I have played all the maps in halo reach(including DLC) and a few days ago I downloaded the Defiant map pack and these are some things I like:
The colors and Backround. Example on Highlands; the covenant space ship Melting the surface below. Idk about you but i love watching the frigite glass the ground below
The sounds. Example on condemned; When you walk around alone on this map you can distinctly here a raging battle between the UNSC and the covenant.
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I wish I had it. Sadly it dosnt show up in matchmaking enough to pay 800 MS points for it. 
> I wish I had it. Sadly it dosnt show up in matchmaking enough to pay 800 MS points for it.
This is why they made the āPremiumā playlistsā¦ Premium Slayer, and Premium battleā¦ They feature only the downloadable maps 
well 99% of the time anywayā¦ Every now and then reflection or somethin will come up, but not often.
> > I wish I had it. Sadly it dosnt show up in matchmaking enough to pay 800 MS points for it.
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> This is why they made the āPremiumā playlistsā¦ Premium Slayer, and Premium battleā¦ They feature only the downloadable maps well 99% of the time anywayā¦ Every now and then reflection or somethin will come up, but not often.
That is a good point, but then I would have to but the other map pack to, and that 1600 MS points. But I might consider it now.
I have all the maps, mostly just to have a little bit of variety and to support 343. Also when I am in a group I donāt want to be the one without the maps, and thereby affecting what the host can pick.
Just prioritize and look how fast you can save $20 for the MS points.
Gameplay is paramount.
Condemned/Uplink is pretty good, would easily be the best map in Reach if not for the space section. I think thatās more Bungieās fault though, they probably demanded a low-G area be included somewhere.
Highlands is meh. If the snipers were taken out and the teleporter system was revamped itād be better.
Unearthed is a good firefight map, butā¦ itās firefight. Itās pointless. Iād rather space be wasted on FF than new armor though.
Overall itās a decent map pack.
> Gameplay is paramount.
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> Condemned/Uplink is pretty good, would easily be the best map in Reach if not for the space section. I think thatās more Bungieās fault though, they probably demanded a low-G area be included somewhere.
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> Highlands is meh. If the snipers were taken out and the teleporter system was revamped itād be better.
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> Unearthed is a good firefight map, butā¦ itās firefight. Itās pointless. Iād rather space be wasted on FF than new armor though.
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> Overall itās a decent map pack.
Bungie didnāt make the Defiant Maps so it isnāt their āfaultā at all. Personally, I like the low-gravity in the generator room. It mixes things up differently.
Highlands reminds me of the best of the BTB maps. Large, power weapons, teleporters, campsites. By far, one of the best BTB maps in recent memory.
Unearthed is THE Firefight map. So reminiscent of Lost Platoon in ODST. Not a successor, but you can tell that the map was influenced by it.
The Defiant pack is better than the Noble maps, even though I really like the Noble maps. They feel more like āHaloā to me.
> Highlands reminds me of the best of the BTB maps. Large, power weapons, teleporters, campsites. By far, one of the best BTB maps in recent memory.
> Unearthed is THE Firefight map. So reminiscent of Lost Platoon in ODST. Not a successor, but you can tell that the map was influenced by it.
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> The Defiant pack is better than the Noble maps, even though I really like the Noble maps. They feel more like āHaloā to me.
Agreed on all accounts!
Highlands is just an awesome map, and IMO the best BTB map since Death Island in H:PC. And Unearthed? Itās probably the only FF map in Reach thatās better than any ODST FF map. If you donāt like Unearthed, you ought to have your brain examined!