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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 01/30/09

Maybe I will never be
All the things that I wanna be
But now is not the time to cry
Now's the time to find out why
I think you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever

When I get the map im going to make Sandtrap!

  • 01.31.2009 7:42 AM PDT

\m/

soooo sand box eh?
can't wait 4 some outdoors griffball madness!

  • 01.31.2009 7:54 AM PDT

My troll sense is tingling.

Posted by: CHI 2891msw
Disappointing..... Absolutely disappointing...... Just a re-done version of Sandtrap with a few changes here and there, but nothing impressive. Nothing but remakes. What's ridiculous is that you show us a preview of a map way back in August and then you show us Orbital and now this about 4 months down the road! Every week all I hear is that the maps are to still be kept classified. I think that's a bit rude to keep fans hyped that long. No need to be excited now, I have no intentions of buying Halo Wars or ODST, nor the map packs themselves. ODST was a bad idea in the first place. Been a fan for a long time; not just a one time complainer.


Judging a map by a single screenshot... you're stupid. And the fact that you have no intentions of buying ODST or HW without tying them makes you even more stupid.

  • 01.31.2009 8:22 AM PDT

My troll sense is tingling.

Sandbox looks very interseting, beautiful sunset.

  • 01.31.2009 8:25 AM PDT

Sammich Successful

is it possible to love and hate at the same time?

  • 01.31.2009 9:02 AM PDT
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Hmm, are they building something for Bungie?

[Edited on 01.31.2009 9:09 AM PST]

  • 01.31.2009 9:05 AM PDT

Hey I think that Bungie should include these forge updates in the Mythic Map Pack or Halo ODST. Click here to see some forge update suggestions.

  • 01.31.2009 9:58 AM PDT

lock and load!!!

nice nice nice cant wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


[Edited on 01.31.2009 10:08 AM PST]

  • 01.31.2009 10:06 AM PDT

Sandbox look like santrap without the sand.....kinda!!!!


hey mabye that was the secret of sandtrap THEY CAN QUIT LOOKING....aslo will there be elephants if it a vehicel based map

ASLO new forge items????????

[Edited on 01.31.2009 10:13 AM PST]

  • 01.31.2009 10:11 AM PDT

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  • 01.31.2009 10:18 AM PDT
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Cool update Urk!

Nice to see the confirmation of the Sandbox image!

: )

  • 01.31.2009 10:24 AM PDT
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I have a genius idea, it would be the bestselling download.
An undo button in forge.
That will be even better now sandbox is out if Bungie would make us one I would happily pay 100 Microsoft points for it.

Great update, I can sleep easy now knowing sandbox will make my friends play halo again.

  • 01.31.2009 10:46 AM PDT

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  • 01.31.2009 10:49 AM PDT
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Jason

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  • 01.31.2009 10:55 AM PDT
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I think they (Microsoft) knows that on its own, Halo Wars wouldn't do too well, and there's just enough people who would go and shell out what-$70 for a "limited edition" for the maps alone (further justifying mediocre limited/collectors edition SKUs of products to bean counters) so that they can point to what a huge success Halo Wars is with the sales.

I love Bungie but this guy is right. It stinks, and anyone who can think a little outside the box will be able to figure out why the map pack is being bundled with the Halo Wars LE. For that matter, any RTS fan who has seen the latest build of Halo Wars can tell that the game is not very innovative and lacks some of the most basic components of a classic strategy game... unless your idea of strategy is simply spamming units. Couple that with the fact that Ensemble Studios filed for bankruptcy some time ago and you can rest assured Halo Wars will have little replayability, DLC, or community support. Ensemble is a sinking ship and Microsoft/Bungie knows it.

I'll buy ODST in a heartbeat, but I'm very skeptical right now of dropping $80 for some maps. I'd rent it first, that is if every movie rental place in my area didn't go out of business.

As for Sandbox. I really do think it looks cool and look forward to playing it, but I'm a little dissappointed that it is being advertised as a "large vehicular map." If you use the Warthogs in the pic for scale, the map looks roughly half the size of Standoff. That is actually quite small. If you can manipulate the surrounding sand dunes to increase or decrease the size then this map will be awesome, but if not... well, time will tell.

  • 01.31.2009 11:15 AM PDT

yuck. sandbox looks like something out of halo custom edition. you are really lowering your standards bungie.

  • 01.31.2009 11:25 AM PDT

Lol I wonder what his reward actually was xD Unless it was the post in here

  • 01.31.2009 11:30 AM PDT

My Best Bungie moment: finally beating all the Halo games on solo legendary.
My Worst Bungie moment: not seeing giant stuffie grunts in the Bungie store.

Great update. I can't wait to see just how "limitless" forge on sandbox really is.

  • 01.31.2009 11:30 AM PDT

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I think that sunset was in another weekly update
btw Sandbox looks awesome.

  • 01.31.2009 12:16 PM PDT

Great up-date, sandbox look brilliant but i'm sure time will tell lol The Brute pimp looks awesome haha
Thanks again for putting a smile on my face with this weekly update Urk
~PK

  • 01.31.2009 1:35 PM PDT

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  • 01.31.2009 2:45 PM PDT

The graphics really dont look that great in Sandbox...Thats really surprising considering i thought ghost Town was the best looking multiplayer map ever...And the whole ramp design looks alot like Halo 1 or Counter Strike...I hope theres some cool catch...

[Edited on 01.31.2009 5:06 PM PST]

  • 01.31.2009 5:05 PM PDT

So Sandbox is a map that can be forged better than Foundary. That's all I got out of that. I hope the official reveal on B Net is next week.

  • 01.31.2009 7:06 PM PDT
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Bungie, i have played halo 3 for almost a year now and im a colonel grade 3 but my rank is deceiving. I get stuck with too many generals when im in team doubles which is annoying but i deal with it. I would appreciate it greatly if my stats were reviewed and i was rewarded with something, not necessarily recon but something of the sort.

Thanks, x1 Clutch 1x



  • 01.31.2009 7:12 PM PDT