they finnaly came out with a map pack for halo 3!!

"(there will be more coming sometime after the Thanksgiving holiday)." - bungie what happened? its like 5:30 and nothing came...

my reaction to reading the thread about the new halo3 heroic map packs: stares, starts to drool, laughs manically launches self out of chair and tries to run in four directions at once. then i think i laughed for about 15 minutes solid about that thing with barry and the team slayer (u know the bit where he apparently yells "i can't find the flag" on team slayer lol i think i did that once...). anyways as a forge obsesive this pack seems promicing to me. i can't wait to scam my dad out of another ten pounds. stand off in particular sounds very interesting p.s. cgseif323 how the F*** have u not played sandtrap yet! its ace! ive made at least 10 forge things on sandtrap alone! [Edited on 11.26.2007 2:02 PM PST]

They look pretty sick but didnt they say they were going to give us some more screenshots around thanksgiving.

Think about it, $10 isn't a lot to pay for what Bungie did to make those maps. You wouldn't expect how much work it takes. I'm telling you, $10 isn't a heavy price to pay. That's my opinion. By the way the maps look interesting. Personally, I don't think they use all the maps that they already have. I haven't played sandtrap yet! [Edited on 11.26.2007 1:34 PM PST]

personally i think they need to remake the maps that were in the halo 1 pc game b/c those are the best maps in all of the halo games by far there are none better they are the best. PERIOD!

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Thorn215 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ACRaven [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Thorn215 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ACRaven [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] WKS 3 medium sized maps, and they're all human based, unsuprising. Why is it that everyone uses the human stuff? What's wrong with the Covenant weapons, and architecture? Why no small maps? Why is almost every map on earth?[/quote] That's another good question. Why are most of the maps human based? I know some of Halo 3 takes place on Earth, but do the MP maps have to? I was hoping for a map that takes place in a Covenant battle Crusier(Like the two levels from Halo 1. I'm praying that is what Purple Reign is.). And why are all of the levels in daytime? I haven't seen one map in night time. Most of the levels are too one-sided for Forge, either having more Human stuff, or Covenant stuff, and seeing how all 3 maps are human from what I saw, I'm guessing this will be a similar scenario with similar choices for Forge stuff in general. Not very cool, Bungie.[/quote] If u didnt notice guys it takes place on earth!!!! DUH[/quote] Yes, Halo 3 campaign does take place on Earth, but that doesn't mean the maps have to. Read the whole post before quoting.[/quote] I did read the whole quote and im saying, it taked place on earth [/quote] Yes, but you're not understanding what I'm saying. I don't care if it took place on Earth. I wouldn't care if it took place on the Covenent home world(Which would be cool). I just want maps in different places other than Earth, or the Rings, for a change on Halo 3. As I said before, the maps for Forge are usually one-sided, such as there being way too many Human weapons/stuff on most of the maps, and a couple of Covenent. If you have read the books, there are a number of other planets that Multiplayer maps could take place. What about Onyx? How about a Flood infested map where the Flood Infecters (Guardians like the Fusion Coils) reserect dead bodies and become an enviromental hazard to everyone? Really, it's not about the current maps, or the Heroic Map Pack, but for future maps I'd like to see something different. Though the Heroic Maps are supposed to be different, they look like more of the same, which isn't bad, but if this continues, then I'm guessing Bungie is running out of ideas. I'm hoping Purple Reign will be something different, as well as other maps to come. For those of you who are wondering, I'm not mad at the current maps(much), or the Heroic Maps, but at future maps to come. I know that Human-based maps should have more Human stuff, so that's why I'm hoping the new maps after the Heroic Map Pack are not Human based, whether they're on Earth, or not. We have enough Human maps, so I think the Covenent deserve some spotlight, and certainly deserve more than Snowbound. Of course, if the new maps are Human based, but are impressive enough to oversee that detail, then I don't see why I , or we for those who agree with me, can look the other way.

Thanks Bungie, plz make em as good you can! Next up: Classic map pack! Just take the favourite maps (ie. Blood Gulch, Sidewinder, Hang Em High...) and convert to H3!!!

