Re-Released Maps - Nostalgia or Lazy?

TheEarlOfGrey

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Modern Warfare 2 has done it recently with Overgrown and Crash, Halo 3 has done it, and Gears of War 2 is very guilty of it with the entire Flashback pack. Is re-releasing a map from a previous game with a graphical update good for players for nostalgia, or just lazy on the developer's behalf to get a bit more content out there?

I feel that they are ok...for free. Repaying for old maps seem redundant when you can just play the original version.
 

Reg5879

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Usually, it's because of the fans that maps get re-used in later games.
 

Legion IV

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like the guy said above. Ussuly the fans want it. Also i love it. Gears of war 2 flashback map pack was one of the best map packs i ever got.
 

Rednog

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I usually miss maps from old games, especially the really good ones. Like I would love to see some official L4D1 maps in L4D2.
That said I wish there was a system of if you own the game the old map is from then you get that old map for free, but if you don't own it then you have to pay for the old map. I think that might be a fair system.
 

Armored Prayer

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Furburt said:
I like it if the game is quite different, or if the game they're mining it from is very old.

I did love how they put classic Goldeneye maps in Perfect Dark though, and remade a couple of Perfect Dark maps for Timesplitters 2.

Just don't ask me to pay for them!
Wait a minute. I have both Perfect Dark and Timesplitters 2 and I have never noticed this. What maps were they?

OT: I don't mind them releasing some old maps for a new game free or not. I like how Halo 3 changed them dramatically in some levels. But I mostly like how Gears 1 map packs came with a free code to use in Gears 2.
 

Aric Rainwater

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I'd really only care if they were the best maps from a previous game. Halo SHOULD have re-released Terminal, that was a great map.
 

DazZ.

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Rednog said:
I usually miss maps from old games, especially the really good ones. Like I would love to see some official L4D1 maps in L4D2.
That said I wish there was a system of if you own the game the old map is from then you get that old map for free, but if you don't own it then you have to pay for the old map. I think that might be a fair system.
The L4D maps have been converted for L4D2, I wouldn't mind some official optimisation though for the new infected.
 

Beastialman

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In Halo 3 they explained that it's not as easy as copy and paste from Halo 1/2 into Halo 3 (in fact they joked about that). They still have to create the map, but they don't have to worry about map strategy and what not since they know it's good.
 

Armored Prayer

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Furburt said:
Well, Perfect Dark (the N64 version at least) has Facility, Complex and Temple from Goldeneye in it. Timesplitters 2, I can't remember exactly, but I do know that one map for certain is a remake of the G5 building multiplayer in Perfect Dark and I'm pretty sure there's another too.
Wait, I think your talking about Chasm. Yeah thats it, wow it does look like the G5 building map.
 

Delusibeta

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It really depends on the price. If it came with the game (see: every Unreal Tournament after the first), then cool beans. If it's free, then again, cool beans.

If it's to pad out a map pack so they can charge $15 for it, that's NOT good.
 

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Depends on the map. Good maps yes, bad or average maps no. Starcraft II has to include the hunters (not the big game ones) and lost temple because they are like the best maps ever made, but it can't go including all the other stupid maps nobody ever played like...like... (checks) the small divide.
 

CovertCell

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Maps like Crash and Overgrown are great with the new weapons and killstreaks, they don't feel old at all and i played loads of COD4 MP.