Your thoughts on halo reach forge world.

For those who have not seen the 6 minute trailer follow this url:

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/706442/Comic-Con-2010-Bungie-Reveals-Halo-Reachs-Forge-World-New-Firefight-Modes-And-More.html

I am super excited over the vast improvements they are making with halo forge. I can not wait to see what genius user creates and that all of the users of halo will be playing for the next couple years. New game types as well. King of the kill with a warthog as the hill!

what are your thoughts and opinions?

Just amazing. I built many things in the original halo Forge and now that they have made it so much easier i will be able to bring my creations to life.

Hopefully it brings me back to the good old days of making maps with my buddies on farcry.

Really looks great, firefight improvements are awesome too!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An infinate amount of things you can do in forge world!

That looks pretty neat. I'm going to have to get this now.

The new improvements to firefight mode with actual matchmaking and make your own skulls looks pretty sweet as well. I hope we can play firefight on user created maps.

"The only downside is that Reach still won't include any way of finding custom games with people who aren't on your friend list. Matchmaking will be limited to select hoppers, which Bungie will update regularly as they have in the past. If you want to play a game on a crazy map that isn't part of the designated matchmaking playlists, you'll have to find some friends online to join you."

Maybe they will have a que type of system like mod nation racers did where you can look up the most downloaded maps and modes then?

I wasn't going to get it but now....its a must buy.

Anyone who doesn't get it is seriously missing out.

I just hope you can put a lot more into the levels than you could in Halo 3. I tried making a map using all 3 levels of Sandbox (I think that was the name) and I actually maxed out and couldn't add anything else. So hopefully the number of items place-able in each map will have gone up drastically.Agent_Kaliaver

Well considering all 5 levels can be playable as 1 map i am going to say most likely.

How about the hologram armor pickup they showed on gamespot's comic con coverage? that wasn't even in the beta testing.

It looks great - they really are giving the community the tools to build cool maps.

One word: Awesome.

One word: Awesome.

Gundamforce

NOOO YOU RUINED THE ENDING FOR REACH IN YOUR SIG NOOOO!!!!

j/k

Meh. I think I'll pass.KHAndAnime

Meh. I think I'll pass.KHAndAnime

For what reason. If it's just because you hate the Halos, then what else do you expect (and you probably should be ignoring Halo related threads obviously).

[QUOTE="KHAndAnime"]Meh. I think I'll pass.Gundamforce

For what reason. If it's just because you hate the Halos, then what else do you expect (and you probably should be ignoring Halo related threads obviously).

Icant wait i've been dedicated to halo franchise for 10 years mainly because i love how cool BUNGIE is .

after watching the video of forge world all i can say is one thing. WOW!!!!!

I just hope you can put a lot more into the levels than you could in Halo 3. I tried making a map using all 3 levels of Sandbox (I think that was the name) and I actually maxed out and couldn't add anything else. So hopefully the number of items place-able in each map will have gone up drastically.Agent_Kaliaver

Dang, this just made me consider getting Reach!

Dang, this just made me consider getting Reach!

MasterBolt360

[QUOTE="Agent_Kaliaver"]I just hope you can put a lot more into the levels than you could in Halo 3. I tried making a map using all 3 levels of Sandbox (I think that was the name) and I actually maxed out and couldn't add anything else. So hopefully the number of items place-able in each map will have gone up drastically.redskins26rocs

[QUOTE="redskins26rocs"][QUOTE="Agent_Kaliaver"]I just hope you can put a lot more into the levels than you could in Halo 3. I tried making a map using all 3 levels of Sandbox (I think that was the name) and I actually maxed out and couldn't add anything else. So hopefully the number of items place-able in each map will have gone up drastically.dissembled

Fake moola. The game gives you a specific amount and you can "buy" as much items to put on that map as you want until it runs out. It's necessary because the Xbox can only render so many things during a game and you don't want Xboxs lagging during a game. It's similar to the troop caps you see in RTS games.

Forge and Forgeworld are epic. I can't believe a map that big even exists.

