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Halo |OT9| One Final Effort Is All That Remains
- Thread starter GhaleonEB
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If someone need a link to download the video and put it on Youtube : http://assets.ign.com/videos/zencoder/1280/f8a24ae937ba5b3abdbd4cbe3139bb9d-5000000-1349224700-w.mp4
Edit: Haha, too late.
Edit: Haha, too late.
Consider the size of Exile and Ragnarok, this is actually large. Those two could easily be placed in the 5v5 CTF playlist - proper adjustments to vehicles and power weapons, of course.
I'm intrigued, not sure how the figure-8 will do here, and how weapon placement is handed out. It's nice seeing there's simply Ghosts and Warthogs on the map rather than a tank or Banshee. The placements of the gravity lifts and teleporter is also pretty well done by the looks of it, and the base is actually, a base! Seems to look good from the video. Hopefully the flag isn't placed outside in a random spot on dirt/gravel and instead inside.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Aren't you mixing up campaign screenshots?
Hypertrooper
Member
Ragnarok and Exile play well in 4vs4 or 5vs5. I won't count them as BTB maps.
No. It is a MP map:
Enjoy.
Now, someone relate this to halo.
There was an ODST soundtrack, which was called "traffic jam", I think. At least I have a track, which is called so and it was released in one of the Bungie weekly's, before ODST was released.
And sorry if I'm late or if it was mentioned already.
GodlyPerfection
Member
Here are the asset links for all five videos currently posted. I have them all embedded here: http://forum.reachingperfection.com...roughs-Latest-Ragnarok-10-4-12-td4025064.html
Abandon - http://assets.ign.com/videos/zencoder/1280/a3282c8fd1e45c8d61e9d66f0e765e87-5000000-1349131838-w.mp4
Ragnarok - http://assets.ign.com/videos/zencoder/1280/586d0c8a2c2cf520d416677609960d0d-5000000-1349223592-w.mp4
Meltdown - http://assets.ign.com/videos/zencoder/1280/f8a24ae937ba5b3abdbd4cbe3139bb9d-5000000-1349224700-w.mp4
Complex - http://assets.ign.com/videos/zencoder/1280/e588bfc0a132ba430acf0a86eee194ca-5000000-1349224447-w.mp4
Adrift - http://assets.ign.com/videos/zencoder/1280/3b0e7a7a63660f1a3ec84d3f32fc6a74-5000000-1349223996-w.mp4
Abandon - http://assets.ign.com/videos/zencoder/1280/a3282c8fd1e45c8d61e9d66f0e765e87-5000000-1349131838-w.mp4
Ragnarok - http://assets.ign.com/videos/zencoder/1280/586d0c8a2c2cf520d416677609960d0d-5000000-1349223592-w.mp4
Meltdown - http://assets.ign.com/videos/zencoder/1280/f8a24ae937ba5b3abdbd4cbe3139bb9d-5000000-1349224700-w.mp4
Complex - http://assets.ign.com/videos/zencoder/1280/e588bfc0a132ba430acf0a86eee194ca-5000000-1349224447-w.mp4
Adrift - http://assets.ign.com/videos/zencoder/1280/3b0e7a7a63660f1a3ec84d3f32fc6a74-5000000-1349223996-w.mp4
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
So far, every single MP map looks great. Abandon is the only one I have reservations about, but it still looks better than most Reach maps!
Also, somehow I didn't realize Adrift is symmetrical. The walkthrough really sold me on it.
Also, somehow I didn't realize Adrift is symmetrical. The walkthrough really sold me on it.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Is it possible we don't have a Covie map because they won't have ships around in the campaign? Aren't the Covies we're fighting rogue factions?
Can't remember if we saw any Covie ships around Requiem in the story stuff.
Can't remember if we saw any Covie ships around Requiem in the story stuff.
Vire
Member
I've looked through about a hundred different numbers, I don't think the 10th map video has been posted. 
That's some BS. There's plenty of covenant ships that made it's way onto Requiem. Doesn't have to be a big map...
That's some BS. There's plenty of covenant ships that made it's way onto Requiem. Doesn't have to be a big map...
nillapuddin
Member
no
MP locales have nothing to do with Campaign.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I didn't know if we'd seen any though, just throwing ideas out. Maybe the last map is a Covie map.
The E3 demo when Chief sees the Forerunner sphere, infinity and practically an armada of Covie ships.
6 small-mid maps (Adrift, Haven, Complex, Abandon, Solace, Exile) and 3 large maps (Ragnarok, Meltdown, Longbow) have been shown
Meltdown and Complex look absolutely fantastic to play on. I'm slowly turning back to H4 MP but I'll still go in with low expectations.
Extremely cramped for a BTB map imo. More like a 5v5 objective map.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Awesome! Thanks a lot!
