Halo 2 will always be the best game in the series

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but seriously tho

if halo 2 ain't the best, what is

because they're all pretty much the same in terms of quality


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but seriously tho

if halo 2 ain't the best, what is

because they're all pretty much the same in terms of quality
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Ima go with H3
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Still a better story than Halo 5.
it really didn't though

halo 5's admittedly wasn't great, but 3's (what little story it even had) was nonsensical tripe


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Ima go with H3
haha memes

Still a better story than Halo 5.
it really didn't though

halo 5's admittedly wasn't great, but 3's (what little story it even had) was nonsensical tripe
yes, but it had scarabs.


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Ima go with H3
haha memes

Still a better story than Halo 5.
it really didn't though

halo 5's admittedly wasn't great, but 3's (what little story it even had) was nonsensical tripe

Kinda did.

Halo 5's feels all over the board in terms of what they wanted to do and they went for the lowest common denominator. There was no mystery, no suspense.

Halo 3's, while pretty bad, did what it needed to do: End the original trilogy, lay the grounds for a future title.



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did what it needed to do: End the original trilogy
It failed at that. It left more things open and unanswered than what it finished.

Halo 5's is still much better, even if it's a bit over the place.


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Ima go with H3
haha memes

Still a better story than Halo 5.
it really didn't though

halo 5's admittedly wasn't great, but 3's (what little story it even had) was nonsensical tripe
yes, but it had scarabs.
halo 3 was basically just a scarab showcase

that's it


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"flaming nipple chops"-Your host, the man they call Ghost.

To say, 'nothing is true', is to realize that the foundations of society are fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. To say, 'everything is permitted', is to understand that we are the architects of our actions, and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic.
Ima go with H3
haha memes

Still a better story than Halo 5.
it really didn't though

halo 5's admittedly wasn't great, but 3's (what little story it even had) was nonsensical tripe
yes, but it had scarabs.
halo 3 was basically just a scarab showcase

that's it
Like it needed anything else?


 
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did what it needed to do: End the original trilogy
It failed at that. It left more things open and unanswered than what it finished.

"While laying the grounds for a future title"

They weren't going to make the galaxy totally peaceful with everyone at home clinging a beer. They left strands of story open for a future title - be it Halo 4 or the books.

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Halo 5's is still much better, even if it's a bit over the place.

Absolutely not.
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"While laying the grounds for a future title"

They weren't going to make the galaxy totally peaceful with everyone at home clinging a beer. They left strands of story open for a future title - be it Halo 4 or the books.
Are we forgetting Halo 3's tagline?
It finished nothing. It was supposed to finish it, but it failed. Spectacularly.

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Absolutely not.
It is, though. Significantly. Although that isn't saying much, but still.


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"While laying the grounds for a future title"

They weren't going to make the galaxy totally peaceful with everyone at home clinging a beer. They left strands of story open for a future title - be it Halo 4 or the books.
Are we forgetting Halo 3's tagline?
It finished nothing. It was supposed to finish it, but it failed. Spectacularly.

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Absolutely not.
It is, though. Significantly. Although that isn't saying much, but still.

We finished the fight with Truth.

As for the Covenant, well Halo 4 is years later. You can't "finish a fight" and not expect another one to come along later.


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A flower which blooms on the battlefield
"While laying the grounds for a future title"

They weren't going to make the galaxy totally peaceful with everyone at home clinging a beer. They left strands of story open for a future title - be it Halo 4 or the books.
Are we forgetting Halo 3's tagline?
It finished nothing. It was supposed to finish it, but it failed. Spectacularly.

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Absolutely not.
It is, though. Significantly. Although that isn't saying much, but still.

We finished the fight with Truth.

As for the Covenant, well Halo 4 is years later. You can't "finish a fight" and not expect another one to come along later.
Truth wasn't the "fight", though.

The Flood still exists on a massive scale.
Over half of the installations were still active.
The War-era Covenant was finished. But the Covenant still existed.

Halo 3 accomplished less than Halo 5.


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"flaming nipple chops"-Your host, the man they call Ghost.

To say, 'nothing is true', is to realize that the foundations of society are fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. To say, 'everything is permitted', is to understand that we are the architects of our actions, and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic.
"While laying the grounds for a future title"

They weren't going to make the galaxy totally peaceful with everyone at home clinging a beer. They left strands of story open for a future title - be it Halo 4 or the books.
Are we forgetting Halo 3's tagline?
It finished nothing. It was supposed to finish it, but it failed. Spectacularly.

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Absolutely not.
It is, though. Significantly. Although that isn't saying much, but still.

We finished the fight with Truth.

As for the Covenant, well Halo 4 is years later. You can't "finish a fight" and not expect another one to come along later.
Truth wasn't the "fight", though.

The Flood still exists on a massive scale.
Over half of the installations were still active.
The War-era Covenant was finished. But the Covenant still existed.

Halo 3 accomplished less than Halo 5.
Gravemind = deaded


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I neither fear, nor despise.
"While laying the grounds for a future title"

They weren't going to make the galaxy totally peaceful with everyone at home clinging a beer. They left strands of story open for a future title - be it Halo 4 or the books.
Are we forgetting Halo 3's tagline?
It finished nothing. It was supposed to finish it, but it failed. Spectacularly.

