I'm pretty new to Halo CE, so I don't have very many maps at the moment.
So, I thought that this site would be the first place I should start looking, but I'm sure that you would agree with me if I said that it's not hard to get lost in searching for new maps, and in sorting through good maps, bad maps, and some really terrible maps.

So, I thought, why not ask your opinion on the matter?
If you know of any good maps that you would recommend for people to download, then please post and share them with us.

Also, if you know any maps that are pretty bad, and that should be avoid at all costs, then post those to, so we know what not to get.

This would be useful for me so that I can get some good maps, but I'm also quite interested in your opinion.

Thanks for the help.
Edited by BlackPhoenix on Apr 24, 2008 at 03:21 PM

maps that suck: hugeass, any modded hugeass map, hotzone, extinction
maps that are fun: any z team map (any map that has a name that starts with "Z_"), any cmt map
chronopolis, h3t coagulation

those are some

Top 100 Favorites Lists
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=67

Most played on Servers
Most Downloaded Files
Highest User Rated Maps

Good: Extinction, Seige, Chiller, CMT_Snow_Grove, Mombassa Classic, Grove_Final.
Bad: Any other CMT map, H3T_Coagulation_pb1, H3T_Coagulation_pb2.
Terrible: Coldsnap, Hugeass, EMT_Inverno.

i dont see how you would think extinction was any fun at all it might have been if they got rid of
the LS, mythos, scarab, gun towers

Dude, Longswords are so easy to kill, just like Scarab and Mythos. Also the gun tower is so easy to avoid it's not even funny.

Excelent : Anything made by any original H2CE Members
Good : Anything that resembles something from the Halo Universe accurately without using primatives.

Bad : Anything that has no thought put into it , plays like a load of crap
Awfull : Any Modded maps with HEK+ ripped content

Apart from Snowfall!

Actually, Extinction is a pretty good map in my opinion.
But I agree about the gun towers, there useless, and really easy to kill people in.
And the Scarab was a good idea, but it's pretty useless also.

Anyway thanks guys, that's given me some new maps.

And thanks Dennis, that list was pretty useful.

Keep them coming guys.
Edited by BlackPhoenix on Apr 25, 2008 at 05:13 PM

I do not consider hugeass and coldsnap to be bad/terrible, as it CAN be fun and has gameplay value, but they are nowhere near the best.

I might look for some maps I find to be good... but most of them are already listed...

Anything made by Arteen is considered good to me and WM Combo.

Also some people are getting confused with great maps and overrated maps.

Because I like longswords (excluding the nuke and rapid rockets. It ruins it. Single fire rockets and duel hog turrets FTW) I liked hotzone because of its extended longsword. They just needed better textures and seats in that section and I would be in love.
Edited by MYTHIC_113 on Apr 24, 2008 at 08:01 PM

Extinction is better for the Rpg games that alot of people play becuase it can be fun at times playing rpg.

also was just much to big it was really unnecessary and the city needed more city to it

No, I just don't think you should ever include your own maps in a list of good and bad things. It makes you look more less not so full of yourself. =/

I'd say its fine. its not like he was "OMG PLay Sympathy_MP it r best map evar!" hse had a lot of people tell him its a good map and that its fun so i see nothing wrong with it.

Hugeass and Coldsnap have no gameplay value. It's basically get into a plane and nuke eachother, or get into a jet and stay in the cliffs and snipe EVERYBODY. Those maps had no gameplay, at the time they were just a map with new vehicles.

Good: No Remorse, Immure, zSanctuary, zCoagulation, H2CE Team maps, Church and many more.

Bad: Bascially any map that makes it so you need to fly a vehicle for 5 minutes just to get to the other teams base.

Terrible: Any box map actually named box.

I really did like the map church.. and I was happy it's wouldn't lag on my new PC. But whenever somebody joined, they lagged.
My two favorites are
1. Yoyorast
2. CMT_snow_grove
And extinction is an OK map.
And prime t3 and the other t3 map are real fun too.
Chronopolis is also great, but since the only games hosted in it are cops vs civs it's not to fun anymore.
Edited by madkiller92 on Apr 25, 2008 at 07:42 AM

Not to mention the barrier that stops jets in the hangar.

And the lag. Oh the lag.

What is that anyway?
Because it's damn annoying!
Why does it happen?

Good: Bloodgulch mods!
Terriblae:Portent, Chiller, sympathy, bune, yoyorast, asis, snowtorn cove, wartorn cove, no remorse, combo, quagmire, Church, definitly church, siege, Valis, Hydrocity, fragment

Ftfy.

whats different about it i was gonna download it but i didnt wanna waste space

The CSS weapons in Halo are fugly. And Kiwi likes the Halo sounds better.

im guessing css stands for somthing like counter strike maybe?

Yeah. CS:S Counter Strike Source which steal from Unreal Tournament.

Change avvy, NAO. Like copying me ehh

I've checked out most of these maps now, and they're pretty good.

But yeah, I know what you mean about the flight simulator thing, on some of these maps, the vehicles and such are all they have going for them.
Edited by BlackPhoenix on Apr 28, 2008 at 05:37 PM

extinction is just fun cuz of the variety if vehicles, nothing more (maybe rpg like someone already said)

Teh gudness.
Any CMT map.
Z_Sanctuary_h2_pb2
Z_Coagulation_h2_ph2
h3t_coagulation_pb2
floodgulch 3.0

Teh average.
Hugeass
Extinction
Downflow
Old CMT maps

Teh bad.
I forgot, maybe because I deleted him. :)

Urk.