Vakarian12: Halo Games Ranked

sblevins95 02.22.13	Pretty much right but Reach would be around 5 to me, the campaign wasn't too great, but yeah ODST is awesome
Hep Kat 02.22.13	I don't even like halo and I know this list is waaaay wrong
bach 02.22.13	6 is mad fucking low.
Basman 02.22.13	Halo 2 is the game i played the most by far.
SabertoothMonocle 02.22.13	Bungie had to chop the third act of Halo 2 off to make deadline. It should be low on a "purely campaign" ranking. so SUCK ON THAT
fish. 02.22.13	nope 7 3 2 5 4 6 1
MichaelSnoxall 02.22.13	nope [2] 6 4 1 3 5 7 2
MichaelSnoxall 02.22.13	My order is from best to worst, by the way. 6 being the best and 2 being the worst.
MichaelSnoxall 02.22.13	"Bungie had to chop the third act of Halo 2 off to make deadline. It should be low on a "purely campaign" ranking. so SUCK ON THAT" And its campaign is still stellar and absolutely dominates all other installments in the series.
Havey 02.22.13	lol at people itt underrating the reach campaign because of how much they hated the multiplayer good job list maker, you got 1 and 2 right
fish. 02.22.13	I liked the multiplayer more than the campaign. Tacky, grit-less mess
MichaelSnoxall 02.22.13	The Reach campaign was good, I'm not rating any of these games based on their multiplayer though. I consider multiplayer to be a different game entirely. If I were rating multiplayer, I'd go: 4/3 6 7 2 1 5
fish. 02.22.13	3's campaign was good but it was ridiculously short
MichaelSnoxall 02.22.13	It was good enough to make up for the shortness. CE was ultimately the worst because of how buggy and poorly designed it was, but it deserves props for what it did to revitalise the FPS genre. And ultimately destroy the FPS genre.
fish. 02.22.13	are you kidding did you even play assault on the control room. Such an incredible level. That and the truth and reconciliation I'd play over and over.
Vakarian12 02.22.13	I ranked 2's campaign so low becuase it disappointed me the most. It was short, it wasn't as epic as the trailers and interviews made it out to be and it had that cliff hanger ending. Sure it was fun, but disappointing.
MichaelSnoxall 02.22.13	"are you kidding did you even play assault on the control room. Such an incredible level. That and the truth and reconciliation I'd play over and over." The only amazing level in CE was the first level where you encounter the Flood. The rest of the game is like "How to Copy and Paste a Room Thirty Times 101"
fish. 02.22.13	no
MichaelSnoxall 02.22.13	I don't know what you're "no"ing. Play the game, there a very few levels where they don't copy and paste the exact same room design at least five times. It's so confusing having to fight the same enemies in the exact same rooms to progress through a level. The game's fun, but it's full of bugs and the lazy level design gets really annoying.
fish. 02.22.13	the library is awful to be fair but all games reuse parts and just for the pure intensity, action and atmosphere Halo CE is the best
fish. 02.22.13	and it's no worse than in the other Halo games
MichaelSnoxall 02.22.13	Nah, not all games. Every following Halo game had progressive level design that didn't stick you in what seemed like a never ending void of samey rooms. The Library is of course the worst offender in CE, but not the only one. Not only do they just copy/paste rooms in most of the levels, but they make you go back to those same areas in other levels and they're just as samey as they were the first damn time.
MichaelSnoxall 02.22.13	"and it's no worse than in the other Halo games" I implore you to actually go and play the original CE, then go play Halo 2 or 3 afterwards. then try and tell me I'm wrong.
