Captain3: Halo games ranked

TheGreatQ 01.06.16	You missed 5 and Wars
smaugman 01.06.16	agreed
Spacesh1p 01.06.16	Halo 2 is the best Halo despite nostalgia for the original. Halo 2 is the best online console shooter of all time, especially in the younger days of Xbox Live when people gave a shit about their teams (more than now), most people talked and the community was way more involved.
Spacesh1p 01.06.16	Playing high level ranked TS matches was a huge rush.
SCREAM! 01.06.16	OG Halo is 1. 2 and 3 are basically tied Never played the rest
Nazzadan 01.06.16	Wew lad this list is all sorts of wrong. How can someone unironically think 2 is the second worst Halo game?
JWT155 01.06.16	Halo 2 all day erryday
evilford 01.06.16	meh
Spacesh1p 01.06.16	2 and 3 are tied? 2 is so far superior to 3 it's not even funny.
Nazzadan 01.06.16	2 is a buggy half finished game M$ made Bungie rush and it still straight shits on every single other Halo game
JWT155 01.06.16	ODST was essentially just an expansion on Halo 3, Reach made Halo into Call of Duty.
Spacesh1p 01.06.16	Nazz thank you my man.
JWT155 01.06.16	I miss the original days of Xbox Live
smaugman 01.06.16	halo 3 and reach are my favs
CicatrizESP 01.06.16	yeah you missed 5 wtf not saying that's a bad thing though, 5 is def the worst halo
ConcubinaryCode 01.06.16	How the series has fallen
JWT155 01.06.16	It's rated T for Teen, not interested.
Torontonian 01.06.16	Halo 3 career mode was the shit
Gameofmetal 01.06.16	ummm 1, 6, 2, 4, 3, 7 for me
JeetJeet 01.06.16	Just here to say Reach was great.
smaugman 01.06.16	halo 3 campaign was awesome fuck you
Source 01.06.16	It seems like pretty much anyone who started with 3 says it's the best, and that's most kids these days
Nazzadan 01.06.16	Yeah. 3 is top tier for sure but it has nothing on 2. IMO: God tier: 2 Top tier: 1, 3, ODST Great tier: 5's multiplayer Good tier: Reach Bad: 4, 5's campaign Not rating Wars because I remember it fondly but haven't played it recently, wheras the rest of the series (barring Reach) I played probably no more than a month ago
Spacesh1p 01.06.16	[2]
zakalwe 01.06.16	Most overrated game series ever.
Deathconscious 01.06.16	First place is correct. Best campaign, best multiplayer, and it also introduced theater and forge.
ConcubinaryCode 01.06.16	"It's rated T for Teen, not interested" Tbh I never understood why the games were rated m because they're really not overly violent and most don't even have language or blood. " Most overrated game series ever." This too. The single player components are so plain.
evilford 01.06.16	"Most overrated game series ever." this hard. always found this series pretty insipid
demigod! 01.06.16	I liked Halo 1 on PC the most, that was rad multiplayer. otherwise, eh.
Deathconscious 01.06.16	Actually halo 2 probably has best multiplayer but overall 3 is the best.
evilford 01.06.16	Master Chief is ever so slightly more interesting than GTA3 guy
JWT155 01.06.16	Eh I'd hardly call Halo over rated. Halo 1 was a fantastic shooter, Halo 2 is literally the playbook for every single online shooter around today and the cornerstone for Online Matchmaking, Halo 3 was fantastic and the rest have gone down hill but it deserves it's praise for what it did for gaming.
demigod! 01.06.16	master chiefs voice is so fuckin boring to listen to weird gripe but it bores me to tears
zakalwe 01.06.16	Master Chief is a tit. Cortana was a pompous slag, all the grunts were complete bellends, the Covenant were total morons, the flood or whatever it was was shit. Guybrush Threepwood >
demigod! 01.06.16	timesplitters>
evilford 01.06.16	ratchet & clank>
RogueNine 01.06.16	Reach will always be my favorite. 4 wasn't bad but that's where things started to lean towards a Treyarch game.
demigod! 01.06.16	yaw r&c so hard i mean i don't hate halo, multiplayer it can be a great time, but there's just much better out there imo
evilford 01.06.16	when halo came out and everyone and their mom was going nuts about it I was just like I don't get it
Anthracks 01.06.16	3 is the worst, easily.
