Throwback Game Night (2XP!)

**KazuhLLL** · 01-08-2013, 03:15 PM

Why hello there! Due to the outrageous amount of boredom and spare time I had over winter break, I have returned with a few forged maps that some of you may be interested in. I've gone ahead and remade "Smear the Quear" on "Quearena", "Garbage Man" on "Trash Compactor", "Baddies Sneak Up" on "Bus Stop Kids", and "Ghostbusters" on "Hide/Seek Town". While I'm quite confident in the maps themselves, the gametypes need a lot of testing due to the fact that I had no Internet, and no 2nd controller to try things out with. The night in question will depend on the results of the poll, and we'll be testing out these gametypes--making changes as issues arise.

There also will be four double XP codes given out to the 1st place players in the first game of each of the four games that I'm trying to test out. Will the settings for these games be horribly imbalanced? Quite likely! But the point is that we're still all on an even playing field, so everyone has a fair chance of winning the codes. Each code won is worth 6 matches of double XP. If I place first in any of the matches, the code will go to 2nd place.

Anyway, here's a more detailed breakdown of the maps to be tested, along with comments, and screenshots!

Gametype: Smear the Q
Map: Qrena
Creator: KazuhLLL
Players: 8-16
Description: Flood have to slice humans out of vehicles while they're stuck in a splatter-prone arena. Smear the Quear was an extremely simple thing to remake, but it was a community favorite from Halo 3, so here it is! I originally made the map on Erosion, but because I hated the aesthetics, I switched it to Ravine, and even put it in a quasi-remake of Foundry.

Gametype: Garbage Man
Map: Trash Compactor
Creator: KazuhLLL
Players: 8-16
Description: Avoid the ballistic garbage until time runs out! I remember playing this quite a lot back in the days of Halo 3. This is almost an exact remake, the only thing missing is the equipment, which Halo 4 no longer has.

Gametype: Baddies Sneak Up
Map: Bus Stop Kids
Creator: KazuhLLL
Players: 8-16
Description: As the kids of the bus stop, you must avoid being splattered or pushed off the edge until time runs out. This was quite a popular one back in the day. Now it's been remade in all it's glory. The gametype for this one should be in the ballpark of the real thing even without testing. Except for possibly the time limit and number of rounds.

Gametype: GhostBusters
Map: Hide/Seek Town
Creator: KazuhLLL
Players: 8-16
Description: This one was without a doubt the most work, as well as the one I'm most proud of. I was originally going to make it an exact remake using cargo containers, but idiotically enough Halo 4 has a limit of only twelve containers. With that out of the question, I opted for a more spiritual successor, and although quite different to look at, I've kept all of the building elevations and locations in their proper place. Unfortunately, due to Halo 4's messed up Flood settings, the gametype is not quite so faithful. Instead of 15 ghosts and one "human" (zombie), I've had to switch it around to start off with 15 humans and one flood. This is due to the fact that infected can no longer be given weapons other than the sword. Flood are invisible and can should only be able to kill the humans with back-smacks. Humans, fail bust the ghost and watch all your friends become ghosts themselves!

Other throwback games! (sans screenshots)

Gametype: Halo
Map: Halo
Creator: KazuhLLL
Players: 8-16
Description: Finally finished. Now, ride your mongoose around the Halo and get to the teleporter before you get hit by the Incineration Cannon or Sniper! (Now, with Flood surfing!)

Gametype: Monster Jam
Map: Monster Jam
Creator: Maxdoggy
Players: 8-16
Description: A throwback game created in Halo 3 by our very own Maxdoggy! Be the last one standing as you cause others' vehicles to fall to their untimely end.

Gametype: Frogger
Map: Frogger Four
Creator: Dorkboy2011
Players: 8-16
Description: Hop from platform to platform in your warthogs before the tank shoots you out of the sky!

Gametype: Duck Hunt
Map: Dook Hunt
Creator: Tru3Kaos
Players: 8-16
Description: Get to the end and kill the sniper before he kills all you ducks.

Gametype: Tournament
Map: Tournament
Creator: God 0f Forge
Players: 6-8
Description: Be the last one standing in this Halo 3-style BR/DMR battle!