Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack Details Are Out

I like the look of Assembly. It looks a lot like... that one halo 2 map

I was going to buy Halo Wars because I really do like RTS's but man, I really don't like those special editions because they are usually so big and just do not fit in with the rest of the collection/case.  Plus they get damaged pretty easily.  Either it is the binding on the case, the edges of the case itself, the slip cover...everything is more vunerable.  I mean my H2 CE was destroyed to to just regular use...always opening and closing the case at LAN parties as we swapped out discs...it had like 3 dents in from just tossing it on a friends coffee table, and I know it got one from the female part of the seat belt connector in my mustang from just landing on top of that in the backseat.

I really would probably buy the mythic maps, but I wish you would just get them if you straight up just bought Halo Wars.

"crunchUK said:

"BoG said:

"I usually hate white chocolate, but a white chocolate macadamia nut cookie is simply to die for.

Also, those maps don't seem all that awesome. The previous packs were much better.

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lolwut boith map packs are worse than all the on disk maps

Sandbox looks to be a forge paradise


assembly has carbibnes in it (instant win in my books)


orbital has..... doors that open with switches? i dk but it looks insteresting in an old fashioned arena style"

You said you don't have the legendary maps, those are my 3 favorite maps in the game.
cold storage is also one of my favs

As far as the heroic map pack, standoff is rather fun for CTF and Assault although it's sort of bland in setting.  Rat's Nest is kind of meh, but Foundry is fun.  Talking about the default setup here.


And Orbital doesn't seem remotely similar to an arena map, I'd more likely compare it to Elongation (longest).  Assembly is the arena map here. 


Assembly seems like a mix of Midship, Damnation, and dare I say Ascension?"

"SmokePants, I don't understand how some people will continue to say that Halo 1 was the best in the series.  What did Halo 1 have that Halo 2 didn't?  A decent pistol.  Halo 2 may have had a cliffhanger ending, but its multiplayer was much, much better.  First of all, Halo 2 had much more detailed graphics--go back to Halo 1 and you'll see what I'm talking about.  The controls are are more intuitive, and there are less glitches.  The warthog would constantly flip over and kill you in Halo 1, and I didn't encounter this problem at all during my 3 years of playing Halo 2.  You also didn't have access to nearly as many vehilces in Halo 1, you couldn't jack vehicles, there was no energy sword, the the multiplayer course layouts weren't as good.  Not only that, but it also didn't have 16 player online gameplay.

I'm guessing that you were burnt out of Halo by the time two came along, which is why you didn't enjoy it so much.  I kinda felt the same way with three, but I won't deny that Halo 3 featured gameplay and graphical enhancements.  The multiplayer maps were some of the worst of the series, but the game as a whole wasn't bad."

I'm going to have to side wth Brad on this, I'm done with Halo 3. So this doesn't really matter to me.

"bshirk said:

"SmokePants, I don't understand how some people will continue to say that Halo 1 was the best in the series.  What did Halo 1 have that Halo 2 didn't?  A decent pistol.  Halo 2 may have had a cliffhanger ending, but its multiplayer was much, much better.  First of all, Halo 2 had much more detailed graphics--go back to Halo 1 and you'll see what I'm talking about.  The controls are are more intuitive, and there are less glitches.  The warthog would constantly flip over and kill you in Halo 1, and I didn't encounter this problem at all during my 3 years of playing Halo 2.  You also didn't have access to nearly as many vehilces in Halo 1, you couldn't jack vehicles, there was no energy sword, the the multiplayer course layouts weren't as good.  Not only that, but it also didn't have 16 player online gameplay.

I'm guessing that you were burnt out of Halo by the time two came along, which is why you didn't enjoy it so much.  I kinda felt the same way with three, but I won't deny that Halo 3 featured gameplay and graphical enhancements.  The multiplayer maps were some of the worst of the series, but the game as a whole wasn't bad."

To refute each of your points on why Halo 1 wasn't the best in the series:

1. "What did Halo 1 have that Halo 2 didn't? A decent pistol."

The difference between the weapon sandbox in Halo 1 and Halo 2 was far more than just the pistol. Halo 1's weapons were much more balanced and fair, and each had a specific purpose, while Halo 2's weapon sandbox was filled with a bunch of gimmicks, half-weapons, and clones.

2. "First of all, Halo 2 had much more detailed graphics..."
 
