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| The '''Blastacular Pack''' is a [[Downloadable content|downloadable content package]] for ''[[Halo 2]]''. It was released on [[2007 (real world)|April 17, 2007]] for $4.00, and re-released as an updated package on May 7, 2007 (still for $4.00), as several glitches discovered in the included content had been fixed. The Blastacular Pack was made permanently free on [[Bungie Day|July 7]], 2007. This download was required in order to play ''Halo 2'' Matchmaking over [[Xbox LIVE|Xbox Live]]. Both maps in the map pack were created by the video game studio [[Certain Affinity]] instead of [[Bungie]].{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=certainaffinitymaps|Site=Bungie.net|Page=New Halo 2 Maps Revealed!}}
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| Due to the pack's release in 2007, it is not included in either the ''[[Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack]]'' or the [[Halo 2 (Windows Vista)|PC port of ''Halo 2'']], making the content now unattainable for the original ''Halo 2'' game. However, it is included in the release of ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]''.
| | '''Blastacular Pack''' is a [[Map pack|downloadable content package]] for ''[[Halo 2]]''. It was released on [[2007|April 17, 2007]] for $4.00, and re-released as an updated package on May 7, 2007 (still for $4.00), as several glitches discovered in the included content had been fixed. Blastacular Pack was made permanently free on July 7, 2007 ([[Bungie Day]]). This download was required in order to play ''Halo 2'' Matchmaking over [[Xbox LIVE|Xbox Live]]. Both maps in the map pack were created by the video game studio [[Certain Affinity]] instead of [[Bungie]].<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=certainaffinitymaps '''Bungie.net''': ''New Halo 2 Maps Revealed!'']</ref> |
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| ==Maps==
| | Blastacular Pack added the following new content to ''Halo 2'': |
| ===Desolation===
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| Desolation is a remake of the ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' level [[Derelict]], set in the jungles of [[Installation 05]].
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| <gallery>File:H2 Desolation Above.jpg|Desolation.</gallery>
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| ===Tombstone===
| | *[[Desolation]] |
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| | *[[Tombstone]] |
| Tombstone is a remake of the ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' level [[Hang 'Em High]], with several alterations to map layout to account for the differences in gameplay offered by ''Halo 2''.
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| <gallery>File:H2 Tombstone 1.jpg|Tombstone.</gallery>
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| ==Production notes==
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| The Blastacular map pack was originally slated to include three maps; two remakes and one original map. The map pack's original release date was to be set later in [[2007]], but Bungie's release date for the ''[[Halo 3 Beta]]'' ultimately forced Certain Affinity to scale back the map pack to ensure it could release before the ''Halo 3 Beta'' and not clash. As a result, the original map design was cut, a decision said by [[Max Hoberman]] to be one made for the wrong reasons, as the [[Cut Halo 2 levels|cut map]] had potential and was turning out well. The cut map would have been asymmetric and very similar to [[Zanzibar]], focusing on one-flag [[Capture the Flag|CTF]] and other similar gamemodes with lots of dynamic elements, with a major element being a [[light bridge]] that could be turned on and off.{{Ref/YouTube|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|9BURsPjNKck|Time=2280|Channel=IGN|VideoName=Ex-Bungie Dev Shares Halo 2 Stories - Podcast Unlocked|Detail=38:00}}
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| During the map pack's development, the [[Halo: Combat Evolved (PC port)|''Halo: Combat Evolved'' PC]] map [[Timberland]] was considered by Hoberman for inclusion as a remake in ''Halo 2''. The map was eventually remade as [[Ridgeline]] in the [[Anniversary Map Pack]] for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.{{Ref/YouTube|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|9BURsPjNKck|Time=3132|Channel=IGN|VideoName=Ex-Bungie Dev Shares Halo 2 Stories - Podcast Unlocked|Detail=52:12}}
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *The Blastacular Pack takes up 142 MB on the [[Xbox]]'s HDD. | | *Blastacular Pack takes up 142 MB on the [[Xbox]]'s HDD. |
| | *The Blastacular Pack content is ''not'' included in the ''[[Map pack|Halo 2]]''[[map pack| Multiplayer Map Pack]] or the [[Halo 2 Vista|PC version of ''Halo 2'']]. |
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| {{Map pack}} | | [[Category:Halo 2]] |
| [[Category:Halo 2 DLC]] | | [[Category:Multiplayer Map Packs]] |
| [[Category:Blastacular Pack| ]]
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