Deathconscious 01.06.16	Never got the praise for timesplitters.
zakalwe 01.06.16	Same fordy. I thought it was going to herald in the new gaming era but it just felt so........flat.
evilford 01.06.16	yeah it's flashy but soulless
SpiritCrusher2 01.06.16	Halo 1, mostly because of nostalgia oh and Guybrush Threepwood > [2]
JWT155 01.06.16	evilford - play any other online console shooters before Halo 2? There was no such thing as matchmaking, you'd join random lobbies, random games, be kicked out by the host, have a really terrible connection, games would be lopsided between newbies and vets, it was chaos. Halo 2 was the first game to introduce ranking, matchmaking, specific game type searching, etc. It was pretty revolutionary at the time and something we take for granted now.
evilford 01.06.16	I've never been huge on fps' anyways. I mean I guess I get some people going nuts for some of the features but still as a series I stand by my comment of flashy and soulless. I'm personally looking for something more interesting in a video game. none of the Halo games I've ever played (1 through 3 I think) have ever held my interest for more than a half hour and there was never anything that was memorable to me, I pretty much forgot the series existed for 8-9 years before I saw this thread
TheSpaceMan 01.06.16	nice list idea, terrible ranking tho. I could go on for days about the entire series (probably my favorite series of all time), but instead I'm just gonna talk about the best... Halo 2 is easily one of the best FPS games ever, and my personal favorite. the campaign is fantastic, first three levels (Cairo Station thru Metropolis) are unfucking believable, the strongest start to any FPS aside from maybe the original HL. Just watch the bomb cutscene and how it leads into the perfectly designed Outskirts, which is probably the thesis level of Halo 2. the enemies are the best in Halo 2, because Elites are a thousand times harder and more fun to fight then the halo 3 space guerrillas and the garbage Prometheans and the ai in halo 2 might be the best in the entire series, even the more modern ones. The storyline is phenomenal and hugely surpasses any other halo game, even regarded as one of the best in the genre. the whole insight into the covenant was awesome and the human side of things felt more desperate then in any other halo (halo CE and 3 was more "go to this random place and push buttons, then watch as everything falls into place"). the addition of the arbiter did feel slightly rushed, but the only reason people claim the arbiter's missions suck is cause they are mostly against the flood and those tend to be the weaker levels in any halo (library and cortana are infinitely worse then a level like the oracle tho). and the cutscenes are so well done its borderline a movie (esp with the sexy anniversary overhall). Some of the best videogame dialogue is in this game. aside from the campaign, Halo 2's multiplayer broke more ground then anything else. you lived under a rock if you were a teen when it came out and never played it. matchmaking is now in everygame. it has the best collection of shooter maps ever, you search any ranked list of multiplayer maps and Lockout, Zanzibar, Midship or Sanctuary are gonna be in top 5. only maps that come close are Dust from CS or maybe gridlock from gears. MLG would not exists with halo 2 and its competitive play is downright awesome, with immense skill gaps and map callouts. but even casually the game is fun as fuck. BR starts with power weapons on the map is literally halo perfected. Halo 3 comes really close but somehow the halo 2 sandbox feels better and plays so much faster... they over simplified halo 3. so yeah... halo 2 is the shit, and its a shame you could even make a list where ass games like ODST and reach sit above it
zakalwe 01.06.16	Half-Life was mind blowing, the sequel was even more so.
evilford 01.06.16	holy shit
evilford 01.06.16	Half-Life was mind blowing [2] still is honestly. I still have it and play it on occasion.
TheSpaceMan 01.06.16	haha sorry guys wall of text rant cause I love halo, it was my life for awhile.
TheSpaceMan 01.06.16	Half Life is amazing yeah, how can you like that series and not even appreciate the OG Halo trilogy?
evilford 01.06.16	very carefully I guess idk
evilford 01.06.16	it just seemed so limitedly engaging
TheSpaceMan 01.06.16	I guess I feel that. they're equally as immersive imo tho, just in slightly different ways. HL does demand more attention which is why if you stick through it its much easier to "get". if you play halo like an alien killing simulator then you'll miss out on what it has to offer. fantastic storyline if you actually follow it, and if multiplayer is your thing then halo is a console FPS perfected in terms of balance and skill. its the golden age of XBL and I highly doubt any game could bring back that level of play for consoles. not saying its dead, but its definitely peaked.
