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I don't understand why people hate on ODST or even consider it separately from Halo 3, consider it ran on the same engine and half of the content was maps for Halo 3. I like the Firefly stuff, and I liked Firefight enough for the $60 to seem reasonable. [/shrug]
I do understand the reason people voted against Halo 2. It indeed was rushed, glitchy and very exploited by modders and such. I also very much wish they had an extra year to fit in more of the deleted material, levels, etc. However, I personally, despite it all, very much enjoyed the game. The crazyness of the glitches, easter eggs, supper jumps, and the good mods were much of the draw for me, and particularly my friends, who mostly agree that 2 was the best. Also, Halo 2 deserves credit for beating everyone else over the fence and becoming the daddy of online multiplayer for consols.
I don't understand why people hate Reach, or consider it an 'abomination'. I enjoyed just about every bit of it, the excellent customization in every possible way, the beautiful look, the varied campaign...it seemed to me to be something new and fresh for Halo without being to off so as to be unrecognizable. The moaning about bloom also seems...silly, I guess, as all bloom really does is give you a visual representation of bullet spread, which has existed in a stealthier fashion in previous games. I also is the most realistic Halo game yet, and perhaps even more realistic than CoD games in terms of physics and such.
I also cannot fathom why people bring in Halo Wars into the discussion. It's an RTS (and a very good one especially considering how difficult it is to make an RTS for anything but PC) not a FPS, they aren't the same type of game at all, it's just not a comparison. Apples to oranges.
I have to say that personally, I got the least enjoyment out of Halo 3 compared to all other Halo games. The feel wasn't there, the maps didn't feel as good, and while the features were nice, Reach basically took all of the features that 3 had and then did them better. It's just how I feel about it.