HigherLevel
Member
Someone needs to get that Meltdown video on youtube, IGN's video player sucks.
I don't love the darkness of Adrift but I could see it being one of my favorite maps. It seems like it and Haven are the 2 that will give is the most classic Halo feel. I also really like Solace.
The P of Poland
Member
Exile is a BTB map.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Kinda crazy knowing the 10th map will be the largest Halo map.. so many BTB maps, but then again with increased movement and sprint maybe things won't seem as large. Now I'm dying to see that final map, assuming its floating around in IGN's site somewhere. I really can't believe they posted this stuff so early.
Exile and Complex are large maps
bobs...onGaf
Member
I really hope the last map is something totally different. Halo 4 has such a different aesthetic from the older games - I kind of want a human themes and covie themed map in there somewhere.
Exile and Complex are both mid-large maps. Surely?
Put it this way. Only 4/9 maps don't have vehicles. If the last one is the mammoth one then 4/10.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I really am excited about every single map so far. But yeah, Haven and Solace are the two I'm most amped about. I love me some 4v4 (or now 5v5?) symmetrical maps. But I'm also REALLY excited for a BTB revival in Halo 4 after how terrible it was in Reach. Meltdown looks like the best BTB map so far, followed by Longbow. I still think Ragnarok and Exile look too small for BTB. Especially Ragnarok. It really feels more like a 5v5 map to me.
Poker Face
Member
Surprised we got another large scale map. Really hoping for another arena map for the last reveal.
But meltdown looks incredible.
But meltdown looks incredible.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Woah I noticed that Darthbob bumped the last Halo thread (probably by accident) - and got banned.
Be careful guys!
Really hyped to play a game of BTB on Meltdown, looks like a lot of fun, and that skybox looks amazing.
Be careful guys!
Really hyped to play a game of BTB on Meltdown, looks like a lot of fun, and that skybox looks amazing.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Kind of wish whoever discovered it kept it a secret until IGN added the final map :/
There are probably going to be a lot of maps used as hybrids, so segregating them into distinct categories doesn't really work in the same way that it has in previous games. Ragnarok seems like it'd work just fine in 5v5, despite its area being relatively large. Same for Exile. Those will both almost assuredly appear in both big team and smaller count playlists. Complex I think could be used in that way as well. It's very compartmentalized, so 5v5 makes some sense, but the total surface area of the map is giant, and it's really very complex (see what i did there something something) so big team matches on it don't seem out of the question.
You can certainly get away with having three separate categories rather than two, though: Small Teams Only (Haven, Adrift, Solace, Abandon), Hybrid - think 6v6 maps from past games (Ragnarok, Exile, possibly Longbow, Complex), and Large Teams Only (Meltdown, possibly Longbow)
You can certainly get away with having three separate categories rather than two, though: Small Teams Only (Haven, Adrift, Solace, Abandon), Hybrid - think 6v6 maps from past games (Ragnarok, Exile, possibly Longbow, Complex), and Large Teams Only (Meltdown, possibly Longbow)
Complex looks fantastic for 4v4 or 5v5. There lots of routes but the actual area of the map doesn't look very big at all.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Is this the first Halo to ship with more vehicle maps than non vehicle maps?
My argument against this has always been, "then whats the point of Sprint?" As far as I can tell, sprint is supposed to get players into and out of the action more rapidly than before. If all the maps get exponentially larger due to sprint, it defeats the entire purpose of sprint. Why not just keep the maps smaller and not have sprint?
Reagan's BR
Banned
Are there any small maps in the game?
/kylej
But really these are all HUGE.
/kylej
But really these are all HUGE.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, I think you're right. Here's how I see it:
Small Team Only:
Haven
Adrift
Solace
Abandon (?)
Small Team AND Big Team:
Ragnarok
Exile
Complex
Big Team Only:
Longbow
Meltdown
Genesis Knight
Member
The answer is "because players expect a modern FPS to have sprint".
Jonsoncao
Banned
This mining ship where Adrift locates is on low orbit of a planet while you have FULL gravity? Color me impressed for this nonsensical setting that defies the physics.
Every object on low orbit should feel zero gravity or near zero gravity for all the gravity serves as centripetal force, unless you are hovering against the rotation of the planet, or the ship is self-rotating.
343i am disappointed.
Just saw the Meltdown vid. Map looks really good and did I just saw a Light Bridge? I remember people wanting that thing forever, that's really cool and it would be really cool, if you could activate/deactivate it for certain gametypes. Would work well in Invasion, I think.
Edit: Top of page. :lol
Edit: Top of page. :lol
GodlyPerfection
Member
Ummm... I can't access the video for meltdown anymore. I think they are on to us.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Because it makes for more dynamic gameplay and feels right?
nillapuddin
Member
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
That'd be cool.