Watching that vid gives me another good reason why I want to buy Halo Reach :D

Watching that vid gives me another good reason why I want to buy Halo Reach :D

DBIZMO

As if we didn't have enough good reasons right?:D

nifty

that looks awesome, only 2 problems:

1) theysaid that its 5 maps put toghether right? doest that mean that there will be less maps?(of course DLC will come)instaed of 11 like halo 3, will there be 6 or 7?

2) that map is so big that even 16 people aren't enough, does that mean that 32 people matches are coming? if so, then good, if not, then that map won't be that good.

its still great though, i loved forge halo 3, but it could get fsutrating. i'm glad they've fixed all the problems

amazing, cant wait to forge

that looks awesome, only 2 problems:

1) theysaid that its 5 maps put toghether right? doest that mean that there will be less maps?(of course DLC will come)instaed of 11 like halo 3, will there be 6 or 7?

2) that map is so big that even 16 people aren't enough, does that mean that 32 people matches are coming? if so, then good, if not, then that map won't be that good.

its still great though, i loved forge halo 3, but it could get fsutrating. i'm glad they've fixed all the problems

gamedude234

to answer your first question it is a "world" meaning that there are 5 given places that you can make a map out of. However they also said you can create your own map in the sky for instance if you wanted to and you could add borders to the map so you cant leave certain areas of the map and fall down to the ground for example. the second question i kind of already answered you can either a: play in the whole forge world. Or b: add borders to your maps so that the players can leave certain areas. I am assuming most people will choose the later.

[QUOTE="gamedude234"]

that looks awesome, only 2 problems:

1) theysaid that its 5 maps put toghether right? doest that mean that there will be less maps?(of course DLC will come)instaed of 11 like halo 3, will there be 6 or 7?

2) that map is so big that even 16 people aren't enough, does that mean that 32 people matches are coming? if so, then good, if not, then that map won't be that good.

its still great though, i loved forge halo 3, but it could get fsutrating. i'm glad they've fixed all the problems

ZzZEVOLUTIONZzZ

to answer your first question it is a "world" meaning that there are 5 given places that you can make a map out of. However they also said you can create your own map in the sky for instance if you wanted to and you could add borders to the map so you cant leave certain areas of the map and fall down to the ground for example. the second question i kind of already answered you can either a: play in the whole forge world. Or b: add borders to your maps so that the players can leave certain areas. I am assuming most people will choose the later.

what i'm saying is that one of the guys specifically said "forge world was originally 5 different maps" does that mean that it takes up as much space on the disc as 5 maps, meaning that there will be less maps?

What i'm saying that if "only" 16 people can play in that map, it'll be so big that it would take far too long to find somebody. I see what you're saying that you can make borders to limit people, but isn't that a waste of space? there have got to be at least 24 plyer matchs in that map, otherwise it'll just be boring and slow.

i'm sure that bungie know what they're doing though:)

what i'm saying is that one of the guys specifically said "forge world was originally 5 different maps" does that mean that it takes up as much space on the disc as 5 maps, meaning that there will be less maps?

What i'm saying that if "only" 16 people can play in that map, it'll be so big that it would take far too long to find somebody. I see what you're saying that you can make borders to limit people, but isn't that a waste of space? there have got to be at least 24 plyer matchs in that map, otherwise it'll just be boring and slow.

i'm sure that bungie know what they're doing though:)

gamedude234

I'd say you're thinking about this the wrong way. Its not a 'map', necessarily, but a huge playground to work around in to create your own levels. Players can choose to turn it allinto a playable map, but anybody who uses the full area will probably find their maps not very fun to play on, unless they create some fun game mode to go specifically with it.

The best maps will likely be smaller, closed-off ones where players wont wander around for ages not finding any other players. Also, using the whole space means you'll probably run out of resources(or money, in this game's case) pretty quickly trying to make meaningful edits to all the world's areas.

I think a lot of people are gonna learn this lesson the hard way, after spending hours and hours and hours mastering their creation, only to find after they're done that its simply too spread out and its not fun to actually *play* in a competitive match.

It'll also make it more tempting to use the whole area because its *there* already. At least in a game like Far Cry 2, their map editor gives a massive space to work around in, but it starts out completely blank, emphasizing that you can create a map as big or as small as you like.

