Um pouco atrasado mas ta ae o episodio 8, nesse episodio Arby e Chief discutem sobre o legenday map pack, Arby como sempre faz comentários inteligentes mas é claro que Chief só faz merda como sempre xD, e Chief faz um dos mapas mais pirados que eu já vi da até vontade do jogar nele:

Fui!!!!!!1!!!!11!!!!one!!!!!™

For those of you who missed Gus’ original announcement article, or just live under a giant rock, tomorrow is the official release date for Halo 3’s Legendary Map Pack. For a measly 800 Microsoft Points ($10) you can take out your post tax form frustration on three new maps (Ghost Town, Avalanche (Sidewinder), and Blackout (Lockout)) and a bunch of original forge options.

And what better way to show your infinite superiority on these new maps than by file sharing even more of your favorite “Legendary” moments with a free 4 month subscription to Bungie PRO. As stated in Bungie’s weekly update:

“There will be a special limited-time promotional offer for those of you who purchase the Legendary map pack. Everyone who buys the new maps between now and a to-be-determined cutoff date will be awarded a special four month subscription to Bungie PRO. For the unfamiliar, Bungie PRO is our special service that dramatically increases your Halo 3 file share ability. You get 24 storage slots and a maximum of 250MB compared to the default 6 slots and 25MB. Bungie PRO is normally sold as an annual subscription for 750 Microsoft Points.”

I know more upload space really isn’t a strong selling point for this map pack, but hell, I will take any freebies I can get.

This remake heavy map pack is sure to have its naysayers, resistors, haters, and general complainers, but I for one cannot wait to get online tomorrow and ruin some kids on Lockou… I mean Blackout. Anyone up for some afternoon party play?

Check out this ViDoc walkthrough of all three maps by the creators.

“Can I has Recon?”

(Written on 4/14/2008)

Hey folks, just letting you all know that Bugie Day ‘08 is indeed upon us, and all of the goodies are now available. Cold Storage for free, 600 Microsoft point Legendary Map Pack, a Bungie Day ‘08 theme, and Bungie Day gamer pictures are more live than a turkey on Thanksgiving!

ElectricKo0laid, riding on the back of a mongoose, kills a random person with the spartan laser. Driver is Aryzona Bay.

My 8-year-old son took red team’s flag and I picked up him up in the Hornet. This is us making a getaway.

I don’t think this guy actually did anything heinous enough to me to deserve this teabaggin’ screenshot. Yee-haw! Amused shotgun-wielder: ElectricKo0laid.

Me looking cool on Ghost Town the day the Legendary map pack was released.

Betraying a good friend (or a teammate) is never recommended, but always highly comical. Driver: Darth Karnage. Victim: ElectricKo0laid. Shooter: Aryzona Bay.

Segunda é o Bungie Day, ou seja, no dia 7 de julho. Foram anunciadas novidades como o novo mapa Cold Storage, novos temas de dashboard e avatares estarão disponíveis na Xbox Live de graça. O Legendary Map Pack vai diminuir de preço, para 600 MS Points. Normalmente, o evento tem alguma surpresa da Microsoft e da Bungie. Será que vamos ter dessa vez?

El próximo 7 de julio Bungie liberará un mapa gratuito llamado “Cold Storage”, también ese día se lanzará también de manera gratuita un nuevo set de gamer pics y un tema para el dashboard del Xbox 360.

Por si no fuera suficiente el “Legendary Pack” recibirá un reajuste de precio, de 10.00 dls. a 7.50 dls., todo esto en conmemoración al “Bungie Day” que es el próximo… si adivinaron 7 de julio.

Fuente: Wired

Yep, it’ll be a very happy Bungie Day indeed! For those of you who DON’T know what Bungie Day is, every July 7th (due to Bungie’s fetish with the number 7) is celebrated by Bungie making some sort of special announcement, or offering up some great free stuff for their fans. This July 7th will be no exception, as Bungie’s newest Halo 3 map, Cold Storage, will release for FREE on July 7th. Also, July 7th will see the pricing of the Legendary map pack for Halo 3 drop from 800 to 600 Microsoft points. The best news coming out of all this is that these prices will NOT be a one day deal. Rather, Cold Storage will always be free, and the Legendary Map Pack will cost 600 Microsoft points from July 7th until doomsday.

