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Subject: Rate all of the Halo Games. CE through Reach.

There once was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died.

The end.

SCFH

Rate all of the Halo games (excluding Halo Wars if you want), with 1 obviously being the best. Include Halo CE, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3:ODST, Halo Reach, Halo CEA. And if you want, include PC versions of Halo CE and Halo 2. It would also be helpful to give a brief explanation why on some of them.

1. Halo 2 (Xbox Live Gameplay defined an entire generation of gamers. Campaign was extroadinary, even i love to go back and play every now and them for good memories)

2. Halo 3 (More like a 1B, but you get it. Campagin was again spectacular. Xbox Live gameplay again was great, and custom games in Halo 3's hayday just put it over the top over any other shooter game in its time.)
3. Halo CE PC Version (Still Fun today, especially custom version)
4. Halo CE (Obviously it was THE orginal. It was great for its time, but lacked the great multiplayer Halo 2 and 3 had on xbox live.)
5. Halo Reach (Campagin was OK. Multiplayer got away from the traditional Halo feel)
6. Halo 3 ODST (Firefight was a new fun experience, and the campaign offered a new view, but in the end it just can't compete with other Halo's.

I would rate Halo 2 Vista but i never had it.

  • 07.21.2012 1:54 PM PDT

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

Storyline:

ODST > Halo 2 > Halo CE > Halo Wars > Halo 3 >>>>>>> Reach

Multiplayer:

Halo 3 > Halo 2 > Halo CE > Halo Wars > ODST >>>>>>> Reach

  • 07.21.2012 1:58 PM PDT

Halo 3 > Halo Reach > Halo 2 > ODST > Halo CE > Halo Wars

  • 07.21.2012 2:07 PM PDT
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Halo multiplayer sucks!

Based on campaigns

Halo 2 > Halo 3 ODST > Halo 3 > Reach/CE tied

I only judge off of campaigns

Halo 2: 9/10

A wide variety of enviroments, two sides to the fantastically told story, varied enemies, open battles filled with freedom and choice. Occasionally some repetitiveness

Halo 3: 8/10

Fun variety of new enemies and weapons, every mission is unique. Story takes a while to kick off and it's a bit short. Some enemies and weapons have great aesthetic overhauls.

Halo 3 ODST 8/10

Fantastic environment, the abandoned city adds to the great story. Sadies story also adds to the deepest Halo game. Great encounters with enemies. Unrealistic gameplay kind of takes away some believability.

Halo Reach 5/10

Plot is convoluted and incoherent, pure development of characters and setting. Some missions are fun in their own right, and some enemies, especially the grunts and elites have had some great aesthetic changes.

Halo CE 5/10

First half is great and has a good theme of discovery and mystery. All the missions were unique. Then came 343 GS and the Library, full of repetitive Flood encounters. Two betrayals was just Assault on the Control Room with some Floo thrown in, as was the Maw to the Pillar of Autumn. Keyes was the most unique mission with Flood. You can tell Bungie got kinda lazy towards the end. There is some great three way battles though.

[Edited on 07.21.2012 3:55 PM PDT]

  • 07.21.2012 3:54 PM PDT

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Purely opinion (based on campaign plus fun replayability stuff):

Halo 3
Halo: Reach
ODST
Halo CE
Halo 2

  • 07.21.2012 4:18 PM PDT

There once was an ugly barnacle. He was so ugly that everyone died.

The end.

SCFH

Soley based off of campaign:

Halo 2
Halo 3
Halo 3: ODST
Halo CE
Halo Reach

Multiplayer:

Halo 3
Halo 2
Halo PC
Halo Reach
Halo 3: ODST
Halo CE


[Edited on 07.21.2012 4:59 PM PDT]

  • 07.21.2012 4:58 PM PDT
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"Time was your ally human. But now it has abandoned you. The Forerunners....have returned. And this tomb... is now yours". - The Didact

Scores:

CE: 9,5
Halo 2: 9,5
Halo 3:9,5
Wars: 7,5
ODST:8,5
Reach:6

Can't choose the best campaigns, difficult to compare ODST to the trilogy's story.

Multiplayer goes to Halo 3.



[Edited on 07.21.2012 5:04 PM PDT]

  • 07.21.2012 5:04 PM PDT
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Do not waste your tears, I was not born to watch the world grow dim. Life is not measured in years, but by the deeds of men.

Posted by: goldhawk
We should know better, because we are better.

Lot of Reach hate here, isnt there? Reach was one of my favourites, along with ODST.

