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Subject: Heroic Map Pack Announced for Halo 3
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Are you -blam!- serious Bungie?

No way am I paying $10 for 1 -blam!- map (yeah... 1... 1 isn't playable, 1 I already paid for).

If you give me a patch that includes a fix to the beat down bug I will buy it.

If you don't release the patch I won't buy unless the price is halved or more maps are added.

  • 11.19.2007 9:29 PM PDT
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I usually don't reference Gears of War on Halo-related forums, but their marketing team did a great thing when they had their batch of new maps be sponsored by Future Weapons. I can live with blatant commercialism like that so long as they pay for my maps. Hell, I'd even watch the show in appreciation. There is no doubt in my mind that Microsoft and Bungie will make a killing on the 800 Microsoft price they set for the three maps, but it seems more and more companies are forgetting who exactly they're killing.


I agree, they should have had a blatant sponsor for the first map pack, hence, making it free. I do remember Gears charging for those 3 new maps but I opted to wait until they became free. That was a hard thing to do, but I was stubborn. So, at first I'm going to say I will try to hold out but Spring 2008 is a very vague timeframe, that seems to me that it could be from January through June so we will see. I will probably end up buying them anyway. All I know is I need to take a break from Halo 3 because as soon as I reached level 41 in team slayer every game is super duper challenging but I guess that's the point to a ranking system.

  • 11.19.2007 9:33 PM PDT
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sad part is I have the MS points laying around doing nothing.....1800pts to be exact but I'm not going to waste them on something thats gonna be free a few months later

  • 11.19.2007 9:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: vgmben
sad part is I have the MS points laying around doing nothing.....1800pts to be exact but I'm not going to waste them on something thats gonna be free a few months later

That kind of attitude isn't going to keep our economy going very long...

Posted by: blottt
two words,
team snipers
Three words, Team snipers camping...

Little dissatisfied with the price ...Where is Mt Dew when you need them?

I think that if you have finished campaign on Heroic or Legendary by yourself you should get the maps for free...

[Edited on 11.19.2007 10:08 PM PST]

  • 11.19.2007 9:57 PM PDT
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um..... I already bought and paid for MS points..... where is your logic?
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  • 11.19.2007 10:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: vgmben
um..... I already bought and paid for MS points..... where is your logic?
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I see your point but if you are ok with always being a map pack behind then I guess everything is good...
"All three maps will become available for free download via Xbox LIVE Marketplace in Spring 2008, just prior to the next wave of new Halo 3 multiplayer maps."

  • 11.19.2007 10:10 PM PDT
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lol I'm good enough at halo 3 to still pwn even being a map pack behind lol heh

  • 11.19.2007 10:24 PM PDT
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AWSOME!!! but you lied...... you cant recreate Hang Em High with crates cuz when someone gets the rocket launcher and shoots at you..the crates fall.....because you cant lock objects. And instant respawn on crates NEVER works.

  • 11.19.2007 10:49 PM PDT
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Are people actually complaining about Halo 3!? Just goes to show you if you give a mouse a cookie...
After all that the Bungie development team has done for its fans some people actually have the nerve to criticize them for not caring? If you really feel like you can do better, they are looking to hire; just check out the jobs section. Honestly, I would pay $20 for the three new maps. Despite what you might think, you are not being forced to spend $10. The new maps are a product; if you find that the price of the product outweighs worth, then do not buy the product. It is that simple. You are not being 'gouged' as many would say. I would understand the whiners' complaints if... ... actually, no I wouldn't, because the complaints are dumb, invalid, and dumb. Thank you Bungie for all of your hard work and ongoing efforts to keep the fans happy.

  • 11.19.2007 11:08 PM PDT
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Good job. Call me when the patch and free maps come out.

  • 11.20.2007 12:43 AM PDT

Live to kill. Kill the bad, and save the good. Or just shut up and shoot something.

Bungie, Nice to see you are in fact doing somthing with your time, instead of just laughing at the price people have paid for Halo 3, But now I also see instead of giving somthing to the fans, you have decided to make people pay for it.. Nice job....

Not only are you making people pay for these maps you are also going to make more and do the same... Nope still going to play COD4 thanks. Well until you do something about all of this?

  • 11.20.2007 12:53 AM PDT
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800 points?!? no way!

