I am pretty bored, so I thought I'd try to spark some interesting conversation.
I don't care if anything like this has been before, so if you are only going to say something like 'old' or something equally useless, don't.
*POSSIBLE SPOILERS TO GAMES IN THIS THREAD*
Anyway, what has made a map great in your opinion? Whether it be a huge setpiece, a innovative idea, or simply the level of detail in a particular area.
For me, one of the greatest maps is the last level of xbox release, Halo, when you have to try and escape a ship reaching meltdown in a basically a jeep, when there are 3 other warring factions on the ship with you, stopping you from escaping, and then when you think you are free, the dropship gets destroyed. And then the final 500m sprint to a dropship, as the timer gets close to zero. Insane.
And also AVP2, the marine campaign, the last level, where you have to run to a dropship, away from the alien hive, superb.
And lastly, off the top of my head, Goldeneye on the n64, the Cradle, where you have to hunt Alec Trevelyan (sp) around this metal monstrosity above the ground.
Yours?