Every Halo Campaign Ranked Worst to Best

In this video, I rank the Halo campaigns from best to worst. I don't count spinoffs like Halo Wars or Spartan Assault, just the FPS games from Bungie and 343.
Obviously, this video is just my opinion and y'all can feel free to share yours as well.
Next up on the channel: another speedrun video.

[@Imhuntingfrru]

Halo reach was my favorite campaign, but halo 3's final mission with my brother driving and me being on the turret was my favorite memory

[@doktawhawee9870]

The finalie of Halo 3 is quite possibly the best end segment of any game ever.

[@emilianogutierrez3053]

I have shared this exact same experience

[@maroulakosftw2031]

@@emilianogutierrez3053 me too man, plating split screen halo ce, reach, odst and 3 with my brother will forever be some of the best memories

[@The.jokes.on.you1997]

Same bro great memories

[@icbm7]

Halo CE has the element of "discovery" and the plot twist is amazing. I love the end where you are running through 3 way battles of the Covenant, Flood and the Monitors minions.

[@kamelkadri2843]

Halo CE Felt mysterious, sometimes its funny other time scary, a true adventure something no other Halo game has , the rest do feel like video games where Halo 1 just immersive so amazing

[@HugoStiglitz88]

Yes but it also sucks in some ways. Especially when playing solo some of the levels are way too long Honestly it feels like a chore to get through unlike the other halo campaigns that actually have decent pacing

[@greghuffman3061]

whats the twist again?

[@quanhittersupreme6738]

@@greghuffman3061 That Halo doesn’t target the Flood specifically and instead kills any potential host.

[@bluex217]

@@kamelkadri2843 "Final Run" is literally my favorite gaming moment of all time.. although there's some nostalgia along with that but

[@LilacVeritas]

I'm a big fan of Halo: Reach, I just love the sandbox with the armour abilities, the diverse weapons and enemies. The Brutes have a solid place in the sandbox and get around the shield issue by having armour lock. All the Covenant have really strong visuals, like difference between Jackals and Skirmishers. I love the story of Reach getting slowly overrun. Also has my favourite weapon, the Needler Rifle. But really all the Bungie Halos are good, I have a soft spot for Reach but they're all fantastic.

[@fusiongamer5918]

same I grew up with halo reach

[@jamiemcerlain5897]

The tone of Reach is just perfect, really gave you a sense of what it actually means to be in a genocidal war of survival against a seemingly unstoppable force. Sacrifice and pure dread

[@HugoStiglitz88]

Reach is great for it's ending

[@EJN64]

Only Halo title where the Brutes fit into the sandbox neatly imo

[@jessewhite2879]

And you got fuc*in takedowns

[@TheBabyBjorn]

Something interesting to note about Halo CE's balance. For CE Bungie went through the game and fine-tuned every single enemy encounter for each of the 4 difficulties. Tuning behaviour, spawns, how many enemies etc. As opposed to Halo 2 where the development was rushed and they just gave the enemies more health and damage the higher the difficulty, hence the infamous sniper jackals.

[@TackyPaladin]

ODST will forever be my favorite. An unpopular take sure, but I just think its neat. I love the ambiance, the music, the level design for me is always fun. Being Dutch and meeting up with all the marines to push back an assault will always be memorable to me

[@Lucas12v]

It also has the best trailer of any video game in my opinion.

[@kuleneko]

the reason it’s my favorite game of all time is because it doesn’t have a single level i dislike, they’re all designed very well.

[@thegeth4293]

The game itself was good not amazing, the soundtrack is one of the top 3 in gaming history, for me

[@spearmintvr7169]

​@@kulenekolibrary?

[@The7DirtyWords]

ik a lot of people have ODST in their top 3

[@ImAnA--hole]

My favourite is Halo Reach. The missions felt unique from the other games, the gameplay felt fun for me but I can see how others wouldn't like it as much. But the biggest thing that sold the game for me was when you first encounter the field marshals. When that music kicks in and your ordered to chase them gives me tingles just thinking about it.

[@curry_bandwagon1031]

It’s awsome

[@Crakaddict]

Reach was my first and i loved the idea of playing with teamates when i was on 360 with no live so i didnt feel alone and i cried when emile and carter died because they were always the nice and funny ones😭

[@Stairsarehard]

I enjoyed Reach as well although i had already read The Fall of Reach so i knew what was coming.

[@zachtaylor5312]

Halo 2 for me. I remember getting it at the midnight launch back in 2004. Played it all night literally. Love the Halo 2 combat and gunplay

[@ZOOMONETAPS]

That game made me bust so many times memories 😭

[@darkwhite1259]

@@ZOOMONETAPS uh what?

[@GORILLA_PIMP]

Hahahaha i love it

[@knickknackpattywack]

​@@darkwhite1259me too. Game makes me cum, what can I say

[@Trancymind]

I wish I played Halo 2 online on launch. At least I started playing Halo 2 online in late 2006.

[@kevinscott3047]

One thing I love about CE is the aura of mystery around it, especially in the first half. What is this ring? Who built it? Why was it built? What secrets does it contain? Even though I know the answers to those questions, that feeling of mystery isn't diminished for me. Plus the vast majority of it actually takes place on a Halo so there's that lol

[@Bigboyjarvis]

i think the use of the word "filler" is a little wrong here.

