halo 2 is amazing but it really does feel like the build up to a lot of interesting stuff that doesn't always get a lot of payoff because of it ending on a massive cliffhanger, but halo 3 just improves on so much from 2 and has the amazing payoff that I wanted and I would've been satisfied with halo ending with this game, the final cutscene of the game still gets me emotional not just because of the music, but because of everything that led up to it and the amazing experience of the entire og halo trilogy, my personal favorite halo game