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[ElzarTheBam]

Meltdown reminds me of that Halo wars 3v3 map.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Meltdown:

 

[ViewtifulJC]

it's fuckin' HUGE

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

For me, Solace, Haven and Adandon are easily the most promising. Longbow looks like a good BTB map as does Ragnarok while Adrift and Complex are yet to convince me.

Edit: I have never seen Meltdown before. I assume that vid wasn't mean to go live yet.

Edit 2.0: Nice to see they named a map after the GameInformer article.

Edit: 3.0!: Another BTB map :/

I don't get it either. When was BTB even close to the most popular game type?

 

[Abdozer]

Meltdown looks cool, here's hoping the last map is 4v4 sized.

 

[Vire]

More Meltdown:

 

[789shadow]

I don't get it either. When was BTB even close to the most popular game type?

Now that it's all Heavies all the time, YES.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

As for the BTB talk, this map really looks like they can block off parts of it for 4v4. I would guess they do that.

 

[Dug]

Wonder if the video of the 10th map is in there somewhere...

 

[Tunavi]

 

[feel]

Oh snap, someone grab and reupload!

 

[Vire]

The whole red/blue theme reminds me of Fire and Ice.

Very Metroid Prime like.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

Now that it's all Heavies all the time, YES.

Yep, just like battlefield. Everyone jumps straight to their respective vehicles and I run around as hopeless infantry looking for another on-foot sucker to kill before I'm blown sky high. Still, in terms of BTB, meltdown looks pretty sweet to me.

 

[Bsigg12]

I think something people need to keep in mind is that since sprint has become a permanent ability available to everyone, the map sizes as a whole have to grow. A map the size of say Lockout would be even more hectic (and potentially frustrating) since you could traverse the map in half the time that it normally takes.

 

[User 73706]

Infinity + Avalanche + Ice Fields = Meltdown

jacknicholsonheadnod.gif

Let's organize them by size again, roughly anyway:

1. Haven
2. Adrift
3. Abandon
4. Solace
5. Complex
6. Longbow
7. Exile
8. Ragnarok
9. Meltdown
10. Daddy Didact's Mammoth Mountain!*

not revealed yet but IT'S GONNA HAPPEN

 

[Gabotron ES]

Someone go find the remaining one.

Nice find amigo!

Edit: it supports Dominion YAY!!

 

[feel]

Getting a Containment vibe a few moments in.

 

[PewPewPewBow]

I went through more URLs, but the 10th map doesn't seem to be up yet.

 

[Tunavi]

so 4v4 slayer on meltdown?

 

[FyreWulff]

Meltdown instantly reminded me of the early version of Burial Mounds:

 

[Vire]

Here's to hoping the final map is Covenant themed...

Probably not.

 

[Havok]

I'm gonna need an overhead view of Meltdown. The side routes are kind of hard to place from the flythrough.

 

[CyReN]

so pretty

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Yeah, the more I watch the more it looks like the map can be split up and sectioned off for smaller gametypes.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I don't get it either. When was BTB even close to the most popular game type?

The big new gametype is Conquest mode, so it's gonna need some big maps to play on. I'm just glad they're BTB maps instead of specifically made Conquest mode that are shit for regular BTB, and take away from the map count

 

[Bsigg12]

Meltdown instantly reminded me of the early version of Burial Mounds:

The Spartan supermanning on the mongoose will never get old.

 

[Talents]

Another BTB map, OH THE JOY.

 

[nillapuddin]

saving all 3 of those vids...

 

[Vire]

One thing I don't like about Meltdown is that there is too much information on screen at once. It all seems kinda complicated with the texture work.

Nonetheless, interesting and very pretty map.

 

[kittens]

Meltdown reminds me of Asphalt. But, like, way way way better. The little cave paths look really fun to sneak around in.

 

[Tashi]

Scoop!

Looking forward to being the designated Warthog driver on Meltdown.

 

[789shadow]

Gonna have to patent Shadow Meltdown(TM) on Meltdown.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I like the cave footpaths and a teleporter(!), seems like there's plenty of ways to get around on foot if you're not in one of the many vehicles.

 

[Nando13]

can you send me the original without text so I can fix it?

