Curious Gorge - Valhalla Firefight

A simple exploration mission of The Ark ends up taking a turn for a worse. After an inexplicable power loss, you and what remains of your crew must hold out against the Covenant until reinforcements can arrive. Can you survive the endless waves of Phantoms and who knows what else? What mysteries might this curious gorge hold?

Curious Gorge is a campaign conversion of the Halo 3 multiplayer map Valhalla, desgined to mimic the Firefight mode featured in Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach. It's also partially inspired by Halo 4's Spartan Ops, using cinematic sequences to tell the bones of a story while still leaving players room to fill in the gaps with their own ideas and interpretations.

The map can be played with up to four other players, and is designed to create a challenging yet enjoyable experience by limiting respawns to the end of each wave. Should all players die, you'll go back to the beginning of the round. For solo players, this is changed to respawning at the beginning of the wave. In between each set of rounds, you'll be joined by new allies from above, eager to help you in your fight against the Covenant. After a whole set has been completed, you can choose to end the game by leaving with your allies, taking you to the next mission in the campaign.

This mod also features my custom made Halo 5 Guardians inspired HUD for Spartan players, as well as an optional DLL file which allows players to play as their multiplayer Spartans and Elites while using the mod (Will not work on other maps unless stated otherwise by authors).

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Covenant foes rain from the sky as they're dropped off from Phantoms, landing at locations throughout the gorge. Expect Grunts, Jackals, Brutes, Hunters and Drones with various weapons and ranks. They won't always come on foot, with Ghosts, Choppers and Banshees sporadically appearing throughout the round as you defeat more and more more foes. Yet even once the corpses of your foes lay still, you may find other forces taking interest in your endless war.

You may notice that some enemies are slightly different to how you remember them, with some changes and additions from Halo 3: ODST.

Brutes have had their armour colours brought out, no more will they only wear blue and gold but now also red, purple and cyan to better show that you're fighting a different rank.

Drones have recieved the same treatment, and have been given the additional rank of Captain that comes with shields.

Hunters have their classic variant, with a golden paintjob and fearsome Flak Cannon to better combat vehicular foes.

Phantoms are now more resilient to damage, you can still take them down for that big points prize, but you'll need some more firepower.

Another enemy you may find amongst the waves has been changed to take more damage from shotguns.

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