fish. 02.22.13	The whole game series is based round uniform forerunner settings
fish. 02.22.13	either way it's irrelevant cos it's an incredible game, and actually those aspects just make the setting feel even more immense and desolate, something which was missing from the following games
MichaelSnoxall 02.22.13	Well, Halo 2 was set mostly on Earth. And Halo 3. And Halo: Reach was on Reach. And Halo 3: ODST was on Earth. Halo 4 was on a Forerunner planet and it still kept building design and environment design fresh. What I'm saying is, CE is a great game, and has a few stellar levels, but every other level is pretty much copy/paste extravaganza. Level 1: Cool unique room to wake up in. Break out. Go to bridge, bridge is unique. Leave bridge: BAM! rest of the level is just fill with the exact same copy/pasted corridors with blue and red tanks standing around for cover, and occasionally you backtrack through some pitch-black "alleyways" in the ship. Level 2: on the Halo ring. Pretty much just the exact same grassy canyon with a stream down the middle. You go through a cave with copy/pasted corridors. You go to a cool light bridge, that doesn't last long. Back into the same boring canyon. Ooh, that part of the canyon has rocks and a structure identical to the other four structures you visit to save the marines who crashed! Next level: Oh look, a beach! Doesn't last long, all of a sudden you're in an underground forerunner building with copy/pasted rooms! Don't get lost in between all the identical grey walls! Next level: OH MY GOD WE'RE IN AN OUSIDE AREA AT NIGHT. THIS IS COOL. GREAT LEVEL DESIGN, UNIQUE FEEL 5/5 WOULD PLAY AGAIN Next level: In a Covenant spaceship. big, empty room with purple walls. Go down corridors that are identical. This level seems to go on forever because of how fucking boring the design is. And you revisit that god damn space ship in another level. Like holy fuck. I don't want to bother going through the rest of the campaign.
Vakarian12 02.22.13	Its not as bad as you're making it out to be Snoxy Pillar Of Autumn: Undertstandable. Its a ship. Halo: No reused rooms. Truth and Reconciliation: First half of the level - No reused rooms/area. Second half - reuses room. Understandable. Its a ship. The Silent Cartographer - Reused no areas/rooms. The map room/complex had about 4-5 unique rooms. Assault on the Control Room - Yeah, reused alot of rooms. The huge outdoors fights made up for it though. 343 Guilt Spark - Reused a few rooms. Made up for it with amazing atmosphere and the battle where you lead 10 marines through the swamp with Flood jumping out from all angles. Seriously, that fight is the best in the series. The Library - No arguments. Two Betrayals - Cut and paste of AotCR with a few 'new' areas. Keyes - Same as Truth and Reconiliation with a new swampy area filled with flood + covenant battles. The Maw - Cut and paste of Pillar of Autumn with some new rooms. Made up for it with the Warthog run
MichaelSnoxall 02.22.13	It's not understandable because it's a ship, because the level design on every other game has excelled in those areas. It's still a great game, but the copy/paste level design annoys me and the glitchy game mechanics leave me just wanting to play its more refined sequels.
Vakarian12 02.22.13	then I guess its more down to preference. I get what you're saying from a gameplay perspective, but Personally I've never, ever had a problem with its reusing of rooms and textures. The game is still fun and when we get right down to it, thats what really matters. And I've never expierenced any bugs/glitches in CE. This is actually the first time I've seen anyone say something of the sort.
wabbit 02.22.13	1 and 4 unquestionably had the best campaigns 2 had the best multiplayer 3 was pretty even reach was horrible
MichaelSnoxall 02.22.13	Really? The original game has a few annoying ones. Delayed reaction times to melee attacks, a bug where you can't run for a couple of seconds after making a decent sized jump/fall, etc.
MichaelSnoxall 02.22.13	1's campaign was almost the worst.
curseworship 02.22.13	I thought the Halo 4 campaign was great, didn't bother with the multiplayer
Gyromania 02.22.13	halo 2 and 4 are miles ahead of 3
Vakarian12 02.22.13	I've never had any delayed reactions with melee. And I never thought that was a bug, it just seemed to fit in. I guess its one of those games I've played and love that much I'm not seeing these things as annoying.
Vakarian12 02.22.13	'I thought the Halo 4 campaign was great' it was. the first time through.
curseworship 02.22.13	I don't play games through over and over except in very special cases.
wabbit 02.22.13	The Promethean AI was the best console AI I've ever seen
Gyromania 02.22.13	reach is a lot better than odst and halo 3. prob halo 2 as well.
curseworship 02.22.13	Considering Halo 2 is the best Halo I'm going to say that is false
foxxxythnksustnk 02.22.13	agree with list except never played odst
fish. 02.22.13	the campaigns basically turned into a short string of CoD style shop-window action
wabbit 02.22.13	I don't see how that's true. Halo 2 was the closest to a corridor shooter. Halo 4 was almost entirely big open rooms with multiple paths. Closer to Crysis 2 than anything.
