Legendary Map Pack
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The Legendary Map Pack is the second map pack that was released for Halo 3. It first appeared on the Xbox Live Marketplace on Tuesday, April 15th at 2am PST (9am UTC/GMT).
The map pack is currently downloadable for 600 Microsoft Points. (Previously 800 Microsoft Points before 7/7/08)[1] It is the follow up to the Heroic Map Pack, which was released on December 11th, 2007.[2] Like the Heroic Map Pack, there are several more new Forge objects.
Maps
Avalanche
The spiritual successor to Halo: Combat Evolved's large snowy vehicular map Sidewinder, Avalanche is the Halo Trilogy's 2nd largest multiplayer map ever made.
All Human vehicles on this map are snow-camouflaged, and two vehicles, the Hornet and the Scorpion tank, are now available on this map in Matchmaking. However, the Hornet, which was a Transport Hornet, was "toned down" for Matchmaking due to balance issues. Avalanche was codenamed Cottonball.
Blackout
The remake of one of the most popular and beloved Halo 2 maps, Lockout, Blackout was designed with a human theme layout unlike its predecessor Lockout, which had a Forerunner theme instead. However, they were both based in cold climates.
Blackout's setting is an abandoned drill platform in the Arctic, and has spectacular views of icy oceans and glacial formations. Blackout has a few spawn point changes that differ from Lockout. Blackout was codenamed Moonlight Sonata.
Ghost Town
An entirely new map as announced by Bungie, Ghost Town bears a slight resemblance to the Halo 2 map, Turf. The map also may remind some players of a map of another popular FPS game, Counterstrike, due to its human-themed layout. Ghost Town was codenamed O.K. Corral.
Delayed Maps
A couple of alternate maps were originally slated for the Legendary Map Pack, though they did not progress as fast as expected.
For this reason the maps Assembly and Orbital were not released in this map pack. However, these maps are now complete and were released as part of the Mythic Map Pack.
Forge Filters
Forge Filters are forge objects that change what the map looks like by using effects. The effects were made to make the custom game and forge experience more entertaining according to Bungie.
There are six different Forge Filters to choose from, each one changing the map's look in some way. They are colorblind, gloomy, juicy, nova, old timey and pen & ink. Cold Storage also has Forge Filters.
The Mythic Map Pack maps also have the Forge Filters.
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Trivia
- The Legendary Map Pack is advertised on in-game billboards along the highway in the game Crackdown.
Images
- Avalancheoverview.jpg
Avalanche
- Blackout 243444.JPG
Blackout
- Overheadghost.jpg
Ghost Town