[@genuinesaucy]

Me and my BFF played through every Bungie-developed Halo game on Legendary last month, and we saved Halo 2 for last because we knew it was by far the hardest, so we considered it the "final boss" of our Halo marathon. We both thought it was going to be extremely frustrating, especially with Iron skull automatically on, and I figured we'd probably just give up at some point. But, no, it turned out to be the absolute most fun we have ever fucking had playing Halo together. Forcing both of you to survive until the next checkpoint means you HAVE to play tactical as hell, and it really tests your bond as both friends and teammates. It was so much fun it made me curious what the rest of the games are like in Iron co-op, but we're pretty Halo'd out right now.

[@user-ex1yk6ky5o]

Tell your boyfriend he is one of luckiest men on earth.

[@Moldy_Apple]

Me and my buddy just did it in order of Halo 1-3 and playing 3 after 2 was a really nice break lol

[@mehemynxm6974]

A weird thing about ODST, if you use mod tools you can make weapons silent by literally checking a box. Meaning you can play through ODST with actually silenced weapons with somewhat decent stealth. It's odd to me thst bungie never took that option.

[@LuckySevens]

The OG will always be my favorite. So replayable and so much fun. It's Halo in it's most pure state.

[@AgentXRifle]

This

[@OtterPup_]

It’s cemented in my brain because it was my first first person shooter I played also my first all nighter. I was like 8 lol

[@lewisfane1924]

This but HR hunters.

[@xzcrimzonomegazx9143]

What you said describe Halo 2 for me. I played Combat Evolved about a year ago and it does not hold up it definitely shows its age...started to piss me off towards the end. Halo 2 however, *chef's kiss* Legendary may be completely unfair but there's just no more fun than headshoting an elite either in a moving ghost or On the Run especially when they do the backflip.

[@LuckySevens]

@@xzcrimzonomegazx9143 Halo 2 is awesome too, but I definitely think CE still holds up well. And I'm talking about the original graphics btw. Not a fan of anniversary. Halo 2 anniversary is solid though. But yeah I'm not sure what part of it doesn't hold up in your opinion.

[@hayds1177]

I have to disagree with saying that combat evolved has a well balanced weapon sandbox, while every weapon is usable, the magnum and plasma pistol, and the shotgun are objectively far better than any other weapon

[@Lucas12v]

You're correct but i don't mind a game having some guns be more useful than others as long as it doesn't make the game less fun.

[@ethanbenson]

Nah. The ar, plasma rifle, sniper and rockets all have a place. In particular, the ability to quick camo super fast with the plasma rifle is big as well as being able to drain shields and slow enemies. Ar is good for flood levels to get rid of popcorn flood and also for generally finishing off enemies (and double melee). Sniper and rockets I think speak for themselves

[@mehemynxm6974]

It has the most balanced sandbox in the series and it's not even close. Nothing conflicts with another weapons role. Pistol: precision weapon, very powerful, the utility weapon of the game Assualt rifle: good source of ballistic damage for enemies like the grunts and the flood, it also has the fastest melee speed. Incentives it's role as what you swap to after breaking a shield or in close quarters. Shotgun: very powerful weapon, but has a long reload, shorter clip size and very slow melee. Also has less prevalent ammo Sniper: outclasses the pistol in range and damage. But, like the shotgun, very slow melee and also useless against flood (though that is afaik an accident) Rocket Launcher: limited ammo but incredibly powerful. Has no competition in the game, unlike in later entries. Plasma pistol: a perfect compliment to the pistol, take time to charge and are rewarded with stripped shields, but the battery charge means you have to constantly look for replacements Plasma rifle: allows for a more sustainable shield stripper, while also having a decent melee. As well as slowing down enemies hit by it's projectiles. Needler: probably the least fitting in terms of a defined role, it has a high investment for a big payoff. But that means you burn through ammo fast.

[@hayds1177]

@@mehemynxm6974 all of that is irrelevant when the pistol can do majority of those jobs

[@mehemynxm6974]

@@hayds1177 it can't? It's far worse at fighting flood infection forms. It strips shields slower, it doesn't slow enemies or help with power ups and it doesn't have as fast a melee. All of this is exacerbated as you go higher in difficulty. Particularly with skulls. Halo 2 and 3 have far worse sandboxes. Literally everything in 3 dies in 1 melee or a few BR bursts. And halo 2 has complete reliance on the BR as well.

[@cashthompson1490]

All of this was rated pretty perfectly. I also love that you addressed ODST being exactly what it was meant to be, not a main story but an additionally side story. It was just an add on which I think a lot of people forget about

[@g.williams2047]

I really like ODST I just wish I felt like I wasn’t playing a Spartan. A lot of the open map feels set up for stealth, and the levels you play as the rookie with the exception of the last one all feel stealth oriented. Just fix that and it’s a great game. Keep the gameplay the same in the rest of the campaign levels where you are playing as the rest of the squad though.

[@jamesy2301]

Halo CE, Halo 3 & Halo 2 are my top 3. First experiencing Halo with CE was amazing! And the adrenaline rush i got from 343 Guilty Spark, Keyes and the Maw. Will never forget it.

[@CardDontShoot]

That final confrontation in halo 2 with the Arbiter is still amazing. Hearing Spark speak on what happened to the forerunners while the tragic music plays. Perfection.

