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Subject: Legendary Map: Blackout

The first time i looked at Forge World i was like, oh hey cool thats... oh, holy, you guys did what.

why bring back lockout when there is a map that is almost the same already on the halo disc
its just i'm fed up of the small 3v3 maps when i play lots of games in big maps.
Cant there be any new ones or at least bring back waterworks from halo 2 with a dark and overgrown presence. instead of the boring maps that no one played
i remember when halo 2 first came out i had three friends over playing slayer on coagulation,waterworks and zanzibar. i know that valhalla and last resort are two of the maps but i want to see waterworks with the big tower in the middle where enemies cant see you if you have dark coloured armor.
i like the look of avalanche and ghost town but blackout is just boring
boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo

it would be good if bungie could make different maps for different armor colours like an ocean map with lots of water for blue armor colour

it would be great if they could have like i leisure centre or a forest.

so please bungie read my post and i hope you can make good use of it
thanks

  • 03.25.2008 8:36 PM PDT

The first time i looked at Forge World i was like, oh hey cool thats... oh, holy, you guys did what.

why bring back lockout when there is a map that is almost the same already on the halo disc
its just i'm fed up of the small 3v3 maps when i play lots of games in big maps.
Cant there be any new ones or at least bring back waterworks from halo 2 with a dark and overgrown presence. instead of the boring maps that no one played
i remember when halo 2 first came out i had three friends over playing slayer on coagulation,waterworks and zanzibar. i know that valhalla and last resort are two of the maps but i want to see waterworks with the big tower in the middle where enemies cant see you if you have dark coloured armor.
i like the look of avalanche and ghost town but blackout is just boring
boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo boo

  • 03.25.2008 8:37 PM PDT

Lars, NZ... YAYA
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YAYA the greatest map of all time on halo 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 03.25.2008 8:37 PM PDT

I thought that guardian was the remake of lockout? why make another?

  • 03.25.2008 8:40 PM PDT

hatas wanna fight me

woot
this is gonna be an awesome DLC
I wonder if there are any new Forge objects unique to each map

  • 03.25.2008 8:41 PM PDT

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Posted by: Tacky
Bungie Fails again.

This is not lockout.

You took everything fun out of the game. There are no more of the jumps, no more options, just single, closed minded hallways and closed perimeters for limiting vision across map.

GREAT JOB AT RUINING EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH!

it is a simple COPY and PASTE - nothing more, NOTHING NEEDED TO BE CHANGED FROM THE HALO 2 MAPS.

True halo 2 fans only find this as a disappointing failure like bungie has done time and time again.

Unbelievable. I am losing more and more hope in this pitiful excuse for a game developer every day.

Dude whats your problem? They can't just copy and paste the maps because Halo 3 isn't the same as Halo 2.

For example, the Needlers are way more powerful than they were in H2 so they can't just throw them around the map anymore, and basically most of the guns in H2 don't work the same as they did.

Plus there's too much new stuff to incorporate into the maps like equipment to just copy and paste, tbh I think 3 equipment on that map is overkill on a map that size since theres only 1 on Guardian. Plus theres stuff thats been taken out too like the Brute Rifles gone and I'm pretty sure that had a spawn on Lockout, what do you want them to do specifically remake the Brute Rifle just for Lockout?

And if you're problem isn't with all the above crap then it must be the difference between the Human design of Blackout and the Forerunner design of Lockout, dude grow up its the same map layout it just looks different. O LOOK I REMADE THE SAME MAP WITH BETTER GRAPHICS BUT I CHANGED THE COLOUR OF ONE BUILDING TO PINK SO I FAIL AT MAKING MAPS BECAUSE ITS SUPPOSED TO BE BLUE

And if it makes you feel any better Blackout probably won't play the same as Lockout, because Halo 2 and Halo 3 aren't the same game, Last Resort plays nothing like Zanzibar.

Peace


i agree with most everything you said except there weren't any brute rifles on lockout

  • 03.25.2008 8:44 PM PDT

Spartans Never Die

Guardian was nevr a "remake" it was a "spiritual sucsessor" and anyways it was really more of a cross between Ascension and Lockout combined...
But really Guardian is its own seperate map

  • 03.25.2008 8:45 PM PDT

Bungie...I freakin' love you. I can't thank you enough.

  • 03.25.2008 8:46 PM PDT
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keeeeeeep it reeeeeeeeeeeeeal bungie!!!!!

map looks SiCK

  • 03.25.2008 8:53 PM PDT

donut...
...get me a sniper rifle

Thank you Bungie. It looks cool, get it? *ahem* ... anyways, I look forward to playing this map sans moders and glitchers.

  • 03.25.2008 8:55 PM PDT
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I like the colour-coded textures. Also, I like how there are labels on all of the buildings, making calling out locations much easier.

