Short version: It's good... but not worth 800 points.

Long version: The Halo 3 "Heroic" map packhas released today. And the price debate has begun. I for one say; It's good, but overpriced. Three very basic maps, 800 points. Three maps; A "roadbattle" map, a "team" map and a "Forge map". All are new, none are exact replicas from Campaign missions or such.

Foundry is the "clean" map of the stack. An big warehouse, with tons of crates, walls and such stuff. Basicly, when you empty the room like on the map(Left). You can make mazes, racetracks, King-Of-The-Hill maps. Anything that's for inside use. The map itself is pre-filled. True forge-map indeed. It's what the Halo 3 players who used the Forge tool alot, it's what they wanted.

Nice addition, at a cost.

Rat's Nest the opposite. It's a predetermined vehicle map. Two bases, six vehicles on each side. And 16 players in total. A O-shaped road around the bases. You tell me, how exactly is this not a vehicle map? Ill admit, it's awesome for a vehicle jorge like me. The thingis... Its pretty damn small. (Map right).

Still in the end, it's about time that vehicles gain a priority on a map.

Standoff is the basic Valhalla brought to an extreme. It's the same size, but is equally devided into inside-and-outside battle. This map's the one that I couldn't be bothered to review. It's just too goddamn basic. Sure, it has a great view. And that's it.

The map is like I said, alot like Valhalla. Partial inside combat, partial outside. Vehicles are great transport and there's the obvious "Haul ass for the other side and COOOMMBAAAAHHHT!!!!".

So; the sum up:
Price -
Graphic Quality -
Playability -
Microsoft-had-a-major-role-in-pricing -
OVERALL - .

Oh, and on a side note. This is the last blog for six days. I'm driving to Thunday Bay, Canada tonight. And well... I have no damn clue wether it's smart to drive off into mid-US and drive straight into Ice Hell. Well, if I don't return... Y'know what happened. Ah well, if your close and female friend wants you to come on over, I'll have to drive 1600 miles while the gas prices are ona new peak, Ice Age is taking over Oklahoma and Canadian-routes are as helping as pouring salt in the wounds.

Yay times.