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Subject: Which one was the best?

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Poll: Which one was the best?  [closed]
Halo: CE:  31%
(20 Votes)
Halo 2:  31%
(20 Votes)
Halo 3:  18%
(12 Votes)
Halo: ODST:  2%
(1 Votes)
Halo: Reach:  18%
(12 Votes)
Total Votes: 65

Which Halo game in your opinion was the best for overall quality?

  • 12.07.2010 3:24 PM PDT

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Personally I think Halo 2 had the best campaign story, and some the most amazing maps in any of the Halo series

  • 12.07.2010 4:54 PM PDT

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CE is best followed closely by Halo 2. Everything else pales.

  • 12.07.2010 5:00 PM PDT

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Yeah, although the introduction of Forge to H3 did make things a bit more "ever-changing"

  • 12.07.2010 5:05 PM PDT

I love Halo:Ce to the point that if they had all of a sudden MM and it cost $300, I would be on and on and on. Best campaign story line, even though it was repetitive.

  • 12.07.2010 5:08 PM PDT

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Yeah, the Flood in Halo 1 were really annoying though- I mean, zombies with rockets?? give me a break. Personally, I think the Flood were the best in Halo 2- hard to kill, but at least plausible, and scary as HELL!

  • 12.07.2010 5:51 PM PDT

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Halo 2 on Halo: Reach's Engine FTW!

  • 12.07.2010 7:05 PM PDT

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Eh.... Halo 2 with Halo 3's polycount ftw

  • 12.07.2010 7:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: ShadowVegan
CE is best followed closely by Halo 2. Everything else pales.
This. With Halo 2 I definitely had better memories (lan parties, glitching online games, exploring campaign levels, etc.), but the gameplay wasn't quite at Halo 1's level.

  • 12.07.2010 8:04 PM PDT

After Halo 2, the story progression pretty much stagnated and changes to the gameplay were so few as to be unnoticeable. The last three Bungie-developed Halo games have all blurred together in mind into one Xbox 360 port of Halo 2, so these "Pick Your Favorite" threads always come down to the first two games for me.

Since Halo 2 relied on its incredible multiplayer mode for its success, it hasn't stood the test of time nearly as well as the first game. Halo 1 seemed to focus a lot more on telling an good story and presenting a interesting universe than the second installment. In Halo 2 the locations seem to change randomly and the cutscenes struggle to connect each level, and there are plenty of plot points that seem thrown in just to try and keep us interested (See: Another Halo!).

Not to mention the game's failure to wrap up its own plot points, resulting in Halo 3 dedicating its entire story to tying up loose ends. Halo 1, on the other hand, was satisfying in itself. It didn't leave me hanging, hoping that I would buy the next installment out of sheer loyalty to the series. Bungie operated under the assumption that I believe every writer should operate on: Write this as if you could never expand on it.

  • 12.07.2010 8:16 PM PDT

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Can you be more specific about the loose ends you talk about? Halo 2 I think did a fairly good job of laying out the middle of the last year of the Human-Covenant War, and the whole thing flowed from one part to another, as the Arbiter came into himself and eventually uncovered the true lies behind the Prophets teachings and whatnot, that led to their alliance with the UNSC. What's not to get?

  • 12.07.2010 9:39 PM PDT

Posted by: Saso Chicken
Can you be more specific about the loose ends you talk about? Halo 2 I think did a fairly good job of laying out the middle of the last year of the Human-Covenant War, and the whole thing flowed from one part to another, as the Arbiter came into himself and eventually uncovered the true lies behind the Prophets teachings and whatnot, that led to their alliance with the UNSC. What's not to get?
Erm... Did you miss the whole cliffhanger ending? Little to nothing was resolved in Halo 2.

[Edited on 12.07.2010 10:00 PM PST]

  • 12.07.2010 9:59 PM PDT

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What's wrong with cliffhangers? Maybe I've been desensitized to them from watching so much 24, but I think they're fine. They keep you on the edge of your seat. And it was an epic ending- I mean, Chief returns from High Charity on a mysterious Forerunner ship and vows to Finish the Fight against the Covenant once and for all, which he does.
I was asking though, what specific examples can you give that weren't "tied up" and how they had to be done in Halo 3. I can't think of any.