More info, along with some other announcements about a special 48 hour playlist through July 7th, can be found at Bungie.net.

Halo 3 Legendary Map pack advertisement on a billboard in Crackdown. ROFL!

Rockmanneo12

The new Cod4 and Halo3 Map packs are out. Cod4 coming out last week and halo3’s coming out just yesterday. Since Dark had a better look at the maps I’ll let him leave an explanation below. As for Cod4 if you’ve played Cod2 you’ll recognize one of the new maps, “China Town” to be a remake of an old favorite. the Halo3 map pack itself had a few remakes. One from Halo 1 & 2. I’m sure I left out enough for Dark to fill in but I can’t remember much on the Cod4 maps because I’ve been busy playing other games. I’ll post links to Gamespot reviews of these map packs below.10 Bucks a map pack may seem expensive to the cheap but it really isn’t, help those map designers feed their familys even though they definitely have the money you Pricks!

(Click here for more info on the Cod4 map pack)

(Click here for more info on the Halo3 Legendary Map pack)

As for PC games we have resorted to Half-life one mods.

The Specialists

-Matrix style game play

Half-Life 2: Jaykin’ Bacon Source

-Death simulator

Sven Co-op

-Solo play will get you no where.

Go to the pages yourself if your interested.

As for me, I’m waiting on GTA4 and Mario Kart for the Wii to come out. (A week and a half’s wait) In my free time I’ve been progressing in my scripting education in lua.

Practice doesn’t make perfect but it compiles easier. ™

-Rockman
This has led me to tampering with PMod again. Speaking of which there’s a guy named DarkNovaClan on the FacePunch Forums who’s been doing model animations for all the models. he even fixed those nasty weapon animation problems with CSS models. Go to the PMod thread to see my latest changes to the thread to go by his explanations. The only recent changes to the script I made were to exclude a few more loose animations from being added to the player menu because that’s just uneeded clutter.

He also did a really good mod that I recomend getting that adds seats to the game (Like PHX did the airboat seat) but unlike that one little seat we got in PHX these have perfect sitting animations. Plus he adds a passenger seat to the Vehicles (not Airboat). Here’s some pics:

If your interested here’s a link the the FacePunch Thread. There’s also these new Halo3 models out. We just need to get around to hexing in those new animations before we skin our own versions. Here’s a link to that off garry’s mod community downloads.

Maps for Legends

I downloaded the Legendary Map Pack yesterday and played through them. Keep reading for my thoughts on these levels, and also to eyeball the sweet banners I made for each map.

Avalanche! The much-anticipated remake of Sidewinder. To my knowledge it’s the largest map in any Halo game, even surpassing Sandtrap in size.

Overall the geometry of Avalanche remains essentially unchanged from Sidewinder, keeping the same horseshoe-shaped level with a base at either end of the horseshoe, but some awesome things lay in between. The outside curve of the horseshoe is now an open cliff edge, and vaulting over it will cause you to fall to your death into a floe of icebergs.

The ladders in the base were replaced with ramps, with a Man Cannon at the top which launches players out into the middle of their team’s side. At the landing of that Man Cannon there’s one which leads right back to where the first one launches from, which will probably make for some frantic attempts to capture the flag and make a quick getaway.

The teleporter in each base is still there, which leads out to two lookout points on either side of the horseshoe curve, which are two elevated points with rocket launchers, with plain sight to the center of the curve, which has a tripmine and a Spartan Laser in the center. Interestingly enough, there are also Man Cannons embedded in the walls behind these lookout points, and jumping into one will propel you into the center.

Halfway out each team’s side there is a shortcut tunnel which connects the two sides, with a shotgun spawn in the middle. Also connected here is a Man Cannon which can launch players to and from a corridor which leads to the tripmine and Spartan Laser.

