The News
This topic has moved here: Subject: Legendary Map: Blackout
  • Subject: Legendary Map: Blackout
Subject: Legendary Map: Blackout

Ferio, tego.

This map looks awesome though I can't help thinking that it looks like the same set up as guardian. Not that I'm complaining. I loved both Lockout and Guardian

  • 03.25.2008 11:45 PM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

i really believe adding more of these style maps would bring the perfect balance in maps... not to mention with a lone wolves, doubles, 4v4 in ranked and 5v5 in social.... didnt you guys miss one?!?!? A 3V3 PLAY LIST IS EXACTLY WHAT IS NEEDED!! I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET A LOT OF MONEY ON THE GREATEST POPULATION LANDING IN 3V3... NOW JUST THINK OF A CATCHY TITLE... maybe... Ménage à trois???? BUT back to blackout... one... alcoholics will LOVE it... two... the night time is going to be a HIT.. there should be much more night time maps... but good work!!! only one map missing!!!! ASCENSION!!!!!

  • 03.25.2008 11:47 PM PDT

"Our Arrows will Blot out the sun." "Then we will fight in the shade"
This is my favorite line from 300 THAT MOVIE RULEZ ALL

.......Bungie I love the fact that your making lockout for halo 3.....although i find it funny that you were saying the whole time before halo 3 came out that guardian was supposed to be the new lockout......and then when people said it wasnt lockout you changed your story to say that it was never meant to be lockout.......Unfortunately i will be buying the new map pack only because it has the REAL lockout.........its amazing that your reasoning for making more big maps is because you need more for big team.......are you not aware that noone plays bigteam? it takes me 20 minutes to find a game for big team and it always sayss the population for bigteam is less than 10000.....yes i can definitely see why you dont need more small maps for Team slayer which has 60000 or more people at any given time and which is obviously a more popular playlist......seriously we need more arena maps make a whole new map pack with arena maps they dont even have to be remakes just a small size WEE DO NOT NEED MORE BIG MAPS I AM SICK AND TIRED OF TRYING TO PLAY TEAM SLAYER WITH ASSAULT RIFLES ON FREAKING LAST RESORT ITS NOT FUN IT IS IDIOTIC i mean seriously i know you are trying to do what the so called "majority" wants but its amazing how i see so so many more people saying i want arena maps than i see saying i want more big team maps I seriously doubt i will be playing Halo 3 as long as i played Halo 2 if you dont make maps that dont require me to be freaking noob who drives around in a vehicle the whole game to play........i understand you people at bungie find it "super fun" to drive around in vehicles for 30 minutes a game and get 5 kills but people like me who play competitively can tell you that its not fun for everyone and the only reason its fun for you guys is because sory to say this but your all noobs.........I just had a thought maybe the reason your rrecord for humpdays on halo 2 and t your record fort halo 3 are so different is because in Halo 2 you played games that required skill but on Halo 3 all you have to do is be a moron and jump in a ghost......that explains everything

  • 03.25.2008 11:53 PM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

I have never really enjoyed remakes of maps, except for Last Resort (Zanzibar from H2), which was sufficiently edited to ensure a new style of gameplay, and the spiritual successors (a la Santrap/Relic, Guardian/Lockout (i know its not a remake damnit!) (Always thought The Pit was like an opened-up Turf) and Construct (Colossus?) and Epitaph (somewhat similar to that H2 map [the one with the rock-able bridge up top. Its not the same.. which is good.)
I refuse to acknowledge Valhalla and Standoff (though good maps in their own respect) as Coagulation.

However, Avalanche looks great. I hope that Bungie has managed to fully integrate Blackout into a Halo 3 style of play. I remain optimistic. However, i remain sidelined when it comes to forgeability. Lots of smaller maps just dont have enough potential for forge.
So, while i'm here, i wish for a hell of a lot more DLC releases besides "Mythic" and Legendary, and a larger map (Sandtrap/Relic/Wzaterworks/Headlong style) that retains the same amount of forgeabuility as foundry (Yay vehicular combat objective games) (Once again i refuse to acknowledge Standoff, it seemed that there was a vaccum of combat on silos 1 and 2's surrounding area..
It probably will never happen, but, well, i live in hope.


[Edited on 03.26.2008 1:18 AM PDT]

  • 03.26.2008 12:02 AM PDT

..odin1156, chill out

[Edited on 03.26.2008 12:04 AM PDT]

  • 03.26.2008 12:03 AM PDT
  •  | 
  • Exalted Heroic Member

Posted by: Stealth7500
Here here. If you are going to do Lockout and Sidewinder, you absolutely have to do Blood Gulch. I think just for Red vs Blue's sake you should do Blood Gulch. Valhalla came close, but it an't no Blood Gulch.


I think at the very least we can expect to see remakes of Battle Creek and Blood Gulch. These two maps are among the best of the best in terms of objective games and an absolute necessity for the final game in the series. I wouldn't be surprised to see Headlong from the second game either. Brilliant.

  • 03.26.2008 12:28 AM PDT

I know I have an issue with my temper and may say and do things in a match that are embarrassing and regretful. I try my best to control it but things tend to get on my nerves...like Armor Lock for example. :P
So if I do do or say something bad, then I'm sorry I didn't really mean it and you should just get over it.
Thank you.

Awesome! Lockout was a good map and I'm glad it's being remade for Halo 3. It's nice to see more classic maps from the past make it into the new game.

  • 03.26.2008 12:36 AM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

I wonder 2

  • 03.26.2008 12:40 AM PDT

"I came here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all outta bubble gum."

Original Halo Fan

Member Since Spring '04

too much from now on i think every map pack should have only one remake...

Two totally new concepts/maps and either a re-imagined remake or a clone remake, but not both, i want so original content please!