evilford 01.06.16	also, I appreciate the massive love for Halo, I just have never found it very rewarding personally
CalculatingInfinity 01.06.16	"the campaign is fantastic, first three levels (Cairo Station thru Metropolis) are unfucking believable" Not on legendary ;-;
Snake. 01.06.16	halo 4 was boring as fuck
Nazzadan 01.06.16	Half Life 1: Immersive and groundbreaking scripted sequences that take place in engine, adding new depth to first person shooters and gaming as a whole. Halo 1-2 (I guess 3 maybe): groundbreaking FPS game play and multiplayer, also maybe accidentally gave birth to regenerating health but at least in Halo it was implemented well Both are great sci-fi series that are well deserving of their accolades. "Not on legendary ;-;" Cairo legendary is the hardest level in the game by a large margin when speedrunning. Ugh, at least you get it out of the way early
TheSpaceMan 01.06.16	"Cairo legendary is the hardest level in the game by a large margin when speedrunning. Ugh, at least you get it out of the way early" what nahhh. its def up there, but regret and gravemind are 1000x harder, and I personally find metropolis harder for speedrunning. I love speedrunning halo 2 on legendary and do it all the time. I was 90th in the world for a run on High Charity for awhile, and I'm in the top 200 in the world on the leaderboards for almost every level
TheSpaceMan 01.06.16	cairo just comes down to the plasma pistol + BR for the two hangar rooms where the boarders come in. its actually one of the more fun levels to run in my opinion cause its one of the few that come down to how fast you can kill the elites
CalculatingInfinity 01.06.16	For me the 3rd level was the worst in the game, a fucking nightmare. Trying to kill those Banshees with the Scorpion, and that giant garden with all the snipers plus the Wraith.
CalculatingInfinity 01.06.16	Cairo wasn't a light intro at all but I thought it was manageable.
Nazzadan 01.06.16	Cairo just gives me so much trouble on legendary. I go in ready for some legendary attempts, get mad and then just do an easy run to get a full game run in. I'm not top 200 material on any level though except Gravemind easy, I think I cracked top 150 in that for a bit
TheSpaceMan 01.06.16	haha nice congrats on the gravemind run. yeah cairo doesnt let you off easy no doubt, theres no power weapons aside from the sword if you force a white elite to pull it out. I love playing through gravemind, but speedrunning it is just insane to me. its sooo long and pretty difficult at some parts. mostly just the beginning (even with the despawn glitches) and the prison block. not having any human weapons through the entire level doesnt help either. then again I only run legendary cause with easy I feel it comes down the walking the shortest possible path and since its near impossible to get killed theres not much room for error in making a perfect route. I doubt I could crack top 500 on most levels on easy tbh
TheSpaceMan 01.06.16	wait a zealot spawns with a sword in the 2nd hangar fight, I have no idea how I forgot about that lol its crucial to the run on the halo 2 classic version cause of sword flying
Nazzadan 01.06.16	Yeah easy is super optimized and its "easy" to go from top 200 on a level to top 500 my making a mistake that costs you not evel 5 seconds. I will eventually get bored of easy and start running legendary as my primary run.
TheSpaceMan 01.06.16	exactly, I like the wiggle room legendary gives you. sure its frustrating and often times borderlines impossibly difficult, but theres a feeling of awesomeness when you perfectly snipe all the jackals at the beginning of regret and land the god despawn on the gondola like you're fucking rambo
evilford 01.06.16	you're fucking rambo? :D
TheSpaceMan 01.06.16	yeah without lube its intense af
Nazzadan 01.06.16	He drew first blood
Spacesh1p 01.07.16	SpaceMan, you're the man. Thank you for taking the type to write pretty much exactly what I think about H2.
Deathconscious 01.07.16	Just one thing though, idk how halo 3 is oversimplified, unless youre talking about the story maybe.
Nazzadan 01.07.16	3 was a great game, I wouldn't call it oversimplified. It added mechanics over 2 like all the power shield, cloak, etc. and carrying turrets. It just wasn't an improvement over 2. Gameplay just wasn't as tight, I'd say the multiplayer was worse for the absence of the BR. Game was drop-dead gorgeous though, 2 looked dated the day it came out.
AnimalsAsSummit 01.07.16	combat evolved is 1
ShadowRemains 01.07.16	"Never got the praise for timesplitters." because they are objectively awesome also because they may have the best collection of weapons ever in a FPS
Deathconscious 01.07.16	Im talking about halo 3, not number 3 on the list.
Nazzadan 01.07.16	Yeah I know I was talking about Halo 3, sorry I probably shouldn't have just been saying 3 and 2
Spacesh1p 01.07.16	Now I really want to play some Halo. RIP Halo 2 XBL.
JWT155 01.07.16	Halo 2 online around when the map packs came out was the peak of online console gaming.
wwf 01.07.16	Halo 2 is my favorite. Maybe because nostalgia, maybe not.
Spacesh1p 01.07.16	It was the best, for sure. Playing double team and TS matchmaking was pure, unadulterated fun.
