Genome 3.0

This map is based on one simple idea. Two interlocking arched bridges sloping over/under each other to create some unique lines of sight and interesting gameplay. From there the surrounding structure was added to create an original and awesome arena map design. That was over a year ago in Halo 3, and it looked like this.

For Reach I wanted to revisit the idea and make all of the important changes Halo 3's budget restricted me from making. Now it's bigger, it's prettier, and most importantly it's better. Anyone familiar with the original should feel right at home.

In V2, I have eliminated the lights and other known problematic items and replaced them with better objects in order to combat framerate lag; then added some more colorful items to the streets to aid callouts. Second, I massively reworked the map's spawn system. All gametypes (especially Ball) should be way better now. Finally, I updated the weapon setup to comply with MLG's requests for contest submission.

In V3 I did major aesthetic clean up. Now that I've worked with Reach forge a lot, I know the items far better than I did when I built this in the first week of Reach's release, and I've been able to fix the ugly looking areas from before. I also added the sniper and rockets back in and moved the middle stockpile flag and oddball to accommodate rockets.

Thank you to all of the MLG forgers. I won't name names specifically, since I'm pretty sure just about everyone there has tested with me, suggested changes, built maps I found ideas on, and generally been an awesome group.

Item List:

4 DMRs
2 Needle Rifles
2 Magnums
2 Snipers
1 Rocket Launcher
2 Plasma Pistols
1 Evade
2 Health Packs
4 Frag Grenades
4 Plasma Grenades

Map Fly Through from the contest winning version 2.0. Much thanks to Spade193.

Loadout Camera/Overview

Base to Base

The inside of the base, with the sniper visible on the left.

Bottom middle, rockets and evade visible.

The new DMR floor.

Bottom green, with the new floor visible.

The latest and greatest version.
The MLG contest winning version 2.0
Download Genetic, the default weapons version.

Don't forget to thumbs up the tags and the map, and thank you for reading.