Rat’s Nest Is Based On “Crow’s Nest”, The 2nd Campaign Mission.

Bungie have released some nice screenshots today of the maps that make up the upcoming “Heroic” map pack for Halo 3. This is the first DLC that they’ve released for the game, and these maps all look to be pretty impressive. The pack includes Standoff, which looks to be an updated Blood Gulch (or Coagulation even), Foundry, a small warehouse map for people who like forge mode, and Rat’s Nest, a huge underground base designed for larger games.

Anyone who knows me could be forgiven for thinking that I’m most excited about Standoff, but as it happens, I actually think Rat’s Nest (pictured above) will be the best of the bunch. A Big Team Battle map which isn’t Sandtrap should be a welcome addition, and hopefully the enclosed nature of it will help with the horrendous lag that Sandtrap sometimes suffers from. It probably won’t help save Big Team Battle from all the cheating and other general douchebaggery that goes on, though.

Anyway, that said, I have no issues whatsoever with ponying up my 800 points for all three when next Tuesday rolls around. If you’re more patient than I and are willing to wait until the Spring, the maps will become free just before the launch of the next (Legendary?) map pack.

In short, good times all around.

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