I disagree with your list. I love all the Halo games so putting them in order is kind of pointless. It's like lining up a bunch of super models and trying to decide which ones are hotter. They're all hot, so if one is hotter than another it's not by much. As for my top Halo games... 8: Halo Spartan Assault 7: Halo Wars 6: Halo 3 ODST #5: Halo 3 Perfect campaign levels, but the story was told too sparingly. It seems like a lot of exposition was thrown in to bridge gaps between. Also, Cortana was MIA for too long. #4: Halo 2 I loved the story with the Arbiter. I just wish it was told better. The gameplay was clunky and the missions weren't as well planed out as later games. It also seemed like the game ended too early, because it did. Dual wielding is over rated, I prefer a Battle Rifle/DMR or an alien counterpart anyway. #3: Halo Reach Finally brought in some new gameplay. Long live Jetpacks and sprint! The story could have been better, but it skipped too much so it always felt like you missed something. The cut-scenes basically existed to just set up the missions instead of building characters. #2: Halo CE Clunky, but I have a ton of nostalgia for it. #1: Halo 4 Halo 4 wins for having the most well told story, best graphics, tightest gameplay, refreshing multiplayer open to players of all skill levels, and instead of a throwaway Firefight mode it has a second single player campaign in the totally underrated Spartan Ops mode. I hope sprint will forever be a part of Halo. The story was interesting on several levels. The Forrunners are finally revealed, and the terminals give further backstory on the very compelling motives of the Didact. Cortana and the Chief were written like real people dealing with personal problems and the new characters all felt important. The Spartan Ops cutscenes carried the story even further and come together to form a feature film worth watching even without the missions. I've been playing Halo 4 for almost 2 years and I keep coming back. Honorable Mention/Shameless plug: Halo Gallant Belle http://www.kevinberryman.com/2bitproductions/bits/halogb.asp I can't wait for the Master Chief Collection. It's going to be my addiction until Halo 5 drops.