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| {{Status|Gameplay}}
| | [[Maptacular Pack]] is a downloadable content package for [[Halo 2]] that was released on July 5, 2005 for $11.99 and made permanently free on August 30, 2005. |
| The '''Maptacular Pack''' is the third [[downloadable content]] package for ''[[Halo 2]]''. It was initially intended to release alongside the ''[[Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack]]'' on June 28, 2005{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=4764|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Weekly What's What Update}}, before eventually being released for download on July 5, 2005 for $11.99{{Ref/Site|URL=https://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=5727|Site=Bungie.net|Page=Multiplayer Map Pack Released!|D=06|M=10|Y=2020}}{{Ref/Site|URL=https://majornelson.com/2005/07/05/halo-2-maptacular-pack-now-available/|Site=Major Nelson|Page=Halo 2 Maptacular Pack now available|D=28|M=4|Y=2021}} and was made permanently free on August 30, 2005. Once the pack was made free, this download was required in order to play ''Halo 2'' Matchmaking over [[Xbox Live]]. The Maptacular maps were included in the later releases of the ''[[Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack]]'', the [[Halo 2 (Windows Vista)|''Halo 2'' PC port]] and ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''.
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| The Maptacular Pack was originally the final piece of DLC intended for ''Halo 2'', though a fourth - the [[Blastacular Pack]] - was later released in early [[2007]].
| | [[Maptacular Pack]] added the following content to [[Halo 2]]: |
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| ==Maps==
| | * New multiplayer map - [[Backwash]] |
| ===Backwash===
| | * New multiplayer map - [[Elongation]] |
| {{Main|Backwash}}
| | * New multiplayer map - [[Gemini]] |
| Backwash is a small symmetrical map set in the swamps of [[Installation 05]]. The map is designed for [[Slayer]] and [[Capture the Flag]].
| | * New multiplayer map - [[Relic]] |
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| | * New multiplayer map - [[Terminal]] |
| File:H2 Backwash 1.jpg|Backwash.
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| ===Elongation===
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| {{Main|Elongation}}
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| Set on the {{UNSCShip|Onan}}, a [[freighter]] in orbit of [[Earth]], Elongation is a remake of the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' map [[Longest]]. The map is small and symmetrical.
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| File:H2 Elongation Blue.png|Elongation.
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| </gallery>
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| ===Gemini===
| | [[Maptacular Pack]] takes up 222 MB on the [[Xbox 360]]'s HDD. |
| {{Main|Gemini}}
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| Gemini is a remake of the ''[[Marathon]]'' level "Duality", set in the [[Garden of Reverent Contemplation]] on [[High Charity]].
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| File:H2 Gemini Central.png|Gemini.
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| ===Relic===
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| {{Main|Relic}}
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| Relic is a large map set on an island on Installation 05. The map marks the first appearance of the [[D96-TCE Albatross|Albatross]] dropship, and is suited for large scale gameplay.
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| <gallery>File:H2 Relic.jpg|Relic.</gallery>
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| ===Terminal===
| | The [[Maptacular Pack]] content is also included in [[Multiplayer Map Pack|Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack]] and the [[Halo 2 Vista|PC version of Halo 2]].. |
| {{Main|Terminal (map)}}
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| Terminal is a large map set in [[New Mombasa]], based in the [[Liwitoni Station|Liwitoni terminal]]. The map is asymmetrical.
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| <gallery>File:H2 mp terminal3.jpg|Terminal.</gallery>
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| ==Sources==
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| {{Map pack}}
| | All downloadable content packages for [[Halo 2]] on [[Xbox]]: |
| [[Category:Halo 2 DLC]] | | |
| [[Category:Multiplayer map packs]] | | *[[Bonus Map Pack]] |
| [[Category:Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack]] | | |
| [[Category:Maptacular Pack| ]] | | *[[Killtacular Pack]] |
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| | *[[Maptacular Pack]] |
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| | *[[Blastacular Pack]] |
