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Reflection

Game
Game	Halo: Reach
Features
Location	Sinoviet Center, New Alexandria, Eposz, Reach
Terrain	Building interior with an Oriental/Zen-like theme
Details
Weapons on Map	Rocket Launcher Energy Sword DMR Shotgun Plasma Pistol Magnum Fragmentation Grenades Plasma Grenades Plasma Repeater Needle Rifle Needler Sniper Rifle

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Reach's elite mix business with pleasure, building lavish penthouses atop soaring corporate ivory towers.^[1]

Reflection is a multiplayer map in Halo: Reach, set in the Sinoviet HM Tower in New Alexandria.^[2] It is a direct remake of the popular Halo 2 map Ivory Tower.^[3]

DescriptionEdit

While Reflection's map geometry, weapon placements and spawns are identical to those of Ivory Tower, the map has a new aesthetic design that abandons the more minimalist look of the original in favor of a more detailed Oriental theme.^[3] Reflection is set inside the Sinoviet tower New Alexandria on the planet Reach. Prominent materials in the building include metal and marble, as well as warm wood floors polished to a high gloss finish. A Zen garden features prominently in the building's central space, and several koi ponds grace the halls. The rooms have massive glass windows, with a view of the mountains outside. The Chinese/Japanese kanji characters for North(HOKU / kita), South(NAN / minami), East(TOU / higashi) and West(SAI / SEI / nishi) can be seen higher up on the walls in gold. A turning hologram of the planet Reach is suspended above the central hall.

LocationsEdit

Entrance
Zen Garden
Zen Pond
Walkway
Water Ramp
Water Balcony
West View
Kai Rends
East View
High Balcony
Balcony Hall
Back Hall
Elevator Shaft
Low Hall
Grass Ramp
Koi Ponds
Back Room

WeaponsEdit

Rocket Launcher - In the waterfall of Zen Garden

Shotgun - In between ramps on Grass Ramp

Sniper Rifle - On eastern side of High Balcony

Energy Sword - In larger north pond in Koi Ponds, directly behind the base of the elevator

DMR - In top pond in Water Balcony, in top pond of East View

Needler - Between Walkway and Water Ramp, in Balcony Hall by entrance to Water Ramp

Needle Rifle - On the bright circle in the north part of Walkway, in West View by Back Hall doorway

Plasma Repeater - Between northern ponds in Koi Ponds, Top of stairs from Entrance to Walkway, Middle landing in East View

Plasma Grenades - Under top pond in Water Balcony, on western side of High Balcony, in both Back Rooms

Magnum - In both Back Rooms

Plasma Pistol - Top of Grass Ramp, 2nd floor of elevator shaft

Fragmentation Grenades - Middle of Zen Garden, in both Back Rooms

TriviaEdit

The Koi in the Koi Ponds area can be killed. Also, their bodies can go out of the water.
According to the environmental artist Ken Taya who created the new aesthetics on Reflection, the map has the biggest cube map in the entire game, due to the unusually large amount of reflective surfaces.^[2]
It was noted early on that while the map has a new aesthetic design, it is "all ensconced around a space you're already intimately familiar with", which implied that it was a remake. It was confirmed on August 4 that it was a remake of Halo 2's map Ivory Tower, down to the rocket spawn, Shotgun platform and elevator to the sniper tower. There are still changes to the map because of the new engine for Reach, but the space is still the one you remember.
When asked about changing the visual look of the map, the designing artist said: "I Asianed it up™. I two inch punched that ass™. It is still very minimalist. Very clean. Like someone spilled a whole truckload of Pledge on the bamboo flooring. In my mind my footsteps would squeak like Ice Climber."^[3]
The level also appears as the top floor of the Sinoviet Center in the Halo: Reach campaign level New Alexandria, the main difference being that in the campaign mission, it is nighttime.
In the small room next to the women's washroom there are two "Refreshing" drinks and two "Delicious" foods vending machines. The "Refreshing" machines sell "The Purple Concoction," orange soda, "Bitter Brown," "Red Hottness," "Blueberry Blue," "Green Sour," "The Blackness," and water. The "Delicious" machines sell "Spadehorn bits," "Moa wings," "Buffaoat Buttocks," "Mule Haunch," "Hammerhorn Sausages," "Grey Squirrel Stew," "Fried wooly pigmy goat," and "Mystery Meat Mash." The signs can be damaged, causing their lighted displays to go out. In this room near the vending machines is where the radio conversation on for the map can be heard.
Besides making reference to the Halo 2 level, Ivory Tower, Reflection also makes reference to the literary term in the description and setting, as the map has a very upscale setting in which the elite of society on Reach reside in and do not bother with the day-to-day issues that those below them experience.
It is possible to get out of Reflection by placing a turret against a wall, mounting the turret, looking up as far as you can, then going into monitor mode. This will let you leave Reflection, but you will be limited to move around a small space.
If you look outside of the level, you can see numerous landmarks from the campaign levels Exodus and New Alexandria, such as Traxus Tower and Olympic Tower.