Gameplay-wise, it plays the way you’d expect a large vehicle-based map to play. The DLC matchmaking playlist currently sets up team matches with four on each side, and even with four on each side, the map is still very large. Definitely a Big Team Battle map.

Cosmetically speaking, the map looks beautiful. Looking into the skybox, the map is situated on the Halo ring which was being constructed above the Ark at the end of the Campaign. Off in the distance you can see smoldering red patches where the ring is still being put together.

Also cool to notice are that all of the Human vehicles have had their traditional paintjobs replaced with white snowfield camouflage. A nice touch. The Hornet makes it first appearance as a default vehicle, but at a price. The machine gun firepower has been reduced, and there are no homing missiles. This only applies to this map, however.

Blackout. The remake of Lockout. While Guardian was supposed to be the throwback to Lockout, fan requests have brought back this classic almost exactly the same as it was back then. Now, however, instead of being situated under an icy cliff on Halo, it’s now a human weather station in the Antarctic. Comes complete with dazzling aurora effects in the night skies above.

Not much new to say about this map, the geometry is almost exactly the same as its Halo 2 counterpart, with most of the weapons in their same places. Even the fusion cores are where they used to be. The Battle Rifle platform which sits opposite the level to the Sniper Rifle tower is a little bit larger, but that’s pretty much it.

Ghost Town is something entirely new, but if I had to equate it to an existing map, I’d say it’s like a larger version of Halo 2’s Turf. It’s a lot of close, tightly-packed corridors with little room for vehicles. Ghost Town is a two-tiered level, and a lot of attention should be paid to what may be above or below you. I haven’t played on this one as much as the other two, but it was still a decent map to play some Shotty Snipers on.

They also added some new Forge stuff which I unfortunately didn’t get around to getting screens of. Spawnable items in the game actually create color filters on your screen, which can be placed in the level for both neat screenshots, as well as providing the right atmosphere for a level. The Gloomy effect darkens all of the colors, while enhancing light sources, which creates a real horror-movie style atmosphere. Put this on Blackout and you’ve got yourself a scary zombie match.

My final verdict? Well worth the $10 (800 Microsoft Points) I paid for it, and I say that overall this is better than the Heroic Pack. The pack weighs in at over 400+ MB, so go download it now!

…und ich habe doch prompt den Sekt, mit dem wir auf meinen Geburtstag anstoßen wollten zuhause vergessen… Also kein Besäufnis heute. Schande über mich! Das wird morgen nachgeholt…oder spätestens Freitag.

Aber ansonsten hat alles gut geklappt, und ich hab’s auch selber einigermaßen gesund hinter mich gebracht. Der Kreislauf muckt noch ein bissi, aber dafür hab ich ja die nötigen Medikamente immer in Reichweite. Und sogar das Gelabere intelligente Gespräch/Kommentare meiner Lieblingskollegen habe ich ohne Anfälle überstanden. Das will was heißen. Das kann ich nicht immer. Bin also wohl doch wieder ganz gut erholt.

Trotzdem bin ich jetzt wirklich müde – was mich allerdings nicht davon abgehalten hat, heute nochmal die neuen HALO3 maps auszutesten. Die sind wirklich auf den ersten Blick klasse. Ganz kurz im Überblick, da das wahrscheinlich nicht wirklich viele meiner Leser hier interessieren wird, also alle Nicht-Killerspielespieler – weghören:

Avalanche: Sehr (!!) groß, Schneegebiet, noch nicht oft gespielt – mir aber ein bißchen ZU groß. Man muß meilenweit latschen, bevor man überhaupt mal einen Feind trifft. Ich bin zwar ein gut trainierter Elite, aber trotzdem. Da kann man unterwegs schonmal einschlafen . Wobei – so eine Schneewanderung hat ja manchmal auch was…

Blackout: Eine Art Ölbohrplattform bei Nacht im Meer. Genau das Richtige für mich. Close and mid-range combat – das mag ich am Liebsten. Allerdings kann man sich in dieser map wunderbar suicidemäßig zu Tode stürzen, wenn man zu wild rumhüpft. Das kann ich auch immer ganz gut. Vielleicht sollte ich mich irgendwann in “Suicide Queen” umbenennen… Aber egal. Blackout macht mir trotzdem am meisten Spaß.

