Halo 3 DLC: Foundry Soccer


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Haha, this looks so cool! I can't wait to play around with this. :D

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Step 4 - Game On!

Finally I saved everything and we were ready to play. We played the game with two teams of three and then myself acting as the referee (as a Forge monitor). This worked out really well. As the monitor I would grab the ball and drop it down in the middle, sort of like a game of Foosball, and from there things got crazy.

The red and blue teams started wildly swinging their hammers, pushing the ball across the field. It was cool to see the "corner kick" Mancannons come into play almost immediately. In fact, it later became a big strategic objective as some players made end-to-end goals by carefully hitting the ball into the cannons or feeding it to the shooter who waited in front of the opponent's goal. At the very least, it provides a really fast way to get the ball up field to your teammates.

The Portable Cover equipment can be picked up by a member of each team and deployed as a last ditch effort to thwart a score. This actually worked quite well in our game.

When a team scored, the monitor flies over and picks up the ball to reset the play again. At one point there was some controversy on the field and we decided a penalty was in order. You know those signs I mentioned earlier? Well, they happen to be Yellow and Red so I dropped a big sign ontop of the offending player, the Halo 3 equivalent of issuing a Yellow Card in a game. Totally unnecessary but totally hilarious.

I also highly recommend that the referee/monitor also provides humorous play-by-play during the match along with yelling "GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!" when a score is finally made.

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Bungie will be releasing new multiplayer maps that will be downloadable via Xbox Live on December 11, 2007. The "Heroic Map Pack" The map pack will cost 800 Microsoft Points (US$10) and will consist of three maps, entitled Standoff, Rat's Nest, and Foundry. The maps will also have more addable features in Forge, including placeable mancannons (large gravity lifters) and shield doors, objects which were static parts of the environment in the game's original maps.

Nevermind. Reading the full article told me what I needed to know :)

Well I am not waiting for them to be free, I am getting them on Tuesday :) Like everyone else I am sure...

Not me! ;)

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Well I am not waiting for them to be free, I am getting them on Tuesday :) Like everyone else I am sure...

Not everyone is a Halo fanboy. In fact some of us actually think it's a little bit overrated. =)

what bargain bin you digging around in ?

I've seen plenty of games go for that price, most Original Xbox games are that price if you look around enough and you can even pick up a few 360 games, not to mention XBLA.

A lot of people on BNet are whining about the price, even though 3 months after release they become completely free.

I haven't decided rather or not I'm going to hold off on them or not.

Not everyone is a Halo fanboy. In fact some of us actually think it's a little bit overrated. =)

Was it really necessary to say that?

With Halo 2, I got the DLC immediately, even when it cost money. I don't think I'm going to right now. I'm not sure what's different - I think it may have actually been too fast to release new maps. I mean, the game hasn't even been out for 3 months yet and they already want us to spend more money on it - I'm still workin on my original $70. I also think we were cut better deals on map pricing for Halo 2 - I could be wrong, though, I don't really remember.

-Spenser

I think I'll pass on the maps until they're free as well. I bought a few of the Halo 2 map packs and they really weren't worth it, you had to play in the special matchmaking lists that included the new maps and even then you rarely played them. I'll stick to custom games on Sandtrap for now.

Was it really necessary to say that?

I'm not saying it's a bad game, I'm just saying it's not the best game ever made, as some would argue. And I dare say I'm not the only one who's excited about a couple of new maps being added for half the price of a full 360 game (if you know where to look, that is).

Perhaps as a PC gamer, I'm just a little bit spoiled because it's the type of thing we would get thrown in with a patch (along with some extra features), especially if it's something like the Unreal series. In fact, I can't think of a PC FPS that ever charged for additional multiplayer maps.

Quick question. For those of us (myself included) who are waiting for these maps to be free, will we still be able to play in matchmaking?

I`m only asking because when Bungie released that last map pack for Halo 2, I couldn`t play in matchmaking at all because I didn`t have those maps in my queue. That ended my Halo 2 playing till H3, and when those maps became free.

Thanks to anyone who can answer this question. :)

Quick question. For those of us (myself included) who are waiting for these maps to be free, will we still be able to play in matchmaking?

I`m only asking because when Bungie released that last map pack for Halo 2, I couldn`t play in matchmaking at all because I didn`t have those maps in my queue. That ended my Halo 2 playing till H3, and when those maps became free.

Thanks to anyone who can answer this question. :)

I think Bungie said they would create seperate playlists for the new maps. You'll still be able to play Matchmaking without the maps.

Quick question. For those of us (myself included) who are waiting for these maps to be free, will we still be able to play in matchmaking?

I`m only asking because when Bungie released that last map pack for Halo 2, I couldn`t play in matchmaking at all because I didn`t have those maps in my queue. That ended my Halo 2 playing till H3, and when those maps became free.

Thanks to anyone who can answer this question. :)

Yes, it will be a transparent process...

Specifically, if you have Halo 3 on the 11th, but not the new maps ? you will be able to see the new Playlist, but you won?t be able to enter it. A polite message will pop up and explain that you don?t have the content. As Tyson has mentioned, there will be a playlist devoted entirely to the new maps, and those maps will also be incorporated into ?normal? playlists. In the ?normal? Matchmaking Playlists that incorporate the new maps, a bit of code will check to see who in the lobby has the new maps ? if it?s everyone, then there?s a greater chance it will pick a new map, and if even one person doesn?t have the map, it will pick one of the original shipping maps, so nobody misses a beat.
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