For me, I liked Tempest, Anchor 9, highlands, and condemned
Tempest played a bit like standoff from halo 3 and it was a symmetrical map, great for objective.
Anchor 9 was also symmetrical, made slayer matches competitive, and had a low gravity zone.
Condemned felt unique to me, as it was one large circle on a station, with a central area of focus since there was a rocket launcher there. Also the scenery was pretty.
Highlands was great when you had 8v8 going on, but 6v6 was rather lackluster imo. But this map had great areas for map control like the laser. Teleporters also made quick access throughout the map.
They were all excellent maps and i agree with all you have said above. Tempest and its Heavies version Typhoon were great BTB Maps. But my favourite was the Heavies version of Highlands, Eminence. IMHO thats the way they should of made Highlands from the beginning.
I liked all of them, really… the Anniversary maps were easily my favorites, but I liked the Defiant and Noble maps as well.
Only map I really had issues with was Highlands; it was kind of weird for a Big Team map, it didn’t have any vehicles that were really suited to it. The Warthogs felt kind of redundant, being that most players would hang out in the upper reaches of the map, perfectly safe from Warthog’s chaingun.
It might’ve been better if they’d put Gauss 'Hogs or Wraiths on Highlands instead. But that’s all the moot point, now… shame that 343i has abandoned Reach.
Another thing that stinks is it’s all but impossible to get Defiant achievements now, unless you can get a full party with the Defiant maps. I’m only missing 3 achievements for my favorite Halo game, and I can’t get them because for some reason, 343i introduced Defiant achievements with the Anniversary maps…
I really enjoyed anchor 9 and condemned because of the awesome layouts, and scenery. The space scenery was something I’d have to look at whenever I was on them maps, it just gave the game an isolated sort of feel which made you think that you were truly alone after the fall of Reach.
That’s a pity, it’s such a great map. My favourite of all Reach DLC maps. I always knew it’s going to be a funny match when Anchor 9 got voted. And it was funny, even when my team lost.
Tempest was my favourite slayer map, but Condemned was a close second. I felt like Highlands would have been a great map, but I only ever got to play somewhat of 3-4 games on it.
