just so one sided and crappy being a terrorist.

 

[IchI]

Aztec is an alright map, but everyone knows it sucks ass for clan matches.

dust2, train, nuke. Thats all you need.

 

[Xenome]

Too bad framerate drops in css..

 

[Glo-Boy]

Aztec is the absolute least fun map I have ever played in any video in my entire life.

 

[mski]

I loved the white stone de_aztec in 1.6 - this is probably the reason I still deal with the new aztec, which has been defiled by source. Do I enjoy it as much? No. But it doesn't make me leave the server.

 

[Dr. Freeman]

Aztec has always been one of the worst maps for me, always made me leave the server as it is just so one sided and crappy being a terrorist.

ur saying that about Aztec? i think Dust is far worse.
i guess both are bad maps in the end but Dust takes the prize for worst core CS map evAR!! :hmph:

 

[Spaz_McNasty]

on my server aztec is a so so map the ones people most want to play and that get the most people in are...in order
1. Office
2. Dust2
3. Italy
4. Dust
5. Aztec

but i think that chatue is the worst map...just dont like it...not real big on cobble either

 

[Homer]

Aztec is a ok map, the really terrible ones in source are havana, piranesi, and chataeu. I just cant imagine how they beat out prodigy, assault, militia, siege, estate, highrise, thunder, oilrig, backalley, inferno, prospeedball, nuke, train, torn, and verdigo.

Thats 15 old cs maps that are better than havana, piranesi, and chataeu, and if I was willing to list maps people didn't play anymore(like church), the list would be a hundred maps long!

 

[Dr. Freeman]

i don't understand why pple hate Chateau.. Piranesi is okay some times only.
why is Dust more liked than either of these maps?! gahh! :|

 

[smsKONG]

Have enver been a big fan of aztec, but thats because it was always a big awp map, these days I'm still fairly cold to it, but I do enjoy it more than I did before.

I quite like havana, tho it can take a long time to get used to if you're new to cs, I remember playing it first time about 18months ago and I felt rather bemused as to the layout. Nevertheless it's an excellent shotgun map

I agree chateau sucks monkey balls, I'm still not sure about piranesi, I hadn't played it much on vanilla cs and didn't think much of it at the time...but it has been growing on me

 

[André Damli]

Why do people like Dust? I think it's for the simple reasons that it gets you there. You quickly get to kill someone, it's rather easy to navigate through and feels more like a deathmatch map than a strategic tactical map, something CSS isn't (without the map part).
It's also very easy to tell players apart. No need to squint, filtering out the textures trying to figure out whether it's a spot or a player.

On Dust you track movement, aim and fire.

Chateau is beautiful, but it doesn't play well.
Aztec has fallen into the "squint for player movement" category because of it's rather dark textures. I think that's what's happened to it.

I could be wrong, though

 

[JBT]

I think Aztec is okay. I was a much better map in regular CS though. I actually really like Chataeu and Piranesi is okay. I HATE Havana though.
My personal favorites are Office and Italy.

 

[TopDog]

Dont forget Inferno

 

[Ennui]

i don't understand why pple hate Chateau.. Piranesi is okay some times only.
why is Dust more liked than either of these maps?! gahh! :|

My favorites are Chateau, Office, and Piranesi - but I do enjoy Dust, Aztec, and Dust2.

People love dust because it's incredibly simple, only two choke points, it's well made and designed, and has about equal difficulty for either side.

Which is why I like it the first twelve thousand times I played it.

Personally, I think Milita is the best map of all time (plus I'm teh g0d at it), followed by assault - but they aren't in CS:S yet. Tear.

 

[bizzy420]

aztec is dope. im always a T on everymap, and no i dont see it as a 1 sided map, but thats just my opinion. usually i play in 24ppl servers, and its always full. i also think that aztec source is waaay better looking than 1.6. the least fun map in CS:S for me is piransi.

as for FPS, on that map i avgerage
88-234fps 1280x1024 4xAA 16xAF.

 

[Dr. Freeman]

My favorites are Chateau, Office, and Piranesi - but I do enjoy Dust, Aztec, and Dust2.

People love dust because it's incredibly simple, only two choke points, it's well made and designed, and has about equal difficulty for either side.

Which is why I like it the first twelve thousand times I played it.

Personally, I think Milita is the best map of all time (plus I'm teh g0d at it), followed by assault - but they aren't in CS:S yet. Tear.

of all the maps ever created for all CS versions, i am willing to bet the scores favour the CT's on that map over any two other maps combined.. it is just a terribly un-balanced map.. yet it is still played til this day while Militia, Prodigy, Nuke and Inferno have taken a back seat

 

[disruptioN_]

Aztec is a good map. It's just that (like Dust) it gets a little CT-sided if the T team doesn't rush.

 

[StainlessJ-FPGA]

Office is my favorite, but Aztec is my second favorite. As long as T's aren't stupid it's a fun map.

 

[T1no]

i lag more in cs_office than de_aztec

 

[johnnypoopoopant]

i dont like aztec b/c of the water, the water are in ceratin spots so u got to land on that certain spot.

unlike 1.6 and before where water was covering the whole area

 

[exodusuk]

Aztec is an ace map , its actually a T bias map QUOTE:"Aztec has always been one of the worst maps for me, always made me leave the server as it is just so one sided and crappy being a terrorist.
"

Maybe your not very good with the terrorist weapons or good in general?

go ct then ? or is that too easy !?