Ghost Town: Eine verfallene Stadt. Die Atmosphäre ist cool, aber irgendwie verlaufe ich mich immer noch ein bißchen und falle in irgendwelche Löcher. Muß mich noch daran gewöhnen, dann wird das sicher auch klasse. Gut für Spieler, die gerne das Sniper Rifle und das Battle Rifle benutzen. Daran gewöhne ich mich auch gerade. Und werde immer besser.

So, Killerspielexkurs beendet.

Fazit: Ein gelungener erster Arbeitstag !

No this is not a big day for any of the traditional reasons that someone might say it is a big day. I am not buying a house, having a child, getting a new car or going on vacation. This is the look of someone who is watching the Legendary Map Pack download onto his Xbox 360. So not only do I plan on playing those sometime during the day but my actual playing of them will be delayed by a Rock Band party tonight at church.

We are having an event for the high school kids who do not have a small group so kind of an outreach to church kids. It should be a lot of fun and I am still totally excited for it. I think some of my boys will be there and that would be amazing because they totally shred.

Work actually could be significant as well. I finally got the change order paperwork from the contractor after two weeks of hounding on a daily basis. I looked over them briefly and I am pretty sure that they included things that were already in the contract so I am bracing myself for having to tell them that after all this time and all of my clarification to make sure they did their job they really did not. I think that (my apologies if you are or are related to a contractor) contractors really have no business sense. They are great at the mechanical building and even good at the organization of that but when it comes to being accurate with numbers, holy crap has this been a nightmare of inaccuracies.

Maybe more later probably be a busy day. At least shots tomorrow of playing games.

YES! Gerade das neue HALO3 Legendary map pack heruntergeladen. Leider muß ich jetzt dann gleich weg, und morgen geht’s auch wieder in die Arbeit (hoffentlich), aber nachher habe ich wohl genug Zeit, das Ganze mal anzutesten. Ich berichte dann…

YIPPY!!!!

Edit: Man konnte die maps zwar herunterladen, aber bisher noch nicht spielen. Dann eben morgen. Dafür bin ich jetzt Askar und Exterminator. Auch gut.

I’ll be adding this to the weekly page but I just wanted to post a quick reminder here.

Halo 3 will be releasing the Legendary Map Pack today and will include the maps:

Blackout – an update of Lockout from Halo 2

Ghost Town – Original Map

Avalanche – a re imagined version of Halo’s Sidewinder

The pack will go for 800 Microsoft points. I’ll have a short review of them in the weekly page. But needles to say I am excited to try them out. The only thing that gets me down about this though is that you have to pay for the pack.

I know that’s Microsoft’s thing but I’m paying for the subscription and the points, the least they could do is make it a little cheaper. But then they wouldn’t be making the kind of cash they are now. You win this round Microsoft, but be careful, PS3’s free online might come up and bite you in the ass… if it ever becomes good.

A Hands-On preview of the Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack .

by Sith Lord Jim & Shadow Wave

“At XboxOZ360-gamer (x360), a few of the staff were given the privilege of having an early Hands-On with the new Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack which will be available on Xbox Live Market Place as of April 15th. What follows are two distinctly different impressions from two ardent Halo gamers here at XboxOZ360-gamer, so that you get a broader idea of what to expect on April 15th when you grab your copy of the new Halo 3 Legendary Maps Pack for the small asking price of just 800 MSP.

UPDATE from Bungie:

“We’re happy to announce that there will be a special limited-time promotional offer for those of you who purchase the Legendary map pack. Everyone who buys the new maps between now and a to-be-determined cutoff date will be awarded a special four month subscription to Bungie PRO.

For the unfamiliar, Bungie PRO is our special service that dramatically increases your Halo 3 file share ability. You get 24 storage slots and a maximum of 250MB compared to the default 6 slots and 25 MB. Bungie PRO is normally sold as an annual subscription for 750 points.

You can read more about the service itself in this old story from Roger.

So here we go with our two intrepid writers impressions.

