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* While keeping silent, players can hear the ''[[Halo]]'' theme music, being played in a deep synthesizer-like tone every few seconds. | * While keeping silent, players can hear the ''[[Halo]]'' theme music, being played in a deep synthesizer-like tone every few seconds. | ||
*When inspected closely, players can see that the "characters" on the windows of the complex scroll from the bottom to the top. Said "characters" are various and random letters and numbers, in different languages and in different positions. Some of the character appear to be a hodge podge of incomplete calculator-like letters and numbers. | *When inspected closely, players can see that the "characters" on the windows of the complex scroll from the bottom to the top. Said "characters" are various and random letters and numbers, in different languages and in different positions. Some of the character appear to be a hodge podge of incomplete calculator-like letters and numbers. | ||
*Due to its name, many fans thought that this map was another remake of ''[[Hang 'Em High (Level)|Hang 'Em High]]'' and ''[[Tombstone (Level)|Tombstone]]'' | *Due to its name, many fans thought that this map was another remake of ''[[Hang 'Em High (Level)|Hang 'Em High]]'' and ''[[Tombstone (Level)|Tombstone]]''. | ||
*This map could have the same purpose as ''[[Relic]]'', hypothesized to be a monument to a [[Forerunner]]. | *This map could have the same purpose as ''[[Relic]]'', hypothesized to be a monument to a [[Forerunner]]. | ||
*If you go outside and look out into the distance at the grey clouds, every now and again you can see lightning bolts. This may or may not be a reference to Frank Herbert's ''Dune'', a desert planet that has lightning bolts, caused by sand worms. | *If you go outside and look out into the distance at the grey clouds, every now and again you can see lightning bolts. This may or may not be a reference to Frank Herbert's ''Dune'', a desert planet that has lightning bolts, caused by sand worms. | ||
*The large, gold hologram on the map has an interesting resemblance to [[Mendicant Bias]] as described in ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' when he was aboard the Dreadnought. | *The large, gold hologram on the map has an interesting resemblance to [[Mendicant Bias]] as described in ''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]'' when he was aboard the Dreadnought. | ||
*If you shoot a rocket down at the brace of ''Epitaph'' and | *If you shoot a rocket down at the brace of ''Epitaph'' and zoom in you will watch as the rocket hits the bottom. It will be visible but if you try this with a grenade there will be no visible evidence that the grenade was ever thrown. | ||
*The shield doors are similar to the blue [[Covenant]] shield doors, possibly because the idea was taken from the Forerunners or the Covenant worship the Forerunners as their predecessors. | *The shield doors are similar to the blue [[Covenant]] shield doors, possibly because the idea was taken from the Forerunners or the Covenant worship the Forerunners as their predecessors. | ||
*Epitaph now has another alternate variant, called Epilogue, which excludes all the shield doors and various weapon placement changes. It was announced in Bungie's 8/22/08 Weekly Update and will appear in the September playlists as of September 16. | *Epitaph now has another alternate variant, called Epilogue, which excludes all the shield doors and various weapon placement changes. It was announced in Bungie's 8/22/08 Weekly Update and will appear in the September playlists as of September 16. | ||