Havey 02.22.13	CE is the only campaign i happily revisit every once in a while partially this is because of the difficulty, seriously, the sequels were waaaay too easy (sure, halo 2 was challenging as well, but for retarded reasons... worst AI the franchise has ever seen). Halo 3 was a fucking bore, even on legendary, i think i died like what, 2 times? also how come nobody has mentioned the soundtrack??? the soundtrack was brilliant and the main reason as to why the sequels could never touch CE in terms of immersion
ZilbelPing 02.22.13	List is so wrong. Halo 2 Halo:CE Halo 3 Halo 3: ODST Halo 4 Halo: Reach
Havey 02.22.13	encounter design is another reason why CE is the best, Halo 2 was full of poorly set up encounters
wabbit 02.22.13	Havey knows what's up. Halo 2 really just had brilliant multiplayer maps and the battle rifle.
Havey 02.22.13	zilbel u suck seriously you're all fucking overrating h2 ugh
Havey 02.22.13	ty rabbit
wabbit 02.22.13	I mean halo 2 is without a doubt the best multiplayer console shooter ever But the campaign was really weak after the first couple maps
fish. 02.22.13	I don't mean corridor shooters. I mean short little segments where you try a little bit of firing from an elephant, a little bit of time on this vehicle etc. It completely lost its depth
DotEight 02.22.13	Couldn't ever get into Halo or Call of Duty. Only FPS I stayed playing was Counter-Strike.
zxlkho 02.22.13	Holy shit lol this ranking. CE 2 3 4 ODST Reach a steaming pile of shit Wars
Acanthus 02.22.13	CE 2 3 Reach ODST Wars Never played 4.
BallsToTheWall 02.22.13	Halo is a franchise that overextended it's stay. 1 and 2 are pure classics.
ViralOblivion 02.22.13	It didn't overstay its a money maker for Microsoft it'll be around for a LONG time better stop bitching now
Madbutcher3 02.22.13	The original is pretty good but really console fps aren't that great. Credit to Reach for being the best of the ones after the original I guess.
BallsToTheWall 02.22.13	"It didn't overstay" False motherfucker..
Acanthus 02.22.13	I enjoy Bungie as a studio; regardless of platform I think Halo would have been great anyway. Here's hoping Destiny isn't ruined by too much Activision intervention.
ViralOblivion 02.22.13	Whether you think it's overstay doesn't really matter Halo will always be around so like I said stop bitching about it and accept it every company has their own franchise that's the money maker for them
Zamora 02.22.13	Halo 4 had the best campaign since 1 and 2.
curseworship 02.22.13	I don't think it overstayed its welcome, I do think new life needed to be breathed into the franchise, which I thought 343 did pretty well.
AngelofDeath 02.22.13	Agree with your 1 and 2. Reach has the second best campaign and the best multiplayer. 4's multiplayer is garbage.
zxlkho 02.22.13	Halo is fascinating because of how Bungie both created and destroyed one of the best game series ever.
heyadam 02.22.13	4 is so good.
Kris. 02.22.13	halo as a franchise is shit except for CE so who cares
Sauce 02.22.13	odst was so boring i didn't even bother finishing it.
AngelofDeath 02.22.13	1. CE - Just has an atmosphere unto itself. 2. Reach - Incredible environments. Fantastic campaign and multiplayer. The level of customization options in Reach's multiplayer never should have been scrapped. 3. 3 - Great campaign that takes a lot from the original while still seeming fresh with great environments and great level variation. Multiplayer is also pretty solid with some of the best maps in the series. 4. 4 - Pretty good story and a great campaign. Multiplayer eats dick with CoD worship. The Needler and Incineration Cannon are ridiculously overpowered. 5. 2 - Fantastic multiplayer. Probably the strongest story contributions. Pretty enjoyable campaign overall. 6. ODST - Weapons sucked. Characters were lame. Story wasn't particularly interesting. Exploring the city in between actual missions was extremely monotonous. 7. Wars - Not an RTS fan anyway, but this just wasn't good.
Kris. 02.22.13	dang i kinda really want to dig out my old xbox and see if it works and play CE and 2 or just download them on my pc idk but dang now i really wanna play em
FigNewtns 02.22.13	Halo CE > Halo 2 > Halo 3 >> Halo ODST > Halo 4 >>> Halo Reach >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Halo Wars
MikeC26 02.22.13	hell no. halo 2 had the best online of any game ever
keyokeyo 02.22.13	This is insulting to true Halo players
Kris. 02.22.13	all of those 13 year old true halo players out there would be so insulted agreed
wabbit 02.22.13	Angel Reach's multiplayer was objectively bad it's why the competitive scene died so hard.
