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{{Article Quote|Despite millennia of abandonment, transportation facilities like this one continue to function flawlessly.}} | {{Article Quote|Despite millennia of abandonment, transportation facilities like this one continue to function flawlessly.}} | ||
'''High Noon''' is a [[multiplayer]] map included in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. | '''High Noon''' is a [[multiplayer]] map included in ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' for ''[[Halo: Reach]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|bulletin}} It is the remake of ''[[Hang 'Em High]]'' from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''.{{Ref/Reuse|bulletin}} | ||
==Setting== | ==Setting== | ||
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High Noon is set inside a massive [[Forerunner]] portal generator complex on [[Reach]], which powers an enormous [[slipspace portal]] - connected with an unknown number of locations across the galaxy and the [[Installation 00|Ark]] outside it. Passage through this system requires a Forerunner [[keyship]].{{Ref/Site|Id=info|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2011/11/09/The-Halo-Bulletin-11911-.aspx|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=The Halo Bulletin: 11/9/11}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Chapter 21|HSoR|Chapter=21}}{{Ref/Site|Id=Reddit|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/jentx3/shadows_of_reach_spoiler_discussion/g9qe2l1/?context=1000|Site=Reddit|Page=Halo Shadows of Reach Spoiler Discussion Thread|Quote=Been waiting to see who might catch this. ;)|Quotee=Jeff Easterling}}{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/point-taken|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Point Taken|Quote=That’s right, the location of the map High Noon is none other than the recently-revealed portal complex on Reach}} | High Noon is set inside a massive [[Forerunner]] portal generator complex on [[Reach]], which powers an enormous [[slipspace portal]] - connected with an unknown number of locations across the galaxy and the [[Installation 00|Ark]] outside it. Passage through this system requires a Forerunner [[keyship]].{{Ref/Site|Id=info|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2011/11/09/The-Halo-Bulletin-11911-.aspx|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=The Halo Bulletin: 11/9/11}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Chapter 21|HSoR|Chapter=21}}{{Ref/Site|Id=Reddit|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/jentx3/shadows_of_reach_spoiler_discussion/g9qe2l1/?context=1000|Site=Reddit|Page=Halo Shadows of Reach Spoiler Discussion Thread|Quote=Been waiting to see who might catch this. ;)|Quotee=Jeff Easterling}}{{Ref/Site|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/point-taken|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder - Point Taken|Quote=That’s right, the location of the map High Noon is none other than the recently-revealed portal complex on Reach}} | ||
The playable area itself is an observation platform, barely sheltered from a [[Portal storm|storm]] raging just outside, creating a whirlwind of dust and debris around the center of the portal. Part of the structures in the playable space is also partially covered in sand. | The playable area itself is an observation platform, barely sheltered from a [[Portal storm|storm]] raging just outside, creating a whirlwind of dust and debris around the center of the portal. Part of the structures in the playable space is also partially covered in sand.{{Ref/Reuse|bulletin}} | ||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
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==Production notes== | ==Production notes== | ||
According to [[343 Industries]], the map's setting and aesthetic went through a number of iterations before the decision to use a Forerunner theme. For the map, [[Certain Affinity]] and 343 Industries' Franchise team did a significant amount of exploration on the architecture and mechanics of Forerunner technology. | According to [[343 Industries]], the map's setting and aesthetic went through a number of iterations before the decision to use a Forerunner theme. For the map, [[Certain Affinity]] and 343 Industries' Franchise team did a significant amount of exploration on the architecture and mechanics of Forerunner technology.{{Ref/Reuse|bulletin}} The map was later revealed in [[2020]]'s ''[[Halo: Shadows of Reach]]'' to be a portal complex situated on Reach leading to the Ark - since confirmed as such by 343 Industries' [[Jeff Easterling]].{{Ref/Reuse|Reddit}} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