  • 11.20.2007 12:58 AM PDT

MC to Bungie: "Wake me, when you patch Halo 3 and the maps are free".

  • 11.20.2007 1:17 AM PDT
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I preferred it when they released the map pack on disc with like 9 maps. Because most of my friends dont have xbox live and its better to get maps in bulk....anyways standoff looks awesome.

  • 11.20.2007 1:22 AM PDT
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Maps look good but i'll wait till the spring ;)

  • 11.20.2007 2:07 AM PDT

we want a sidewinder
and give us a level at night
it has never happen
it would be a change.

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John Carpenter's Prince of Dorkness, Moonbase Alpha, Jodrell Bank,Vandela, Purple Reign and O.K. Corral

so bungie mentioned these 6 maps and now they have revealed 3 of the 6 maps

  • 11.20.2007 3:25 AM PDT
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Great work bungie but i still get the feeling the maps are geting smaller.. hmm although a remake of lockout would be sweet!!

  • 11.20.2007 3:32 AM PDT

Is O.K. Corral the same map as Jodrell Bank/Stand Off? It sure looks like a Corral to me. They even describe in one of the Weekly Updates that they changed the position of the sun on the map to make it more moody. Something that they mention again on this latest map detail announcement. I'm pretty sure that's the case. I think that is one of the best looking maps to date. I am sure that much more effort has been put into the development and rendering of these maps.

More than likely I will shell out the $10. I just wish there was one more map for that price. Maybe a rehash of an old map. Since the dynamic properties haven't changed that drastically between H2 and H3 (yes they have changed, but not THAT much), perhaps a reskin/classic map pack could be in order. I also liked it when the maps came in Disc form. It made reloading them, when needed, much easier. I love Bungie. I love HALO 3, but I find myself wanting more maps sooner. It's like we went from a bevy of amazing maps in H2, to a handful of really pretty but often times too large of maps in H3. I also think some of the problem with the H3 maps is that they either have not enough levels or they are too separated. When there aren't enough, It can be a real pain (impossible) to sneak around your enemies. When there are a decent amount of levels to a map, they are really distant, so you can't transfer from one level to the other quickly. That was the nice thing about levels like Lockout, sanctuary and midship. You could get around fast. You could climb fast and it kept the action really moving. More maps like that please!

  • 11.20.2007 4:22 AM PDT
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all three maps are playable online. and 800 points is cheap. nothing is free. keep em coming bungie...

  • 11.20.2007 4:33 AM PDT

http://www.myspace.com/ismokecloves

Priced?

Lame.

  • 11.20.2007 4:45 AM PDT

http://www.myspace.com/ismokecloves

Posted by: wind720
we want a sidewinder
and give us a level at night
it has never happen
it would be a change.


Hell yeah bro I hear that!!!!

Too bad there hasn't been a flashlight in multiplayer since Halo 1.... Bull-blam!-!!!!!!!

  • 11.20.2007 4:47 AM PDT

http://www.myspace.com/ismokecloves

Wooooooo! I haven't played Halo in about a week!! damn.... I miss that -blam!-.


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  • 11.20.2007 4:51 AM PDT

I would've posted right when this came out BUT the entire bungie.net and xboxlive sites keep breaking for me for like 12 hours at a time. SO ANYWAY,

I was just gonna say that Rat's Nest looks like Utapau, where General Greivous was killed (*SPOILER ALERT*).

Also, $10 is a lot for just three maps, especially when games cost $60 now. I liked the last two H2 maps for $4 thing. At least this time you're not REQUIRED to plunk down more money to be able to keep playing online. I always thought that was a scam with H2: "Buy this game and play online....surprise! if you don't keep paying whenever we want you to, it won't even work anymore!!" LAME.

Maps look and sound fun though (especially adding to BTB finally. 2 maps was getting real boring)--BUT AT WHAT PRICE?

heh

  • 11.20.2007 5:02 AM PDT

Better than you.

Well I look at it this way, $10 bucks.

I could either go to the local bar, buy two beers plus tip and sit there disappointed because i'm still sober...or buy 3 new kickass multiplayer maps and find days upon days worth of enjoyment :-D I choose the maps. Seriously, Bungie has been doing this with Halo2, if you're that much of a stickler with $10 bucks, then why are you even playing vgames?

  • 11.20.2007 5:27 AM PDT