Hands On Impressions #1: – Sith Lord Jim

© 2008 Jim McIntyre

“The halo series has always offered an incredibly varied multiplayer experience. Halo 3 is certainly no exception to that rule, and with Forge and a multitude of game options, it offers the most variety of any console game to date. Further adding to this already impressive amount of variety is the Legendary Map Pack, which is available from April 15th. The latest map pack features two revamped fan favourites and one completely new map.

Click any pic for full size view

Black is the new Lock… Out…. As a revamped Lockout, Blackout is guaranteed to become an instant favourite of many. Structurally the map is almost identical to Lockout, with only a few slight changes. According to the map description Blackout is set on an abandoned drilling platform and the pipes and wires all around help convey that idea really well.

Blackout is perfect for free for all and small team battles, such as oddball and king of the hill. Visually the map looks great. Both the sky and the icy ocean below look top notch. All in all its an extremely well balanced and enjoyable map.

“Avalanche is set in a snowy forerunner power station on an under construction halo. Avalanche is the new Sidewinder, and although I understand why the changes that are in place have had to happen, I can’t really say I am happy about it.

Don’t get me wrong Avalanche is a great map, its just not Sidewinder. Movement around the map is now made easy and fast by the large amount of man cannons strewn across the map. Big team battle will be where the parties at with this map. Forget small team or free for all, unless you are wanting to have a very long match, as true to its predecessor, this is a fairly large map.

Its symmetric structure, and large amount of vehicles make it perfect for assault and capture the flag. Every vehicle makes an appearance and the majority have been painted in a more suitable camouflage color for this snow-filled map. Even the hornet, toned down as it is, has made it onto this map. While I didn’t think this one was as visually impressive as Blackout it is still fairly well done.

“Ghost Town comes from the Sierra 117 level of the campaign and is easily my least favourite level of the three. It is also the best looking of the three. Lush and yet decrepit, this map really stands out visually. It is set in the ruins of a town just nearby the hydroelectric facility in the Sierra 117 level.

The ruined nature of the town really makes the level seem very chaotic and after spending a fair bit of time with the map, I still struggle to find my way around it. This map would be excellent for small team games, but would possibly be a bit too large and confusing for free for all matches. Games such as territories and VIP would be great for this level.

“The Forge has also seen a few new additions, the most interesting of which is in my opinion the forge filters. These create different lighting effects, and can make for some very cool looking screen-shots. Other additions to the forge are sniper towers, ramps, and watchtowers.

All in all, 800 Microsoft points for such a great variety of extremely versatile maps, is a great bargain and well worth the purchase. If for nothing else, than the nostalgia that Blackout and Avalanche are sure to trigger, I recommend giving this map pack a whirl.

Our Second Hands On Impression #2:- Shadow Wave

© 2008 Ben Cadwallader

Blackout:

“ Classic Lockout. When you first enter this map, you will feel right at home, and while it’s not a frozen map anymore, its background of the ice water reminds us of what the original map was. Blackout’s new graphic design is an industrial themed map, and it’s for the better! The map’s lighting really works well and gives that “offshore oil rig” feel to it. In short, it’s great.

There have been small geographical upgrades in a lot of areas of the maps. Such as making those once annoying jumps a lot easier. This will make the maps a great deal more fun, as the once fun exploits are now official and easy to do. This makes the map more balanced.

Most of the weapons are all back, and right where Bungie left them, which is excellent. But it does make it feel less new. Now I said most weapons are back. The Needlers have been taken away this time around, possibly due to “noob weapon” remarks people like to message you after a game, as the needer could quite possible reek some havoc in some areas of the map. Even though it’s a bit disappointing for a needler fan, it’s probably for the better.

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Bungie has thrown in some of the standard equipment, such as Bubble Shields, Regenerators. etc. Interestingly enough, Bubble Shield spawns near the Sniper Rifle – which is also useless for the Sniper as it would block their shots – we figure it’s there as an escape method. But near the battle rifle area, is the Regenerator. Which could create some interesting battles between the snipers and the battle rifle holders, as long as they avoid the snipers headshot.

