Sandbox Bloody Riviera

cory21 · 07-24-2009

Bloody Riviera has been one of my projects for a while, and now I'm finally releasing it on ForgeHub. It is a reimagination of Blood Gulch/Coagulation/Valhalla, and it uses concepts and ideas from all 3 maps. It is based on the dunes of Sandbox. The map unfortunately isn't as large as its the maps it was based off, but it captures the basic elements and places them into one map.

At each base is a Warthog, Ghost, Banshee, and Gauss Warthog. Weapons are a Missile Pod, Plasma Pistol, SMG, Plasma Rifle, and Sniper. Just outside each base is a Shotgun and Brute Shot. In the middle is a Spartan Laser and off to each side is a Bubble Shield and Regen. The reason Bloody Riviera was placed on the Casual Maps section is because it is incredibly easy to get out of. The towers are blocked off, and the outer barrier is only 2 blocks high. So, the only honor rule is:

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DON'T LEAVE THE MAP

There, I hope you didn't miss that :)

Pics

Red base

Red Cove

Regen spawn

Red Receiver Node and Over Shield Cave. The cave is not elaborate as Coagulation

Blue Receiver node and OverShield

Spartan Laser. I didn't use a Rocket Launcher since it doesn't work the same as Halo 2

Banshees!

Needlededed

Yes, Warthog Wars

Taking back whats ours

Skirmish

This is a red flag, the blue teams goal is to steal it.

Vehicle Warfare

Aerial Assault

Fuel Rod

Banshee rolls

There's a lot of vehicles

Dropping in

Drive-by

You need to click this line of text to download Bloody Riviera. Just hover your mouse over these words and click the left button. I'm not sure what will happen if you click the right one, but the left one guarantees success. I guess you could bookmark it, but that would be weird, unless you have 8 maps already queued up for download, but then I suggest removing one of them for Bloody Riviera.

Download, play, comment, and rate.

PRSplayer42 · 07-24-2009

Oh, a blood gulch remake, or of the sort. Haven't seen one of those in a while. Looks moderately good, but the size doesn't match up, but that's not a bad thing. Nice merging, looks clean for the most part, although it's all double-tapped. Vehicles might be plenty, with both teams having a warthog gauss, warthog, and banshee at their disposal, that's bad for gameplay on a medium sized map, maybe take out the gauss and heighten respawn times on the 'hog and banshee. You can't make your own honor rules for competitive maps, so I will escape the map every time >:). You really need to fix that. Take off banshees and heighten the walls. Overall without escaping nice map I loved blood gulch so I’ll give this a go.

-Dylan

Skanky Toast · 07-24-2009

it would look really nice, and improve gameplay if the walls around the field were all merged flush with the ground, as if they were covered in sand.. instead of on top.

iiHeCtic · 07-25-2009

I was reading feedback for this in the testers guild and people were saying it was just kind of hard to pull off since you can't make your own geometry. Im impressed at this though because, honestly, it looks great. Im sure its not the same or even close to the same as blood gultch but i mean you've done what you could with the limitations you had. Also, halo 3 is a completely different game so even if you remade it pixel for pixel, it wouldn't play the same. That's what so many people cease to understand. It seems to me like there are two many vehicles but this is from the pictures and so I can't be posative. also, what stops the banshee from going over the wall? The wall it self looks a little sloppy as well. If you plan on making a v2, I recomend fixing/redoing that. Doing what you did took some balls and it looks like you did a Great Halo 3 inspired blood gultch.

Devil95 · 07-25-2009

You can't make your own honor rules for competitive maps, so I will escape the map every time >:). You really need to fix that.

Hm.... Maybe He Ran Out Of Cash Noob. Well Guess What He Just Did Make An honor rule. Big Deal You Can Get Out Of The Map. Nice Map Cory. Even Though I Saw You Make This. Great Map. I'm Definetly Downloading. 5/5

Kryticate · 07-25-2009

Nice map, but try a v2. Bookmarked so I can come back when you fix it. Try to include:

Making sure it is inescapable, like use whatever weapons/items you can to try. Make sure the barriers that limit you to the inside are lined up. Also, make sure spawn killing is not a problem.

And please try to provide a gametype!

cory21 · 07-25-2009

PRSplayer42- The vehicles work well with this map, although it is a little smaller than its predecessors. Also, I am completely out of budget, so the walls wouldn't be able to be any bigger. This is the reason I posted this in the Casual Map section; didn't I put this in the original post? Its just an honor rule to stay in the map.

iiHeCtic- Yes, you are right, many weapons aren't the same as Halo 2 and CE. The BR was good against vehicles in Halo 2, but it isn't as great in Halo 3. That's why there is a Missile Pod at each base. Again, its just an Honor rule that you don't leave the map; even though there is a banshee; I thought I stressed this enough.

Kryticate- I can't make it completely inescapable; again The Honor Rule. Spawn Killing is not a problem, I don't know how you came up with this, it plays excellently. Also, how do I provide a gametype??? It supports all gametypes, as in CTF and KoTH. (?)

Dralthi · 07-25-2009

Like the idea of a blood gulch remake. Anyways the base looks really nice the only thing that could be better is the outter wall. It's definitely a fun map for kicks and just to mess around and get a laugh on. Some funny moments on here.

Kryticate · 07-26-2009

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Originally Posted by cory21

Kryticate- I can't make it completely inescapable; again The Honor Rule. Spawn Killing is not a problem, I don't know how you came up with this, it plays excellently. Also, how do I provide a gametype??? It supports all gametypes, as in CTF and KoTH. (?)

If you have any extra items, I would contribute them to the map. And even if you don't, the way you made the map would work perfectly. Just unblock the guardians and they will shoot at the walls, still protecting everyone playing. It will only be the ones who try and get out who will get shot. And for the gametype, it is the same as the map. Make one, upload it to your fileshare, copy the link to it and post it on your thread.

cory21 · 07-26-2009

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Originally Posted by Kryticate

If you have any extra items, I would contribute them to the map. And even if you don't, the way you made the map would work perfectly. Just unblock the guardians and they will shoot at the walls, still protecting everyone playing. It will only be the ones who try and get out who will get shot. And for the gametype, it is the same as the map. Make one, upload it to your fileshare, copy the link to it and post it on your thread.

Unblocking the guardians wouldn't be a good idea since they would still be able to shoot you; the wall is only 2 blocks high. I still don't know what your talking about the gametype. You don't need a specific gametype. Play CTF or Assault, this is a competitive map, but I posted in Casual maps because it has an honor rule; and you can't have honor rules in the competitive map section.