Halo 2: Maptacular Monday!

[MJ]

I'll download the free maps, but if I'm going to pay for any maps I'd rather wait for the retail disc (it has the nine maps, fix update and extras on it), otherwise I'll wait for them to be free. The drawback with waiting for the disc is it's not being released until the same day as the other five Premium maps.

[MJ]

There's some interesting and insightful information about the updates and maps at GameSpot:

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/halo2/preview_6122453.html

[Yoshimax]

Can I just check - am I the only regular player here who's not going to be paying for the two maps?

I would join you in this Randy but I'm pretty sure come next week we'll be playing ourselves (oo-er) as every other ****er will be enjoying the swish new ?3 premium maps (they must be great because they cost yeah ?)

**** it I'm in.

[JU!]

I'm confused i went on Yesterday and got 2 free maps apparently. It updated somethin when i went on. It depends how much these maps cost hopin there like 3.99 like Project Gotham stuff. O and now my game says 1.1 in the bottom corner, still not sure if im have the free maps or not.

[E. Randy Dupre]

The update you downloaded was cheat fixes and weapon balances, not new maps. See the other threads (one in here, a couple in Headlines).

[Yoshimax]

JU! I respect your ignorance regarding this game.

That and the fact you mistook a download that took 5 seconds as being 2 new maps

[m@]

mmmm new maps!
http://www.redvsblue.com has wmv's of containment and warlock that look tantalisingly good.
Roll on Monday!!

[Hodge]

Seeing that containment looks the best of the bunch, i wont bother paying for the other maps immediatly. And the fact that you can`t play these in matchmaking straight of is poor, cause honestly how many of us play in custom games all the time? The sooner you can do optimatch searches for certain maps the better.

[E. Randy Dupre]

Seeing that containment looks the best of the bunch, i wont bother paying for the other maps immediatly. And the fact that you can`t play these in matchmaking straight of is poor, cause honestly how many of us play in custom games all the time?

Honestly? Most everybody in the clan who still plays. When there's more than three or four people online, matchmaking's hardly touched. That situation's changing a little now that the patch is done, but custom games are still the norm.

But I agree about Containment looking significantly more entertaining than the others, and that's a small part of the reason why I'm only getting the free maps. Turf looks like it could be fun, but I think that's got an awful lot to do with the fact that it's thematically similar to Headlong, and Headlong's the map that we play most and get the most out of purely because it's the one which is most open to glitchtastic nonsense. I'd imagine that Turf - along with all the other new maps - is going to be absolutely full of invisible walls.

I can't help suspecting that the reason why these aren't getting included in matchmaking for a while is because Bungie are ****ting it about the number of new glitches that they might bring with them, and so they're limiting their use to custom games so that when the community inevitably discovers any unintentional 'features' they hold within, they can issue a 1.2 update that fixes the issues before they're thrown into ranked games.

[EvilBoris]

that containment one does look like sniper heaven though. they probably aren't putting them into matchmaking for a few days until they know the majority of players have them.

[Yoshimax]

Nooooo Warlock is a remake of Wizard - WTF that level was a pile of ****e only good for a quick daft CTF inbetween the "proper" levels.

Bungie you are so lame.

[EvilBoris]

it looks a bit more spacious this time and not glowy and purple

[Crisp_Rapper]

well it's monday... maps will be released at 6am PST which is what, 2pm here? i'll be hurrying home from work (at about 7pm ) to download these babies. anyone else about this evening to check the maps out?

[robrymond]

I'll be online, certainly to play the two free maps, and the other two if I can buy them, without it moaning the card is invalid.

I've yet to get my accoutn suspended despite not paying any fee's :-/

[Briareos]

well it's monday... maps will be released at 6am PST which is what, 2pm here? i'll be hurrying home from work (at about 7pm ) to download these babies. anyone else about this evening to check the maps out?

I'll have to join you guys later tonight, due to my housemate having his birthday on Map day. How very inconsiderate of him eh?

Damn it! That mean by the time I arrive you will know all the good spots already!