Kris. 02.22.13	how was the multiplayer bad? hasn't it all been the same since 3?
Kris. 02.22.13	and mind you i haven't actually played a halo game since 3 because they all look so bad now and 3 was so bad i gave up on the franchise
Acanthus 02.22.13	Nope, loadouts and perks changed a lot of things.
Kris. 02.22.13	oh so they started imitating CoD
wabbit 02.22.13	yeah pretty much. Also they did something with the shooting/ bloom that wrecked it.
Acanthus 02.22.13	Later on yes; Reach was the start with the various power armor/sprint/jet pack abilities and 4 went even farther than that. Caused problems for people who enjoyed the more balanced matchmaking of the older games (4 has the power weapons swap spawns, you can call in ammo and weapon drops to your location).
Kris. 02.22.13	i love CoDs multiplayer tho. guilty pleasure. i'm actually good at it so eh :3
curseworship 02.22.13	lol what the fuck is a trve Halo fan
AngelofDeath 02.22.13	Psh, Reach's multiplayer is the fucking best. I like the bloom dynamic. It takes away from the spray-and-pray-ers.
andcas 02.22.13	I thought every game was the same old shit.
Kris. 02.22.13	13 year olds who love shouting nigger and faggot into their mic when they die THEY ARE TRVE
Acanthus 02.22.13	Reach was still a lot of fun, I enjoyed the maps a lot.
curseworship 02.22.13	"13 year olds who love shouting nigger and faggot into their mic when they die" so everyone on Xbox Live? Apparently they've all fucked my mom, that dirty whore
ImmortalPaper 02.22.13	Let's not forget the "Bungie made Reach shit on purpose" conspiracy.
fish. 02.22.13	"Reach has the second best campaign" no no no no no no no no no no Halo 2 has both my favourite and my least favourite halo levels, but it's campaign is 2nd best behind CE's
fish. 02.22.13	for a while I considered it my favourite
Kris. 02.22.13	that's why i love PSN over XBL. ps3s aren't shipped with headsets so no one has any and it's nice and peaceful when i kill people
fish. 02.22.13	Since when are 360's shipped with headsets?
wabbit 02.22.13	yeah but xbox live you just use party chat and you can only here your friends. It's like skype but you get to kill things
Kris. 02.22.13	"Since when are 360's shipped with headsets?" i got one with both of the ones i bought back in the day
fish. 02.22.13	"i got one with both of the ones i bought back in the day" huh. weird to be honest, I don't think I've ever heard a post pubescent voice on Halo. Every time someone speaks through the headset it's a kid
Kris. 02.22.13	ive come across maybe 3 or 4 kids on PSN in the 3 years i've had my ps3 its fucking glorious
andcas 02.22.13	mychildren mybride and escape the fate wrote a song about halo. how cool can it possibly be?
curseworship 02.22.13	Whenever I play video games I'm way too baked to get too mad about anything
Kris. 02.22.13	i always get really pissed off but thats cuz of the irish in me we're hot-headed people
fish. 02.22.13	Every Halo game there's at least one or more "0000", "117" or "N00B"
curseworship 02.22.13	^why I never play online
Zamora 02.22.13	Halo 4 online kind of sucks but it's still fun. Reach's on the other hand was just awful; armor lock and bloom ruined it.
JumpTheShark 02.22.13	Halo 4 is super low on this list. 343 did a fantastic job with that game, and it is just awesome. Easily should be swapped with ODST (which is basically a 60 dollar expansion)
Zamora 02.22.13	ODST had dat music though...
Atari 02.22.13	haven't played halo since halo 2
andcas 02.22.13	learn to better game.
fromtheinside 02.22.13	i'll never understand the hype for this game. you jump for 20 hours and it's sooooo annoying
andcas 02.22.13	no one appreciates the classics anymore.
fromtheinside 02.22.13	i don't like space
Emim 02.22.13	Halo 2 is worse than you all think and Halo 4 is better than you all think
andcas 02.22.13	I don't like halo. I'm on your side.
Mickeymau5 02.22.13	h2 rules
MichaelSnoxall 02.22.13	Halo Wars rules
Calc 02.22.13	you guys need to broaden your horizons. the new metal gear game rules btw.
TooLateToGoBack 02.22.13	Halo Wars rules [2] this so much. I probably spent around 100 hours playing with friends online. was a good day when I finally hit General.