Not sure if any of you have played the first Halo Wars, but if you did you would know that each map had something unique about it that changed the fighting style.
For example points that shield the map from the enemy, healing structure at the centre of the map, special base locations that have bridges that disappear and a lot more.
Halo Wars 2 maps just don’t live up to the first Halo Wars maps and we desperately need a change of maps. Blitz/Firefight only have one map that gets boring after the first 5 games of playing it and the multiplayer maps are just so similar to eacother that it feels like you’re playing the same map even if it is a different one.
I hope when they do release new maps they look back to the original Halo Wars maps, because they make Halo Wars 2 maps look bad.
I think they were trying to make the game more competetive with the similar and symmetrical maps. That’s how maps are in starcraft and other big RTS games. In HW1, things like the turret and walls could be very heavily exploited, I think the devs wanted to focus more of balance than anything else. From a design perspective, it makes sense.
But, while I’m fine with the symmetrical, basic-ish maps, I do want more varied scenery. Some of the maps, despite being very different, look about the same visually. I’d like to see a return to some ancient ruins, or snowy landscapes, or rivers like in HW1. The landscapes were much more unique.
I, for one, am glad that those silly light walls from Fort Deen are gone.
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> I, for one, am glad that those silly light walls from Fort Deen are gone.
How dare you…don’t disrespect the best 3v3 map in halo war 1 lol
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> How dare you…don’t disrespect the best 3v3 map in halo war 1 lol
It’s hard to choose a “best 3v3” map from HW1. They all showcased how truly awful the pathfinding was.
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> > How dare you…don’t disrespect the best 3v3 map in halo war 1 lol
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> It’s hard to choose a “best 3v3” map from HW1. They all showcased how truly awful the pathfinding was.
I liked Deen because there were no reactors on the maps so it was an even playing field
For new maps, I wouldn’t mind if they just remastered some of the maps from HW1 just to increase the variety of maps to go around. Also one major thing HW2 is lacking in is good chokepoint maps that HW1 had, such as “The Docks” the best 2v2 map in my opinion due to the battles for the garrisonable cover in the chokepoint and the use of air units to bypass it leading to a variety of tactics.
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> I think they were trying to make the game more competetive with the similar and symmetrical maps. That’s how maps are in starcraft and other big RTS games. In HW1, things like the turret and walls could be very heavily exploited, I think the devs wanted to focus more of balance than anything else. From a design perspective, it makes sense.
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> But, while I’m fine with the symmetrical, basic-ish maps, I do want more varied scenery. Some of the maps, despite being very different, look about the same visually. I’d like to see a return to some ancient ruins, or snowy landscapes, or rivers like in HW1. The landscapes were much more unique.
Most of the current maps are unfairly asymmetrical though. Ashes is probably the only map that you can play any leader on and have an even chance win regardless of spawn, where as other maps play to strong to certain leaders, or certain sides (Looking at those maps that one players literally stars the game capping crates, as well as Frontier where 1 side has 2 close create spawns and the other needs to walk a million miles to get his second) that it’s really nothing like SC. It tried so hard, but they screwed something up when making them Dynamic.
hope we get map packs in the near future
i want a snow level
Relly would like to see more maps… Battle in a huge forest or snow… With garissons on important points…