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| 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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| | '''Maptacular Pack''' is a downloadable content package for ''[[Halo 2]]''. It was released on July 5, 2005 for $11.99 and was made permanently free on August 30, 2005. This download is required in order to play ''Halo 2'' Matchmaking over [[Xbox Live]]. Maptacular Pack is the largest downloadable content package for ''Halo 2''. |
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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=== | | ==Trivia== |
| {{Main|Elongation}}
| | *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'']]. |
| 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.
| | *The Maptacular Pack takes up 222 MB on the Xbox 360's hard drive. |
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| File:H2 Elongation Blue.png|Elongation.
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| ===Gemini===
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| {{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===
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| {{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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| {{Ref/Sources}}
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| {{Map pack}}
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| [[Category:Halo 2 DLC]] | |
| [[Category:Multiplayer map packs]] | |
| [[Category:Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack]] | |
| [[Category:Maptacular Pack| ]]
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