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Halo |OT12| Last One Out, Get the Lights

Deadly Cyclone

Pride of Iowa State
I'm not even trying to be serious. But you do get my point. These are the blandest maps I have seen in some time. The variety is there, it should be, but just looking at them, I don't see it in the visuals.

They just look like maps cobbled together using parts of existing maps. I'm not putting them down, but visually, that is how they come across and it's rather lacklustre.

Halo map releases used to get me excited, but I can say I feel nothing for Crimson.

Honestly I'm ready for 343 to make all multiplayer maps. Which ones did they do? The colorful ones? Certain Affinity makes "okay" maps, but this is Halo.

EDIT: Lol Jelyk.
 

ElRenoRaven

Member
Or they could break out this chestnut "players don't have the recommended maps for this playlist", and only include 2 or 3 non-DLC maps in the playlist.

Now that I could totally see.


HaloGAF Exclusive: the February Majestic Map Pack reveal

Landfall

http://www.scienceclarified.com/photos/waste-management-3051.jpg[IMG]

Monolith

[IMG]http://gwri.calpoly.edu/media/default/DSC01988_waste_management_480.jpg[IMG]

Skyline

[IMG]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17nblqmbe23fyjpg/xlarge.jpg[iMG][/QUOTE]

HOLYSHIT!! ROFLMAO
 
HaloGAF Exclusive: the February Majestic Map Pack reveal

Landfall

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Monolith

DSC01988_waste_management_480.jpg


Skyline

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Too much color and not enough diffused lighting in those screenshots for me to believe they are from a Halo 4 map pack. Also, the one with the two bulldozers seems to imply that each team gets one of the same vehicle and that doesn't happen on big Halo 4 maps.
 
HaloGAF Exclusive: the February Majestic Map Pack reveal

Landfall

http://www.scienceclarified.com/photos/waste-management-3051.jpg[IMG]

Monolith

[IMG]http://gwri.calpoly.edu/media/default/DSC01988_waste_management_480.jpg[IMG]

Skyline

[IMG]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17nblqmbe23fyjpg/xlarge.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]


Alright, now you have to reveal Castle Map pack.
 
Remember unique looking maps like Heretic, Last Resort, Sandtrap, Ghost Town, Assembly, Cold Storage, Avalanche.. hell, Reach even had Reflection. All of these maps look the same and have nothing unique about them, or anything to make them stand out. They all share so many assets also, its just.. I dunno. Maybe these maps are OK, but they really seem uninspired tbh. Im surprised 343 isn't trying to wow people a bit more, both in looks, design and variety.
 
Remember unique looking maps like Heretic, Last Resort, Sandtrap, Ghost Town, Assembly, Cold Storage, Avalanche.. hell, Reach even had Reflection. All of these maps look the same and have nothing unique about them, or anything to make them stand out. They all share so many assets also, its just.. I dunno.

It's disappointing. DAMN YOU HALO 4! DAMN YOU TO HELL!

*buys season pass*
 

BigShow36

Member
Def skipping this one. The only interesting map is Wreckage.

"A small to mid-size map, Harvest is ideal for Capture the Flag. Here, you’ll need to get creative to effectively use light vehicles which are limited to the exterior pathways and can’t get into the bases, making this map perfect for infantry firefights and face-to-face skirmishes."


What ever you say.


"Small" with vehicles and great for Capture the Flag, just like Complex! Everyone loves that "small" map, right?
 

Overdoziz

Banned
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https://www.humblebundle.com/

It's THQ themed and includes Darksiders, Company of Heroes + Expansions, Red Faction Armageddon, Metro 2033, and Saints Row 3 (You only get SR3 if you buy the bundle above average price).
Keep in mind that you need to spend at least 1$ to get the games on Steam and since these games are only available on Steam (as far as I know) you don't get the games at all if you pay under that amount, only the soundtracks.
 
HaloGAF Exclusive: the February Majestic Map Pack reveal

Landfall

http://www.scienceclarified.com/photos/waste-management-3051.jpg[IMG]

Monolith

[IMG]http://gwri.calpoly.edu/media/default/DSC01988_waste_management_480.jpg[IMG]

Skyline

[IMG]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17nblqmbe23fyjpg/xlarge.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE][img]http://i.minus.com/isgsCrSTaOk63.gif
 

Tawpgun

Member
I didn't like Reach very much but I was a big part of HaloGaf before and during Halo 3. As I've said before, I've always lobbied for jetpacks in Halo and would be devastated if they were removed in future titles. Complaining about jetpacks is whining. Complaining about instant spawn and lack of red X upon teammate deaths is valid as hell.

Just one example and I know this is all based on opinion but a lot of this shit is coming from people who are new to Halo and want it to be more like CoD. Another problem is people who want it to be like Halo 1 and less modernized as it is. I think Halo 4 is still very much Halo and only a few minor tweaks are need to make it go from a really good game to a great game.

What the hell? On whose authority, yours? You get to decide what complaints are whining and what are valid?

People hear have layed out time and time again valid criticisms against the jetpack. A tl;dr version is: Breaks map flow.




