Gameplay

Longbow

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Longbow
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Map overview

Game:

Halo 4

Map file name (?):

ca_gore_valley

Lore information

Map designation (?):

War Games Map_Set/: 951-3[1]

Location:

Longbow Station, Concord

Gameplay overview

Terrain:

Arctic landscape, isolated human buildings

Recommended number of players:

6-16

Recommended gametype(s):

 
The frigid climate and unique gravitational conditions of Concord’s northern polar region provide an optimal perch for Longbow Station’s channel-based mass drivers. Before the Covenant War, the UEG launched deep space monitoring relays from here in an effort to study far-flung star systems.

Longbow is a symmetrical Halo 4 multiplayer map.

Universe and lore[edit]

Main article: Concord

Longbow's setting is a human mass driver station, located in the northern polar region of Concord.[2]

Overview[edit]

Layout[edit]

It is a symmetrical map with a five-base layout (two starting bases at the ends of the map, two secondary bases directly in front of the starting bases, and a middle base overlooking nearly the whole map in the center) with paths leading between them through and around rocks. It offers a good mix of both close and long range combat, with long sight lines between the bases and cramped areas in the caves and inside the bases themselves.

Callouts[edit]

The following are locations on the map that were named in the Halo 4: Official Game Guide:

  • Blue Base
  • Blue Sneak
  • Blue Coast
  • Blue Garage
  • Blue Bridge
  • Blue Street
  • Blue Lift
  • Blue Caves
  • Facility
  • Trails
  • Caverns
  • Arch
  • Red Base
  • Red Sneak
  • Red Coast
  • Red Garage
  • Red Bridge
  • Red Street
  • Red Lift
  • Red Caves

Production notes[edit]

During the development of Longbow, it was named Gore Valley. This name would remain in use as the level's file name.

343i considered making the map with a big Arecibo-type telescope into a valley. It had also been experimented with extreme amounts of fire, and ice on opposite sides of the map.[2]

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