[@flightkidd123]

Halo 2 is my first halo game and I do not regret it, beat the campaign so many times as a kid because I didn’t have online and I was still Satisfied lol the remastered is just a masterpiece for me

[@SkimeLP]

I am so glad that I found your channel a few weeks ago! Keep up the nice content! 🔥

[@thisIsFunnyLolz]

What’s so great about the bungie era is that each game is quite distinct but still very good if not incredible. Like there’s a mood I’ll be in for each different game. It’s not just recycled and slightly tweaked sequels. They kept trying to innovate while keeping the heart of CE which is awesome and something few if any series can match

[@DulceDul217]

"... which is probably a shock to no one" I died 🤣🤣

[@zafelrede4884]

I think Halo CE is a little boring but damn, they really nailed the gunplay right in the first game. Every gun has it's use and they all feel great to shoot and have good sound design. And the way the enemies react, with their cartoonish animations and screams. Love it. And i love the library. I can never get enough of blasting swarms of flood with frag grenades and shotgun fire. Halo 2's campaign is awesome. There is so much variation in the levels and pretty much all the encounters are structured excellently. The music is great. Graphics feel like a bit of a downgrade from CE, but still nice to look at. I don't really like Halo 3's campaign all that much. It's jarring playing it right after Halo 2, as the story is so paper thin. I think that's the worst sin of Halo 2, it's cliffhanger right before the intended conclusion made it impossible to create a satisfying third game. Also, Arbiter has been reduced to serve as MC's boring sidekick. Just what the hell, man. And the level Cortana. Ugh.

[@DrWalterBennett]

The most offensive thing to me with Halo 3 was Arbiter being hella sidelined. I seriously don't understand the decision. You don't just make the best character in the series and give him an awesome character arc and proceed to not use him at all in the next game aside from one scene and being a co-op player. Really stupid. Perhaps Halo 3's campaign would've felt better paced if Arbiter had his own levels and was separated from the chief for most of the game and had his own journey to go on before it all culminating in the end. Probably would've made the first half of the game much more fun.

[@swordfish1248]

@@DrWalterBennett iirc it was b/c back when halo 2 released, a lot of people didn't like the arbiter sections and wanted it more focussed on chief like in CE, so in 3 that's what they did

[@randomstuff508]

@DrWalterBennett blame the fans who didn't like playing as the arbiter.

[@tonozavala3845]

​@randomstuff508 as always bro, the worst enemy of Halo are their fans 😂

[@dragonseatcheese8727]

Every gun has its use? Bro, the Assault Rifle fires in a damn CONE. It's okay against Grunts and Jackals. But the Magnum can one shot those guys on ANY difficulty. It sucks at crowd control, it's basically got the same effective range as the Shotgun, it's not particularly great against Elites, it's pointless against Hunters, it's kinda fine for killing Sentinels but you almost never fight them, it has a massive damage nerf against the Flood (to protect the Shotgun, which would still be much better anyways), it has awful damage per shot, and the damage per second would be great if only you could actually consistently HIT things at a range greater than 5 meters. CE's Magnum acts as a much better all around weapon in pretty much every way. Every weapon absolutely doesn't have a place. Half of them are never worth trading for because they're either pointless shadows of another weapon (Plasma Rifle is just a less flexible full auto Plasma Pistol that is worse at its one job of bringing down shields) or so ultra specific that it's almost never worth picking up over the Shotgun, Magnum, or Plasma Pistol (Sniper Rifle doesn't kill Flood at all, is harder to use against Hunters than the Magnum, is fairly rare, is hard to use effectively at close range, doesn't seem to hurt Sentinels unless aimed down on sights for some unknowable reason, and is only particularly useful against Elites without the Tilt skull on).

[@vaniellys]

Halo Infinite was such a disapointement. It's just half a campaign. They nailed the balance of enemies, but there's no third faction. And the level design is very repetitive, there's almost no unique moments.

[@tonozavala3845]

Yeah I think the same, I really like the gameplay but it feels so repetitive, all the Halo campaigns has their snow level, their sand level, their snipers level, their tank level, their infiltration level (I was hoping to at least fight a Guardian and disable it from the inside) and an epic Warthog run to end the game. Infinite its not a bad campaign but doesn't feels like a Halo game at all Also I won't forgive 343 for disappearing the Carbine and the Beam rifle that are my favorite weapons hahaha

[@flixbusfelix1178]

Its just Like a just cause or far cry. You run arround in a giant, boring map and clear enemy Camps... I have expected so much more. And the bits of Story where so far apart from another, that i totally forgot who i was fighting against. I played every single Halo game (except Halo 5) and this campaign was by far the most boring of them all. But the Gameplay was Fire!

[@VideoGamer110]

Honest to God I know I'm gonna get flamed for this but I wouldn't mind one bit if the next Halo campaign just re-hashes Infinite's sandbox. I grew up with Halo myself and I genuinely believe that Infinite has the strongest foundation for a great game. Every weapon is fun and has a purpose, movement is fluid and satisfying, and there's no enemy that's frustrating to fight. The game just needed better level direction.

[@halo3ratt]

i also thought it was insanely easy. my first playthrough was on legendary because i was like “hehe i played halo i can do this” and was so disappointed it was SO easy… the boss fights i died cuz it’s like a two shot whatever but everything else was so easy ;((

[@barbaricbri]

ODST and Reach are top tier imo

[@Auxiliarye]

I remember playing the last boss fight on halo infinite campaign and I kicked a hole in my wall it’s still there to this day 😭

[@alothrysan]

Until the hundredth time on legendary when you accidentally try out the plasma sword and then kick a hole in yourself for not using it sooner

[@jac0byelbey502]

been loving the content lately, keep it up man

[@jaxyt94]

I like halo. I like speedruns. Glad I found your channel.

