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{{Multiplayer map infobox | {{Multiplayer map infobox | ||
|name=Burial Mounds | |name=Burial Mounds | ||
|image=[[File: | |image=[[File:H2_BurialMounds.jpg|260px]] | ||
|game=''[[Halo 2]]'' | |game=''[[Halo 2]]'' | ||
|location=[[Basis]] | |location=[[Basis]] | ||
|terrain=Desert | |terrain=Desert | ||
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The gully runs along a side of the map, with the offensive base at one end. Many boulders lie inside, making for many hiding/cover areas. A bridge spans the gully in the middle, and a [[M41 SPNKR|rocket launcher]] has a default spawn on top of the bridge. Towards the back of the gully near the base, chunks of the Halo form a shadowed area where a [[Type-50 particle beam rifle|beam rifle]] can be found. A [[M12 Warthog|Warthog]] spawns near the base. | The gully runs along a side of the map, with the offensive base at one end. Many boulders lie inside, making for many hiding/cover areas. A bridge spans the gully in the middle, and a [[M41 SPNKR|rocket launcher]] has a default spawn on top of the bridge. Towards the back of the gully near the base, chunks of the Halo form a shadowed area where a [[Type-50 particle beam rifle|beam rifle]] can be found. A [[M12 Warthog|Warthog]] spawns near the base. | ||
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File:H2_BurialMounds_Gully.jpg|thumb|The gully on Burial Mounds. | File:H2_BurialMounds_Gully.jpg|thumb|right|The gully on Burial Mounds. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
====The Ribs==== | ====The Ribs==== | ||
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====The Cave==== | ====The Cave==== | ||
This cave along the back of the map has two entrances on the back wall. An [[Type-1 Energy Sword|Energy Sword]] can be found in the middle of the cave. The cave provides a good hideout from the other players, and also serves as a camping spot. | This cave along the back of the map has two entrances on the back wall. An [[Type-1 Energy Sword|Energy Sword]] can be found in the middle of the cave. The cave provides a good hideout from the other players, and also serves as a camping spot. | ||
====The Center==== | ====The Center==== | ||
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====The Defensive Base==== | ====The Defensive Base==== | ||
This base has three walls and a bridge to the front of the map. There are two windows; one large window opens to the center, and the higher window overlooks the Gully. It has two [[M247 | This base has three walls and a bridge to the front of the map. There are two windows; one large window opens to the center, and the higher window overlooks the Gully. It has two [[M247 machine gun|Gun Turret]] placements on each window. A [[sniper rifle]] is at the back of the bridge. | ||
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File:H2_BurialMounds BlueBaseView.jpg|The defending base. | File:H2_BurialMounds BlueBaseView.jpg|The defending base. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||
[[File:H2 BurialMounds Perspective Concept.jpg|thumb|200px|Concept art of the map featuring [[Mongoose|ATV]]s.]] | [[File:H2 BurialMounds Perspective Concept.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Concept art of the map featuring [[Mongoose|ATV]]s.]] | ||
Burial Mounds | Originally Burial Mounds was to be the setting of the campaign level ''[[The Arbiter]]'', however this idea was later discarded for the final version set on the Forerunner [[Threshold gas mine|gas mine]] above [[Threshold]].{{Citation needed}} | ||
After the Halo 2 media blackout that occurred in 2003, Burial Mounds was the first Multiplayer level to be shown in the form of a screenshot on Bungie.net on January 30, 2004.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=600 '''Bungie.net''': ''In Reach of Fall'']</ref> | After the Halo 2 media blackout that occurred in 2003, Burial Mounds was the first Multiplayer level to be shown in the form of a screenshot on Bungie.net on January 30, 2004.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=600 '''Bungie.net''': ''In Reach of Fall'']</ref> | ||
The first layout for Burial Mounds (see below) predates [[Zanzibar]], [[Standoff]] and [[Timberland]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/MaxHoberman/status/1073619878223978497 Max Hoberman's response on Twitter]</ref> The map design was ultimately scrapped due to its size,<ref>[https://twitter.com/MaxHoberman/status/1073640794450477062 Max Hoberman's response on Twitter]</ref> as [[Max Hoberman]] and [[Chris Carney]] were the only developers available to work on it, and the layout was redesigned.<ref>[https://twitter.com/MaxHoberman/status/1073641053570383874 Max Hoberman's Response on Twitter]</ref> | |||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
===Glitches=== | ===Glitches=== | ||
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*This glitch is also known as the Hologram Glitch. To find this glitch in Burial Mounds, you must be equipped with a rocket launcher as the primary weapon, or it can be found on the bridge over the gully in the middle of the map. Wraiths must also be on the map, it also requires two players. One of the players must stand on the front side of the rock column by the ghost respawn point where the rock slants inward. There should also be a plasma pistol near the base move a little to the right and turn around, so you are not facing the rock. The second player should get in a Wraith and drive towards the first player standing by the rock column. Right before you ram the first player, boost using L with the Wraith, and you should push the first player through the rock and out of the map. While falling down the player should hit a beige sphere, this beige sphere is known as a [[wikipedia:Skybox (video games)|skybox]]. Have the second player in the Wraith look up, and the dead giant figure of the Master Chief should be lying on top of the map with his weapons. | *This glitch is also known as the Hologram Glitch. To find this glitch in Burial Mounds, you must be equipped with a rocket launcher as the primary weapon, or it can be found on the bridge over the gully in the middle of the map. Wraiths must also be on the map, it also requires two players. One of the players must stand on the front side of the rock column by the ghost respawn point where the rock slants inward. There should also be a plasma pistol near the base move a little to the right and turn around, so you are not facing the rock. The second player should get in a Wraith and drive towards the first player standing by the rock column. Right before you ram the first player, boost using L with the Wraith, and you should push the first player through the rock and out of the map. While falling down the player should hit a beige sphere, this beige sphere is known as a [[wikipedia:Skybox (video games)|skybox]]. Have the second player in the Wraith look up, and the dead giant figure of the Master Chief should be lying on top of the map with his weapons. | ||
*In the launch of ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'', Burial Mounds' loading screen used the map description for ''[[Halo 3]]''{{'}}s map [[Last Resort]]. | *In the launch of ''[[Halo: The Master Chief Collection]]'', Burial Mounds' loading screen used the map description for ''[[Halo 3]]''{{'}}s map [[Last Resort]]. | ||
===Miscellaneous=== | |||
*A different approach is taken on its appearance in the ''[[Red vs Blue]]'' series where, on the director's commentary, they call Burial Mounds a "melted version of [[Sidewinder]]." The general horseshoe shape of Sidewinder can be discerned in Burial Mounds. | |||
*One piece of debris in the map resembles the central structure in the level the Silent Cartographer in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' where Master Chief encounters the first Hunter pair. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{Linkbox|gallery=yes}} | {{Linkbox|gallery=yes}} |