"You see, Halo 2, that's Game of The Year, every year. But Halo 3? Its the greatest Halo Game they ever made."

- Silver Where

And I am inclined to agree. I haven't actually gone through the entire series as of writing this, but while Halo CE and 2 were "neat", Halo 2 offering a better time, Halo 3 was the game where I felt I was finally on board. The journey felt substantial. MC and Arbiter are both very very cool characters which did a great job guiding along the story. The story, for the record, being quite enjoyable. I feel like if you aren't all in on Halo, if Halo hasn't sold itself to you and/or if you're not caught up with all the tertiary media that comes with Halo, then the stories tend to not hook you. Halo 3 had me sitting there at the end going, "fuck." It had me thinking about it, it had me going "god damn, that WAS the best Halo Game they ever made".

The gameplay is airtight this time around, levels are the best they've been. Weapons are the best they've been. Story is captivating. I'm not done with the series yet but Halo 3 definitely stands as my current favourite.