  • 07.21.2012 5:37 PM PDT

Halo CE: 9/10
Halo 2: 10/10
Halo 3: 9.5/10
Halo Wars: 7/10
Halo 3 ODST: 6.5/10
Halo Reach: 8.5/10

[Edited on 07.21.2012 5:41 PM PDT]

  • 07.21.2012 5:41 PM PDT

I run Skirmish!!!

based on campaign: Halo 2>Halo 3>Halo CE>Halo 3:ODST> Halo Wars..... >LOLReach

based on multiplayer: Halo 2> Halo 3> Halo Wars>Halo 3:ODST firefight.................................................... ...............lolreach

[Edited on 07.21.2012 5:54 PM PDT]

  • 07.21.2012 5:53 PM PDT
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Campaign-wise:
Halo CE - Good memories.
Halo 3 - Good story line fun to play.
Halo ODST - Awesome graphics and interesting new storyline.
Halo Wars - I enjoyed the storyline from a different perspective.
Halo Reach - A bit different although that isn't an entirely bad thing.
Halo 2 - I didn't play this much but it didn't make that much sense to me (I was young).

Multiplayer:
Halo 3 - So many good memories, made me get into xbox live.
Halo Reach - Fun to play once some friends got it.
Halo Wars - I liked how much variety there was.
Halo ODST - Not a fan of firefight.
Halo 2 - Didn't really play online.
Halo CE

It's interesting to see what different people thing and how they rate the different games and what seems to be most important to people.

  • 07.21.2012 5:56 PM PDT
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Last updated 7/27/2012

Campaigns:

CE -> 10/10
Though the last 4 levels are a clear sign that Bungie was going to -blam!- up the Halo series with the 3 Rs (randomness, repetition, and ridiculous), CE's gameplay made up for it for the most part.

I liked how H1 actually focused on the AI instead of just making them bullet sponges with lethal guns.

H2 -> 9.5/10
-Elites still felt like Elites; superior and efficient and cunning. There are times where they sneak on me but they don't attack until I notice them. Sneaky!
-Flood levels were painful but terrifying, retaining what made Flood so convincing in CE
-Brutes were uninteresting but conveyed emotion better than in H2's successors

-exploration was godly
-lots of Elite rank = variety which is good
-Elite army = badass
-marine army = making of a decent CE successor
-collecting H2 skulls was a feat itself
-IWHBYD challenge is great
-SLASO is a whole new level of punishment

My qualms with H2:

1. the sandbox

The BR dominates it, the rest are just meh. Also, the BR exclusively has more than one button combos. Besides the sword, I don't really find much weapons attractive, though it is fun seeing Elites and Grunts using their weapons to dominate. Giving Grunts rocket launchers is one hell of a feature.

2. difficulty emphasis

The level of bs is fortunately nowhere as it is in H3 or Reach but it's still a great departure. Jackal snipers rip marines to shreds. Enemies are designed with only the player in mind, meaning friendly AI can get badly beaten. Often the player is placed in the open at the start of a mission with barely any time to find cover/react to enemies. With the Heretic boss, expect to die at least 12 times before you find sufficient cover.

Yet there are plenty of fun, advantageous skulls (in H3/ODST/Reach, there are only 4 fun skulls and none of them are really advantageous or interesting. Cowbell = dumbed down Sputnik, Grunt Birthday Party = lame compared to what could be done with Elites in H2). Marines can kick ass without the player's assistance. AI driving was strictly scripted and worked very well.

Only in H2, was there actual development in the checkpoint system: provisions (dying 5 times to revert to second last checkpoint) for getting stuck in infinite checkpoint loops and you can now delay checkpoints by meleeing.

3. the generic AI

Animations are just mediocre compared to CE animations. There are a lot of Elite ranks. This is great but they hardly have any major distinctions other than their weapons. Heretics are the least interesting Covies. Heretic Elites are pretty easy to deal with while Heretic Grunts are intimidating but dull.

4. graphics emphasis

The FoV is small, even smaller in H2 Vista. The draw distance is smaller and AI get deleted if you outdistance them. Though one of the things that H2 did well was including our weapons in the cutscene instead of making Chief hold the AR every single time. The loss of the AR might have been a good thing.

H3
4/10
The bane of my existence. I'd rather not dig up my buried dislikes as they're far too obscene. Personally, I'd give H3 a 1. But there are a few likable things about it.

It has the most consistent vehicle physics (meaning you don't get splattered by mere touch like in CE and Reach or by your own vehicle like in H2). It also introduced several new AI animations to fill the lost void. And there is AI collection potential. There is nothing more sweet than taking a troop transport Hog filled with rocket launcher marines.

ODST
2/10
Improved from H3 but gameplay was still too similar to H3.

It feels like Halo: Anniversary. Just a graphical update. The pistol and SMG are identified as silenced, but they don't have the effect. Also, marines don't have the regular pistol or SMG. Wouldn't it have made more sense to equate their ammo with the silenced version?

A lot of it was rushed. Mombasa Streets was quite tedious. Only Ghosts and Mongoose?

I didn't get to spend much time with ODST's campaign so I'm not too familiar with the story. But it was definitely not worth $60. Nice going M$.

Reach
0/10
Absolute disaster

[Edited on 07.28.2012 11:26 AM PDT]

  • 07.21.2012 11:55 PM PDT

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Based on campaign (descending order):
Halo 2
Halo 3: ODST
Halo 3
Halo Reach
Halo CE

I liked Halo CE's story, I just don't feel that it was as good as the others.