Nazzadan 01.07.16	The thing 2 had down that no other Halo seems to have captured (5 comes close) is the time to kill. The TTK feels perfect, better than any other FPS
Spacesh1p 01.07.16	Totally agreed. You always felt powerful and vulnerable in balance. Except for a few total weapon mismatches, but there's nothing like SMGing down that asshole with the rockets.
Deathconscious 01.08.16	@nazzadan oh i thought you were talking about reach cause halo 3 does have the BR.
romulanrancor 01.08.16	1 is 1
Rolling Girl 01.08.16	Halo 2 and ODST were my favorites by far. 4 felt like a COD game. "Tbh I never understood why the games were rated m because they're really not overly violent and most don't even have language or blood. " [2]
Deathconscious 01.08.16	All the games have blood, and the flood display gore.
SCREAM! 01.08.16	Not sure how you can say that a game that 100% consists of shooting things isn't "overly violent"
Nazzadan 01.08.16	I think Adolf is right, it might be the flood that pushes 1-3 over the top, 4 I'm not sure why it got M.
Rolling Girl 01.08.16	I guess, but I never thought of the Flood as "gore" until Halo 3. Even then, that's nothing compared to games like Gears of War.
Calc 01.08.16	its cuz you can shoot a dead body and blood keeps splurting out, that's why the games were rated M
dbizzles 01.08.16	Halo 2 is the best Halo despite nostalgia for the original. Halo 2 is the best online console shooter of all time, especially in the younger days of Xbox Live when people gave a shit about their teams (more than now), most people talked and the community was way more involved. [2]
evilford 01.08.16	"Not sure how you can say that a game that 100% consists of shooting things isn't "overly violent"" haha yeah.....
ZippaThaRippa 01.08.16	I mean it isn't like people are being violently dismembered like in other shooters ie Gears of War. The blood looks like smoothie, the aliens make silly noises when they die etc.
BeyondCosby 01.08.16	Halo Reach had the best story and the best mutliplayer.
SCREAM! 01.08.16	Blood/gore is a separate issue imo. Any way you look at it shooting+killing is violent and that's all the game is. Don't get me wrong, I love Halo 1-3, but saying they aren't overly violent is a little lol
Calc 01.08.16	overly violent is manhunt or hatred this game is simply violent
Nazzadan 01.08.16	Yeah, Halo is good old fashioned vanilla violent without any additional flavors. You shoot stuff, they die. You punch stuff they die. 5 has over the top executions and somehow that's the one rated T lol
Spacesh1p 01.08.16	"Halo Reach had best multiplayer" Confirmed 12 year old, if you were alive to play 2 you'd never think that
Devastator 01.08.16	"Halo Reach had best multiplayer" Are you joshing me right now? You must be joshing me.
Nazzadan 01.08.16	I think he is joshing you. I can understand someone saying 3's multiplayer is the best or actually even 5's, but anything beyond 2, 3 or 5 is just a weird answer
Rolling Girl 01.08.16	Reach does have great multiplayer and forge world is really cool, but Halo 2 is easily my favorite.
Devastator 01.08.16	I enjoyed Reach's MP but to say it's the best is pretty insane.
ZippaThaRippa 01.08.16	ODST is pretty underrated. It introduced Firefight which was basically the best thing ever and the campaign was fun in its own right. Those silenced SMGs were the tits.
Rolling Girl 01.08.16	Also being able to free roam the city was pretty sweet. I remember the feeling of utter loneliness I had when I first played the game.
CalculatingInfinity 01.08.16	Glad to see some love for ODST, rules.
ZippaThaRippa 01.08.16	Well now I need to play it
ShadowRemains 01.09.16	spartan laser >>>
Piglet 01.09.16	Yeah ODST Firefight was just brilliant fun. Nothing could beat Halo 1 though, the definition of a perfect FPS for those Blood Gulch sniper battles alone
Captain3 10.20.22	Yeah I still wouldn’t change this
mkmusic1995 10.20.22	ODST was my introduction and led to hours and hours of fun so it holds a special place for me. I've since only played the first one, the third one and reach, all very solid
mrdogthrow 10.20.22	3>reach>2>odst>1>>>4>>infinite>>>>>5 at least for campaigns
BMDrummer 10.20.22	how the fuck is halo 2 that low
CygnusX1 10.20.22	Swap 2 and reach and that's good. Infinite is so unbelievably horrible, hard to imagine 5 is any worse
mrdogthrow 10.20.22	infinite was cool at first and the gameplay is fun but 343 cannot write a decent story to save themselves.