2 is better than 3, but 3 is still a good game. 3 is better than Reach, and Reach is just okay (after the title update, it was awful before). Reach still played like a Halo game, just with a retarded bloom and armor ability system. People complained that they preferred 2, but they kept playing 3, and had fun, even if it was less fun than they might have had on 2. People didn't play Reach, a lot of them thought it was worse than alternatives out there or stayed on Halo 3. With 4 we're seeing the same thing again. Halo players would rather play a different game than play Halo 4, because it's not even worth their time. Halo 4's population is now lower than Halo Reach's was after 6 months, and people were saying how Reach had failed for dropping that quickly. Seeing something awful does make you appreciate the good qualities of something bad, like how sleeping in a run-down house seems nice after sleeping on the street. It doesn't mean we magically think the run-down house is equal to the semi-detached or the mansion. I really don't think most people are calling Reach a good game. Everyone I know is just sad that Halo 4 is even worse.