Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack releases April 9, 800 points

on one of the maps, sandbox, there are orange colored energy balls that kills anyone they come in contact with. It's only in forge mode which also adds a gravity hammer golf club and a ball to hit

I know, that was just a lame attempt at humor.

The difference is that Halo 3 maps actually have more use. Between the amount of varients available in Halo and the amount of playability options in Forge, one can (kinda) justify the price of these maps.

Gears of War 2 maps though...I don't see much value in them at all.

It's over 9000!

Haha! I thought that too for a second

they should add a "th" so it reads april 9th, 800

Damn, my e-mail address is visible. That'll teach me to fill in the correct fields.

while it doesn't count for much since it's still one map. Sandbox is actually sorta like 3 maps in one, at least for custom games after you forge it. If you remove the center structure there's an area underneath the size of Foundry, and there's an area far above the map you can reach through a teleporter somewhere on the map that takes you to a forgeable area almost 3x as big as the regular map

M$ dictates DLC release dates and price points for Halo 3 and other IPs they own.
Shame on M$, yes.
And shame on you for speaking so assuredly when you're clearly don't know what you're talking about.

I would not have pointed that out if I were you.

Three maps for 800, no matter how overpriced, is a standard. Infinity Ward did it, Epic did it, everyone is doing it.

I think someone else is to blame. The devs are cold soulless greedy corporations and it's pretty obvious that they won't bother making extra 2 or 4 maps if the sheep demographic is willing to pay $10 for three maps only. So how about we shame the stupid customers who are willing to pay for this crap because it's "only ten bucks"?

Reminds me of a scene in Sam and Max where after you have a go at Bosco for selling you really overpriced crap he correctly points out that you are the fool who keeps buying it.

God forbid people make money for their work (rolls eyes)

As long as people keep buying it at that price, they'll keep selling it.

I think MS felt a little bit of pressure on the last map pack. They dropped the price from 800 down to 600 points, which they didn't do with the previous map pack. It could be to bring sales up before mythic comes out, or it might be a bid to keep from making it free on April 9th.

Sir Buzz Killington,

Infinity ward released 4 maps for 800 points..............

ODST will have all the maps, Heroic, Legendary, Cold Storage, and Mythic.

well that's good to hear, as long as stats from regular Halo 3 carry over.

OSTD? is that a new kind of awful STD? or did you incorrectly refer to ODST as OSTD?....

They already cut the price from 800 to 600 points. The question is, will they make it free when Legendary comes out?

it will never be free. stop being a cheap ass and buy them.

Bungie clearly said they won't be free.

Brian, would you mind providing a link to where Bungie said Legendary wouldn't be free? I stopped following the Halo community once I COD4 came out and I saw how infinitely better it was. But through all that time, the one thing I appreciated about Bungie was what I assumed their stance on DLC was: that they would not punish their loyal fans indefinitely and would eventually make their DLC free as they did with Halo 2.

If they have since changed that stance, that makes me truly very sad. They're now no better than Infinity Ward or Epic (especially Epic, with their interesting stance of "on the consoles, we'll pretend we nevarevar believed in free bonus packs like on the PC, nor admit how we championed them").

Sigh, a previous commenter was spot on: if people wouldn't buy this nonsense, maybe we could get back to the old days of expansions and bonus packs for free, simply because it generated goodwill and more interest in products. Back before "DLC" was even a term.

@abracadabra - I can't find a specific link but Bungie has mentioned multiple times in past weekly updates something along the lines of "At this time there are no plans to make Legendary free". That implies that at some point they *might* be free, but don't cross your fingers. Also, it's really Microsoft's call as they own the IP. I'd like to think that with ODST that Legendary will become free, but we'll see.

Bungie have said that the Legendary map pack will NEVER be free.
Just look at some of the weekly updates a while ago

But don't blame Bungie, it is Microsoft who make the pricing decisions, Bungie have no say in it.

@abracadabra:

http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=31466096

6th post:

"The situation has not changed. There is no plan to release the Legendary Map Pack for free, ever."

Note: Shishka works for bungie

End of.

ODST comes with EVERY map pack, including the Legendary one. So even though I play Halo a lot, I personally don't see any reason to buy these, I'd rather wait, even if it means I can't get into certain playlists for a little while.

Thanks for the clarification guys.

Shame about that.

Also, for the record, I just want to note that I wasn't trying to be a troll or inflammatory at all. As I said, I stopped following Bungie and Halo some time ago when I found better things to play, but they always occupied a warm spot in my heart for their stance on DLC. Sadly, it looks like they've changed that as well.

And while you (343, Xiphias) are probably right about the current situation re: who is in charge of content pricing, I was basing my statements on their policy with Halo 2 and the first DLC for Halo 3. I have no objections to having the early adopters fund the work, I just like that Bungie eventually saw to it that all content back then became free. (And if I recall correctly, wasn't one of the Halo 2 map packs free by default? That was so very long ago...)

Certainly now that Bungie is free from Microsoft, I suppose I can't hold them particularly accountable for this decision. Maybe in the future they'll go back to the goodwill method of content packs. I can only hope, I suppose. Although it is worth mentioning that (Braid, for example) developers _have_ been able to flex their muscle and influence MS's price points for content. So it might be slightly incorrect to say MS has sole control over pricing? Although in the case of Halo, since they own the IP, I suppose that's a true statement.

Anyway, sigh. Another example of nickle-and-diming instead of using on goodwill to drive up sales. I fear for the day when the DLC culture so thoroughly infects my PC as well. :(

Sandbox?

yeah, that map too. ;)

LCE?

No. All the maps are included in the normal edition of ODST

its a image of the skybubble in sandbox.

but will i be able to play cross-game(H3/ODST)

I got them via Halo Wars and trust me, they are worth $10. oh boy they are fantastic.

People who purchased the alt costumes for sfiv also said it's worth every penny :P