So Riptide is a Fathom remix? I’d be bummed out normally… But looking at the couple of shots we’ve seen it looks nothing like Fathom. Which is good. Hopefully it’ll have a better layout than Fathom.
But honestly why call it a remix if it looks so different?
Hey, it’s better than getting a map called “Mercy” to complete the Truth/Regret set.
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> Hey, it’s better then getting a map called “Mercy” to complete the Truth/Regret set.
Because map names are better than getting good maps?
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Because Truth and Regret are seemingly the least popular in the community and they are the names of the three prophets and Mercy is the third that is missing from the group.
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> So Riptide is a Fathom remix? I’d be bummed out normally… But looking at the couple of shots we’ve seen it looks nothing like Fathom. Which is good. Hopefully it’ll have a better layout than Fathom.
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> But honestly why call it a remix if it looks so different?
Reused Geometry. Run through Plaza, and then run around Overgrowth. You will see why they are called remixes. There are whole chunks in Overgrowth that have been ripped straight from Plaza. You know where Shotgun spawn is on Overgrowth. That whole Area is ripped straight from Red spawn on Plaza.
On Riptide, in the first Screenshot they showed, you could clearly see the bridge from Fathom, and the BR Spawn next to red window/blue window
Just watched the new trailer. And I gotta say, still not feeling the Fathom yet. Which is good. Riptide actually looks like it’ll have a decent layout. When it comes down to it, Fathom really isn’t all that great a map. You can already see that Riptide will have multiple ways up to whatever that middle structure is, which is better than everyone being stuck with the two main ramps up to Fathom’s bridge.
It’s always interesting to see people surprised they’re the same. When I saw the first screenshot of Riptide, I instantly knew it was a Fathom remix just by looking at it.
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> It’s always interesting to see people surprised they’re the same. When I saw the first screenshot of Riptide, I instantly knew it was a Fathom remix just by looking at it.
And I honestly didn’t get how people jumped right to that conclusion. The only parts they’ve shown look nothing like Fathom. The bridge is different, not in just looks. But it goes off at an angle and the area at the beginning of the bridge definitely seems to be designed differently. The area beneath said bridge is different, that side area with pipes going up to whatever middle structure is now at the center definitely didn’t exist in Fathom in any form. This whole section is what I’m talking about here. Suppose the water theme could’ve given it away. It obviously was confirmed to be Fathom remix, I just don’t get how people immediately knew based on what we saw of the map in the first two screenshots. Which are pretty much of the same areas they showed off in the trailer.
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> Hey, it’s better than getting a map called “Mercy” to complete the Truth/Regret set.
I want Mercy
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> Hey, it’s better than getting a map called “Mercy” to complete the Truth/Regret set.
I wouldn’t complain if we got say a massive BTB, vehicle crazy map based in a Covernant cruiser called Mercy. The two current maps tho kinda suit there names if you think about it…
Truth = All flashy and looks very important
Regret = Looks like a dead, decaying version of Truth
Ok, maybe Mercy could be an awesome massive BTB, vehicle crazy in an old, rusted Covernant cruiser!
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> Ok, maybe Mercy could be an awesome massive BTB, vehicle crazy in an old, rusted Covernant cruiser!
Have we even had a BTB Covenant map before? Can’t think of any offhand.
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> Have we even had a BTB Covenant map before? Can’t think of any offhand.
Not that i can remember, they’re all mainly based outside on a planet/Halo, but i would love one based inside a covernant cruiser. Just imagine one in a hanger (of course it would be a much larger hanger then say the one we went around in Truth and Reconciliation in Combat Evolved). Large enough for vehicles to go driving around, banshee’s flying above …etc.
But onto the topic of Riptide, i don’t like remakes. Like other people have said its just parts of another map ripped out, slapped a different paint job on and then rammed together to make a “new” map. Its an lazy excuse to actually not make new maps, look at the old DLC packs from Halo 3 all the way to Halo 4 and look at the new maps there, you could tell the effort was put in.
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> Not that i can remember, they’re all mainly based outside on a planet/Halo, but i would love one based inside a covernant cruiser. Just imagine one in a hanger (of course it would be a much larger hanger then say the one we went around in Truth and Reconciliation in Combat Evolved). Large enough for vehicles to go driving around, banshee’s flying above …etc.
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> But onto the topic of Riptide, i don’t like remakes. Like other people have said its just parts of another map ripped out, slapped a different paint job on and then rammed together to make a “new” map. Its an lazy excuse to actually not make new maps, look at the old DLC packs from Halo 3 all the way to Halo 4 and look at the new maps there, you could tell the effort was put in.
This would be very cool, a massive vehicle storage deck on one of the supercarriers, a very nice idea for the theme.
I’m with you on Riptide, it just seems to be lazy and counter to what the community wants.
I think it looks cool, but I wonder how different it will be from fathom.