[@Canada407]

So many things you said about Halo 2 is exactly me. I love Gravemind. Best level in ALL of the Halo series

[@Jubelio_]

One thing that always bothered me story wise about the 343 era is how much everything needs to be explained. I liked the original trilogy where everything was still a mystery which was fine, because you’re just a green guy with a gun.

[@everythingsalright1121]

I dont think thats necessarily true. Are the campaigns playable without prior lore knowledge? Yes. I will give you that. But there's still a ton of blanks that are filled in with regards to the original trilogy if you read the lore. I think the biggest one is why the covenant are trying to kill us at all, which isnt really explained in the games. The books expand on the political and religious motovations behind the prophets which makes Truth's actions in the games seem way less shallow and "huh that came out of nowhere". They also really raise the stakes, because in the games it never really feels like humanity is on its last legs, but lore wise, humanity is basically wiped out besides earth and youre at the end of the war.

[@SpectorEuro4]

@@everythingsalright1121If you need to read the books to follow a game, then you have failed at videogame storytelling.

[@Espartanica]

​@@SpectorEuro4 Good thing Infinite passed the test then

[@karhu7581]

Bungie always does this thing where there will be that something beneath the surface that makes you wonder. Whether answers actually exist, it feels like they do. There's also the shared multiverse between quite a few of their old games (Halo was at one point a sequel to the Marathon trilogy, which is secretly a sequel to Pathways into Darkness.)

[@naverilllang]

​@@Espartanicainfinite absolutely does not pass the test

[@anakinraliere5637]

8 : H4 7 : H5 6 : H Reach 5 : H CE 4 : H Infinite 3 : H3Odst 2 : H 3 1 : H 2 I grew up with halo CE btw, dont start me on "oh yea u discovered halo 2 years ago" nah i play halo since im 3 in 2004 Now, for bits of explanations I always found the gameplay of H4 very lacking, and the story didnt touch me a bit. But the real flaw was the gameplay still, very hard to play this without sighing every 2 minutes. not to mention the artstyle was very bad. For H5, the only thing that saved it was the gunplay and the multiplayer IDEAS, not what they did with it. But i had fun on warzone sometimes so... I guess. Still, the story sucked. and the artstyle still shitty. Oh boy am i in trouble for this one... Reach never really got to me like it got to most of people. Dont get me wrong i really like reach, its a good game to come back sometimes, especially with the mods and the customization (the best in the series btw) The game is just not better than the other ones imo For Halo CE, i just played it too much, and it does not hold up from the next ones but i love it for real. Halo infinite was a blast. I really loved the gameplay, the characters were very good, and despite the open world being very... Samey, it was very fun to explore. I love the new guns, i love the artstyle, i love everything except for the multiplayer. Halo 3 odst is just about ambience. It's not about being a badass green boi, its about surviving and finding ur teammates around mombasa. I love this game. Halo 3 is just pure perfection, next. Halo 2 was my childhood game, it just blast my mind when i was 5 and i played it, and to this day is the campaign i replay the most out of all. I love playing as the arbiter, i love the elites artstyle, i love having grunts and elites as allies, i love the story, i love the ambience. Thanks for reading with my bad english xD

[@DeadPlayin]

“Babe, new frog video is out!”

[@mdlyonn0035]

I’ve just ran through MCC on Legendary and I used to have Halo 1 as my favourite but honestly, I love Reach, the story just felt so much more engaging than what I remembered it being.

[@tristanmattwig8541]

I think infinite is underrated. The missions were repetitive but the gameplay was peak with all the weapons and the open world was fun. The grand story while not typical exciting halo story is more mysterious and the character depth of master chief, new Cortana, and the pilot are great. The dialogue is great so character wise I like it. I don't disagree where u put it tho

[@TheMadNadTV]

I was 13 when Halo CE came out. It was (and honestly still is) so impressive and fun to play. I played most of the games since then. Your rankings are spot on and I agree that Halo CE just feels so good and balanced to play. I loved your comment on the Library because I also really like the library. 😆

[@morgo6301]

Nice video, I felt that you should have covered the "343 Guilty Spark" in Halo CE, I feel that that level truly defines the horror aspect to Halo CE which none of the other games have.

[@Mister_Merb]

For what it’s worth, ODST included a multiplayer map pack that was normally priced at $15.

[@danielwendell542]

I'd swap 2 for CE but agree across almost all points. I played so so sooooo much Halo 2, I'm sure I could play it today and still nail those sniper jackals as they run up.

[@trustworthyh3ro267]

Can listen to Halo 2's soundtrack any day of the week. Can't complain about a single track.

[@martyfromnebraska1045]

Bro Halo 2’s campaign just isn’t that good. The level/encounter design is the worst of the original trilogy, the elite AI has been nerfed, and almost every Arby level sucks. Even the vaunted story is mostly just ok. I’d argue Halo CE even does story better by just having a cool setting and introducing you to it.

[@masturch33f66]

@@trustworthyh3ro267I love Peril, that track is amazing.

[@masturch33f66]

@@martyfromnebraska1045The story is the best in the series. Even if there’s a few issues it doesn’t bother me all that much, i have patience. And the game is insanely fun either way. Gravemind is honestly the perfect Halo level to me. The music, visuals and seeing the schism happen is something else.

[@RinsedCheeks]

@@martyfromnebraska1045 L take. I think the mission Uprising specifically is one of the bests in Halo and the story is easily better than any other Halo. I'd say gameplay wise however Halo 3 takes the cake.

