My thoughts on 343 and the Crimson Map Pack

Games Other Halo
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I’m actually pretty excited to have some large(r) maps in Halo! I really enjoy the big team experiences that Halo gives to its players, and I feel like getting new big team maps will be great for people like me who enjoy large maps.

But really, is it necessary to make people pay for new maps at this point, releasing them a little over a month since the game first came out? Well, some may say yes. Many people are getting tired of the old maps, so many think we need new ones. What I don’t understand though, is WHY NOT ADD THE “FORGE WORLD” maps’ multiplayer variants to matchmaking? Ascent, Relay, and Settler can all act as additional maps in matchmaking, and would also all be FREE TO EVERYONE! The maps already exist on the game, so why not just add them to matchmaking if people are getting tired of the old ones? It’d be completely effortless for 343, and free for everyone.

My main question here is, “WHY WOULD 343 RELEASE A MAP PACK WHEN FILE SHARES AREN’T EVEN WORKING YET?” 343 released the game without a working File Share system, yet they already had the Crimson Map Pack complete before release. I understand that 343 is a company, and therefore needs to make money. But I really don’t appreciate how they’re already trying to exploit players and make easy money off them. Why did 343 even bother to make Forge World multiplayer variants, if they didn’t even intend to include them in matchmaking?

Again… I’m happy that they’re adding more “large” multiplayer maps, but I am not happy about how desperate 343 (or Microsoft (They’re basically the same thing)) is to make a quick profit. Games should be made for peoples’ enjoyment, not just to make millions of dollars.

On a side note, I love the look of the gameplay on the new maps, but I really don’t like them aesthetically. In other words, all these maps visually look boring. (IMO)

TL;DR: It’s nice to get some new maps, but I’m not happy with 343’s desperation to make some quick money. Also, the “forge world” multiplayer map variants should be added for FREE (since they’re on everyone’s disks) if people want something fresh, not “premium” maps.

What do you all think?

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I am looking forward to trying them out. But at the same time their enviornments look the same, rocky and dusty with some dirt roads, tbh they look rather boring.

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I hate it, I never played many big maps in any Halo, I always preferred the smaller maps like Guardian, Lockout, Midship, Beaver Creek etc.

In Halo 4 there are only 2-3 medium-big maps, everything else is huge and no fun for me. Then they show more huge -Yoink- maps in the Crimson map pack, I just can’t believe it :frowning:

I already lost faith, now I’m kinda done with it. 343 is catering to a completely different type of player than previous Halos did. This is not for me anymore :frowning:

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Why only play the maps in the dlc playlist?

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343 has a lot to fix before they start focusing on DLCs for the game. And if they’re going to keep adding DLC anyway, then they should at least make some actual Forge maps, not some small maps with the Forge World pallette.

They should also take more time to make the DLCs and make them properly. I don’t want any more mishaps like Complex.

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> I am looking forward to trying them out. But at the same time their enviornments look the same, rocky and dusty with some dirt roads, tbh they look rather boring.

The visuals are boring and brown, but the gameplay may turn out interesting.

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They should fix fileshares and other errors with the game first and then immediately release DLC. If this is their plan, we can expect an update soon enough.

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I think the Team Regicide should be a 5v5 or 6v6 not 4v4.

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> I think the Team Regicide should be a 5v5 or 6v6 not 4v4.

I think we don’t need anymore Big Team gametypes and should get more of the traditional 4 vs 4

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> > I think the Team Regicide should be a 5v5 or 6v6 not 4v4.
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> I think we don’t need anymore Big Team gametypes and should get more of the traditional 4 vs 4

One big issue is that a lot of the current playlists require a lot of people to have a full party. Having another 4v4 gametype is nice.

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More larger maps are definitely welcomed by me. People only vote for Ragnarok and Exile in BTB. It’s getting old.

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> More larger maps are definitely welcomed by me. People only vote for Ragnarok and Exile in BTB. It’s getting old.

It would really suck if everyone bought these maps and they turned out to suck… then people would just keep voting for those and it’d be a waste. :confused: