It’s pretty crazy just how few Forerunner maps there are. 1 in Arena, and then Raid on Apex 7 kinda counts, but not really since it’s just one little Forerunner base on a giant island surrounded by nothing but jungle and UNSC bases. Halo has always had a significant amount of Forerunner maps with each release (sans Reach, of course). Halo 5 is almost entirely human/UNSC maps and the aesthetic gets really old. The Forerunner art style in the Reclaimer saga is incredible, and it’s odd how they’re reluctant to use it in Halo 5.
And then we need a Sanghelios map. I was surprised that such a pivotal setting for the campaign wasn’t featured in multiplayer at all. In every other Halo, a large portion of the maps were set in or near (or based on) areas from the campaign, to sort of tie the game together. Halo 2 had plenty of New Mombasa and Installation 05 maps, Halo 3 had a lot of maps set in the African outskirts and the Ark, etc. In Halo 5, the multiplayer locales are just entirely foreign. The Rig is set on Meridian, technically, but it seems like it’s supposed to be a historical pre-glassed Meridian. March on Stormbreak is set on Kamchatka, which was a very minor locale that served as the generic snowy setting for the opening mission. Other than that, there are no references to the campaign settings whatsoever. No Sanghelios, no Genesis. In fact, a setting that does show up many times in H5 multiplayer is the planet of Andesia. 6 times, in fact (3 maps, 3 remixes). This planet has nothing to do with Halo 5’s story. Then we’ve got Truth and Regret, which were completely wasted opportunities since they take place in/above Installation 04, which feels entirely out of place for Halo 5’s narrative.
Don’t get me wrong, I do like how they try to expand the Halo universe by showing us various outside locales in multiplayer, but it lacks weight when the maps are generic human settings you could place on any planet and they’re never mentioned again for the rest of the series.
Colosseum is actually on Genesis.
What about a Sanctuary re-imagining set on Sanghelios?
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That’s entirely speculation. It says it’s “located within a Burn”, which leads me to believe it’s intended to be set somewhere else. Otherwise they would mention Genesis.
i would like to see more environments but lets fix the bad map design before we mess with setting
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> What about a Sanctuary re-imagining set on Sanghelios?
Great idea. I can see it now and I want it badly.
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I was just thinking this!
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> What about a Sanctuary re-imagining set on Sanghelios?
As long as it’s only similar and not a faithful remake. I’m honestly pretty tired of Sanctuary showing up so much in the series.
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Stand at the corner behind one of those pedestals the Splinter grenades spawn on, and look out. Tell me that isn’t Genesis.
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> Stand at the corner behind one of those pedestals the Splinter grenades spawn on, and look out. Tell me that isn’t Genesis.
There’s no hard proof that it’s Genesis. Nowhere is it mentioned or implied. Just because it has a similar environment doesn’t make it so. The Forerunners built all sorts of worlds with similar environments constantly showing up.
Suniaon would be an interesting slayer map
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Oh my gosh yes we need that
Okay, stay with me here. A BTB map that is a re-imagined Spire on Sanghelios.Alternatively, it could be a Warzone map based on Spire with Covenant bases and Swords of Sanghelios as allies instead of Marines. The AI enemies could either be vehicle based Covenant or Prometheans.
As for Forerunner maps…They should do something for BTB and do a classic style canyon map, if they could just do Bloodline from H2A, it’d be perfect I think.