ElzarTheBam
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Ah, I think Krow or Xand mentioned you were unhappy with the port. Puts the effort that went into anniversary...into perspective.
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Halo |OT2| Hyper-Athletic Speed And Mass And Weight and Power
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Ah, I think Krow or Xand mentioned you were unhappy with the port. Puts the effort that went into anniversary...into perspective.
Hypertrooper
Member
That was a great game! Pretty intense. Beaver Creek is Reach's best map sadly.
A wild CyReN appeared on my stream.
A wild CyReN appeared on my stream.
Steelyuhas
Member
What is sad about Beaver Creek being a great map?
The Henery
Member
Wow, didn't realise teams could veto for different maps now.
I was pissed when Sanc was announced as a Forge remake instead of a real map
More Cyren, yay! And Pit CTF, Halo 3's best new map
I was laughing out loud at that PP kill haha.
Anniversary was a pretty good remake/port. But I just wish 343i had put more effort into it themselves--that probably would have pushed Halo 4 back a year, though.
The Librarian
Banned
That's not what he was saying. He's saying it's sad that Reach doesn't have any maps that rival or surpass Beaver Creek. He's lamenting the fact that there aren't many quality maps in Reach's arsenal.
Im_So_Pringles
Member
I got them this time Cyren
EDIT: THAT WAS FUCKING SICK PISTOLA!!!! THE WIZARD!
EDIT: THAT WAS FUCKING SICK PISTOLA!!!! THE WIZARD!
Hypertrooper
Member
I'm saying/tried to say that a remake is much better than every map on disc.
It's one of the best maps in the entire series.
EDIT: There's other good maps, just not on BC's level. If it were in other Halo games without equipment splattered over the area it would've been its best one as well.
Steelyuhas
Member
I was pissed when Sanc was announced as a Forge remake instead of a real map
More Cyren, yay! And Pit CTF, Halo 3's best new map
Yeah, but the community, including our own has made some great Sanctuary maps that look a lot better than almost any other Forge maps. Even 343 won't use Over's, maybe MLG will actually update their shitty version in the future.
Also, sad to see grey world after the game on the beautiful BC.
Understandable, but there simply haven't been many maps since H2 that can match up with the better maps from the first two games in the series.
It would have been more sad if they hadn't brought it over. I mean, that map was one of the best in 2, and would have been the best in 3 if it had been remade for that game. It's the map that's probably closest to 'timeless' status. What even comes close as far as 4v4 symmetric goes? Warlock, Middy, Sanctuary, and The Pit. That's about it.
Also probably sadder that the Battle Canyon weapon placement ruins such a great layout.
^ Exactly. I prefer Reach to 3 (in terms of MLG settings), but I wish we had better maps. Countdown and Zealot aren't bad, but compared to previous maps in the series...
Yeah, I really like (in terms of gameplay) the maps the MLG community has come up with, especially the Pit. I'm hoping the Halo 4 map designers are taking a look at what makes these maps work competitively (as well as LANning Halo 2 religiously).
edit: loving this series, and the atmosphere! This is fucking awesome
Yeah, I really like (in terms of gameplay) the maps the MLG community has come up with, especially the Pit. I'm hoping the Halo 4 map designers are taking a look at what makes these maps work competitively (as well as LANning Halo 2 religiously).
edit: loving this series, and the atmosphere! This is fucking awesome
Hypertrooper
Member
The sandbox even destroyed the on-disc maps which should not happen.
Who was Roy's angel?
Who here enjoys Hang 'Em High? It may have been a great map in CE, but I can't stand it in Reach. The middle area is pointless to go in, as there are barely any power weapons and you'll get picked off almost immediately. I'm not much for Beaver Creek either, although it's still better than the majority of Reach's maps. I do like Headlong quite a bit though.
Hang 'em High only really worked with CE's gameplay, and while Tombstone helped improve the geometry by allowing more movement from bottom to top and making the bases work with asymmetric gametypes by switching them, it never really meshed well with the mechanics in Halo 2.
Then the Reach remake tossed the improvements out the window on top of it not really working with Reach mechanics. Good stuff.
edit: Countdown looks totally boring even when pros play it. Nice to know that its quality doesn't scale up with skill.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Headlong fairs better, but I certainly agree about Beaver Creek.
I think that the update works better by offering some reasons to go to the sides, and fixing some issues. I freely admit that when I played it in CE I just camped in the shotgun spawns, running back and forth down the corridor to pick people off. While some of the added corridors in High Noon are pointless the extra two on the high base do lessen that strategy, and the grav lift means you don't have the slaughterfest of people pinned underneath shotgun spawn trying to get to the damn ramp.
The Henery
Member
OHMYGOD
Hypertrooper
Member
OMG. That was an amazing game.
Im_So_Pringles
Member
HOLY FUCK NUTS MAH NIPPLES
This is a little random, but has HaloGAF/all of NeoGAF ever had a Halo tournament? Or even a GAF-wide game tournament with hundreds of people spanning several weeks with 10+ games? A GAFlympics could be absolutely incredible.
At the very least, we should have one at some point. Damn, that sounds sweet.
At the very least, we should have one at some point. Damn, that sounds sweet.
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Wait until you see Penance.
Countdown only really slows down near the end if it's close, same goes for Pit. Makes for some tense final moments. Penance is slow (much slower than what we just saw in the end) throughout the entire match.
Hypertrooper
Member
Hitmonchan107 and Duncan organized the Halo Community tournament.
Wait until you see Penance.
Countdown only really slows down near the end if it's close, same goes for Pit. Makes for some tense final moments. Penance is slow (much slower than what we just saw in the end) throughout the entire match.
That Instinct game on Penance at the Red Bull LAN was so funny to watch, that one plasma grenade TK at top teleport was hilarious. But yeah, soooo slow. Pit TS is Quake compared to it.
Im_So_Pringles
Member
Holy shit my heart is racing so bad still hahahaha
Speaking of, lets do another one.
I should have been more clear, I was talking specifically about the "Hang 'em High" variant. I think nearly all of the geometry changes that CA did for the updated versions are great - things like that back corner hallway on Breakneck are very smart additions. All the more disappointing that the weapon placements weren't up to par for most of them.
Not really related, but I really think that a lot of maps from 3 and Reach could use the 'improved remake' treatment. Integrating the MLG changes to the Pit and fixing the few issues that map has could elevate it even higher, and maps like Zealot and Anchor 9 really only need a few major changes to be great. That's really what made Beaver Creek what it is, fixing the problems from Battle Creek and moving it forward without drastically changing it. Unfortunately, sometimes you end up with a Blackout or a Last Resort.
KidA Seven
Member
Fuck yes Ogre 2.
Same, I'm here texting my girlfriend about the game telling her I'll be showing it my kids in twenty years hahaha
This time I want to be on the GAF team. I can statistically show that I am better at sniping than 87% of HaloGAF.
This time I want to be on the GAF team. I can statistically show that I am better at sniping than 87% of HaloGAF.
If we do one, I'd suggest borrowing the Bungie Day concept and do "HaloGAF versus the World".
I'd be down, although I have no steaks to donate.
One of the best.
One of the GOAT.
The Henery
Member
The big grav lift up the side of High Noon
makes the map play a lot better than HeH. Love that addition.
makes the map play a lot better than HeH. Love that addition.