Looks like Assembly, but will there be a Sandbox/Foundry-like map in the second half of the mythic maps? Don't post this on b.net though; the last person who leaked on there got a permaban. But good find.
The differing features do give it away; it's not the original Midship. And Maybe it's the angle of the picture, but it almost looks like it will be more visually restricted than Midship was. It looks like the second floor of a base on the left, a bubble in the middle background, and the top middle platform is to the right. Does anyone else see it that way? It appears Bungie's plan for Blood Gulch was to use a map series, rather than identical reproductions. So instead of Blood Gulch, Blood Gulch, Blood Gulch, we have Blood Gulch, Coagulation, Valhalla. I would like Valhalla to be more like Blood Gulch (in many ways), but Bungie had something else in mind. Someone could pretty easily make a fake out of that though. That's why I was a little skeptical when someone said he looked fuzzy. But since this picture isn't very revealing, I don't think it makes a big difference one way or the other.
Yeah Blood Gulch is definitely the map that sold me on Halo the first time I ever played it- so I always want it remade. Doesn't make sense not too IMO.
Blood Gulch was incredibly overrated to be completely honest. The map was terrible without a vehicle, which lended it to a slow pace at most times, lots of walking, not many people. The bases were the only quality part of the whole map.. the only part worth re-creating at all in Forge (which Id love to see in a smaller setting) As for the pic, it doesnt look more restricting at all.. in fact it looks pretty damn accurate. And I remember an article/thread at MLG forums regarding the last 3 mythic maps, that were played by an MLG member a few months ago, who said that Heretic (the map in discussion) was a nearly identicle remake, in both scope, LOS, jumps, the whole bit. The only real difference was that the central platform no longer swayed, but was a steady structure, which is confirmed by the pic. The kid was the same guy who about a year ago was talking about how Blackout was a lockout remake (pretty much before any sort of confirmation was made) and that it was much worse than the original.
I think assembly is your new map lols it doesn't resemble any map they have made before and don't forget orbital.
looks good. ill take it and enjoy it, but id rather have had a bigger and better remake... like Ivory tower or something. I agree that Blood Gulch is cool, but i also agree that its massively overrated. Lights out has very valid points throughout his post about it. Although, maybe its different since i only knew Coagulation... which I feel is better after now owning Halo CE as well.
This was my favorite FFA map in halo 2. Assembly doesn't nearly fill it's shoes, it had better be a remake.
You have a liable argument, but I feel they made a smart decision. A large portion of the community has been crieing for this, and I feel Bungie will regenerate the players they lost who felt it ruined the Halo 2 esque. And look at Last Resort/Blackout. They're remakes with changes. I feel it is a new map, and will spawn a new type of gameplay that Halo 3 hasn't expressed yet. From my Modding Experience, that's clearly fake, or so I believe. It's very easy to maniupliate the backround screen, plus add unnessceary options. It may sound complex, but with the right utilites, it's very easy. I'm not rejecting the fact that it could be valid, but Bungie hasn't even announced that ODST could be played, rather then having a Beta test. And, the Bonus/Headquarters thing sounds juevinelle. The music does sound legititmate, plus having the Halo inuendo. Though, the email adress on the bottom is also deterring the fact that it would be reality. I'd have to wait for more details to fully believe this is actual. Well, everyone has said it's Herecitc, one of the Mythic's released with ODST, so I doubt it will be a Bungie Day bonus if it's valid. Though, I'm curious. Where did you obtain this picture? I understand if you're not permitted to say, for I'd know how much it would be flooded in the next days, ending up in Bungie realizing. As for the picture, it look's perfectly accurate, as LIGHT'S said. I can manipulate the rest of the map in my mind skinned with the Halo 3 aesthetics. As I said prior, I'm going to wait for more information to be released before I cream my pants, but excellent discovery m0nkey.
The pic looks somewhat like Midship, I just have to get another glamsp at Midship in Halo 2. Seems like a decent from the pic though.
Heretic - Midship remake Longshore - BTB map, along the docks of OLD Mombasa Citadel - Inspired by the level "The Covenant" I never really liked Midship. Longshore sounds good though.
^You ever play MLG Midship, BR Starts Midship, Objective Midship? From FyreWulff: CaLL Me Zeny admitted the ODST video/screens (Note: the Heretic pic is not from him) were an April Fool's joke (for his site Halo3infinity.net) on the H.B.O forums. So... end of that.
No, this pic was totally separate from CMZ's ODST prank. As far as I know, this pic started making rounds yesterday.
Yeah I have, I just never liked that map. When that map comes out people are going to go nuts for it, and probably pay less attention to how awesome the others are.
Midship never appealed to me. I would have preferred Boarding Action. I know it is easy to make on Sandbox but I loved how it was actually on space.