Lotus
Skillfully crafted by | unoverrated and WALDO the lemon

Players | 4 - 8
Gametypes | Infinity Slayer and CTF

They say you can't judge a book by its title, but this map's name says it all. Just a simple Google of Lotus will reveal one of two (if not both) beautiful things: A Lotus flower boasting voluptuous color with near geometric perfection, or a Lotus car which can speak for its own style and sass. These elements of style, grace, and functionality transform nicely into the Halo 4 forged version of Lotus.

With gameplay in mind, Lotus is an MLG oriented map that sticks pretty well to the books without being dull. A limited on-map weapon set coupled with a gradual learning curve make Lotus a map to truly test your metal against a worthy adversary with. The layout of the map is inversely symmetrical making two-sided objective games, specifically CTF, a very fun and balanced choice of game. Lotus also plays a nice game of Slayer, but with no official Slayer type attached to it I can safely recommend playing an Infinity Slayer variant with ordinance drops off. It reduces the randomness of games bringing an aspect of map control back and is just plain more fun. So for all of the competitive players out there looking for a good 4v4 brawl, Lotus should be regularly coming through your circuits if it is not already.

There's an innate classic feel to Lotus. This screenshot captures a lot of that.

A look at the overview and power weapons reveals some key positions on the map.

A look into the history of Lotus reveals that the map has had some aesthetic setbacks in its making to work around issues with dynamic lighting. While Lotus is by no means an aesthetic god-of-a-map, it is certainly eye catching with a wonderful and serene atmosphere that makes up for any aesthetic simplicities it may possess. The rest of the development story is an interesting read as well so I'd recommend reading it. It made me aware that I'm not the only one who has ever left a party to go Forge. Thanks unoverrated.

Here are a few more pics and a gameplay vid of Lotus:

Ninja - MLG Pro â™¦ Lotus TS - YouTube

That's about it for Lotus.
We highly recommend you download and check this map out.
You can easily download the map by conducting an in-game fileshare search of either 'unoverrated' or 'WALDO the lemon' and it will be listed as 'MLG Lotus v4'
We would like to thank all of you for bearing with us while we got everything situated to be able to bring features back to you guys. On behalf of the staff I'd like to apologize for it taking so damn long. That aside though, we look forward to bringing you more Halo 4 map features for eons to come. On that note, we are always looking for feature worthy content, so if you have seen a map floating around the board that you think is worthy of a feature then head on over to recommend that map for a feature. Additionally, if you have any questions about this article in specific feel free to voice them in our front page feedback.

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