Sandbox Ascending

HunTedMeat · 04-22-2009

Created by HunT3dMeat and Pixie Dustttt

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Recommended Gametypes

Slayer, Team Slayer, KOTH, CTF (1 Flag), Team Snipers, SWAT

About The Map
For all of you out there who had followed the map preview and gave us all those helpful suggestions, this is what you've been waiting for! This map is, as you can tell, is an almost completely accurate remake of one of the most popular Halo 2 maps, Ascension.

Through many hours of building and testing, we have more or less perfected the map, without the use of the unlimited budget glitch or those troublesome stacked canvas maps. No, this was made from scratch and carefully raised up to be what you see today.

Ok, enough of that stuff, onto the map itself. Just like the original map, this remake has those nostalgic lines of sight that made the original map so popular with Team snipers and SWAT. The weapons and spwans should feel very familiar and the only notable changes to the weapons are the replacement of the rockets for the missile pod as well as the inclusion of equipment. The map itself plays pretty well and our testers really helped to improve its gameplay even further. Despite not being able to see the testing, my faithful co-forger, Pixie Dust, was there to oversee the maps progress and testing as well as putting the finishing touches and forging about half the whole map while I was'nt around.

This map will also be submitted into the Forgotten Treasures Contest as well as Atlas. Both of us hope that you all enjoy the map that we have so painstakingly recreated for your enjoyment. Finally, we might even make a V2 later on in mid may that WILL include the TOWER OF POWER gametype. However, we are open to suggestions.

Update: The map has been updated. The main tower has had a few changes to increase gameplay. As many people have requested, I have made the small sniper tower more aestheticly pleasing as well as more functional. I also switched the missile pod with the original rocket launcher in order to promote gameplay as I realized that the banshee would get stuck in the tin cups magnetic field for a while. During that time, the banshee becomes a stationary target for the homing missiles. However, another plasma pistol and a power drain has been added to even things out. This map has not been made to accommodate Tower of Power yet but that will be in the V2.

These changes were mainly to address the biggest issues that concerned gameplay.Also I forgot to mention that I added more rocks and moved a few spawn points.The mancannon launches you to the center of the middle structure now.

Weapon Loadout

Carbine x1
SMGs x2
Plasma grenades x10 or more
Needler x3
BRs x4-5
Rockets x1
Plasma Pistol x2
Bubble Shield x1
Shotgun x1
Sniper Rifle x2
Overshield x1
Power Drain x1
Thats about it.....

PICTURES
Overview as well as the super EPIC center piece( no it does not spin)

Bubble shield spawn

New Rocket spawn

Overshield walkway

The Small Sniper Tower

The Main Tower

Main Tower top floor

Shotgun spawn, Needler spawn as well as the teleporter from the rocket spawn

View from small sniper tower

Some of the new cover

View from the main tower door

And a few action shots for you action junkies out there=D

Splattered!

Hijacked!

Sniped!

Finally, our map and the creators of said map.

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Also a big thank you to all the testers! No names cause I was not there during testing but you know who you are, so give yourself a pat on the back, or just state your name below and I'll add you to the list.(first I need to make one)

Xylq · 04-22-2009

This is made of Joy and win. It must be my Birthday.....Download!

last_chaos_7 · 04-22-2009

omg wow this is amazing... It looks like an almost perfect remake.. I say almost because it is impossible for anything to be perfet besides Jesus =)

THe interlocking looks great and it looks like it will have really great gameplay... also it was a good idea to replace the rockets with a missle pod since the rockets in halo 3 don't lock on and the missle pod does... Good thinking =)

5/5!

David250 · 04-22-2009

ive always realy injoyed this level me and my big bro have some freinds out and played halo 2 for some reson we,ve always injoyed it just by the first picture i was amazed.

the remake of this map is nealy perfect and interlocking is perfect, you even have the banshe. you have swaped the rocket with the missle pod, i know why it's because normal rockets dont have the lock on thing.

everything about this map is amazing im downloading now and im going to test it out i will let u know if i find any bugs sso you can fix them

5/5

KUBLUH the forger · 04-22-2009

i think that this could win the contest actually, great job!!!

i give you 5 stars

Silver0range · 04-22-2009

Wow, finally an ascension remake that's worth downloading. I never really played the map myself in Halo 2, but it looks great just as a standalone. By the way, you mispelled "ascending."

Good luck with the contest. Hopefully they don't penalize you too much for the fact its on sandbox, though I doubt any good maps will be created on others.

HunTedMeat · 04-22-2009

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Originally Posted by Silver0range

Wow, finally an ascension remake that's worth downloading. I never really played the map myself in Halo 2, but it looks great just as a standalone. By the way, you mispelled "ascending."

Good luck with the contest. Hopefully they don't penalize you too much for the fact its on sandbox, though I doubt any good maps will be created on others.

Thanks for pointing out the spelling error but Ive already flattened the image and now I'm too lazy to fix it. Maybe tomorrow.

Also, if you had read the contest rules, the map has to be made on sandbox in order to be eligible for the contest

2uix · 04-22-2009

i'm sorry if this comes across as condescending, but i don't see how you can enter this map into the remake contest. there are a ton of changes between this map and halo 2's ascension that disqualify it on grounds of this not being a "remake." this map is a "re-envisioned" version of ascension, much like blackout is not a "remake" of lockout, and elongation was not a "remake" of longest.

i understand that creating an exact replica of ascension is most likely impossible due to object limits, but just by a quick glance through your pictures, i have noticed enough altercations that i am disinclined to download.

it's not really the matter of looks that bothers to me (although outside of your middle area, this map is not particularly attractive) but more the functionality that has been lost. if you look at the overshield bridge and the big tower, much of the technical and tactical jumps are gone. this, in addition to the fact that the small tower and shotgun areas only vaguely resemble their previous incarnation, is what bothers me about your map.

on a positive note, i love how you forged the middle "bowl" and the rocket pad. these areas look fantastic, and i would urge you to build an original map that utilizes these areas. if you could design a more compacted level around these two areas, i'd download it in a heartbeat.

anyway, great job on the map. the limitations of objects obviously hurt your attempt to stay faithful to the original design of ascension. i'd just like to emphasize that i'm very impressed by your forging skill in the middle area, and i want to encourage you to try building a smaller level so you can have more objects at your disposal. smaller levels also just function a lot better, seeing as ranged BR fire is not nearly as accurate as it was in halo 2.

Silver0range · 04-22-2009

Ah, I think I was just confusing some aspects of the Conquest Forgeoff with the Remake contest

CaptnSTFU · 04-22-2009

you released it yes, i was looking forward to it.