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Absolutely not.
It is, though. Significantly. Although that isn't saying much, but still.

We finished the fight with Truth.

As for the Covenant, well Halo 4 is years later. You can't "finish a fight" and not expect another one to come along later.
Truth wasn't the "fight", though.

The Flood still exists on a massive scale.
Over half of the installations were still active.
The War-era Covenant was finished. But the Covenant still existed.

Halo 3 accomplished less than Halo 5.

I think you are expecting every conflict ever presented in Halo to have ended with 3. That wasn't the point.
The point was to keep Truth from firing the Ark (see the ending of Halo 2) which we did. Damaged the Ark. Also rescue Cortana (did that too).

The Flood will only truly be destroyed by firing the rings (let's not) so right now we are just keeping them isolated which is the best option. I would say we stopped the Gravemind in Halo 3, but he isn't some special thing, Graveminds are an eventuality for the flood. But the conflict with the flood is over for now, notice the lack of them in Halo 4 and 5. Aren't there Flood on every Halo ring?

The Covenant wasn't finished but it wasn't a threat to humanity anymore(at the time of 3's ending). It was full of in-fighting and split off into factions.

Weren't scientists sent to the known installations to study them? Humans are needed to activate the halo rings so unless a human activates them (Verb stay away) then the ring being active isn't a problem.

So I'd say it actually did more than you say it did.

TLDR:

Truth was the point
The Flood are isolated to where they are not threatening
The Covenant is broken apart

And again, don't forget Halo 3 was left open so other games/books/etc could be made.
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A flower which blooms on the battlefield
"While laying the grounds for a future title"

They weren't going to make the galaxy totally peaceful with everyone at home clinging a beer. They left strands of story open for a future title - be it Halo 4 or the books.
Are we forgetting Halo 3's tagline?
It finished nothing. It was supposed to finish it, but it failed. Spectacularly.

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Absolutely not.
It is, though. Significantly. Although that isn't saying much, but still.

We finished the fight with Truth.

As for the Covenant, well Halo 4 is years later. You can't "finish a fight" and not expect another one to come along later.
Truth wasn't the "fight", though.

The Flood still exists on a massive scale.
Over half of the installations were still active.
The War-era Covenant was finished. But the Covenant still existed.

Halo 3 accomplished less than Halo 5.
Gravemind = deaded
Yeah because that was totes the end of the Flood.

Killing the Gravemind hasn't stopped the entirety of the Flood, considering it's a transgalactic species


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Defeating the flood on 04/05 totally means the end of them

Sure would suck if there were Flood on the other rings, right? :^)


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The Flood will only truly be destroyed by firing the rings (let's not)

Unless there's life in other galaxies in which case wiping the Milky Way clean would be irrelevant for the most part.


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Defeating the flood on 04/05 totally means the end of them

Sure would suck if there were Flood on the other rings, right? :^)

Yeah, but they're safely locked away barring monumental stupidity from outside factions.


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Defeating the flood on 04/05 totally means the end of them

Sure would suck if there were Flood on the other rings, right? :^)

Yeah, but they're safely locked away barring monumental stupidity from outside factions.
And they're also outside our galaxy. But w/e. We killed a Gravemind.

Yippee.
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Defeating the flood on 04/05 totally means the end of them

Sure would suck if there were Flood on the other rings, right? :^)

Yeah, but they're safely locked away barring monumental stupidity from outside factions.
Or if they somehow got out like they did on 05.

But anyway outside of that there's a Flood presence on the Spirit of Fire, which will likely be dealt with in HW2


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I'm still not convinced we ever truly destroyed this gravemind.


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"flaming nipple chops"-Your host, the man they call Ghost.

To say, 'nothing is true', is to realize that the foundations of society are fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. To say, 'everything is permitted', is to understand that we are the architects of our actions, and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic.
Defeating the flood on 04/05 totally means the end of them

Sure would suck if there were Flood on the other rings, right? :^)

Yeah, but they're safely locked away barring monumental stupidity from outside factions.
And they're also outside our galaxy. But w/e. We killed a Gravemind.

Yippee.
When was that confirmed they are outside the galaxy?


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Defeating the flood on 04/05 totally means the end of them

Sure would suck if there were Flood on the other rings, right? :^)

Yeah, but they're safely locked away barring monumental stupidity from outside factions.
And they're also outside our galaxy. But w/e. We killed a Gravemind.

Yippee.
When was that confirmed they are outside the galaxy?

Flood forces attacked the Greater Ark en masse. I'd be surprised if there weren't flood left.


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I'm still not convinced we ever truly destroyed this gravemind.

Doesn't matter if you did. Graveminds come about when the Flood reach a certain point in size due to harvested bodies coming together and forming a mass. Their memories, intelligence, all form up this creature. You have a lot of infected hosts, you get a Gravemind. You don't have a lot of infected hosts, no gravemind.

So whether you killed this Gravemind or not, another one will eventually come along. There might be another one out there already.