It's some of the most polished (excluding 2) first person shooters ever created, with campaigns so memorable (including 2) that they would go down in history. This game is a straight up masterpiece almost specifically because it compiles Halo CE, halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST, AND HALO REACH all in ONE PACKAGE FOR $50. THAT PRICE IS A LITERAL STEAL. Halo CE needs no words for what it did to the entire concept of a console shooter, let alone the entire FPS genre. Incredibly solid gameplay, perfect soundtrack, good as FUCK levels, and a fantastic experience. Halo 2 would go on to be the weakest entry in the Bungie franchise, but in my eyes is one of the most memorable. the arbiter missions would go down to be an incredible take on this series future; with the straight up twist of the Prophets betrayal of the Elites, the Arbiters punishment, the introduction of Gravemind, etc. for every absolute misstep of this game it does so much right. Halo 3 is a perfect masterpiece of a video game. In my mind the story of John 117 ends with this game. The story beats? Perfect. The gameplay? Perfect. THE SOUNDTRACK? SWEET MOTHER TERESA ON THE HOOD OF A MERCEDES BENZ THIS SOUNDTRACK WAS GIVEN TO US BY GOD TAKEN FLESH, MARTY O MOTHER FUCKIGN DONNELL. EVEN THE FUCKING ADVERTISING WAS PERFECT. YOU CAN NOT TELL ME THE "Believe" ADS DIDNT TRASNCEND THE MEDIUM OF MERE ADVERTISING. THOSE MINUTE LONG ADS WERE THE THE PILLARS OF A MYTHOLGY, THEY BRING TEARS TO MY EYES. THE ENDING OF THIS GAME, SWEET FUCKIGN JESUS (pardon my French) but this game is perfect. It's everything Halo could have ever been, and we still got ODST the truest successor of the Halo mantle. In all the same ways that Halo 3 is a perfect conclusion to Johns story and the franchise as a whole, ODST was the perfect way to continue the series; by telling incredibly compelling side stories. Now, ODST had some favors going for it considering it was built in the same engine as 3 was so it didn't have to do a ridiculous amount of engine work but that clearly gave the Bungie team the time to develop an incredible story and world of New Mombassa. If there's any one thing that I never could have expected the direction of Halo to be taken, it was in a character driven, smooth jazz tracked, mystery/detective/stealth shooter but it was incredible. Finally, Halo Reach. This game is very personal to me much in the same way Halo 2 is. Reach is a tragic game, about fighting a doomed fight, where nobody will survive; yet the legacy that you will leave behind will become so much more than you could ever imagine. ALL OF THIS FOR FIFTY FUCKING DOLLARS, ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? THERE MUST BE SOME MAGIC GOIGN ON HERE, THIS CANT ACTUALLY BE REAL. BUY THIS GAME. PLAY THIS GAME.