  • 03.25.2008 8:57 PM PDT
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imo guardian is really nothing like lockout so im happy we get an actual remake of one of the best maps ever.

  • 03.25.2008 9:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: Tacky
Bungie Fails again.

This is not lockout.

You took everything fun out of the game. There are no more of the jumps, no more options, just single, closed minded hallways and closed perimeters for limiting vision across map.

GREAT JOB AT RUINING EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH!

it is a simple COPY and PASTE - nothing more, NOTHING NEEDED TO BE CHANGED FROM THE HALO 2 MAPS.

True halo 2 fans only find this as a disappointing failure like bungie has done time and time again.

Unbelievable. I am losing more and more hope in this pitiful excuse for a game developer every day.


Amazing. Yet again, I am confused and bewildered as to how people can trash this map with ONLY 4 -BLAMMING!- SCREENSHOTS TO WORK WITH. Unbelievable.

Please, for the love of anything and everything HALO, stop.

Edit: Also, Tacky, did you even read the announcement? When the devs state that the original map framework was "a mess" (for porting directly to H3, I presume), I choose to believe them. If you've got enough skill to design maps for them, I strongly encourage you to forward your resume to Bungie. They're hiring right now. A tip on professionalism: pare your impressive accomplishments down to one page.

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  • 03.25.2008 9:00 PM PDT
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holy crap goodbye no scope games on Gaurdian, and hello to Big Team sniper games on Blackout aka the best map ever!!!! can i get a w00t w00t?

  • 03.25.2008 9:04 PM PDT

i thought i would never see lockout again or now blackout, i was mad at bungie at first since they replaced it with guardian which i think wasnt as good as lockout, but now i am definatly getting this map pack =p go bungie!

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Holy -blam!- man, this looks so -blam!- sweet!! A Lockout remake! Very creative. I like the background. Blackout. I didn't buy the Heroic maps, but I think I'll buy these.

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  • 03.25.2008 9:07 PM PDT

Damn, I haven't changed this in like 4 years...

Aww, Lockout? I liked Lockout, but... okay, Bungie, you win. The map is pretty awesome, but I'm remaining skeptical, since Guardian is close. You better be able to spawn mongeese in the Forge. Also a Wraith.

Why did one one the artists make so many Venezuela references? Did anyone catch that? Could this be a sign? Future maps?

[Edited on 03.25.2008 9:15 PM PDT]

  • 03.25.2008 9:14 PM PDT


Posted by: REV 00
That looks hot!

However a few [jumps] are tweaked or removed and there is one spot that was altered that makes it less easy to lock down a specific quadrant of the map
Specific quadrant = snipe tower.

I am mildly suprised that the leaked magazine scan was fake.
And the doorways look like the doors from Foundry will fit into them... interesting.


actually its the shotgun spawn, if you look closely at the picture you can see there is a door on the left so you cant get stuck down there.

  • 03.25.2008 9:27 PM PDT

1v1!

rainbow six vegas 2 is gunna have a run for its money... I mean I was lookin forward to avalanche but now I am having a cornacopia of feelings for both of them

ALSO GHOST TOWN LOOKS KOOL TO

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  • 03.25.2008 9:31 PM PDT

1v1!

and also just spit balling here but...

maybe bungie could add pelicans into multiplayer? or the troop hog? or maybe even an AI scarab? hmmmm

well anyway tell me what u think

  • 03.25.2008 9:34 PM PDT

The first 2 seemed tight, but now it's official. I'm buying these maps the day they come out. :)

  • 03.25.2008 9:37 PM PDT

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  • 03.25.2008 9:44 PM PDT

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SAAWEET this map pack should be amazing!!

People really should stop complaining about "What? I thought gardian was a remake of lockout why make another one." If you have ever played lockout you would know that gardian is not a remake. Gardian is a map that is ment to play like lockout but not ment to be a remake. Maps like that are a good thing, they play very well for most gametypes. Halo 3 could use more maps like it.

One person even complained that them saything that they would leave as many as the jumps in as they could ment that there would be bouncing to get on top of the towers. They went on saying how they were tired of lockout because of people using them to kill them over and over. Honestly that guy is very slow in the head if he thinks they would purposely put bouncing in the map. For one bungie would never do that and two it would be impossable for a superjump to even happen in halo3 the same way it did in halo2. They ment like the jump from the top mid to the ramp up to sniper tower and the jump from the top mid railing up to the front slant of BR tower.

Also some complained that they should stop making remakes and make original stuff. Personally I think that some of the original stuff to halo3 has been bad - exp.: highground(for slayer not skirmish), sandtrap, standoff, narrows and that all the remakes/simalar maps have been good. Thats just my opinion, I know many disagree.

Well I think that the map pack will be amazing. I think that the maps are totally worth the 10 bucks. Hopefully now that the heroic map pack is free it will become manditory to play matchmaking.

  • 03.25.2008 9:45 PM PDT