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Subject: Is Backwash the most disliked map in Halo history?

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

Poll: Is Backwash the most disliked map in Halo history?  [closed]
Yes:  32%
(27 Votes)
No:  68%
(58 Votes)
Total Votes: 85

Apart of the Maptacular Map Pack, Backwash was not exactly a DLC hit. It gets a lot of hate to this day as the worst Halo 2 map ever. But is it really the worst multiplayer map in the entire Halo series?

Backwash was the only map to be removed from Halo 2 Matchmaking (the 360 had problems with the map). But you got to admit, the swamp environment and having the 2401 Penitent Tangent float around was pretty cool.

"This will be the last time you'll ever get to experience Backwash online. Bummer, eh?" -A little inside joke from Bungie (prior to Halo 2's shut down) that appeared as one of the "Did You Know?" tips you see while searching Matchmaking.

Give your thoughts about the map and if it really ranks as the most disappointing multiplayer map of all time.

Refresh your memory!

  • 06.27.2011 3:22 PM PDT
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Imagine a triangle. It's perfect, but a little plain. You take a chisel, and carve a small decorative symbol into it to make it a little more interesting. People like it, but it could use a little more.

So you then take a sledgehammer..

A lot of people seem to think so, but I'd say Paradiso is just as bad.

[Edited on 06.27.2011 3:57 PM PDT]

  • 06.27.2011 3:56 PM PDT
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I liked it, but know that a lot of people did not. I'm the (not) stat man! Thus I cannot say for certain, however.

  • 06.27.2011 4:26 PM PDT

Posted by: Commander GX
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Posted by: CmdrScott1701
I liked it, but know that a lot of people did not. I'm the (not) stat man! Thus I cannot say for certain, however.


You are finally typing normally!

  • 06.27.2011 4:29 PM PDT

Halo 2 for Life!

I really like backwash

my most dis-like map would be Relic.

[Edited on 06.27.2011 5:19 PM PDT]

  • 06.27.2011 5:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: totallymassive
I really like backwash

my most dis-like map would be Relic.
Same, it didn't really feel like they put too much thought behind it.

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EDIT:

I liked Relic a lot

[Edited on 06.27.2011 5:30 PM PDT]

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Posted by: M94 Mushroom Man

Posted by: CmdrScott1701
I liked it, but know that a lot of people did not. I'm the (not) stat man! Thus I cannot say for certain, however.


You are finally typing normally!


I don't have to tip you for narrating, do I?

  • 06.27.2011 6:59 PM PDT

HURR DURR REACH IS FINE CUZ I LIKE IT SO STOP COMPLAINING ALSO BUNGIE IS AWESOME AND IT DOESNT MATTER ABOUT POPULATION COUNT EVEN THOUGH IT GOT CUT IN HALF WHEN REACH CAME OUT

I never played on backwash, but I'm pretty sure it's not as bad as half of Halo Reach's maps. I mean, what can compare to Swordbase or Paradiso?

  • 06.27.2011 9:47 PM PDT

If you didn't Play Halo: CE or Halo 2 MP, your opinion about Halo means nada.

CE + H2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> H3+Reach+H4

Many of the Reach maps are just as bad

  • 06.27.2011 9:59 PM PDT
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BLAM!

I always really liked it. Especially when they had the 2vs2 playlist rocking!

  • 06.28.2011 6:49 AM PDT
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halo 2 still the best game in the series. long live halo 2.

Dam, I miss the old days playing halo 2 with my old brothers in arms. Thank you my old friends for giving me this account, I shall continue our legacy.

Nope, though some maps from Halo Reach fit the bill.

  • 06.28.2011 7:10 AM PDT
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Posted by: JacobGRocks
Yeah, Hitboxing = fail. For example, a certan user from the maw who has never played Halo 2 Xbox online links to this halo 2 bash video (its much less exreme in acutial gameplay) which shows hitboxing, but it also exists in halo 3, which also has unbalanced weps and n00b armor (recon).

The map I didn't like in 2 was Foundation, because of the rockets. As for worst map, though, my votes for either Paradiso or Epitaph.

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De Facto leader of the military of the APE (Allied Planets Empire).

Coup = Admiral Asskicker, ZPM hive ship

Either Boarding Action, Chiron TL34, or Paradiso.

  • 06.28.2011 10:27 AM PDT

Posted by: HiredN00bs
Arrogant hyperbolic exclamations of woe? Seems like a normal day for Halo/Bungie.net.