[@deepwinter6799]

The fact that 343 mismanaged so poorly that you don't care for the story anymore speaks volumes.

[@timothywatkins4989]

Halo CE just has such good enemies and gunplay. It’s really amazing how much they did with so little. I think it really came down to the dynamic play of the AI. Each enemy is unique and acts differently. Really there are only a few things I would change about the enemies for legendary. Halo 2 enemies are way to spongy (elite ultra, brutes, combat forms) or laser beam accuracy (sniper jackles, and rocket flood). Halo 3 suffers from way too hard vehicle combat, bad telegraphing of grunt grenades, and making the flood pure forms too accurate and tanky (in the case of the turret kind and the tank forms. Also I always felt like it forced you to rely on power weapons way too much. Halo ODST honestly fixed a lot wrong with halo 3 and I tend to enjoy it more, but the lack of regeneration and the slowness of the character makes for some binds in combat. Also hunters are fearsome monsters at times. Halo Reach is bungies most busted game. The extreme bloom of every weapon was just too much. I feel like this game was finished entirely and then they added the horrendous bloom. Elites, skirmishers, and bugs all dodge like crazy. Grunts and brutes often wear helmets. This slows combat to a crawl. Add to this that elites have a one hit melee, brutes armor lock to both grenades and needler, there’s a lot of very slow combat. Halo 4 and 5 are just not even worth mentioning. Halo infinite has pretty good legendary. Honestly I really enjoyed the boss fights. I think my bigger problem was just the lack of variety in environments, the lack of an epic story or development or many characters and how the game feels a little drawn out. Basically despite each encounter being a little different they’re just isn’t a compelling reason to do stuff. Why are you fighting the banished? Because they’re going to wipe out humanity? Who? You, the pilot and Cortana 2.0? You meet nobody else in this game. There’s no story to any of the side quests. Sure halo CE didn’t have many characters but you had the flood to give the game a change in pace. I know people complained about halo 5 and it’s 70 characters with no development, but halo infinite has no characters. Compare this to halo 2 with arbiter, the 3 prophets, tarterous, shipmaster, maranda, Johnson, the Cornel, and two dozen scripted interactions where the characters felt like they had personality. And this wasn’t even an open world game. What they should have done for halo infinite is had quest-givers- maybe laskey, arbiter, buck, Halsey, maybe the new oracle. Created some factions with unique enemies. A game climax where all the powers fight it out. They probably should have taken a borderlands style approach to these interactions where you hear them over the radio. The Weapon could have commented on each one and generally handled the interactions while Chief stuck to his classic one liners. The lack of a compelling narrative in the game makes me want to puke.

[@araknidude]

What's most frustrating to me about Infinite's campaign is that it's fucking unfinished. They couldn't make the game or its DLC on time because they wanted to have DLC campaign updates where they showed the next step in the story: fight the Endless, and a revitalized Banished under Atriox, and there's teaser shit about the Guardians, hell, there's a Flood cameo. Honestly I actually like Infinite more than it deserves, i think the gameplay loop is really solid and the multiplayer is a lot of fun, and seeing the Chief get honest-to-God character development where he shows his humanity and his willingness to sacrifice for his fellow man and the mourning for Cortana that he's desperately trying to cover up is amazing and delicious. It's just frustrating to see 343's management shit the bed so hard time and time again.

[@louisfredgagnon]

Halo is part of my childhood gosh 😢😮 me and my friend recently played every campaign starting from CE up yo Halo 4. Haven't play 5 or infinite yet. Loved ODST the music is wow and classic 2 and 3 are a must 😍

[@kingseb2252]

I loved halo infinite it was similar to reach in some ways

[@evanc8057]

Great video. The only thing I would probably swap is 2 and 1 as I see two as a more refined version of 1 with more variety in weapons, no need for annoying health packs, and less repetition in level design.

[@The_Hero74_]

This is the only listing where I agree with the entire list and it’s reasons. Amazing video dude keep it up!

[@snsdkbopper7819]

I’ve been watching lots of Halo games ranking videos recently, and I’m honestly astonished that so many younger players recognize & appreciate the awesomeness & 30 seconds of fun over and over again of HALO1! I wrongly thought that only older players that were already adults or at least teens when the game was first released would fully discern its greatness.

[@offworlder1]

Halo 1, 2, 3, ODST, and Reach are the only ones I come back to for the main games. I love Halo Wars 1 and 2 as well.

[@theadamsapple5909]

Great video! I like your perspective on Halo a lot

[@diegog1853]

Strangely I would say that the reason halo CE's gunplay in the campaign is the best in the whole series I think is probably because xbox live wasn't a thing and competitive multiplayer wasn't really a big focus or selling point. More like something to do with your friends. Weapoons from 2 onwards have to be balanced for multiplayer which means that they cannot be insanely overpowered and with crazy amounts of ammo like in CE, which means that the guns feel a lot lamer during the campaigns. And so the magnum was never the same, the shotgun was never the same, the rocket launcher and so on....

[@XDude615]

I feel like Halo 2 is the best campaign.

[@silasmoriarty539]

I like Infinite. It shows 343 has promise, it plays like a Bungie halo. I agree that the environments need more variety, but I never really saw it as a problem. Playing on Legendary I find the combat pretty balanced, you are easier to take down but it still isn't too hard to take out banished. The boss fights to play pretty well and I like how they make you use the new gear you get throughout the campaign. I personally like the open world, and exploring the ring me feels kind of like the second mission in CE, in an open environment, and you have your tools, objectives, and a means to move around, it feels like a sandbox. I love running around the ring in a giant warthog and saving marines to get them to join my squad. I never feel bored as theirs always something to do, take out a target, clear a fob, save marines, or play the story. It has problems hats for sure and it's not a perfect game, but I think it's evidence enough that 343 can make good games and I hope this can be a stepping stone for Halo to get back to its golden age. I don't think its better than any of the Bungie games, Ill always love reach and ODST, but its good in my opinion.