Dear Bungie, i apologize on behalf of my fellow community members, we all appreciate the effort and hard work put into these maps. I'm so happy that you have announced these maps and have set a release date so soon. We're getting a good deal from this as were not just paying for the maps were also being given the opportunity to take these maps and give them our own little bit of flavor. Sure i have my scepticisms (i hope thats a word) as well, like some smaller lockout/midship-esque maps & the the btreathtaking remakes that give the nolstalgia high i long for,however i'm confident however that Foundry will satisfy any arena type urges, it is very unfortunate that people take forgranted the wonderful forge. Thank you so much! I think there is more than were seeing love, Retro TZA [Edited on 11.26.2007 6:46 AM PST]

[quote]At first when hearing the news of 3 new maps for 10 bucks I didn’t think about it. As a dedicated Halo player who is never strapped for cash I was like "right on". But than the math didn’t add up. It's the friggin principal of the matter. The game it's self with packaging cost me 60 bucks. And that’s the WHOLE Game! If this pricing is accurate than the 11 maps alone cost 35 bucks, which leaves the game with all of its coding at 25 bucks?!? So don’t go telling people to basically be quite for speaking out an injustice on pricing. The bottom line is that it is indeed outrageous. When you do the math it's very apparent.[/quote] its called profit. twat. [Edited on 11.26.2007 6:39 AM PST]

dam cool but y does it have to cost its goin to take me ever to get it

Epic Fail. Bungie played the good cop when Halo 2 downloadable content was announced and priced, blaming Microsoft for charging their fans, but after the massive success of all three Halo games and two PC cash-ins, Bungie (self-owned and now thus able to choose its own pricing, free or otherwise) shows its true colours by turning around and charging fans (still partly dividing the community into haves and have nots, despite their insistence to the contrary) for three maps for its underwhelming sequel. Hypocrites and sell-outs. Not only that, they look boring. Halo was a brilliant game, in part, because of its expansive, beautiful, and even epic natural environments. Where are the jungle multiplayer maps? How about an expansive and green mountainous terrain (not just the little mountain enclosure of Valhalla)? Indoor environments are largely boring, and Standoff looks about as stimulating as its dust-swept appearance. The only upside is if Bungie adds man-cannons, shield doors, stairs and bridges to the original maps Forge inventories, which I highly doubt it will, having seen how underdeveloped the Forge was and probably will always be. PATHETIC! [Edited on 11.26.2007 3:58 AM PST]

Hi, The fan boys, still are not seeing the big picture... some guy did at the top of the forum. But again the fan boys stepped in, and told him to shut up... $10 isnt much your right, NO one is saying it is... READ posts please,,,, What we are saying, is how many people play halo 3 online, and will buy the maps. if just the people that are online now, they will get $1.3 million from just 3 maps.... and then what is stopping Bungie from next time asking for £20 for 3 maps.. will you pay that? Upto what will the fan boys pay just to use halo 3 maps? Its a shame, it really is... I used to love halo,,,

u guys have problems. o no $10 its like you are all gona die $10 its chump change i bet you all can fund $10around the house and stop picking on bungie give them some slack do u think makeing maps is easy?well its not and i bet i no y there not makeing them maps u all whont its becouse u are all complaining to much and the stuff people say to bungie is just mean with all the stuff u guys say to them u dont deserve any maps at all complaining about the update every week so be a bit nice and u guys might get whot u wont.

me and my friends just buy games and content on our consoles and share it with each other..... if you log whoever bought the item on ur xbox... they can Re-download the game,movie, content etc. again on ur console..... i have an arcade full of games i never purchased... along with t.v shows and gamerpics/themes.... why dont u kids get with the program......

what the hell!!! why is every one being such a d bag look at it this way 3 maps 10$ for $3.33and one third per map now about how many times you think you will play on these maps regardles if you wait til spring 2008 or just by them for me it comes about to matchmakeing-1000+ forge- 500+ custom games 3000+ so now what about you i mean there going to be comeing out with mroe map packs anyway. and if you are coming online to say how much these maps are you care just as much as we do ''we'' as the people who are not complaning and i mean most of us will still be searchimg youtube for the funny as hell vids we all love relateing to h3, we will still be playing halo3, by the time the movie comes out most of us will still be slaping the disk in our 360s so dont complaign be thankful they arent like 1200 points group hug ''wait whose hand is that?''

I think we can all agree that halo 2 maps > halo 3 maps so bungie there is a simple solution why not add in a couple redone halo 2 maps into the map pack everyone would stop complaining and the game would be a lot more fun sometimes the classics are just the best lockout needs no improving and please dont put a gazillion maulers on these maps

they really need to bring back lockout more people would buy the game for that that is what everyone loves

Damn guys are you serious? It's only ten bucks, go to the mall and ask people for money and you could make ten bucks in less than a half hour.

hey if the maps are on your xbox hd then all accounts will be able to use them .... are they kiddin us charging for 3 new -blam!- lookin maps after payin so much for the legendary pack whick had a -blam!- little helmet in it?????????

