CE: The old best friend of yours you met in Elementary School. You don't talk to him a lot anymore and you don't really remember a lot about him except that he was fun to hang around back in the day. 2: After CE moved he became your new best friend. He was fun to play with but at times he did stuff you didn't like, like not answering phone calls, borrowing things and never giving them back, he also made you pay when he invited you to do stuff. 3: 2 moved to the same town as CE and 3 became your new best friend during High School. You guys shared tons of fun times together and he would always invite you to crazy parties where tons of people would be at and he had tons of friends. Everyone loved him. He was also very creative and loved construction and sculpting. Wars: The foreign exchange student from your Sophomore year. You talked to him but never became more than just decent friends. He moved back to his home country after a few years. ODST: 3's younger brother. He was a freshman when you were a junior. When 3 introduced you to him you guys became friends instantly. He was just like 3 and more. He was great to hang around with and he was friends with everyone. He was also very unique though and was his own person. He wasn't as creative as his older brother. Reach: During your last year of High School Reach moved to town. Everyone was talking about him before he even showed up telling stories of how great he was and how cool the parties he went to were. He was also great at art, better than 3 even. During the end of your Senior year a lot of people stopped talking to him though, his parties got a lot smaller and the tales of him being the greatest alive slowly faded away. 4: Your college roomate. When you first met him you were pumped, he seemed like a great guy. But as you stayed with him you learned his flaws and became really irritated with him. He's still your roomate, and you're getting used to his flaws but you'll never like him as much as your other friends.

I'm a bit of a coder, so you may all notice a common theme here... [b]Halo: Combat Evolved[/b] is a digital mogul responsible for creating many important technologies. Some of these are closed-source, and thanks to CE's intense charisma, they have become wildly successful. One of his other ventures is effectively open-source, and are eagerly extended and embellished by a passionate community. Combat Evolved is a legend, a gentleman, and a scholar, regarded by many as the pinnacle of his field. [b]Halo 2[/b] is a powerful political figure, the leader of a revolution that relied heavily on the tech created by Combat Evolved. His government is known for its powerful transparency, with virtually every statistic of its operation available to the people. Unfortunately, it's not particularly secure, and its police force is poorly-equipped. Robberies, scams, and corruption tend to run rampant at the lower levels of government. Even so, Halo 2 is seen as a benevolent man and a good leader. [b]Halo 3[/b] is Combat Evolved's granddaughter, and like CE, she has a strong interest in technology. Though many techies believe that her products and craftsmanship are inferior to those of her grandfather, Halo 3 has nonetheless been at the forefront of a technological revolution: she created a social network that became the most popular and powerful of its time. She's seen by many as being as influential as her gramps. [b]Halo 3: ODST[/b], Halo 3's brother, is more of an artsy fellow. He did design work for one of his sister's smaller ventures, a collaborative art program. ODST's work brought artists together for an unprecedented experience, allowing them to paint masterpieces without taking the challenge out of it. It didn't take off as much as Halo 3's seminal work, despite borrowing heavily from her tech (with her permission), but ODST's work still received its fair share of praise, appealing strongly to a smaller crowd. [b]Halo: Reach[/b] is ODST's son, a idea man whose ambition often exceeds his ability. Attempting to compete with his aunt, he released his own social network. Unfortunately, though it had [url=http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive37.pl?read=1101488]a solid backbone[/url], it also relied on bleeding-edge standards that weren't finalized, leading to nasty problems and, eventually, a vicious reaction from consumers. Even after receiving mass hate, though, Reach's works are still looked upon by some with a favorable eye, thanks to his incredible talent at UI design -- something he picked up from his dad. [b]Halo 4[/b] is Halo 3's teenage daughter, and predictably, she's entered the family business. However, she often finds herself in over her head: like Reach, she focuses too much on the future, leveraging technologies that simply aren't [i]finished[/i] or well-supported. Unlike Reach, she's really bad at UI. Even without those issues, she still has the deck stacked against her: her youth and inexperience tends to result in rushed releases with many missing features. Even so, she's learning and improving -- she may not have [i]released[/i] the best products, but all things considered, she's damn good at maintaining them.

Picture kids taking a writing test: Halo CE - The one who wrote a straight to the point but powerful essay with neat handwriting Halo 2 - The one who used rich vocabulary and information, but left you wanting more Halo 3 - The one who fired you up and left a solid completeness after reading. Halo Wars - The one who wrote in a different language. ODST - The one who wrote a short essay, but from a unique perspective. Reach - The one who went above what was required, but overdid it at times and had sloppy handwriting Halo 4 - The one who copied everyone else's answers

Halo: Combat Evolved, Wars and 4 - Girl with a massive booty who knows how to twerk it. Halo 2 and ODST - Big booty that can at least make it shake (ODST demands huge sums of cash) Halo 3 - Just a big booty that can't shake at all Reach - A fat ugly dude

Halo 1: An ambitious entrepreneur who found fortune and fame. Halo 2: Same guy who innovated himself to find even more fortune and fame. Halo 3: Played it a little safe for his last project before retirement, but was still loved by many. Halo 3: ODST: The entrepreneur's understudy. Expanded on the entrepreneur's final project in a different way and found success in the more "artsy" market. Halo: Reach: The entrepreneur's replacement. His innovations were met with mixed reception, but was accepted by most. Halo 4: Pulled out of retirement by a new head, "mainstream" ideas polluted his ways in a lazy attempt to find success in a larger market. This was not met well, but has not given up in trying to rebuild his reputation. Hope is on the horizon. Halo Wars: The entrepreneur's ideas were outsourced, and a new man presented them in a very different way. It was overlooked but stable in another market. Halo: Spartan Assault: A partner of the entrepreneur who is trying to squeeze out some more money. Halo 5(?): The entrepreneur's latest attempt of retribution, raising mixed opinions across the market. Note: Halo, 2, 3, CEA, 4, and 5 are the same guy.

Halo CE - The one who started out as a young kid, had so much ambition, great story teller, hung out with his friends in a group most of the time, grew up to be a legend of the family name Halo 2 - CE's younger brother, really changed things and had built a name of its own, a very social kid, CE is pretty proud of 2 Halo 3 - The biggest game changer since CE, had a lot of new ideas, a very social and creative guy who was the first to be savvy with the digital age, 2 and CE are extremely impressed ODST: Born right after 3, a superb story teller and hung out with his friends in groups, very much similar to his older brother CE, wasn't liked at first but over time people began to see how great he was and is now very respected Wars - Very different from his brothers, had a different skill set, but fans of his skills really liked him, the smart kid of the group Reach: The most radical of the bunch, brought a lot of new ideas to the table, changed a lot of things, made some mistakes, a lot of people are mixed on this guy but overall he's pretty good 4 - The kid born in the digital age, hangs out with the next door neighbor's kid Call of Duty (A little too much), decided to try and be more like his friend, a lot of people really don't like 4 for trying too hard and now he's trying to win everyone back by throwing in a bunch of cosmetics and remakes, usually has his homework done by his other friend Certain Affinity 5,6, and beyond: Mom needs to stop having sex, these kids are getting worse

CE- The eldest brother who is better because of his age... 2- Next brother. Different from his older brother in a bunch of ways. Love him or hate him 3- No clue ODST- The cool younger cousin that you love once you get to know him That's all ill do. My analogy can only go so far.