Remake Hostage

HOSTAGE



The most accurate remake of fan-favorite Prisoner yet!

This is my entry into the Forgotten Treasures 2 contest.

After spending some time with forge these past weeks and getting used to my new pallete and paints, I decided that I would try to remake my Halo 3 map, Hostage, which is one of the more accurate remakes of Prisoner on H3. But until recently, i had put it off so that I could focus on making some original maps. But a few days ago I decided to play Halo 1 on my PC, and loaded up Prisoner. I looked at the Rocket platform and realized that with my new "paints", I would be able to recreate it exactly as you can see in the image above. And so began my efforts to bring this classic map back to life in all its glory.

TLR I got used to forge and then I made an epic remake of Prisoner.

All the classic weapons return in some form (Plasma Rifle was changed out fo rthe Repeater) plus a couple additions of my own. A Plasma Pistol, DMR, and Shotgun now spawn on the map.

Enough talk. Time for screenshots.





















Well thats my map. I hope you guys like it, and constructive criticism is more than welcome.

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oh and btw i just realized that there is another remake of prisoner already on these boards that is named hostage. if you guys think i should change the name to set it apart from other maps, suggestions are welcome. but ive used hostage asthe name of my prisoner remake since about march 08 (i think. it wasnt long after sandbox came out) when i made my first version of hostage, so the name kinda has a special meaning to me.

if you guys find any other problems with this map that you think should be fixed please let me know. id like to work out all the kinks i can because this is my favotite map from halo 1 and id like to do it justice and sorta make up for all the sub par remakes ive seen so far. (dont get me wrong, some of them are pretty nice and come close to capturing the feeling of the original, but there are some that are just plain awful)

also this is a cleverly disguised bump *hides in corner*

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wow no one commented on my map? and after i took the time to make an epic rocket platform for you guys? i feel so loved...

 

Hey if you need someone to test it with send me a friend request.

Also i might release a v2 soon with cleaner, more prisoner-esque walls, as soon as i get the motivation and time to go try. i dont have time right now cuz im starting a new project - a master chief suit made out of cardboard and duct tape. ill prolly post that on the 405th after i make enogh progress on it

 

ha ha thanks guys for FINALLY posting on my map. its been sitting in forgehub hell for like three months!

when reach came out, i knew that i wanted to remake prisoner again, but i was putting it off because i didnt want it to feel exactly like every other remake. i wanted to make sure i had a few ways of making it stand out on its own. then i was sitting in class one day and the image of the rocket platform made out of the railings just popped into my head. so i made the first draft, which had the platform you see now, but the doorways were really lackluster. ao i atarted going through the pieces and reached the braces and was like omg thats it. so that freed up a bunch of pieces for me and i cleaned up the walls as best i could. im glad you guys like this map. its an honor for someone to call this the best prisoner remake

i actually thought of a few names, inmate being one of them, but it really just didnt seem to fit the map well in my opinion. maybe captive? incarceration? idk. if anyone wants to help me think of a new name itd be appreciated.

i actually have a few other maps on my fileshare that are pretty good. one in particular would be Death Canyon. Its sort of a cross between sidewinder/avalanche, and danger canyon for halo pc, and its built in that oh-so-rarely-used portion of forgeworld right in between the blood gulch area and the cave. im really proud of it, as its my first asymmetrical ctf map (the bases are hugely different, but balanced as far as i can tell) and the second map i made on reach. i havent posted it yet due to a lack of testing, but if you wanna check out the one thats up, click here http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=5029327&player=Darkprince909
also if anyone would be so kind as to help me test it out, send me a pm

oh and on a side note, some of the pictures in my post are a little outdated, such as the 4th or 5th one down (depends where you start counting). the little green part of the brace thats sticking out of the wall is now hidden. in fact, after i took these pictures, i think i went back and cleaned up the map quite a bit. i shouldve taken new pics :S

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ps. ROFL theres 3 prisoner remakes on the first page right now ha ha