[@Matheus-ki9zo]

What killed Halo Infinite was its live service, seeing it's the norm for games like these nowadays. I thought the campaign was pretty bland and convoluted some times, and the environment was really tiring without variety, but one thing you're right is that it damn wellplays like a Bungie Halo. It's in the feel. It feels like a Bungie Halo, even if a fever dream version of it

[@wizards_web_]

halo CE, meeting the flood for the first time right after watchin the fallen marines headset recording, the buildup was great. first landing on halo was cool. the 2 betrayals was an epic level, the maw. the atmosphere of that whole game was something else.

[@RedAce93]

Haven't started the video yet but I'm so pumped!

[@OneTrueIzza]

I wonder how your list would be if you took story into account, even though you said your not that into it. My list includes the story so it would be like below. some context about me: I played halo CE first when it came out in 2002 in NZ (we go it a little later than the US), loved it been my favourite franchise since. I was 7 at the time. Although I've ranked the first 3 here they are essentially all the same for me, but if I had to choose which i like the most this is it. 1.Halo 3 ( best game pay of all halos for me, wish it was more difficult, levels are incredibly unique, never felt like anything was repeated) 2.Halo2 ( awesome story but the level design is a bit worse than 3 id say) 3.Halo CE ( classic ) 4.ODST ( great story/ and missions are very unique in style since its from the other characters perspectives. game play would've been nice if it was more difficult) 5.Reach/Infinite (tied, since Im not a fan of how reach plays, but Im a fan of the story/levels. and infinite has a good story but not the best levels) 6.Halo 4 (would be much higher if only considering story, but the levels just kinda such) 7.Halo 5 (levels are not as bad as 4 but the story and game play just turn me off this game)

[@LS-bw9xz]

I love the point that Halo 3 rarely repeated. I can think of like one time and that was one of the better done “backtrack but this time fighting the flood not the covenant” levels. (Off the top of my head only 343 guilty spark is better and that was 1 level not two back to back levels)

[@callumr3440]

Incredibly satisfying to hear your commentary on Halo 3. May be unpopular but I think Halo 3s campaign is straight garbage until the Ark. Cortana sucks as well. Halo 3 brutes are stupid while the elites always had the feeling of being cold, efficient and arrogant opponents making them so satisfying to beat.

[@GalCon99]

What I think is fascinating about Halo 4's Del Rio rage scene is that at the time everyone (both in and outside of the game) was hating on him for it and then 10 years later 343 decided to give that scene a completely new tone where Del Rio could have saved billions of people if Chief, Lasky or Palmer had actually followed his orders.

[@tomsmith48]

Just returned to Halo series with the MCC. Not really an FPS person at all, but loved playing the (admittedly flawed) Gearbox port of CE to the PC and I remember reading up on a load of the lore in the time just before Halo 3 came out. I think the variety of opinions on ranking the various campaigns really speaks to how good the series on the whole is. CE is definitely my top as well. I think a lot boils down to which game you played first. I agree the backtracking isn't great, but I actually think finishing on the Pillar of Autumn works well. Two Betrayals is the worst offender for that, but I do like how the mission opens up some areas which you don't see in the first run through. For a backtrack, it's not a badly done one. I really do love the freedom of movement and approach, particularly in levels such as Silent Cartographer which for me is one of the best in the series. Maybe I'm missing something on the dialogue, because folks seem to be complaining about it, but I never had an issue. The weapon toolbox is small, but that does mean each weapon nicely fits into its own role without too much overlap with another weapon. Story wise, I honestly think it's the best in the series. Second place is hard, and I think would depend exactly what you're talking about. ODST is probably the game I was most surprised by actually loving for the way it told the story, and while I agree it plays more like a squishy spartan than an actual ODST, I really loved the characters. I also quite enjoyed Reach, and actually enjoyed the gameplay all the way through, although I didn't really feel much attachment to the characters. Seems like it was trying to do ODST, but doesn't quite do it as well with the character development. On the other hand, Reach has elites. I'd probably prefer ODST's story, and Reach's gameplay. Halo 2 does a much better job of expanding the Halo universe after CE, playing as the Arbiter is very fun, although I did find it to drag in parts. Halo 2 also drops quite a bit of the open approach to levels CE has and instead has quite a few forced elevator and gondola rides which is a downgrade. There are a few story beats which feel a bit off towards the middle / end of the game, but I think it otherwise has a great story. Halo 3 recaptures a lot of that open feel, but it did sometimes feel like 'how many vehicles can we throw into this section of the game' at times, and I feel the weapon toolbox was getting a little over complex. Enjoyable once we get to the Ark, and some very nice callbacks to the earlier games, but the earlier stuff was simply good, not amazing. Not having Arbiter sections is a bit sad. Story is probably the weakest of original trilogy, and I agree fighting Brutes is not as fun as Elites. Also Cortana.....not as bad as I expected, but yes it's not great. I think from a technical standpoint probably one of the best games, but I don't think I loved it as much as CE, 2 or even Reach. Four wasn't awful, but for me it is weaker than the Bungie era games. Having doors actively closed behind me so I can't go back to get stuff, and the introduction of what I felt was a not great new enemy and weapon variety was a let down. I did quite enjoy fighting with human and covenant weapons and they had a nice 'weight' to them. I felt the best levels were those with no or minimal Promethean presence. Can't speak to 5 and Infinite, but it sounds like 5 is worth a miss in any case. CE > ODST > Halo 2 > Reach > Halo 3 >> Halo 4 is the order I'm going with based on how much I enjoyed them.