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] FriendieFire Ok great job by bungie but now its time for microsoft to step up and let the players be really creative. Forge is great but in order to keep the game fresh, not overload the programmers, and keep people playing; an open program that would allow users to create maps on their pc and export them to consoles is a logical step. All we need is the power of numbers to convince microsoft that this is the way to move so come on people lets start complaining.[/quote] Why would Microsoft care? They no longer own Bungie. Shouldn't you be petitioning Bungie? Not that it matters. Because they were owned by Microsoft for so long, they'll do as they please and not what 1. makes sense or 2. what users want. If these maps are anything like the current Halo 3 maps, $10 is about $9.99 too much...

[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] FriendieFire Ok great job by bungie but now its time for microsoft to step up and let the players be really creative. Forge is great but in order to keep the game fresh, not overload the programmers, and keep people playing; an open program that would allow users to create maps on their pc and export them to consoles is a logical step. All we need is the power of numbers to convince microsoft that this is the way to move so come on people lets start complaining.[/quote] Complaining like children will only get you ignored. And no, that's not a good idea. It opens the games to a whole new level of exploits. In order to prevent those exploits from happening, it would require even more time for submissions to be properly tested and approved. If you want full-on user created mods, stick to PC gaming. Here, you're playing on Microsoft's proprietary platform; expect to obey their rules, which they have every right to enforce. [Edited on 11.25.2007 6:28 PM PST]

Ok great job by bungie but now its time for microsoft to step up and let the players be really creative. Forge is great but in order to keep the game fresh, not overload the programmers, and keep people playing; an open program that would allow users to create maps on their pc and export them to consoles is a logical step. All we need is the power of numbers to convince microsoft that this is the way to move so come on people lets start complaining.

Very nice looking maps from the screenshots. Standoff looks beautiful.

can anybody just shutup sometimes? they're awesome maps, stop whining about it and if you want to, pay the ten bucks. if you dont, dont buy it. you'll be missing out, so stop whining. if you dont want to but the maps, dont come and -blam!- to us. we want to buy the maps because we love the game and need some variety. dont whine to us.

At first when hearing the news of 3 new maps for 10 bucks I didn’t think about it. As a dedicated Halo player who is never strapped for cash I was like "right on". But than the math didn’t add up. It's the friggin principal of the matter. The game it's self with packaging cost me 60 bucks. And that’s the WHOLE Game! If this pricing is accurate than the 11 maps alone cost 35 bucks, which leaves the game with all of its coding at 25 bucks?!? So don’t go telling people to basically be quite for speaking out an injustice on pricing. The bottom line is that it is indeed outrageous. When you do the math it's very apparent. So I guess were paying for the connivance of having it delivered directly to our hard drives. Yet, that doesn't even make sense when you consider the alternative of paying for packaging. You could calculate gas if you want to get real frugal, but I believe most everyone goes to town at least once a week anyway, and the majority: near everyday. I don’t know if you are aware of the uproar of one of the first DLC for XBL 360. A game called Elder Scrolls Oblivion tried to charge their costumers 2.50$ for a set of armor you could put on your horse. The community acted, and voiced their opinion and Bethesda never attempted such a staggering price gouge again. But then a fan will usually over pay for any morsel. It’s just a #@$$$$$ shame Microsoft/ bungie doesn’t have enough respect for us fans. And what the heck is this are you talking about merger and Microsoft wanting Bungie only for Halo3. Dude, Microsoft payed Bungie 50 million to be their profit machine in the middle of creating Halo1.But all in all it was a good merge that benefited both parties at the time. And now the companies are parting and you are saying Microsoft dumped Bungie? In reality you got it in reverse. For one Microsoft would have been in a much more secure position to keep Bungie on board, ensuring the future profit of future Halo games, knowing that the same creative effort and loving labor would be in the details. Now that MS owns the Halo IP, they are on the shaky grounds of needing an other studio to develop future titles. For another, more than half of the Bungie team was talking about walking out the door if the change did not occur. Granted Bungie, now as a publisher, has more to stress about. However from all that I have read it's an exchange for freedom and they are more then willing to go at risk. So you could be angry, even hostile over my post, or even to the insane degrees of being hostile towards the faceless poster. You may even be inclined to call me a noob if you believe it to be an insult. But honestly it doesn’t change a thing. I'm simply annoyed at the price and am giving a real justification to someone who thinks they have the real answer. Educate yourself a little more. After all you actually sound well articulate and have great structure in your message. You're just confused.