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Subject: Legendary Map: Avalanche

By the Forerunners, Sidewinder has been reborn! Lots of space, cool interior base designs, a sandbox of vehicles what have a new paint job (arctic-style), man cannons, snow... what more could one ask for? Excellent work, Bungie. I love it already. I smell content for a RVB video! Roosterteeth, get on it!

I better bring an extra pair of mittens for this map.

  • 03.19.2008 9:36 AM PDT

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Yay, but because of Bungie's current lack of implementation with the current map pack, I'll resist wasting my money.

  • 03.19.2008 9:40 AM PDT
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all this crying about old maps....if you love them so much go play halo 2!!

  • 03.19.2008 9:41 AM PDT

it's about time!

  • 03.19.2008 9:44 AM PDT
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What about small maps Bungie? I love the game but Bungie as a whole who were known to listen to their community are failing hardcore.

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  • 03.19.2008 9:44 AM PDT

Great...another Big Team Battle map. I don't understand Bungie, why do you continue to make BTB maps? I'm hoping this is the only BTB map in this map pack of 4 maps right?

  • 03.19.2008 9:47 AM PDT
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i think the sort of design on the inside looks like construct and the outside like that building in campaign that you have to get into to shut of the shields but with snow

  • 03.19.2008 9:48 AM PDT

This map looks awesome and huge! I wish bungie would have put a scarab in that map either a playable scarab or one that has its own AI and kills everything it sees! That would be nice especially on such a huge map! Add a few scorpions and the map will balance out!

  • 03.19.2008 9:48 AM PDT
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Massive map... massive battles... must have LAN party!!! Epic! Whee!

Oh, did they say anything about the Heroic Maps being free? I didn't catch that...

  • 03.19.2008 9:48 AM PDT

wow this map looks awesome i cant wait wish i fast forward time ;P

  • 03.19.2008 9:50 AM PDT

I'm in your base, killin your guys.

Hell yeah! sidewinders back! blood gulch can't be too far away!

say, will we get another Red vs Blue episode explaining the maps?

  • 03.19.2008 9:53 AM PDT

:P i was wrong, i thought it was gonna be a containment remake, but sidewinder is super cool. this map looks AWESOME!!!!
PS: u should have made a scarab that is like an elephant on sandtrap, it would be invincible, but if u killed rhe driver then it would explode like in campaign, u suck for not putting two into the map for each team. u said it would contain a 'suprising vehicle or two'


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  • 03.19.2008 9:54 AM PDT

Try out my map variation out of Rat's Nest: Hangar 92!

Legendary Map Pack is a must buy!

Although I wouldn't ask more from Bungie after this awesome winter map (I love winter maps) I wish these upcoming maps will have some of the same Forge objects what Foundry did. Imagine a CQB map out of Avalance where you fight in a big three-level building with cool sights to outside. It would be good because then there would also be different-looking fanmade maps than just dark Foundry variations.

Either way, Avalance is a dream-come-true. I hope Bungie remembers that there are still 250 gamerscores left to put into Halo 3. I think that this map pack should include around 80 new gamerscores. It wouldn't be cool to put all the extra gamerscores into one pack.

I think Bungie should make totally at least five different map packs for Halo 3 . Also possibly one boughtable armor pack too, with extra Elite armors since there have been no extra Elite armors yet, nor any hardly achievable armor parts for Elites.

It would be fantastic if Lockout would make it into Halo 3 but I don't personally consider it wise to put it into this pack. Since if they would put this Avalance and Lockout into the same pack, what would the Mythic Map Pack then include? New maps of course but then Bungie would use the best old maps in one map pack if they would put Avalanche and Lockout into Legendary one (Expect - of course there are Coagulation, Midship, Warlock and Headlong what are fantastic maps as well).

I think that the remaining map for Legendary Map Pack should be Midship. We need more small and huge maps. There are enough mid-sized maps already in my opinion.

So seems that Bungie favors less-talked maps in Halo 3 map packs. So the Halo 2 Vista maps Uplift and District would be nice surpises as well. Who knows?

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  • 03.19.2008 9:58 AM PDT

What's up? I'm Anthony, from Maryland. I play a lot of video games, too many. Enjoying the Halo Reach Beat right now. Also Halo was kind of my life from the age of 11-14.