  • 12.07.2010 10:05 PM PDT

Posted by: Saso Chicken
I mean, Chief returns from High Charity on a mysterious Forerunner ship and vows to Finish the Fight against the Covenant once and for all, which he does.
No he doesn't. It cuts to black. Rolls the credits. Promising to defeat the Covenant didn't resolve anything, no more than shouting "I'm going to beat you up!" would resolve a fist fight.

Keep in mind that you didn't ask me "What is your favorite part of Halo's story?", you asked me which installment I liked best. One of the reasons Halo 2 is not my favorite installment is that its story relies on other installments to make it satisfying.

As for listing specific examples, I really shouldn't have to. Almost every conflict brought up in Halo 2 was left unresolved until Halo 3.

  • 12.07.2010 10:43 PM PDT

It depends on in which order you get them. Almost always people think the first one of a series that they bought/played is best.

  • 12.08.2010 5:56 AM PDT

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Halo 2.

Think about it before you vote. Don't jump on the CE Bandwagon. Really think about the campaign. Also the best multiplayer came from Halo 2. The Halo 2 Maps were perfect. Halo 2 was the pinnacle of Halo.

  • 12.08.2010 6:16 AM PDT
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best multiplayer:halo reach
best campaign:halo 3 and halo reach is awesome too.
best of the good ole times: halo 2 and halo 3
best spin off is ODST

[Edited on 12.08.2010 6:23 AM PST]

  • 12.08.2010 6:19 AM PDT

I have so many memories from Halo 3. Whether it was an all nighter forging with friends, random custom game invites from people living across the ocean, being so engaged in the campaign, thinking I was awesome at the multiplayer, and then reliving those self absorbed moments. What a game.

  • 12.08.2010 6:23 AM PDT

For me its halo 3.

  • 12.08.2010 7:40 AM PDT

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Halo 2.

Best campaign, best multiplayer maps.

  • 12.08.2010 8:19 AM PDT

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ODST was my favorite, had the best Campaign and with as many tricks as Halo 2 did (getting outside the map and such).

Plus Firefight was perfect on ODST as well.

  • 12.08.2010 8:24 AM PDT

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Posted by: Masta killz
best multiplayer:halo reach
best campaign:halo 3 and halo reach is awesome too.
best of the good ole times: halo 2 and halo 3
best spin off is ODST


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  • 12.08.2010 3:42 PM PDT

Eeeasily Halo 1. Countless hours I spent on that awesome game!

  • 12.08.2010 3:44 PM PDT

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Posted by: petarded2
No he doesn't. It cuts to black. Rolls the credits. Promising to defeat the Covenant didn't resolve anything, no more than shouting "I'm going to beat you up!" would resolve a fist fight.

Keep in mind that you didn't ask me "What is your favorite part of Halo's story?", you asked me which installment I liked best. One of the reasons Halo 2 is not my favorite installment is that its story relies on other installments to make it satisfying.

As for listing specific examples, I really shouldn't have to. Almost every conflict brought up in Halo 2 was left unresolved until Halo 3.


Well, yeah that happens in the 3rd one, but they wanted to make a trilogy, and they couldn't have realistically made him "finish the fight" all in Halo 2- it would have been massively long (although longer is better), and then there wouldn't be anything for 3. Or do you think that that should have been the start of Halo 3 rather than then end of H2?

Aside from that what else bothered you?

  • 12.08.2010 3:45 PM PDT


Posted by: Saso Chicken
Personally I think Halo 2 had the best campaign story, and some the most amazing maps in any of the Halo series


Same Here man, I like all the Halos, but Halo 2 and Halo CE had the best campaigns, and Halo 2s multiplayer was my favorite.

  • 12.08.2010 3:52 PM PDT

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