Purple Reign inadvertently revealed?

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:12 pm

I'm even confusing myself.... just delete all my posts or something.

Now, I remember that in a Bungie update they stated that there was a last minute idea that took purple reign out of the heroic map pack

Aumaan Anubis · Post by **Aumaan Anubis** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:31 pm

Well, on the second article, the date is, October 6, 2007. Which means that the map appeared pretty polished less than a month after the game released.

JDMFSeanP · Post by **JDMFSeanP** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:38 pm

Which would make it quite odd for them to delay it in the last mappack.

Maybe they just had a change of plans, none the less it looks promising.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:39 pm

Aumaan Anubis wrote:Well, on the second article, the date is, October 6, 2007. Which means that the map appeared pretty polished less than a month after the game released.

As was obvious from the weekly updates. That's not some new revelation. However, "polished" is certainly not the word to describe it. It is very obviously still in heavy development in those images.

DEEhunter · Post by **DEEhunter** » Mon May 26, 2008 8:28 pm

Maybe it was a untouched area from the level Cortana.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Mon May 26, 2008 8:30 pm

Chances of it fitting descriptions perfectly?

DEEhunter · Post by **DEEhunter** » Mon May 26, 2008 8:47 pm

Bungie did say purple Reign will be perfectly symmetrical. Good chance its the real deal but I wouldn't go to far with this.

xXxCocoFangxXx · Post by **xXxCocoFangxXx** » Mon May 26, 2008 9:29 pm

New map or something?

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Mon May 26, 2008 11:10 pm

If anyone wanted to know, the picture was taken on Oct. 5, 2007. He is not working on a campaign map, or a map we have already seen.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2 ... 2376_x.htm

Environment artist Eric Elton works on a Halo video game Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, at Bungie Studios in Kirkland, Wash.

mxrider108 · Post by **mxrider108** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:26 am

It could be the new map, but it could also have been something scrapped from Halo 3. Either way, looks cool.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:12 am

mxrider108 wrote:but it could also have been something scrapped from Halo 3.

They would not be working intently on something that got cut a month after the game released.

-Legendary- · Post by **-Legendary-** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:46 pm

What ever it is, it looks cool... Seems like a new Midship type map.

Pyroman · Post by **Pyroman** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:37 pm

Looks kinda like Derelict.

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:30 pm

Tural wrote:I don't recall any instance of a central, bi-level platform connected to four walkways, exactly as described in the PR description, in Halo 2's campaign.

No that's nearly identical to the one in campaign.
In fact, I see no differences to the actual model on the right.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:33 pm

But in said campaign, the walkways are much shorter and connected to an outer platform, which doesn't appear to be visible in the image. In addition, I can't imagine a practical reason for having a 3+ year old map open.

xbox · Post by **xbox** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:34 pm

If it is the part I remember, the only difference is the cover on the walkways and it is less than half the length of the new mesh.

Veegie · Post by **Veegie** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:39 pm

Tural wrote:But in said campaign, the walkways are much shorter and connected to an outer platform, which doesn't appear to be visible in the image. In addition, I can't imagine a practical reason for having a 3+ year old map open.

Because that's how they start remakes etc.
"___ was still there because we literally began work on Avalanche by modifying Sidewinder" (or something to that effect)
Or it's for reference.
Or it's old footage.

Tural · Post by **Tural** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:45 pm

I suppose.

CabooseJr · Post by **CabooseJr** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:47 pm

I still think it looks like a fun map, but I can't completely judge it just by one screenshot.

Hotrod · Post by **Hotrod** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:52 pm

Pyroman wrote:Looks kinda like Derelict.

That's exactly what I was thinking.