Really and truly, more detailed graphics don't equate to better gameplay. Take Halo 3 for example -- every map in the game has a bunch of unnecessary geometry, designed to make the maps "look better" to people who care about such things. There are several small bumps and edges built into the map for better aesthetics that hamper player movement and make throwing grenades like a game of Plinko. Halo 1's graphics may have been duller than Halo 2's or Halo 3's, but at least the graphics never degraded the player experience.

3. "The controls are more intuitive, and there are less glitches."

Clearly you never played Halo 2 online, because button glitches were rampant and had a profound effect on the gameplay. BXR, BXB, Doubleshot, quick reload, nade reload, superbouncing, just to name a few. I won't deny that Halo 1 had it's fair share of glitches, but to say it had more than Halo 2 is laughably ignorant.

4. "...you couldn't jack vehicles..."

Didn't matter much, because it was pretty easy to actually shoot someone out of a vehicle with a pistol, sniper, or even AR if they were in range. In Halo 2 and Halo 3, your only options are weapons that are specifically designed to destroy vehicles, which ruins the balance between infantry and vehicle. Being able to jack vehicles is a nice option, but it's really only useful if the driver of said vehicle is fairly inept.

5. "...the multiplayer course layouts weren't as good..."

While I hold Halo 2's maps in higher regard than the garbage that calls themselves maps in Halo 3, the Halo 2 maps were certainly not better than Halo 1's. Without DLC, Halo 2 had 4 good maps -- Lockout, Midship, Beaver Creek, and Coagulation (and two of those were remakes). Ivory Tower, Ascension, and Headlong were decent, but nothing special. On the flipside, almost every one of Halo 1's maps was a well-designed masterpiece. Chill Out, Hang 'Em High, Battle Creek, Damnation, Prisoner, Wizard, Rat Race, Derelict, Longest, Sidewinder, Blood Gulch... nothing more needs to be said.

I certainly don't begrudge you if you prefer Halo 2 to Halo 1, but to say that it's a better game is simply incorrect."

I <3 Halo.

Looks sweet, I'll wait for it to be free (if it ever is), and oatmeal raisin cookie is definitely the best kind of cookie. There's no real argument against them.

meh I'm finished with halo. There are just way too many better games now.

This is great, I'm actually considering buying the Limited Edition Halo Wars just for these maps. Cant wait to see some new content in ODST later in the year but the achivmemnts for Mythic will keep me going until then.

"This is great, I'm actually considering buying the Limited Edition Halo Wars just for these maps. Cant wait to see some new content in ODST later in the year but the achivmemnts for Mythic will keep me going until then."

i am lucky that im geting limited edition halo wars saw i can exp the mythic map first assembly orbaitl and sandbox i preordeared my copy on january 23 2009 just cant wait for the 26 2 2009 for it me and my step brother are going looking for the skulls  saw im 1 step closer to geting the rare recon armour because if got the other 3 vidmasters lol love bungie:.

"i am lucky that im geting limited edition halo wars saw i can exp the mythic map first assembly orbaitl and sandbox i preordeared my copy on january 23 2009 just cant wait for the 26 2 2009 for it me and my step brother are going looking for the skulls  saw im 1 step closer to geting the rare recon armour because if got the other 3 vidmasters lol love bungie:."

I agree with shadow

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O yea, the map pack looks cool also.

oh man i wish i had teh mapz

I purchased halo wars CE 2 days ago and have been playing the maps.

i want the price to be 300 or no del and i like cookies

 i work for bungie and the price is 230

" i work for bungie and the price is 230"

Mythic map pack impression

Sandbox=Suck atleast with the built in variants
The standard br team death, team death, capture the flag, neutral bomb, multibomb are all played on pretty much the same map which is infact SMALLER then the other sand map which name escapes me. The swat variant is played on a map with a big giant room and you start out in large cups making it all most impossible to survive if the other team has all ready left these cups because going up and over make it so you are an inanely easy target with no abbility to fire back.

Orbital=great its the only good map available its a nice lil confusing space with enough variety.

assembly=suckage its just a remake of the wizard or whatever map from halo 1/2 with a camo in the center, hammer underneath and areas outside.

Bungie really isn't good at making maps a few of the orignal built in maps are good which is why nearly very time you play on these because people have vetoed the other maps into low percentages on every playlist, and they usually only release one or two good maps after that.