Sorry I deleted it

 

[CyReN]

Every time I see a new Halo 4 map

 

[Tashi]

That leaves 1 map to be revealed now huh?

And then whatever the other Forge environments are...

 

[Vire]

Guys, this is why we can't have nice things.

:lol

Meltdown looks really neat though, definitely one of the more unique maps of the lot.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

My brother (he doesn't have a GAF account) just showed me this IGN walkthrough of Meltdown and noticed the internet is still silent about it, even though it's been up for a while. I can't find it directly on IGN either;

Meltdown:
http://nl.ign.com/show_videos/56152

I did some URL-hunting (just changing the last number) and there's more:

Complex:
http://nl.ign.com/show_videos/56153

Adrift:
http://nl.ign.com/show_videos/56154

So Im way behind back on page 363 since I have been pretty busy, and I decided to skip ahead... Im glad I did. Meltdown looks amazing. Holy shit, great find! I have a bunch to catch up on Im sure, but this is great.. I wonder if the final map is posted and its just a matter of finding it?

On another note, the lighting in Adrift is way brighter now.. I don't like it. =(

But holy shit, that skybox. =D

 

[willow ve]

Meltdown looks great for BTB and larger team objective play. +10 for teleporter and +100 for no banshee on map at launch.

- 1,000,000 for the quote "jetpack does work out really well" during the vid...

 

[Dug]

So Im way behind back on page 363 since I have been pretty busy, and I decided to skip ahead... Im glad I did. Meltdown looks amazing. Holy shit, great find! I have a bunch to catch up on Im sure, but this is great.. I wonder if the final map is posted and its just a matter of finding it?

Either: A) it is there and hard to find or B) they haven't uploaded it to the site yet.

 

[Beckx]

At first I wasn't getting Meltdown until he started showing off the caves and the bases. So we've got a slot car race track, multiple ledges, a big cave system, and Avalanche style multilevel bases?

Yeah. I can get behind this map. Really want to see a game of Dominion played on it.

 

[OdysseusVA]

Download URL for Meltdown
http://assets.ign.com/videos/zencoder/1280/f8a24ae937ba5b3abdbd4cbe3139bb9d-5000000-1349224700-w.mp4

 

[Kibbles]

Meltdown over Meltdown. Looks sexy.

 

[willow ve]

At first I wasn't getting Meltdown until he started showing off the caves and the bases. So we've got a slot car race track, multiple ledges, a big cave system, and Avalanche style multilevel bases?

Yeah. I can get behind this map. Really want to see a game of Dominion played on it.

Reminds me of a better version of Rat's Nest

edit

added for Top of Page
http://nl.ign.com/show_videos/56152 (meltdown vid "discovered" by HaloGAF nerds)

 

[Fuchsdh]

Meltdown instantly reminded me of the early version of Burial Mounds:

That reminds me of the Halo PC snow map.

Those BTB maps were huge, too bad they didn't remake Danger Island.

 

[senador]

Hahaha IGN publishes shit that's to be released in the future instead of auto-posting when the time rolls over? Great map walk troughs, and Ryan is alright, but man....IGN. Eh, it's more difficult to keep static media and files behind a time gate.

Meltdown looks fun. I get a Containment vibe from it. Kinda disappointed that so many if the maps seem to be rocky. Ah well. Hope the last one is bright and colorful. Covenant pls?

Edit: Wow the plasma electricity stuff coming off the bottom of the Ghost looks sick!

VV Yeah sorta weird feeling about all the big vehicle centric maps.

 

[feel]

Mmm.. so now we have 5 BTB and 4 Medium maps?

Shouldn't it be like 7 medium/small and about 3 BTB for launch? Forge maps galore in MM at launch.

 

[Ragnarok Flames]

Nilla, Check your PMs.

 

[Gabotron ES]

The other map will be the sandy one with the Mammoth, calling it now.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Mmm.. so now we have 5 BTB and 4 Medium maps?

Shouldn't it be like 7 medium/small and about 3 BTB for launch? Forge maps galore in MM at launch.

I'm pretty sure they are factoring in that te community will be able to make better arena sized maps, but I dont think we're going to lack developer options either.