  • 03.26.2008 12:52 AM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

w00t go bungie YEAAAAAH!



hang on.... if the 3 maps are done why aren't they selling the map pack now?

  • 03.26.2008 1:04 AM PDT

Posted by: odin1156
.......Bungie I love the fact that your making lockout for halo 3.....although i find it funny that you were saying the whole time before halo 3 came out that guardian was supposed to be the new lockout......and then when people said it wasnt lockout you changed your story to say that it was never meant to be lockout.......Unfortunately i will be buying the new map pack only because it has the REAL lockout.........its amazing that your reasoning for making more big maps is because you need more for big team.......are you not aware that noone plays bigteam? it takes me 20 minutes to find a game for big team and it always sayss the population for bigteam is less than 10000.....yes i can definitely see why you dont need more small maps for Team slayer which has 60000 or more people at any given time and which is obviously a more popular playlist......seriously we need more arena maps make a whole new map pack with arena maps they dont even have to be remakes just a small size WEE DO NOT NEED MORE BIG MAPS I AM SICK AND TIRED OF TRYING TO PLAY TEAM SLAYER WITH ASSAULT RIFLES ON FREAKING LAST RESORT ITS NOT FUN IT IS IDIOTIC i mean seriously i know you are trying to do what the so called "majority" wants but its amazing how i see so so many more people saying i want arena maps than i see saying i want more big team maps I seriously doubt i will be playing Halo 3 as long as i played Halo 2 if you dont make maps that dont require me to be freaking noob who drives around in a vehicle the whole game to play........i understand you people at bungie find it "super fun" to drive around in vehicles for 30 minutes a game and get 5 kills but people like me who play competitively can tell you that its not fun for everyone and the only reason its fun for you guys is because sory to say this but your all noobs.........I just had a thought maybe the reason your rrecord for humpdays on halo 2 and t your record fort halo 3 are so different is because in Halo 2 you played games that required skill but on Halo 3 all you have to do is be a moron and jump in a ghost......that explains everything


Why do people always say that Bungie claimed Guardian was the new Lockout when everything Bungie stated completely contradicts this. Bungie never, EVER claimed that Guardian was "the new Lockout" or a REMAKE.

Bungie quotes:

"Guardian is the SPIRITUAL SUCCESSOR to Lockout"

"Guardian was never intended to replace Lockout"

"Guardian is not Lockout" <---Should have been sufficient but people are still idiots.

Do you know what "spiritual successor" entails?

It borrows certain concepts from Lockout, capturing it's spirit, but not fully emulating Lockout in its entirety.

The structural features of Guardian (especially the middle platform), are reminiscent of Lockout, and Guardian to some extent plays like Lockout, but Guardian is NOT a REMAKE of Lockout.

[Edited on 03.26.2008 1:25 AM PDT]

  • 03.26.2008 1:11 AM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

Posted by: CONCUSSION v2
PS: is Purple Reign still in the map pack? Or are these the only ones?

I believe that a couple months back bungie said that purple reign had slid behind schedule due to certain problems that came up. They also stated that another map had moved ahead of schedule (can't remember which one) and they would be putting that one in the legendary map pack. I think that Purple Reign is still being made; it will just come in a later map pack. (I'm not sure if this is completely accurate. I wrote that from memory. Some one feel free to correct me if it's needed.)

  • 03.26.2008 1:12 AM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

Holy crap Bungie thank you for remaking Lockout I cant wait to play this!!!!!!!

  • 03.26.2008 1:13 AM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

Thank you, I think they should e putting it in this one becuase $10 isnt really worth 3 maps, but Lockout-er Blackout is in it so thats why im buying.

  • 03.26.2008 1:28 AM PDT

Spartans Never Die

yeah Purple Reign is coming later and also Moonbase Alpha... i think...
does anyone remember what happened to Moonbase Alpha?

  • 03.26.2008 1:47 AM PDT

Falcon PAUNCH!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111 YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! LOCKOUT IS BACKK-blam!--blam!--blam!--blam!--blam!--blam!--blam!-!!!!!!! !

  • 03.26.2008 2:07 AM PDT

YYEEAAHH!!!! I luv ur bungie! though the sniper tower jump removal is kind of a pity though.

  • 03.26.2008 2:09 AM PDT

now bungie's next map pack should have warlock, a jungle map like sierra 117 and a firey map like in that spartan armor galore pic in thier gallery

  • 03.26.2008 2:32 AM PDT

][-][ //-\\ ][_ (()) ][ ][

Sincerely, thank you to Bungie and the guys who worked on this content. This means alot to many hardcore halo fans I'm sure. Right when I least suspect it, you shock me once more with your brilliance.

  • 03.26.2008 2:41 AM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

Yes thanks for the lack of innovation, and also for an off shore drilling rig lookin' map. >_>
Hopes are high that you had better play testers for this set, than last time.

  • 03.26.2008 3:08 AM PDT

Halo: CE > > Halo 3 > Halo: Reach = Halo 2

Posted by: SIRBOE
Yes thanks for the lack of innovation, and also for an off shore drilling rig lookin' map. >_>
Hopes are high that you had better play testers for this set, than last time.

Agreed. The off shore drilling rig look is not that appealing. I liked the forunner lockout look better.

  • 03.26.2008 3:15 AM PDT
  • gamertag:
  • user homepage:
  • last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT

BUNGIEEEE U ARE GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 03.26.2008 4:24 AM PDT

See Bungie?
Everybody's happy about Lockout.
So those public polls aren't that bad, are they?

Thank you for recreating that awesome map. Had many good times there on Halo 2.

  • 03.26.2008 4:27 AM PDT

I like it. Now, how much is this map pack?

  • 03.26.2008 4:39 AM PDT