The Winding Road

The Winding Road is mainly a 4v4 competitive map. The base layout was originally created in Halo 3 and was called Overcross. It was recreated when Halo: Reach first came out. It was abandoned before it ever got going. Later, when I wanted to attempt and revive it, I realized that it needed some real overhauling. So that is what happened. I overhauled the map, and made flow better, look better, and just be overall better. Let's talk about the overall design now. Basically, there is a giant spiral staircase that has several pathways running off of the various landings. The name refers to The Bealtes song The Long and Winding Road, because the main idea is the central winding spiral, and since its not exactly the longest path, the name simple became The Winding Road. Now, for some quick facts.

Quick Facts:

Weapons-
DMR X2
Magnum X2
Concussion Rifle X2
Energy Sword X1
Focus Rifle X1
Needle Rifle X4
Plasma Rifle X2
Spiker X2
Plasma Grenade X4

Gametypes-
Team Slayer
Slayer
CTF
Assault
KOTH
Oddball
Stockpile
Territories

Pictures:

The base is clearly viewable from this shot. There is a spiker on that ramp, and at the top of the ramp near the other path lies a concussion rifle.

In case you needed to see more of the base. There are two quick jumps ups to the top base created by those corner bridges.

The sword is located in Top Mid. There are lots of long range battles between the two sides of the map.

Bottom Mid houses a focus rifle. Although not as much action occurs here when compared with Top Mid, this is a useful path for getting to the base without as much fuss.

The Basement is one of the later addition to the map. It connects Bottom Mid to the Top Mid and the bases.

The Connecting Hallway leads all the way from Top Mid to the bases.

This is the rest of said hallway.

The little mini base here lies right outside the door of the main base and contains a health pack and two plasma grenades. It, also, was one of the latter additions to the map's layout. It helps make moving throughout the map much faster.

To the left of the mini base is shown here, and leads to Top Mid.

To the right of the mini base is shown here, and leads to Bottom Mid and the Basement.

Here is a simple bird's eye view of the map, in case you are still having trouble picturing the layout.

Action Pictures:

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