Based off of other game modes,

Halo Reach
Halo 3: ODST
Halo 3
Halo 2
Halo CE

  • 07.22.2012 12:15 AM PDT
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Campaign
Halo 2: 10/10
Halo CE: 9.9/10
Reach: 9.5/10
ODST: 8.5
Wars: 8
3: 7.5

Multiplayer
Halo 2: 9.5
Reach: 9
CE: 9.5
3: 9
Wars: 8.5

Overall
Halo 2: 9.9/10
Halo CE: 9.5/10
Halo Reach: 9/10
Halo 3: 8.5/10
Halo 3 ODST: 8.5
Halo Wars: 8

  • 07.22.2012 3:03 AM PDT

GREENMAN!!

Campaign:
Halo CE: 9.5
Halo 2: 9.5
Halo 3: 8
Halo Wars: 7.5 (I'm not in to RTS games, but I can appreciate it for what it is.)
Halo 3 ODST: 8.5
Halo Reach: 4

Multiplayer:
Halo CE: 8 (I don't remember much except for a few splitscreen games.)
Halo 2: 9.5
Halo 3: 9
Halo Wars: I honestly never played online.
Halo 3 ODST: 8.5
Halo Reach: 2 (so many things wrong with multiplayer on this game....)

  • 07.22.2012 8:20 AM PDT

I like to try re-railing derailed threads.

1) Reach: the culmination of ten years of awesome
2) ODST: I love the story line. As far as campains go, best game I have ever played.
3) Halo CE: The first, therefore one of the best. All hail the magnum and needler!
4) Halo CEA: Just because its a remake of an already awesome game. I had to group them.
5) Halo 3: Would have been higher without CEA
6) CE PC: I only played it once but I liked it.
7) Halo 2: I dont know if its because i wasnt around for the multiplayer or because I hated the flood with a passion, but I just don't like Halo 2.

  • 07.22.2012 12:24 PM PDT

Being the only one not on the bandwagon able to think for herself, as usual:

Halo CE - 10/10
Halo 2 - 10/10
Halo Reach - 9/10
Halo 3 ODST - 8/10
Halo 3 - 7/10

Campaign

Halo CE - 10/10
Halo 2 - 10/10
Halo Reach - 10/10
Halo 3 - 5/10
Halo 3 ODST - 2/10

  • 07.22.2012 12:33 PM PDT

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This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
/slow clap for respect


:)
The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.

Campaign: Halo CE, Halo 3 ODST, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo Reach

Multiplayer: Halo 2, Halo Reach, Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, Halo CE

  • 07.22.2012 12:50 PM PDT

Xbox:
HALO CE 10/10
HALO 2 10/10

PC:
HALO CE 10/10
HALO 2 VISTA 10/10

XBOX 360:
HALO 3 10/10
HALO WARS 10/10
HALO REACH 10/10
HALO ANNIVERSARY 10/10

I´m a HALO FAN !!!

  • 07.22.2012 1:09 PM PDT

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Old GTs; RebelRobot, Flamedude

Campaign:
Halo 1 > Halo 3 > Halo Reach > (Halo 3 ODST) > Halo 2

Multiplayer:
Halo 2 > Halo 3 > Halo 1 > Halo Reach

I pretty much have enjoyed every single Halo game in both Campaign and Multiplayer. The only game that I think is a bit out of place is the Halo 2 Campaign with its questionable linear gameplay, impossibly unbalanced Legendary mode and its flow-destroying boss battles.

  • 07.22.2012 1:42 PM PDT

GREENMAN!!


Posted by: ThePredkiller2
Being the only one not on the bandwagon able to think for herself, as usual:

Implying having an opinion similar to other people is being on a bandwagon.

  • 07.22.2012 2:37 PM PDT
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nm

[Edited on 07.27.2012 5:27 AM PDT]

  • 07.22.2012 5:13 PM PDT
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Halo multiplayer sucks!

Based on campaigns

Halo 2 > Halo 3 ODST > Halo 3 > Reach/CE tied


Posted by: ThePredkiller2
Halo 3 ODST - 2/10


Why?!

ODST had some of the most complex and deep storytelling in a modern shooter, it was spectacularly atmospheric and the city provided a great setting along with post apocalyptic themes. Just by looking around the city, you could see that humanity had been brought to its knees.

What didn't you like about it?

  • 07.22.2012 5:40 PM PDT

Yes, I AM just that awesome.

Halo Wars: 9/10
Halo 3 :ODST: 9/10
Halo 2: 8/10
Halo CE: 8/10
Halo 3: 7/10
Halo Reach: 7/10

[Edited on 07.22.2012 6:25 PM PDT]

  • 07.22.2012 6:21 PM PDT

“I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.”

Halo CE: 10/10
Halo 2: 8/10
Halo 3: 10/10
Halo 3:ODST 10/10
Halo Wars: 9/10
Halo Reach: 7/10

  • 07.22.2012 6:22 PM PDT

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