I’m not trying to be negative or attemping to pass judgement on something that has yet to be released (plus it’s free) but from what I saw in IGN’s video recap of PAX East Forge Island looked kind of small. The “Hang-em-High” remake was relatively puny compared to the one in Reach: Anniversary, and when one of the designers said he wanted someone to remake “Blood Gulch” I immediately thought that even the biggest island was too small. I haven’t actually played on it yet so I really cannot appreciate the scale of the map; it’s just that from the video it looked kind of small. Thoughts?..
I don’t think the remake was 100% accurate, just for demo purposes. But I see what you mean, have in mind that there’s a ton of room around the islands to build aswell. The island is supposed to be suitable for Blood Gulch so I think it’s safe to assume that it’s big 
Even if the island is big enough to remake Blood Gulch, you couldn’t because the island is totally flat.
Well it was just a size comparison, one of the castle maps looks a lot like Blood Gulch
I got the same impression. I’m hoping the big island is large enough to recreate some classic BTB maps. If it isn’t, though, it’s still good, but I would be a little sad that they didn’t take the time to consider that. Either way, right now it’s just speculation until anyone gets to forge on it, and I am grateful no matter the case.
I think it really is that big. Did you see how long it took them to fly over it with the Banshee? It seems like it’s really huge!
Bravo actually replied to my tweet. He said the big island can hold a Blood Gulch remake but i’m not to sure.
Someone just remake Rats nest, i knoe alot of people hated it but i just loved that thing.
> Someone just remake Rats nest, i knoe alot of people hated it but i just loved that thing.
If a lot of people hate it, I don’t think anyone would remake Rat’s Nest.
> I’m not trying to be negative or attemping to pass judgement on something that has yet to be released (plus it’s free) but from what I saw in IGN’s video recap of PAX East Forge Island looked kind of small. The “Hang-em-High” remake was relatively puny compared to the one in Reach: Anniversary, and when one of the designers said he wanted someone to remake “Blood Gulch” I immediately thought that even the biggest island was too small. I haven’t actually played on it yet so I really cannot appreciate the scale of the map; it’s just that from the video it looked kind of small. Thoughts?..
Yes,it is big.
Bravo had to take a packed lunch with him it took so long to fly the Banshee from one island to the next. Heck, he even needed two water bottles when just running around the big island!
> Someone just remake Rats nest, i knoe alot of people hated it but i just loved that thing.
How about making Guardian?
I didn’t notice anyone mention this yet but a good scale comparison is the announcement for the map on the home page. It shows the whole big island with a spartan on it and the spartan is like 2 pixels.
> > Someone just remake Rats nest, i knoe alot of people hated it but i just loved that thing.
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> How about making Guardian?
That’s been done by several different people actually. The best remake I’ve seen is forged on Impact, look it up.
Rat’s Nest would be a good map to remake, especially now that we have flat ground to use for the tunnels’ floors, so we won’t have to waste pieces there.
Actually, I just had the best idea. Does anyone remember Containment from Halo 2?
I was happy when I watched them fly the Banshee for a while between the islands without hitting any invisible kill barriers.
> > Someone just remake Rats nest, i knoe alot of people hated it but i just loved that thing.
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> How about making Guardian?
(-_-) How about stop remaking things and make your own maps. Seriously, i am a reviewer for a few sites and there are waaaaay too many remakes. Not that im against them, but as soon as people see something forge related its, “what maps can we remake yet?!” Im just saying, not hating.
> and when one of the designers said he wanted someone to remake “Blood Gulch” I immediately thought that even the biggest island was too small.
Off Topic: Not a map/game designer, it was Burnie from Rooster Teeth 
> > > Someone just remake Rats nest, i knoe alot of people hated it but i just loved that thing.
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> > How about making Guardian?
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> (-_-) How about stop remaking things and make your own maps. Seriously, i am a reviewer for a few sites and there are waaaaay too many remakes. Not that im against them, but as soon as people see something forge related its, “what maps can we remake yet?!” Im just saying, not hating.
I agree, but it’s nice to have some old maps in addition to the new. With that said, I’ve got some great ideas for BTB objective maps in mind already.
> I was happy when I watched them fly the Banshee for a while between the islands without hitting any invisible kill barriers.
It takes a while to get from island to island, but it is true, there are no barriers between the islands.
> > I was happy when I watched them fly the Banshee for a while between the islands without hitting any invisible kill barriers.
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> It takes a while to get from island to island, but it is true, there are no barriers between the islands.
I’m assuming (because of the low detail of the water) that the ocean is blocked by kill barriers though 
I’m assuming that you’ve had a chance to check it out? If so, how high is the kill barrier above the water? Also, what’s in the map-specific pallete?