[QUOTE="gamedude234"]

what i'm saying is that one of the guys specifically said "forge world was originally 5 different maps" does that mean that it takes up as much space on the disc as 5 maps, meaning that there will be less maps?

What i'm saying that if "only" 16 people can play in that map, it'll be so big that it would take far too long to find somebody. I see what you're saying that you can make borders to limit people, but isn't that a waste of space? there have got to be at least 24 plyer matchs in that map, otherwise it'll just be boring and slow.

i'm sure that bungie know what they're doing though:)

seankane

I'd say you're thinking about this the wrong way. Its not a 'map', necessarily, but a huge playground to work around in to create your own levels. Players can choose to turn it allinto a playable map, but anybody who uses the full area will probably find their maps not very fun to play on, unless they create some fun game mode to go specifically with it.

The best maps will likely be smaller, closed-off ones where players wont wander around for ages not finding any other players. Also, using the whole space means you'll probably run out of resources(or money, in this game's case) pretty quickly trying to make meaningful edits to all the world's areas.

I think a lot of people are gonna learn this lesson the hard way, after spending hours and hours and hours mastering their creation, only to find after they're done that its simply too spread out and its not fun to actually *play* in a competitive match.

It'll also make it more tempting to use the whole area because its *there* already. At least in a game like Far Cry 2, their map editor gives a massive space to work around in, but it starts out completely blank, emphasizing that you can create a map as big or as small as you like.

if thats the case, then thats a bit of a dissapointment. It'll be like sandbox all over again, when alot was wasted space.

tbh i think that bungie are going to anounce 2o or 24-player macthes.

[QUOTE="seankane"]

[QUOTE="gamedude234"]

what i'm saying is that one of the guys specifically said "forge world was originally 5 different maps" does that mean that it takes up as much space on the disc as 5 maps, meaning that there will be less maps?

What i'm saying that if "only" 16 people can play in that map, it'll be so big that it would take far too long to find somebody. I see what you're saying that you can make borders to limit people, but isn't that a waste of space? there have got to be at least 24 plyer matchs in that map, otherwise it'll just be boring and slow.

i'm sure that bungie know what they're doing though:)

gamedude234

I'd say you're thinking about this the wrong way. Its not a 'map', necessarily, but a huge playground to work around in to create your own levels. Players can choose to turn it allinto a playable map, but anybody who uses the full area will probably find their maps not very fun to play on, unless they create some fun game mode to go specifically with it.

The best maps will likely be smaller, closed-off ones where players wont wander around for ages not finding any other players. Also, using the whole space means you'll probably run out of resources(or money, in this game's case) pretty quickly trying to make meaningful edits to all the world's areas.

I think a lot of people are gonna learn this lesson the hard way, after spending hours and hours and hours mastering their creation, only to find after they're done that its simply too spread out and its not fun to actually *play* in a competitive match.

It'll also make it more tempting to use the whole area because its *there* already. At least in a game like Far Cry 2, their map editor gives a massive space to work around in, but it starts out completely blank, emphasizing that you can create a map as big or as small as you like.

if thats the case, then thats a bit of a dissapointment. It'll be like sandbox all over again, when alot was wasted space.

tbh i think that bungie are going to anounce 2o or 24-player macthes.

Nope, they specifically said they are sticking with 16 players. They said they toyed with the idea of increasing the player cap early in development but then decided against it for whatever reason.

Since there's no matchmaking in custom maps, I'm guessing it's by friends/invites only?? Sucks.

To be honest, I wasn't really looking foward to this game. But after seeing the video I'm actually really excited. I can't believe that the game was under my radar for the longest time.

To be honest, I wasn't really looking foward to this game. But after seeing the video I'm actually really excited. I can't believe that the game was under my radar for the longest time.

KillErmarinE15

A halo game under someones radar? :?

Bungie just made forge easily accessible to everyone to make a masterpiece of a map

before, you had to know how to float objects, and geomould too make the pefect racetrack.

now, anyone can do it, and more!

even if your not a halo fan you have to admit this game has more content in it than most games cant wait

That looks great but I never really got into forge. I will probably get it if I can find it for a good price.