On the maps: Disappointing in art direction and size. Would love to play some BTB on them. If BTB would get fixed.

On the aspect of a Covy map: By the map descriptions we have we're not getting one. Maybe AFTER the season pass maps, if they even release anymore after that. But the main reason we aren't getting one (imo) is because outside of the tiny space inside the Liche, we never see any indoor covenant locations. To put it simply, 343 doesn't have the already made visual resources to make one. They'd have to visualize their version of what covenant looks like form an art direction and then realize it.

Maybe they'll do that soon. Would be kickass if we boarded a covy cruiser in SpOps. But that seems to be the reason we're not getting one. A lot of the maps look very similar. Complex - Harvest
Vortex/Complex - Shatter
Wreckage - Exile/The wreckage areas in campaign.

They have similar art styles and buildings.
 
"Small" with vehicles and great for Capture the Flag, just like Complex! Everyone loves that "small" map, right?

That's not why Complex is terrible, though. Complex just sucks because it's a poorly designed, asymmetric map. Size is not the issue. Harvest at least has a tight center area with a ring around it, ala Rat's Nest. I think it has some promise.
 

Esiquio

Member
Where can I find the Halo-GAF podcast? I searched the this thread and the other one and couldn't find it. Guess I'm doing something wrong...
 

Pop

Member
It's such a shame cause the concept art looked great, also Colorful.

What happened to Halo...

Props to Josh Holmes for tweeting out a picture of salt.

Say it ain't so?

Haha I'm done. Look I played H2/H3 almost everyday when I could. I stopped playing Reach after a month and bought it again after the removal of bloom(MLG). After 2 weeks of Halo 4 I have stopped playing all together. Spartan Ops is lackluster, MP has minor problems that if fixed could make H4 great and custom games is just a mess so many things wrong. At this point, I'm surprisingly done for now.
 
At least the concept art looked interesting and varied..

Honestly, they're kind of nailing the art. I just wish they were dialing it forward instead of back. There's a lot of yellow and burnt orange in that Harvest concept art, but none of that is in the map. The punctuated blues are mostly above the player and muted. And that sort of thing is pushed throughout.
 

Havok

Member
I like 'em, but I also like BTB. Sucks for ya'll :(
I do like BTB. Oh, do you mean BTB Infinity Slayer, the incredible new definitive BTB playlist that was heralded by 343 converting Reach BTB into a primarily Slayer/Heavies playlist, forcing me to stop playing it?

No thanks!

(Seriously, give me a better BTB that doesn't consist of a single gametype that has time and time again been the worst in every iteration of Big Team and I might play it.)
 
What the hell? On whose authority, yours? You get to decide what complaints are whining and what are valid?

remember when I said "and I know this is all based on opinion" right in the very post you quoted?


re: new maps - ugly they may be. similar they may look. but at least they'll add some much needed variety in map selection. I'll wait to play on them before giving any real analysis.
 

TheOddOne

Member
I do like BTB. Oh, do you mean BTB Infinity Slayer, the incredible new definitive BTB playlist that was heralded by 343 converting Reach BTB into a primarily Slayer/Heavies playlist, forcing me to stop playing it?

No thanks!

(Seriously, give me a better BTB that doesn't consist of a single gametype that has time and time again been the worst in every iteration of Big Team and I might play it.)
But I also liked heavies. *Runs*
 

CyReN

Member
This is the most annoying thing about being a fan, you give constructive feedback all the time and they take it like we are absolute idiots or something. You guys want to make a trailer about joining 343 because "you love Halo". What does that exactly mean? You played it at a friends house and liked the story? I've been a fan of the series for 10 years and this shit pisses me off to no end. I'm not asking you to move a fricken mountain here. The currnet maps have glaring issues, it has NO SMALL MAPS besides Haven. Sometimes I wonder why I try, I guess I'm just used to losing since I'm a Lions fan.
 

Pop

Member
This is the most annoying thing about being a fan, you give constructive feedback all the time and they take it like we are absolute idiots or something. You guys want to make a trailer about joining 343 because "you love Halo". What does that exactly mean? You played it at a friends house and liked the story? I've been a fan of the series for 10 years and this shit pisses me off to no end. I'm not asking you to move a fricken mountain here. The currnet maps have glaring issues, it has NO SMALL MAPS besides Haven. Sometimes I wonder why I try, I guess I'm just used to losing since I'm a Lions fan.

.

minus the Lions

sry about that
 

Fuchsdh

Member
Being composed doesn't mean being turned into an AI, being made digital?
By definition AIs are artificially constructed as opposed to converting a biological being into bits and pieces. Still, there's a lot about the composer and its relation to AIs we still don't know.
 

Tashi

343i Lead Esports Producer
Props to Josh Holmes for tweeting out a picture of salt.

I mean, I'll probably have fun on the maps because CTF is good and so is Extraction but I won't sit here and say that I'm excited for the map pack when I was hoping for at least 1 small (actually small (think Midship)) map. I got the limited edition so I'll have it day 1 and I'll probably play with GAF on the maps a bunch but it's not what I wanted.
 
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