Initial thoughts a opinions ?
To start off I adore the look of this map, 343 nailed the ancient Sangheili look and feel. It also doesn’t seem to borrow too many assets from the other Sangheili map (forgot what its called) which is something that the earlier Assault maps did to a disgusting amount.
While it does retain the usual assault layout it does make some changes.
The initial base has some overhanging cliffs giving the defence a chance to whittle down the attackers as they move up the hill, this gives them the opportunity to lighten the bum rush that often occurs at the start.
The second base I love, the open area idea is brilliant although it seems a little difficult to track down where the last Spartan is hiding since there’s no obvious capture zone like in the other maps.
I would have liked to see more of a mix up with the last base, that formula got old 4 maps ago but alas perhaps next time.
All in all much like the last assault map a big improvement over the launch maps.
What about you guys ?