Ghost Town '74

*Update*
Version 1.1: fixed a couple of blotched kill zones and fixed inaccurate doors from mid building to the ridge side.

YouTube - The Specials - Ghost Town

Well this is a remake. Hi, by the way. It's a remake of a beloved map from the Legendary Map Pack for Halo 3, known as Ghost Town. I remember a certain contest that Forge Hub hosted a few months ago that I was unfortunately unable to participate in, that was for forging remakes of old Halo maps. Well guys, I was really impressed with many of the submissions to that contest. I saw at least one very high quality (imo) rendition of each map that seemed obviously appropriate for Forge World remake. Except one, strangely enough.

Ghost Town seems to me to be as ripe for the remake picking as any map in the Halo series, yet I haven't seen it done for some reason. Having finished the map, I don't feel like it was a particularly difficult map to remake. The terrain is generally flat at ground level (except one ditch near blue base that I was able to work in), and it's just a 4-wall box with some buildings. Some parts were rather intimidating, but I think I found some way to incorporate just about every aspect of Ghost Town that I possibly could, to include many of the key aesthetic features (remember the square trees? no?).

A rather important note about the map: Overall, my remake is slightly smaller than the source material. It's nicely proportionate, but everything has shrunk a bit, as it were. Considering the movement differences between Reach and H3, this isn't bad. But in my tests, I felt that 8 players was about the most it could handle well. So keep that in mind and if you want my advice, don't load it up in big parties. 4v4 still feels great, but don't push it, lol.

Pro Tip: Try using the game variants featured in the Classic Playlist in matchmaking to make the jumps feel like they used to back in the day. Here is a useful source for some Pred-approved, intelligently-tweaked versions of these game variants.

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OK Thanks one more time, everyone :)