So I was watching a video on Youtube talking about Halo 5’s art direction and why it feels so off. Past Halo games’ multiplayer maps were very unique to the franchise and were very enjoyable by many. If you look at most of the most popular maps from the past Halo games - they all follow one trend - they are not based on the common human architecture. I mean seriously. Halo 4, which consisted of many poor multiplayer maps had that one map that everyone loved. Why? Because it was forerunner. Although it had smooth gameplay mechanics, what caught most people’s attention was the art direction of the map. It was forerunner architecture, so familiar yet distant. The use of the franchise’s vast options of using different types of worlds is a powerful key and is what makes Halo multiplayer maps so memorable. I mean seriously. Where 343 failed in much of Halo 4’s mp maps and Halo 5’s was the art direction they chose to go in. Instead of taking advantage of the forerunner and covenant architecture that was exclusive to the franchise, 343 consistently produced UNSC themed maps. The use of human architecture in the newer Halo games is what makes the newer Multiplayer maps so bland. It also makes the maps feel boring, repetitive, and the same. Just being able to play multiplayer on a map in a different world that is so different sparks imagination and creates the wondrous feeling all of the previous Halo games brought to the player. Re-using human architecture on multiplayer maps hurts the multiplayer itself, whether it has great mp mechanics or not.
Anyways back to what most of you must’ve come to this thread for. A multiplayer map on Sanghelios. I mean, seriously, where is it? The environments in the Halo 5 campaign were absolutely stunning, and would’ve made awesome set pieces in Halo multiplayer. What about a multiplayer map on Genesis? Where is that? I absolutely loved Halo 5’s campaign art direction but it seriously lacks in the multiplayer. Empire could’ve easily been made into a map on Sanghelios, with the large turbine in the front being a large Sangheili statue and the buildings in the back ruins from a previous battle. A sky battle could be going on in the skybox. I’m pretty sure everyone would love it if 343 made a map like this and brought it to the table. 343 should really take advantage of the art styles Bungie has left behind for them, and the different possibilities. And if they are going to make remakes of a UNSC map, they shouldn’t make it into another UNSC map, they should make it into something forerunner or Sangheili. What do you guys think? Comment up so we can make this happen!Here is the video that I got this info from. These ideas aren’t mine, I just wanted to spread these ideas I thought were awesome =)
343’s Art Direction
A sanheli (I hope I spelled that right) map would be great.
YAAASSSS
Add elites aswell.
A map on Sunion would be epic. Honestly any sanghellios map would be awesome. Too many human maps. More covenant and forerunners maps would be greatly appreciated
A sanghili map would be aaawesome!
Agree 1000%. They NEED to add Sanghelios, Sunaion and Genesis maps. That maps you feel tempted to look around and see the beauty and die while you are doing it.