This is a direct letter to 343. Sign it If you feel the same so it grabs 343is attention.
Reach was perfect in this area in my opinion. Forge world was perfect, and the game had amazing amounts of variaty in game modes. Plus you could almost make your own game types with the Insane game mode. This is what made reach great for me. Ok, the MP wasn’t the best in the world, but the maps were good (loved spire and sowrd base). The game never did well in the MP side of things but the game lived for the custom game lobbies.
With Halo 4 forge, I was expecting you to go forward, not backward. And by that I mean, you removed features. Ok magnets are good, lighting is nice (annoying while forging though) and the forge pieces were great. However when I was watching the hype videos before Halo 4 came out, I thought that fine editing would be there, and the forge ball zoom, but they weren’t. I would like to see those back.
The 3 forge maps were also a let down. For a start you limited certian pieces to certian maps. And how was three small maps going to work out once we had the taste of forge world? It would have been good if this was the only game after halo 3, but it wasn’t. You tried to fix this with Forge island, but as big as that is, There is no land features. No caves to work with, no land link between islands, no hills, no bumps, nothing. With this Halo redo the forge world concept. Don’t copy forge world directly, but use it as a base. Making Reachs forge world just bigger would be fine.
Moving onto game types, just add more. Bring back invasion, one bomb, one flag CTF, race, the real infection. They don’t have to be in matchmaking, but put them on the disc.
Also (and I know this is easier said then done) think of every option that people want to tweak in custom games. The ability to turn sprint off is a big one that I can think of. Try linking up with forges like “The Halo Forge Epidemic”. I’ve watched them since reach started and they would be great help to you to build a great custom experience. Iknow you linked up with pro games to build MP, now do the same for custom games.
In summary:
Forge needs everything from reach, plus the features you added. And Remember to give forgers the right tools and spaces (not just big totally blank areas like forge island)
Custom game options need to be better thought out. Remember to give people the ability to turn something off if it is in the game.
There needs to be more gametypes. Even if they are not in MP, put them on the disc.