OMG, I cannot wait for this map pack. Sidewinder was my favorite Halo Combat Evolved map.

  • 03.19.2008 10:05 AM PDT

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Bungie - Good job, looks fantastic.

MGS - You can stick 800 points up ur ass, ill wait till september or whenever.

well said, well said.

  • 03.19.2008 10:06 AM PDT

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I knew it was going to be based on sidewinder. My favourite halo map has returned to halo 3 :). It looks huge which is a good think as I love warthog combat.

  • 03.19.2008 10:07 AM PDT
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sweet i still have to wait

  • 03.19.2008 10:07 AM PDT
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oh great another big map...

  • 03.19.2008 10:07 AM PDT

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Posted by: COG SOLDIER 005
:P i was wrong, i thought it was gonna be a containment remake, but sidewinder is super cool. this map looks AWESOME!!!!
PS: u should have made a scarab that is like an elephant on sandtrap, it would be invincible, but if u killed rhe driver then it would explode like in campaign, u suck for not putting two into the map for each team. u said it would contain a 'suprising vehicle or two'


[Edited on 03.19.2008 9:56 AM PDT]
Uh ya, the hornet and tank surely have already been in matchmaking since the game came out. You're right, we need a scarab, a vehicle that isn't even in MP at all. Did you forget what two vehicles haven't seen the light of day in matchmaking?

And another thing, its a big map; big deal! Don't play BTB you qumquats. There are plenty of small maps out there, and big maps are nice because you see a broader use of weapons, instead of assault rifle and right hand. As far as the points go, if you stop buying game magazines or cig's (not that I'm saying these are the only possibilities for a halo gamer lol) for a week, you might have enough money to purchase a relatively cheap map pack. 12.95 ppl, I bet you could find that in quarters if you look around your house. You'd be surprised, I scrounged up 15 bucks one time. Maybe I drop too much stuff I guess lol.


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  • 03.19.2008 10:09 AM PDT
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Excellent, I was right about it being Sidewinder form the descriptions that were first released about Cotton Ball. I've be playing Halo since the day the first one was released. I love a good remake (inspired by) map as much as the next guy. But Xbox's websites description of the Legendary Map Pack makes me wonder. Its says there is another remake on the way for this map pack! NO!!!! Come on Bungie, new maps please!!!

I think all Halo 1, and Halo 2 maps should be remade. And on top of that we should get the new Halo 3 maps. Thats my thought, although its not very practical.

But for all of you who like the remakes, don't worry I'm sure there is more to come. Like Midship... I mean Purple Reign.

  • 03.19.2008 10:10 AM PDT

Posted by: Renegade01
By the Forerunners, Sidewinder has been reborn! Lots of space, cool interior base designs, a sandbox of vehicles what have a new paint job (arctic-style), man cannons, snow... what more could one ask for? Excellent work, Bungie. I love it already. I smell content for a RVB video! Roosterteeth, get on it!

I better bring an extra pair of mittens for this map.


Pelican and or Scarab

  • 03.19.2008 10:11 AM PDT
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HA i loved this map....i played this just as much as bloodglutch YAY FOR CLASSICS!

  • 03.19.2008 10:11 AM PDT
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This great, i personally think bungie should take this snow map in a different direction by adding reduced visibility with a snow storm. Any thoughts?

  • 03.19.2008 10:12 AM PDT

Hypothermo was on the Bungie weekly update!

Hooray for big snowy map! And the map pack release date! and the Hornet in matchmaking!
*drools*

  • 03.19.2008 10:12 AM PDT

Posted by: COG SOLDIER 005
:P i was wrong, i thought it was gonna be a containment remake, but sidewinder is super cool. this map looks AWESOME!!!!
PS: u should have made a scarab that is like an elephant on sandtrap, it would be invincible, but if u killed rhe driver then it would explode like in campaign, u suck for not putting two into the map for each team. u said it would contain a 'suprising vehicle or two'


they were talking about the Hornet and Scorpion I think... but yes I highly agree about the Scarab part! Two scarabs fighting each other would be awsome XD

  • 03.19.2008 10:14 AM PDT