Posted by: XxNigHTsNiPe
Many of the Reach maps are just as bad


No

From a design- and gameplay standpoint, Backwash is the worst map to ever happen to Halo. Worse than Swordbase, and that's quite an achievement.

  • 06.28.2011 10:47 AM PDT

RIP Halo 2: November 9, 2004-May 10, 2010
I was the 2nd to last person to get kicked off Halo 2, see the thread Here

Phantom pistols on Backwash! <3

  • 06.28.2011 10:48 AM PDT

If you didn't Play Halo: CE or Halo 2 MP, your opinion about Halo means nada.

CE + H2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> H3+Reach+H4


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Posted by: XxNigHTsNiPe
Many of the Reach maps are just as bad


No

From a design- and gameplay standpoint, Backwash is the worst map to ever happen to Halo. Worse than Swordbase, and that's quite an achievement.

There's nothing wrong with Backwash Aside from the stupid Smog.

geometrically speaking it's still a better map than SB. SB Has some of the worst player nagivation i've ever seen in an online FPS

  • 06.28.2011 11:06 AM PDT

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Posted by: Xelyx
The map I didn't like in 2 was Foundation, because of the rockets. As for worst map, though, my votes for either Paradiso or Epitaph.


Epitaph is a great map. Not even the worst in Halo 3.

  • 06.28.2011 12:28 PM PDT

This is actually the stupidest thing ever posted on B.net:

Posted by: the omega man117
Why does everyone hate Halo 2? Maybe its because its the worst game ever next to mario.

To me Isolation was the worst map in Halo 3. What is it with flood themed maps lol?

But in all seriousness I didn't really even get to experience Backwash online before it got pulled from Matchmaking. I just remember all the hate it got.

I also agree with the frustration Sword Base brings in Reach, it is by far my most disliked map in Matchmaking.

Even with all your strange maps, you still got your strange fan base that likes those maps for different reasons and that is all good too.

  • 06.28.2011 2:28 PM PDT


Posted by: TacticulPancake
what can compare to Swordbase or Paradiso?

backwash

  • 06.28.2011 11:05 PM PDT

Halo 2 for Life!

well that and just dis-like BTB games on Relic alot.

Territories was terrible, TS, and flag was also bad. Every time we played massive hordes of people will quit out right away and we'd be stuck playing 1 vs. 2 on a huge map.

Just a epic failure (all games types just felt wrong on the map except snipers and even snipers it was just an ok map).

Backwash on the other hand was extremely creative and different then the others but it brought a mysterious quality, like I was stuck in a night battle with hills everywhere and the only place to battle was in the middle and skirmishes happened on the roads to the middle, lots of ambushes.

Here is my ordering of the Maps of halo 2 (by over all quality, not by 4v4 quality) from best (Elongation) to worst (Relic):

Elongation, Waterworks, Headlong, Midship, Lockout, Ivory Tower, Zanzibar, Coagulation, Beaver Creek,Burial Mounds, Backwash, Sanctuary, Warlock, Ascension, Colossus, Terminal, Tombstone, Foundation, Gemini, Turf, Desolation, Containment, Relic






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Posted by: totallymassive
I really like backwash

my most dis-like map would be Relic.
Same, it didn't really feel like they put too much thought behind it.


[Edited on 07.02.2011 7:28 AM PDT]

  • 06.29.2011 12:03 AM PDT

I thought backwash was one of the best maps for zombies.

  • 06.29.2011 12:45 AM PDT

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Posted by: Xelyx
The map I didn't like in 2 was Foundation, because of the rockets. As for worst map, though, my votes for either Paradiso or Epitaph.


Epitaph is a great map. Not even the worst in Halo 3.


I'm still a little mad. I mean how can you say Epitaph is broken? Epitaph is awesome. And it was great for HLG.

  • 06.29.2011 1:38 AM PDT
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Posted by: XxFebreezexX
I thought backwash was one of the best maps for zombies.


True, Backwash is one of the best maps for zombies. The fog/terrain is perfect for zombies, it has that zombie feel to it. Plus zombies can just pop out of nowhere and scare the living daylights out of you.

  • 06.29.2011 2:26 AM PDT

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Add me to your friends list if you haven't already. It's a lot more fun to play with people from The Maw and people I know than random noobs.

Backwash certainly wasn't one of the best maps ever created for Halo, but Reach has so many terrible maps that even Backwash looks pretty good now.

  • 06.29.2011 8:07 PM PDT

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