Halfghan
Created by jakob hunter
Recommended Gametypes: Slayer, KOTH, Territories, and Infection
Recommended Players: 2-8
Hold your horses, I know what you're going to say:
"Hey super awesome BuddhaCrane guy, I know you're super awesome and everything but I do believe that only the first two winning entries in the Foreign Treasures contest receive a featured write-up, and Halfghan came joint third!" You know what? You're right! The thing is, my imaginary chum, this map is worthy of feature, contest or not. What's that? You're quiet now? Good, seems those pills have kicked in. On with the festivities!
So Halfghan then. This is a map forged by jakob hunter, and it's a pint-sized remake of
Midget Modern Warfare 2's map: Afghan. While the map's scaling down means it didn't rank as highly in our contest against the other entries, it doesn't mean it's not a
double negative great competitive map experience extravaganza bonanza.
Due to Halfghan's snug form-fitting layout, this is a map designed for smaller parties; team doubles works very nicely. The map may be miniaturised but it is incredibly accurate. Jakob hunter chose to scale everything down rather than crop parts out of the map; I think this was a very wise decision since something has to give on a map the size of MW2's Afghan.
Of course, I can't talk about this map and not mention the plane! Really Jakob hunter has done a great job of recreating that structure from nose to tail in great detail; it is obvious that it is a plane and not just an assortment of blocks. Another impressive inclusion is the random power weapon and equipment mechanism, which will spit out weapons and equipment into different directions so that you don't know where they will...
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