Tag Archives: maps

It’s time to make way for better maps.

Even with this gambling thing hanging over their collective heads, Valve has been slowly renovating Counter-Strike: Global Offensive’s maps to push the Source engine to its limits. In the same way that previous Valve product releases showcased new graphics technologies, CS:GO map renovations in addition to themed Operation releases have become new benchmarks for Source engine graphics capability.

Read the rest over at lowercase esports.

Chobopeon starts a debate on CS:GO and maps.

  1. chobopeon
    wouldnt it be swell if cs(go) had map pool as dynamic as bw’s and sc2’s?
    chobopeon
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 01:30:07
  2. keekerdc
    @chobopeon strong disagree
    Chris Schetter
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 01:37:44
  3. chobopeon
    @keekerdc maybe not equally dynamic but i think an intuitive level editor and/or more map diversity wouldve gone done the game good.
    chobopeon
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 01:40:51
  4. keekerdc
    @chobopeon I’d much rather see two great teams play on a map they both know well than some map they’ve been scrimming for five days
    Chris Schetter
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 01:46:51
  5. chobopeon
    @keekerdc uh, yeah. me too. but there’s a middle ground where we dont play the same maps for 10 years.
    chobopeon
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 01:47:40
  6. bcarr
    @chobopeon @keekerdc The classic maps are the only thing that previous CS/CS:S players will be able to be familiar with in CS:GO.
    Brad Carr
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 01:57:05
  7. chobopeon
    @bcarr @keekerdc what about the weapons, the gameplay and the look of it? anyway sc2 had LT, that doesnt mean it was the only thing.
    chobopeon
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 02:00:58
  8. bcarr
    @chobopeon @keekerdc I’d argue that maps are more important to gameplay in CS than SC2, as the latter is competitively about build strategy.
    Brad Carr
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 02:04:54
  9. bcarr
    @chobopeon @keekerdc Routes and decision making about what ground to hold are important to FPS games just as which units to make are in SC2.
    Brad Carr
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 02:04:56
  10. chobopeon
    @bcarr @keekerdc so you think it’d be too much to change maps more often than once a decade? thats part of how gameplay evolved in bw
    chobopeon
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 02:07:17
  11. chobopeon
    @bcarr @keekerdc it provides variety, strategic/tactical evolution and novelty for players and viewers.
    chobopeon
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 02:08:00
  12. chobopeon
    @bcarr @keekerdc i mean i love nuke as much as anyone but i dont think the game reaches full potential w/o some new ground to cover
    chobopeon
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 02:09:02
  13. bcarr
    @chobopeon @keekerdc BW needed maps to change because play favored one strategy on a map. CS players are more conservative than neocons.
    Brad Carr
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 02:12:42
  14. bcarr
    @chobopeon @keekerdc CS players optimize routes on a given map. Any minute change would cause an uproar.
    Brad Carr
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 02:12:49
  15. chobopeon
    @bcarr @keekerdc im not asking to change an existing map, im asking for completely new ones
    chobopeon
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 02:13:35
  16. bcarr
    @chobopeon @keekerdc Which is funny, because Nuke in CS:GO offers LESS ground to cover over previous versions. Wonder what Valve’s thinking.
    Brad Carr
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 02:14:27
  17. chobopeon
    @bcarr @keekerdc well i meant new ground metaphorically but :D
    chobopeon
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 02:15:34
  18. bcarr
    @chobopeon WOCKA WOCKA WOCKA
    Brad Carr
    Mon, Jun 18 2012 02:16:20