[@tylerquick1684]

Strange question, but with the MCC when playing Halo CE I noticed certain missions when fighting the Flood that if you stand in one spot and don’t push through they’ll just continuously keep coming (specifically the mission Keyes is where I noticed this). Did anyone else notice this? Maybe it’s always been like this or maybe (which would be more cool in my opinion) they did create an endless spawn that forced you to push through to get past, I don’t know.

[@TheHutDave]

From what i know, the infinite spots of respawn for the flood was a proper thing in original Halo CE.

[@Fishmaster4ever]

Halo 2 will be my favourite always, I also really like the remastered cutscenes for it

[@uberhitz95]

Great work on the videos, i was wondering if you would ever think about covering the timesplitters series?

[@frogarchist]

I'm not familiar with those games

[@lomoTgod]

Great video. I was 12 when halo 2 came out. And to this day I've never been more mad at the end of a video game. 😅

[@dylanr3733]

Reach and CE are my favorite Halos. the first video game I ever played was Halo CE but Halo Reach was the game I grinded back in day when I was 10.

[@godzillagaming1013]

THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT YOU PUT HALO 5 IN LAST PLACE AND NOT INFINITE!!!!!! INFINITE WAS ACTUALLY GOOD WITH BOSS BATTLES, MUSIC, REAL TIME CUTSCENES, AND ACTUAL GOOD DESIGNS FOR THE CHARACTERS!!!!!!!!! (P.S. Halo 3 is my fav :)

[@HaloN00bie]

You damn right Infinite isn't better than the OG trilogy but he is the best Halo (so far) from 343 😉

[@Fishgod__]

Halo Infinite is kinda sucky but better than halo 5

[@Umbral802]

Halo 2 was the game I would come home to play co-op with my dad on the 360

[@rileyhayes2497]

Reach holds a special place in my heart. First video game I ever played and it's always been my favorite Halo

[@atlasgreyxxx]

ODST was just short but sweet. I loved the night vision and silenced pistol and sub machine gun. Also liked how it kinda had a bladerunner cyberpunk vibe. And the ODST armor was the coolest looking armor in any halo game in my opinion. Even when I'd customize my armor for online matchmaking I'd usually go for the ODST armor pieces with the black primary and secondary colors.

[@SpartanBrix]

CE is just pure fun, hitting The Maw with the Bandana skull on will forever be my favorite gaming experience. I’m probably in the minority that actually likes the Anniversary graphics over the original graphics, though.

[@fynnkoehler1927]

How can you Not Care about the Story IN A STORY GAME

[@dhoye1225]

"There's a lot of stuff that I liked as a kid that I now think sucks. Halo one still holds up."

[@yungdodo7258]

Not having Reach > ODST is criminal imo. ODST is underrated tho.

[@IIdirtymisstressII]

Reverse the top three picks and this list is literally perfect

[@12DAMDO]

100% literally what i was gonna say.. i agreed with everything up until the top 3..

[@jwaximus1113]

Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one who loves Chiefs armor in 4. It’s my personal favorite, I was dead in love with it. Rookies odst armor is still my fav

[@FatMan2539]

The bottom portion of my list is easy: 5, 4, Infinite... then it gets difficult, but I came up with CE, 2, ODST, Reach, 3

[@coltforceplayer]

No one gonna ignore that he almost basically did everything in order except for Infinite? Best Halo Campaign was CE, the first Halo and Worst was Halo 5, the Second Last

[@sethaaron95]

Id have the same list but have reach as 4th, CE as 3rd, Halo 3 as 2nd, and Halo 2 as 1st. I was born in 95, playing these games when they came out was huge. the midnight release of H2 and H3 was amazing. being a kid, with all that imagination made the games even more than just a fps, I was deeply involved in the story.

[@skvltdmedia]

Nevermind not being able to run, and bullets getting various speeds, but CE was special because in damn near NO other game of its time could you maim snipers with your trusty starting pistol. That was a hot take on FPS games of its time. And vehicles - that was a fantastic addition that we only ever really saw in Tribes and sort of in UT2k3 and 2k4.

[@Lulufrr]

solid list tbh i agree the old ones are way better than the new i but me personally i would end it with CE at 3 halo 3 at 2 and than halo 2 at 1

[@AgentXRifle]

Halo CE Reach That’s all I need honestly. Definitely glad I played Halo 1 when it was new… what a time!

[@Lucas12v]

People who played it later have a hard time understanding how good CE was in the context of 2001.

[@corriefraser]

Halo CE has a certain mechanical sturdiness to the feel of it that has lessened with each subsequent Halo game. The guns felt heavier, the physics were slower and it was as if the air was thick, the lighting primitive and analog and the equipment from a bygone era where it was all heavy and satisfying to use, a bit like an old tractor or washing machine built to last generarions and made of iron, not plastic. For that it gets my nostalgia vote. 2, 3 and Reach all on a par with each other give or take, but over the generations each Halo has become slightly less distinct, slighly more mainstream in feel until today where I doubt it would be possible to recreate the groundbreaking feel of a genre totally reworked like CE managed both feel and immersion wise. I also remember getting Halo 2 on release day in 04 (with a large guide book detailing each level and its map) and getting very in to it. Happy times!

