Ok so heres a little rundown on what I think would be needed to ensure that the BTB maps don’t suck in Halo 4.
Terminal or maps that play like Terminal. Let me start off by saying that out of all the maps that haven’t been remade yet Terminal deserves it the most. It had everything you could dream of for unique asymmetrical. The train alone is enough to give this map a remake. In short Halo 4 needs great asymmetrical maps for single sided objective gametypes.
Containment or maps similar to Containment. If a canyon style map is going to be made make it snow. I know this might sound funny but I’m a grass hater. I loved playing on Sidewinder and Containment not only for their unique shapes but also their fluffy white snow. Don’t go with the straight line open canyon. It’s just all around boring and overdone(BG, Coag, Hemmorhage, Valhalla). Also the openable gates were pretty awesome. And the fact that the gates shut after a little while of being open. It was definitly a nice feature to the map.
Highlands or a similar map. I like the whole concept of fighting around the map and avoiding the center. Highlands is the only original BTB map in Reach that is worth playing. I do love Headlong and Timberland but as you all know those are remakes.
One problem I had with Halo Reach and even Halo 3 was lack of unique BTB maps. Standoff and Last Resort were ok in Halo 3 but none of the maps really had the same exciting feel as Halo 2’s BTB maps. And when it comes down to it most of Standoffs action happened in an area about as big as a small sized map. Reach feels as if all the BTB games happen on Hemmorhage or one of the portions of the Invasion maps. Which I’m fully against because they don’t work at all. BTB is a joke in Halo Reach. 343 needs to bring the fun and awesomeness in maps back to BTB. Anniversary BTB consists of Timberland, Headlong and Hang Em High and it’s 10,000x better than regular Reach BTB. Thats some food for thought.
NOTE: I’m not saying that these maps need remade nor am I saying they shouldn’t be remade. I just think that their should at least be maps with similarities to these.