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Posted By: Stephen L. (SoundEffect) <soundeffect@hotmail.com> | Date: 6/2/09 10:22 p.m. |
In Response To: Re: :-\ (Jordan117) : Well, not *just* that. If you look closely, you can see that the transit map : is consistent with what was seen in the Halo 2 level Metropolis: : So, because that map corresponds to the real world, it ties everything seen
: I've always liked geography -- as a kid I would pore over my dad's atlas,
: Bungie has retconned their canon a lot in the past -- the number of human
: But that's the thing, I don't see how they would have been hemmed in that
: It doesn't matter if the streets exactly match or stuff like that, just as
: Bungie managed to fit the five Earth levels of Halo 3 into the geography of
: I even remember reading that they used satellite imagery to make the layout
I think that image has Mombasa in the wrong spot. The burning city in Halo 3 we see in the distance should be Voi, not New Mombasa. On a real-world map, New Mombasa is so far from Voi you wouldn't see that far. Most of Voi is where the portal device is the ruined building in the background are what's left standing. The Traxus Complex is on the near side of Voi on the outskirts. I can't see how the building in the background is supposed to be Mombasa.
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ODST is bittersweet, for me | Jordan117 | 6/2/09 5:10 p.m. |
Oops. | Jordan117 | 6/2/09 5:14 p.m. |
Re: ODST is bittersweet, for me | The More Deluded | 6/2/09 6:51 p.m. |
:-\ | pete_the_duck | 6/2/09 7:51 p.m. |
Re: :-\ | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 6/2/09 8:15 p.m. |
Re: :-\ | Jordan117 | 6/2/09 9:11 p.m. |
Consider this: | InnerRayg | 6/2/09 9:19 p.m. |
Re: Consider this: | Jordan117 | 6/2/09 9:26 p.m. |
Re: :-\ | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 6/2/09 10:22 p.m. |
Re: :-\ | Omega | 6/2/09 10:37 p.m. |
Re: :-\ | Stephen L. (SoundEffect) | 6/3/09 1:26 p.m. |
Re: :-\ | bluerunner | 6/3/09 1:55 p.m. |
Re: :-\ | Omega | 6/3/09 2:24 p.m. |
Re: :-\ | vlad3163 | 6/3/09 4:58 p.m. |
Re: :-\ | Omega | 6/3/09 6:18 p.m. |
Re: ODST is bittersweet, for me | MasterNoob | 6/2/09 9:32 p.m. |
Gameplay issue | FyreWulff | 6/2/09 9:46 p.m. |
Good Point...Here's another question | InnerRayg | 6/2/09 10:55 p.m. |
Re: ODST is bittersweet, for me | Warp2 | 6/3/09 8:50 p.m. |
Re: ODST is bittersweet, for me | Psychophan7 | 6/4/09 3:37 a.m. |
Re: ODST is bittersweet, for me | General Vagueness | 6/4/09 1:53 p.m. |
Re: ODST is bittersweet, for me | Psychophan7 | 6/4/09 4:32 a.m. |
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