Blackout feels like a great remake, the only let down is it’s close to identical as its original iteration. And while it’s one of the greater Halo maps, it feels a bit “old” already.

Avalanche

“ Classic Sidewinder. Stop those thoughts straight away. No, this is not an identical map like Blackout. This map vaguely resembles Sidewinder, but after driving from one side to another, you will notice that it’s quite different from the original.

To begin with . . . There are big man cannons everywhere, this is a geometrical part of the map that can’t be changed, as it’s a part of the fictional area of the map. This helps traveling on foot throughout the map a lot quicker and also proves for some humorous situations in a Forge map I’d made.

I made a “Death Trap” where if someone went on a man cannon, they would hit a another man cannon, which would in turn, bounce them into the maps other geometric man cannons, thus throwing them back to the beginning. However, they would then hit another man cannon, which would simply send them around all over again. I call it the Ferris Wheel. But basically I lined the area with rocket launches, fuel rods, missile pods, and scorpions, and took bets to see who could hit the player who is stuck in the loop. As they couldn’t move!

This map seems to be the first one to carry the Hornet by default. A lot of players have asked for vehicles from the campaign, and it seems they got them. The Hornet’s deadly rocket launchers have been disabled for multiplayer, so this has turned it into a flying Warthog basically. Don’t worry though, the Banshee and all other MP vehicles are up for the pickings.

In terms of comparing it to the original map, the big wall on the side where the old Covenant Turret was in Halo 1, has now been replaced by a simple cliff where you can fall off. Personally I miss the wall, but it helps to appreciate the background design. Both Ledges on the perimeter of the level are there, and are connected by Teleporters, but only to their side of their spawn. There is no longer a Teleporter to get to the other enemies side. This has been replaced by a Man Cannon which gets you half way there. Also to the new entrance into the middle cave – the new meeting point for conflicting sides taking the Teleport, or side route in the map.

The new cave is simple; it’s just a new meeting point for enemies taking the Teleport or Rocket Launcher route. Besides this new conflict area, this is a quick way to get to the top area of the map. When you walk in, you step on another Man Cannon which takes you straight up to the top. Convenient eh ? Anyway, this is a great idea, and helps stop the long silent gaps of waiting to find an enemy on the map.

Overall, Avalanche is a great map, and while appearing similar to Sidewinder, its differences vary the gameplay a great deal, and will prove for an excellent Big Team Battle Map. Oh I forgot, the map is HUGE!

Ghost Town

“Ghost Town is the one brand spanking new map in the Legendary Map Pack, and it’s a great one! It takes a similar graphic design to the Single Player level: Sierra 117, and it looks simply beautiful.

Gameplay wise this map is asymmetrical. It’s completely different from one side to another. It’s a fantastic map for One Flag (capture the flag) and general team slayer and standard slayer. This map has a huge number of different routes and interesting nooks and crannies to explore. There are the general set of weapons here as well, and a Mongoose to run around the block in, in the default settings.

To put it simply, this is the answer to the “Urban Warfare” map that people have asked for, but with a war torn theme and feel to it. It’s generally a fun map to explore !

Forge:

“There are a few additions to Forge in the Map Pack. Such as a Sniper Tower Block jumping with your vehicles. The main exciting additions are the blockable doors and openings. Avalanche has an energy wall that fits into most shaped doors or holes. While Blackout has doors that close to block off areas. These features can completely change the gameplay. What’s Blackout without the Shotgun? – We’ll know soon!

Forge also has Visual filters that can change the way the game looks. While it seems fun in my opinion, there are only two that could be used often enough to make it interesting. One option turns the colours up and saturation up, which makes the game look like a RARE game. Another turns colours down to look similar to the dark, moody Gears of War style. There are various other effects available to you, such as black and white, Sepia and one that makes the screen extremely blurry and will cause your eye balls to jump out of their sockets and run to the nearest fire, and kill themselves.

But overall the colour filters will provide some great effects that besides being fun for forge, Machimania users might find some benefit from them.

That concludes the impressions of the Legendary Map Pack, They are truly great maps, and I recommend picking them up!