[@PHLAM1NGO]

Great list. Won my subscription.

[@HI-ki8nq]

Halo Reach def has to be the fav for me. Maybe a little bit of bias due to the fact that it’s the first I played but its unique storyline that shows how everyone that isn’t Master Chief doesn’t always have a good ending really shows a different side to Halo

[@daniellopezvaldovinos9355]

I don't have favorite halo games. Each one has accompanied me at a stage of my life. Halo CE, Halo 2 and 3 as a child Halor ODST, Wars and Reach when I was in high school. Halo 4 and 5 when I was in college Halo Wars 2 my first job and halo infinite adult with family Each halo has been with me since childhood, and has a place in my heart and I can't decide which one I prefer.

[@Coonami]

hearing that you were 4 when halo 2 came out just makes me feel myself ageing, i was 10 when halo 2 came out and was finishing my first year of university by the time halo 4 came out

[@gavinrobinson8925]

The only problem with odst is that is was too short, it felt like half the length it should have been and it would have been nice to have missions with the entire squad. And while I get why there are no elites in the game (the brutes killed them), I would have loved to have seen the covenant infighting in New Mombassa during the game, maybe even let us fight along side the elites enemy of my enemy style.

[@Headbanger203]

ODST is I think the only MCC game I have the 3 hours on legendary achievement, which I earned during my SLASO playthrough. Hadn't played legendary on ODST at that point, it's super short. Really fun LASO though.

[@GalCon99]

5:57 this is litterally the first time I noticed that buildings in New Alexandria collapse and I played that levels dozens of times

[@HaydenHag]

For me it's CE, as an 04 kid you'd think I would have grown up playing a later game but my older brother got CE on a thumb drive and got it on one of the school loan laptops. I still remember copying the game around the school computer room and playing lan parties all class

[@Gravy_Jones22]

3 will always be my favorite. So much variety in the levels.

[@fredbyoutubing]

I've been playing since CE when I was 10 and honestly, Halo 4 is super underrated. I was late on ODST but there was nothing memorable for me. Same with Reach. But I'll replay 4 over anything because it feels modern enough and it looks great. especially the armor and, yes, Cortana. I don't get the hate, it's the only armor that looks functional to move in and it's the only game where you feel Master Chief's half a ton weight.

[@harbingerdawn]

Before watching this, going to post my ranking (I don't play on Legendary, so factor that in): 1: Halo CE & Halo 2 (tie: CE has the best tone, 2 is the most fun, though if I have to choose I'd put CE ahead of 2) 3: Halo 3 4: Halo Infinite 5: ODST 6: Reach (the only Bungie campaign I actively dislike) (Halo 4 and 5 do not exist) Edit: ayyyyy we agree on everything except Infinite!

[@catsareterriblystrangemcge4301]

i think halo reach has good PVE its just much more stutter, like it'll go really fast with you blazing threw elite minors, jackals and grunts and then you hit a squad of ultras or brute majors with a chieftain and suddenly you have to slow down and actually strategize instead of relying on your reflexes or power weapons which throws off a lot of previous halo players (legendary) could be wrong though, ill admit i hate the skirmishers and think they should have a little less health but other than that i love the rhythm and gameplay of reach. great video!

[@zombiesloth4314]

halo 2 is my fav just the diversity of the levels and to be the arbiter and see the civil war in high charity is just amazing, also the flood infecting high charity is cool, especially the opening to halo 2 is epic

[@mildlybland]

how do you not have 100k subs

[@icbm7]

I remember hearing that ODST was supposed to be a Halo3 DLC and not a "full game". Makes a lot more sense in terms of expectations: length, not playing as the MC. Would have been (one of) the best DLC in history.

[@CameronCossairt-rk2iw]

Halo 2 was actually the first game I ever played, I played it when I was 6 years old and loved it.

[@googly311]

The Library mission was awesome. I actually like taking my time and training all the flood like BO zombies. AR/Shotgun combo is the way to go here

[@Eveyrttt]

Loved the video!

[@ronaldperry9103]

Halo 3 Brutes didn’t go berserk which is what made them so dangerous in Halo 2

[@HaloN00bie]

I understand your ranked and im pretty ok with it. But for me its more like that: H3 > ODST > CE > H2 > REACH > INFINITE > H4 > H5 You get an another subscriber, keep it up Spartan !

[@disillusioned8686]

I almost had the exact same ranking as you. If you had placed Halo 2 above Halo CE then I we’d have same ranking (the story just expands so much from the first game, introduces second playable character, and those honor guards are lit! Also battle rifle and carbine and you actually get to use plasma swords 🤷‍♂️). Still very good ranking of the games 👍

[@weenibeenies]

ODST came with a second disc that included matchmaking called Halo: Mythic, still though $60 is a lot for a spin-off game with the length of it being significantly shorter.

[@alexbondeson2931]

dude were the same age and i completly agree with you man! espically the first 2 halos those are the best

[@ChipKempston]

Been playing since CE came out. Reasonable list. About how I would rank them.

[@nicksterba]

I'm surprised to find a video of someone sharing my thoughts exactly. Halo: Combat Evolved has the best campaign from all of the Halo's, with Halo 2 coming in a close 2nd. The rest of the tier list I agree with. Congrats for having the correct opinion 😆