I can’t get enough of them! I bought the Limited Edition and was told that I would get 3 map packs for free when 343 released them. Anyways, when the Crimson Map Pack Came out, I went to the marketplace and downloaded it for free. SCORE! Even though I got the maps for free, I can honestly say that I would pay up to double the normal price just to get these new maps! I love the layout of all three (especially Shatter and Harvest) and I think 343 did an excellent job at developing these new maps to spice up the already awesome Halo 4 maps. Anyone else agree with me or am I just going to get spammed with the normal “Halo 4 is terrible and anything related to it” complaints?
I would’ve preferred some smaller, 4v4 maps. Not more BTB
I agree in that the Crimson MP is totally awesome. Where I disagree is that the “old” halo 4 maps were awesome… with a handful of exceptions I found them to be cluttered, confusing, and lacking a lot of variety. Something which this map pack most certainly addresses!
Right now I hate them, trying to get the achievements and I have to play with vehicles and man cannons ;( Shattered seems to be picked a bunch of times, havent played on harvest yet.
I haven’t gotten the maps because I can’t play until I get my specialization code. Which is a real bummer.
I love Harvest. The other two I’m not a huge fan of, but Shatter plays alright.
Harvest feels very familiar. You’re easily oriented, it is perfectly symmetrical, and there is something for everyone: long sight lines, CQC, driving paths, top-down attacking…its gotta be the most balanced map Halo 4 has to offer.
The three Crimson maps seem to be perfectly safe, perfectly balanced, perfectly boring design-by-committee dealios.
They’re all quite visually unappealing, Wreckage in particular is just horribly cluttered and disorientating. Also, is it just me, or do the Halo 4 maps have really low-res skyboxes? It’s painfully obvious where the “real” level ends and the cardboard cutouts begin.
Shatter: Nice enough for team games. Currently sniper-dominated.
Harvest: I was hoping for a more natural, verdant, agricultural setting; instead we get the inside of a 26th Century barn. Oh well.
Wreckage: My least favourite. Visually noisy, confusing to navigate.
On the plus side, they’re all better than Complex.
> I haven’t gotten the maps because I can’t play until I get my specialization code. Which is a real bummer.
You can play. You just choose not to.
I love the maps. Harvest is probably the best and could easily be used as a 4v4 competitive map.
I enjoy the maps, I truly do.
But the achievements (especially the flying warthog one) is horribly fustrating
Lots of Harvest love in this thread it seems… Sadly Harvest is the map I like the least of the group. I absolutely love wreckage though. Shatter isn’t too bad depending on the mode either. Harvest depends a lot on the mode. KoTH is horrible on it… not enough quick ways to get from one side to the other. I think the outside edges need man cannons.
I like Harvest, I think Wreckage is a bit frustrating to play on since it’s so bright and has that weird high vantage point on the one end of the map that people seem to camp so I haven’t really enjoyed it yet. Shatter has potential to be fun but I can’t see it being any good unless you’re playing 8v8. 6v6 feels too big.
Absolutely! I love all the 3 maps BUT, before i express my final sentence, i have to test them in 4v4 (Harvest) and BTB (Shatter, Wreckage).
So far, Harvest is my favourite.
The maps are fine , Its just those damn achievements!.. I wouldn’t be surprised if the person that came up with the warthog one had something to do with the last lot of defiant achievements on Reach!
I just love the fact that there is something else to play on! I am so sick of Haven, Ragnorok, and Exile. I will be happy to go back once I get bored of these maps. More variety is never a bad thing.
> I just love the fact that there is something else to play on! I am so sick of Haven, Ragnarok, and Exile. I will be happy to go back once I get bored of these maps. More variety is never a bad thing.
I am always being forced to play on shatter
I’ve only yet had a quick run about them in custom games but the harvest map was nice, shatter looked great but the other one was boring.
I am bitter about buying the season pass though. 
I like them, but aside from Harvest, callouts are pretty much impossible.
“One shot on the big pile of junk”
“Which pile of junk?”
“The big one.”
“There’s a hundred big piles of junk!”
Played them a couple of times last night after work
I love wreckage.
All in all good maps
But the smaller tight maps def need some spicing up
Need guardian back.
I like them. They’re visually stunning and offer a lot of different approaches to the fights.
I like Crimson but the fact that the game needs more small maps remain 