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If they made the best game ever people still would have complained, simply because people are people and everyone is entitled.

Combat Evolved, easily. First off it has the health, so right away most of the game you are easier to kill than in any other one as the shield and health bar is less health than infinite health. Many levels are limited in guns and they disappear rather quickly, doesn't make for a good combo. The flood can't be destroyed the first time, and will always revive. The only way Halo 2 is harder is in Co-Op because of that stupid one man dies you both die system. Other than that Halo 2 fixed the flaws that made Combat Evolved difficult. If I had to order them personally it would go. 1. Combat Evolved 2. Halo 2 3. ODST 4. Halo 3 5. Halo Reach 6. Halo 4 A lot of people think Reach is hard, but you have to play it differently. Once you understand it is quite easy on legendary. I think I beat it in 10 hours.

Let's assume he isn't dead. Yeah, whole new scenario right there.

Requiem was engulfed by the power a star.

No, 343 is under a contract to make (I want to say 5, could be 6 though) Halo games for the Xbox systems.

Every month they are giving away two free games to gold members. Next month is Assassins Creed 2 and Halo 3.

Nah, I think it is more of a Halo 2 situation. Bungie wanted to release that in 2005 or something, but MS had a strict deadline. Really if 343 just simplified to multiplayer to more of a Halo 2 thing they would be fine with campaign development time. Ah-ha! I found it. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/382357/halo-5-in-early-stages-of-development-says-343-exec/

That's a big problem, the focus being on multiplayer. Halo 2 was the most basic multiplayer, and it seems a ton of people want it back. So if I was in charge I'd just put Halo 2 multiplayer in the game with forge and customizable armor. Keep it simple that way and focus more on the campaign.

Yep, that is what I'm saying. I'm just hoping I'm right and 343 was smart enough to have a small group start Halo 5 sometime ago.

Man it will be a damn shame if it isn't referred to as a dragon.

Well if what I said is true Halo 5 might very well already be through about 2 years of development. I could have sworn in an interview Frank said that they were working on Halo 5 but he wouldn't go into it anymore. If that is the case then they can release them faster, but with the same amount of development time. Also I'm pretty 100% absolutely sure that Microsoft has set a deadline 343 must meet in order for Halo to be an early release for their stupid console. In fact I bet Microsoft gave them the deadline a long while ago and that is why 343 decided to start Halo 5 during Halo 4's development time. 343 has probably little to no control over this matter.

I have a feeling that some resolution will be solved at the end of 5 and lead up to some epic thing in Halo 6. I honestly have no idea what it might be, but if I had to guess it will actually make the Didact a "worthy" enemy.

It isn't a sphinx, those are like 2 stories tall while this dragon thing is 200 stories tall. See for yourself (there is even concepts already made). http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/War_Sphinx

Well two years isn't exactly a short time, and if I'm not mistaken (which I may very well be) but 343 was working on Halo 5 at the same time as 4, obviously in pre development, but being developed none the less. Halo isn't some huge sandbox or anything, however I would love it if they made it more open world.

What does that have to do with anything? The timeline is simple 1. Spartans got Mk IV armor in 2525 2. FuD takes place in 2526 3. The Package happend 4. Chief gets Mk V armor in 2552 5. Reach falls in 2552

Yeah I know, but they just reused assets from another game and made it into a FPS. Also it had a year of development on the Xbox, before it was only on PC. Okay, your OP had some pretty negative thoughts so I just assumed that.

She was never captured after Reach, she escaped to Castle base and eventually headed off towards Onyx. Plus in the package she has blonde hair, she is clearly younger. Then given that Chief has absolutely no time at all after Reach to save her, it didn't happen after Reach.

Halo Combat Evolved took about a year to develop using assets from its third person development. Two years is just an excuse to call a game bad.

The Package takes place before the Fall of Reach, John receives his Mjolnir Mk V power armor right before the Covenant attack Reach. So in the package he cannot being wearing Mk V, and common sense says he isn't wearing Mk VI. So in the package he is wearing Mk IV (4). As his armor is exactly the same in FuD as it is in the Package he is clearly wearing Mk IV. The problem comes from the dumb artist of the package who decided to make Chief's Mk IV armor almost exactly the same as his Mk VI.

I have a basic premise for the story. Spoilers from Spartan Ops.

I don't think it is a sphinx considering it is massive. Yeah and I'm in agreement with looking for Halsey and going rogue from the UNSC. With his shaken state I suspect that Halsey will end up using him to get here revenge. I wonder if marines will be the enemy.

The Xbox One is a joke, so no thanks I will just keep on using my good ol,' 360.

It was a joke regarding that there was something you missed in campaign, I'm pretty sure everyone here has played all the games. The Didact looked ugly for a reason, like it is literally explained in the game. Plus nothing ever said they looked good in the first place, so that wouldn't be any kind of fault. The music had to change due to copyright issues (plus Halo 2's rock song was so...ugh...) 1 and 3 were easily the best, however that doesn't mean Halo 4's is bad. In fact after listening to it for some time you begin to like it, at least I did.

I'm wondering if you even payed attention to the campaign. Seriously, the forerunner needed to be mysterious? Anyways, the gameplay for Halo has always been pretty trashy as it has always been walk to thing, shoot it, continue. Sometimes they sugar coat it too like taking down TWO WHOLE SCARABs and you can use A HORNET OR A SCORPION!!!! Now there was just a lot of button pressing. But regardless no one should have expected anything from this regard. The Story was pretty solid too, even following the terminals most should get the jist of what is going on. I think some easily forget that it should be treated as a first game of a series because a 4 is tacked on to the name.