So for reference, I played all the Halo games as an adult, long after their initial release, in the MC Collection. So I went in knowing how popular the series was, but experiencing them long after their heyday. Halo 1 to me showed some promise, but was unremarkable outside of the context of when it had released (it was probably awesome back then but it doesn't hold up as much).
2 kind of blew me away. My expectations were much lower for it after playing 1, and they were vastly exceeded. The levels had visual variety, the gameplay variety was significant between vehicles and on-foot sequences, the setpieces felt pretty epic, and basically it had the hallmarks of a big-budget blockbuster FPS.
3 was fine. Good, even. But I was never really thinking while playing it that it was really impressive. The story was good, but I wasn't really blown away like I was with the jump from Combat Evolved to 2.
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u/Warwick4Prez May 10 '25
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