It's likely that Bungie would release DLC for either free, or at least much cheaper if it wasn't for Microsoft's mandate of no free DLC. Just look at Left 4 Dead for a perfect example: Valve always releases their DLC for free on the PC versions of their games, but when it comes to the Xbox, they are forced to charge 800 points just like everyone else.
Wow, those maps look spectacular. Here's hoping for destroyable pallets and FORKLIFTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so did you expect the game to have a story, multiplayer, and maps that are exactly what YOU want? because you're the most important person on the planet? Is it also supposed to give you a blowjob and do your taxes? I had one disappointing moment in forge- no transport hog. other than that.... I am happy. Added after 1: oh good. i thought everyone had gone insane there for a moment.
This thread will be added to my "list of why i hate people". I mean seriously what do you people want? Halo Reach shipped with 13 maps. Halo CE shipped with 13 maps, Halo 2 shipped with 12 maps, and Halo 3 shipped with 11 maps. So Halo Reach had the most maps (along with Halo CE). Then theres DLC. Halo 2 had a total of 11 maps downloadable via DLC, putting Halo 2s final map count to 23 maps. Halo 3 had a total of 13 maps downloadable via DLC, putting Halo 3s final map count at 24 maps. So obviously Reach will be getting on average 12 maps from DLC. And there is absolutly no reason to complain about Reachs map count. As for the Noble Mappack. Weve seen 2-3 screenshots of each map and people are already complaining about how theyll play and how dissapointing they are. Get real people. No game is perfect, and no game is going to be made specifically for you. So quit acting like you know everything and quit talking **** about maps that you havent even played yet.
I figure I'll have to buy this if I want to keep playing invasion multiplayer, so there goes $10. I just hope this is a release of stuff bungie just couldn't finish by the deadline, and I won't have to pay an extra $10 every two months to play online.
The heroic map pack came out Decemeber 10 when Halo 3 came out September 25 The noble map pack is coming out November 30 when Reach came out on September 14 It's coming out the same time as Heroic in terms of the games' release dates. In fact the Heroic came out a day sooner. 2 people on Anchor 9? May be my perception of the screenshots but that seems way too big for 2 people. The screenshots probably make Anchor 9 look much bigger than it actually is. They could be amazing, they could be ****, time will tell. I'm hopeful but I'm patient, it's not as if the current maps have gone stale in the month Reach has been out. Also, it's not that expensive, 800 MP adds up to $13.2 AUS. It's not as if I can't afford that. Bungie can charge whatever they want, it's their game.
Microsoft is a business, Bungie is a business. Halo is a chicken shitting out golden eggs. I'm not at all surprised about the early DLC. People would have been even more upset if they were to delay the release date. I just don't think the maps look very playable. They're pretty, but there's nothing that looks like it would be very fun to play. They keep moving further and further away from the style of map that the community loves, that made the Halo series what it is. The community tries to make it up for it in Forge, but those never make it into matchmaking. That's what frustrates me.
Pit was fun, and the wall was good IMO. The orbital area in anchor 9 doesn't suffer from the same design constraints i.e. the lifts. We got, what, 13 maps? Now, how many did we get with Halo 3? Hmmm...about 13 maps. Quit bitching. Anchor 9, to me, looks like the best of the three.
Everyone is complaining about the pricing, 800MS points is not that much, but lucky me got one free 1500 MS points when i got my new xbox.
Quote:Tempest also provides players with a huge Forge palette, allowing them to create new custom map variants that can be shared with the community-at-large.
Is it just me and I don't know if this has been mentioned. But does anyone think Breakpoint looks an awful lot like a Relic [Halo2 map] remake?
At first glance yes. But the map really doesnt loook like it at all if you look at the screenshots, and considering its symmetricle.
"This week we’ve been playing a ton of matches to gather up footage for a trailer, zipping around Anchor 9’s symmetrical halls, lurking in the rocks on Tempest to ogle the swirling skybox." This was taken from the new update. Will Tempest have a skybox? If so this will change everyones out look on the map probably. Also the maps aren't really coming out to quickly, I actually am glad because some of the maps are quite getting boring to me here and there. As in Forgeworld it looks like the same thing over and over, but there are some that bring us maps that are spectacular. I like how Reach plays it is like halo 3 imo because at the beginning of halo 3 all I could focus on was it's flaws, but after time I grew to love the game having about 7000 custom games on my profile. Each game has it's flaws as everyone has their own preference. The Noble map pack is expansive, but who is to say that the next release will be all just smaller maps, then the community will have a fit because they aren't big enough. Everyone hopefully will love Reach in time and the community will prosper as well as this site as everyone's great ideas will come to life. So just be patient and let's enjoy what we have and just think as November 30th a surprise. =)