Excavation
(Halo 2's Foundation forged on Sandbox)
UPDATED: 14th March 2009 - Please download the improved version

With the size, flexibility and budget that Sandbox offers us it is now possible to more accurately forge remakes, reimaginations and successors to classic Halo:CE and Halo 2 maps.

Presented here is Excavation, Halo 2's Foundation forged on Sandbox. This excavated site in the middle of the Forerunner desert, shares strong parallels with the decommissioned robotic testing facility that lies deep in Chicago Industrial Zone 08. An arena that we all were so familiar with.

This map is not the first and certainly not the last attempt by the community at remaking Foundation. However, I am confident that this map is tbe closest representation we currently have of the classic gameplay Foundation had to offer.

VERSION 2 UPDATES & CHANGES:

Fusion coils at BR spawns removed due to an exploit involving shooting the coils and getting out of the map
BR's run time maximum increased to 4
A set of pistols added on the ramps either side of BR spawn
Red and Blue lights moved to illuminate each team's room
Territories fixed, no longer 6 territories in aysmmetric games

FEATURES:

An inescapable map (no grenade jumping out of bounds)
Four large, inescapable, corner rooms
The central structure
A faithful weapon set, with some minor alterations
Great aesthetics
Set up for all gametypes

SCREENSHOTS:

The playtests I've ran have only provided great feeback and nostalgia from those I've played with. I hope that more people feel the same way. But please share your own opinion, and let me know how you feel about this remake.

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Thanks for reading!

(Many thanks to you all for the positive comments, ratings and downloads you've made. I appreciate it!)