While we’re still trying to figure out exactly what the secret special object tucked away on Standoff could be (surely not Halo’s pistol?), another of the new Heroic Map Pack‘s little secrets has come to light.
This time on Foundry, a map currently being praised for it’s ‘playground’ like nature, thanks to it’s sheer number of editable objects. Practically everything on the map can be removed, leaving nothing but a huge empty warehouse to get creative in – and with the inclusion of new Forge objects like shield doors and man cannons, the possibilites are near endless.
Speaking of playgrounds, hands up everyone who remembers the hidden soccer ball in Halo 2. Knocking that around for a bit was a giggle, wasn’t it? Well it looks like we’ll be doing it again.
Fresh from the press previews Bungie held last week, comes the news that a similar soccer ball is in fact one of the new Forge objects that’ll be available on Foundry.
Yep, perfect for those days when you’ve had enough of all that shooting and are looking for another way to let off some steam, you’ll be able to organise a brief kick around with your mates instead. Awesome stuff.
And while sadly, there’ll be no way for the game to keep a conventional score as such, we can already imagine the hundreds of new soccer orientated gametypes and map variants headed our way thanks to the new toy.
Mongoose Soccer or Grav Hammer Polo anyone?
We can only hope we’ve more of these little treats to look forward to in the future… which of course brings us back to that mysterious Standoff item…
Any ideas?
*UPDATE*
Ske7ch over at B.net, has put up a story all about fooling around on Foundry, focusing of course, on Spartan Soccer. Pics and a good read can be found here.
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I still go with shade turrets.
Comment by D-thunda December 6, 2007 @ 9:49 amNE1 noticed you can use walkways and bridges now?! ^^ that in itself is cool imo
Comment by maccie05 December 6, 2007 @ 1:25 pmyup, it’ll be great :)
Comment by D-thunda December 6, 2007 @ 8:22 pmbungie had also said that there could be mancannons on this map, it must be kinda tall too…. also i wonder what that super special thing is in forge for Standoff
Comment by ryan December 6, 2007 @ 11:21 pmsomething that could be cool but highly unlikely would be a new weapon
Comment by ryan December 7, 2007 @ 11:08 pmI think it could be the Shade Turrets but it has to be somthing more intresting like maybe… the Troop Hog?!?
Comment by Salma Zolak December 8, 2007 @ 1:52 ami was also thinking a new equipment?
Comment by ryan December 8, 2007 @ 4:53 ami knoow… dum dum dummm
turrents that u can place thta wll stop u if u go out of ur “made” permieter. js like sand trap and snowbound.
ayeaye?
would be cool so people dont cheat.
Comment by Wiplash ll7 December 8, 2007 @ 1:21 pmnot a bad idea wiplash, just don’t expect that to happen. me thinks it might be a bit of a letdown, unless it’s something really quirky.
Comment by D-thunda December 8, 2007 @ 9:06 pmanyone see the red vs. blue episode about this? the lauched stuff thru a series of man cannons and they kept accelorating… deadly fun.
Comment by XavierTheODST December 11, 2007 @ 5:29 amSure, you can watch it right here.
Here’s hoping we’ll see the RoosterTeeth guys launch a fully fledged series sometime soon.
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