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Why does every map require a complete facelift?
Posted By: Fury ThreeDate: 10/22/07 10:46 a.m.

In Response To: Sidewinder is returning! (Psychophan7)


Teleporters don't necessarily need to be replaced with mancannons. Doorways don't need to be replaced with shield doors. The geometry doesn't need to be made more complex and the level doesn't need to be "themed."

I really miss the more surreal levels in Halo that had little or no context. Hang 'Em High, Chill Out, Prisoner. They had no context, no place in the Halo universe, and simply focused on gameplay. Unlike the levels we have today, they were visually simple and made multiplayer easier on the eyes. Today, with all these heavily textured and detailed multiplayer maps, every scene is incredibly busy. Every level now has a context, a place in the Halo universe somehow, as if any of this really needs to tie in at all.

Levels that look simple don't necessarily look bad. Many of the levels from Halo 1 still look great because of their simplistic approach to detail, which in the end makes the level more playable.

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Replies:

Sidewinder is returning!Psychophan7 10/21/07 1:23 p.m.
     Re: Sidewinder is returning!DarkSim 10/21/07 1:42 p.m.
           Re: Sidewinder is returning!NinjaByDefault 10/21/07 1:53 p.m.
                 Re: Sidewinder is returning!Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) 10/21/07 2:05 p.m.
                       Re: Sidewinder is returning!NinjaByDefault 10/21/07 2:09 p.m.
           Re: Sidewinder is returning!Psychophan7 10/21/07 3:46 p.m.
                 Elephants? You mean Mammoths.. *NM*SinisterSamurai 10/22/07 3:23 p.m.
     Thoughts on the design?The More Deluded 10/21/07 2:12 p.m.
           Re: Thoughts on the design?S043 10/21/07 2:17 p.m.
                 Re: Thoughts on the design?sharpsniper99 10/21/07 2:24 p.m.
                       Re: Thoughts on the design?S043 10/21/07 2:52 p.m.
                             Jungle map now.VVM 10/21/07 4:44 p.m.
                                   Re: Jungle map now.Sep7imus [subnova] 10/22/07 12:36 p.m.
                                   Re: Jungle map now.SinisterSamurai 10/22/07 3:38 p.m.
                 Re: Thoughts on the design?PharaohsRaiment 10/21/07 6:32 p.m.
                       Re: Thoughts on the design?Lobster 10/22/07 3:30 a.m.
                 Re: Thoughts on the design?iJosh 10/22/07 10:49 a.m.
     No it isn't.kapowaz 10/21/07 7:19 p.m.
           Re: No it isn't.NinjaByDefault 10/22/07 4:02 a.m.
                 Re: No it isn't.WortroW 10/22/07 2:49 p.m.
                       Re: No it isn't.Crimm 10/22/07 2:50 p.m.
     Why does every map require a complete facelift?Fury Three 10/22/07 10:46 a.m.
           Re: Why does every map require a complete faceliftcalmkiller 10/22/07 11:55 a.m.
                 Re: Why does every map require a complete faceliftLouis Wu 10/22/07 12:16 p.m.
                       Re: Why does every map require a complete faceliftSep7imus [subnova] 10/22/07 12:34 p.m.
                       Re: Why does every map require a complete faceliftPsychophan7 10/22/07 7:23 p.m.
     Halo 3 needs a map with 4-way symmetrySinisterSamurai 10/22/07 3:51 p.m.



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