Mythic Map-Pack Review

[Rogue Modder]

Halo 3 Mythic Map-Pack Review

Lets get Mythical!

 

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Okay, so they are finally here. The Mythic Map-Pack for Halo 3. If you were lucky enough to have get them with your Pre-Ordered Halo Wars then you would have been playing them on XBL for a while! Anyway enough foreplay lets pull up the table and dig in!

 

Sandbox

http://chungking.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/halo3sandbox3.jpg

 

Well Sandbox. This map in mainly a clean slate for forgers, but Bungie added some random objects in the middle of the map to add game play before forgers could strip it down and devour it. basically it is just a graphical remake of Foundry with about 9x more space, a budget of 1500 and a much larger items pallet. It really is a forgers dream, it has the sky bubble, it is a big area similar in size to avalanche, it is just a flat area to build! you can't walk on it but all items in the Scenery float on it, this allows large increase gameplay and strategy of these forge maps as it adds a gameplay hate/love "You Fell to your Death" danger. It also has a grid for marking the death barrier, measuring your maps and perfecting them.

 

(Forge Tip: Download one of the following canvases, the items already on them don't use up your 640 item limit so you can forge more!)

SkyBubble, Crypt)

 

The concept of sandbox is amazing, already some of the best maps I have ever seen have been made:

 

Utah Mambo:

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Antiquity:

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Assembly

http://gamertag360.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/assembly.jpg

 

Assembly is by far the best halo 3 in the Map-Pack map for anywhere from 2v2 to 4v4, and best on SWAT or any Slayer orientated games. It reminds me of both Midship (the colour scheme) and backwash (the middle part), it also plays like midship with the symmetrical aspects. But, this map isn't just fun to play, it also has a halo fiend lurking in the shadows above you! Thats right, there is a scarab, this is a Scarab assembly plant. A scarab shell flys above you every minute or so.

 

This map doesn't really offer much forging promise, just that you can block of the lifts, and add shield doors/tubes. We might see a better one appear sooner or later but looks like bungie made it the best they could.

 

 

Orbital

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Orbital is a U.N.S.C Space Station that is now a Team Based Death Station. it supports all game types but conserntrates on Objective gametypes mainly CTF and Assault. This map has a lot of elements that Bungie didn't include in Halo 3, long hall ways and death pits. This map is live elongation with the hallways and it really does play well. All in all it is just 2 horse shoes goes from one base to the other, filled with weapons, mongooses and crates, it really does work in a nice game of 4v4 to 6v6.

 

 

Thanks To:

 

• SmokiestGrunl (Proof Reading)
  
• Forge Hub (Amazing Maps)
  
• Bungie (Mythic Maps)
  

[SmokiestGrunl]

Its a good read

[Korupt Data]

I got bored of the maps really fast :[ but great review man.

[vip3r]

good review, nothing much to do on orbital and assambly though, a but bland.

[Korupt Data]

good review, nothing much to do on orbital and assambly though, a bit bland.

lol sorry i had to fix that, i dont like assembly at all it gets boring very fast =/ but orbital is the best CTF map by far.

[iKhaosmaster]

Assembly is to small. Orbital is awesome for CTF. Sandbox is awesome for forging.

[Pargy]

Very nice post

[Rogue Modder]

Thanks, I will be reviewing any games as i can get them early on my Reviewers kit, so want requests? PM me.