Mine would be Halo 2A by a long shot unless they stuff it up and then I’ll go original Halo 2 but I don’t see how. Looks incredible IMO. My fave spin off Halo would be Halo 3 ODST though. What’s yours?
Halo 2
My favorite game is CE, but I’ll probably be spending most of my time in Halo 2 this time … so … CE? Halo 2? I don’t know. I’m also looking forward to both Halo 3 and 4.
Campaign: CE & Halo 4
Multiplayer: Halo 2 & Halo 3
I’ll just go with my old standby CE
For me,
Campaign: Halo 2 Anniversary and Halo CE Anniversary
Multiplayer: Halo CE and Halo 3
Graphics: Halo 2 Anniversary and Halo 4
Sound: Halo 2 Anniversary and Halo 4
I get pretty excited about sound and graphics too.
CE. I spent more time in college playing that campaign (and over the LAN) than I did actual college-type things.
H2 comes in a not too distant second place.
Halo 2 was my 1st Halo, and it was amazing to play campaign by myself or coop splitscreen, but I never had Xbox Live to play Halo 2 online. I always played it 4 player splitscreen. I would pick 2, but I just can’t say I have experienced it all. Halo 3 is probably my favorite game in the collection, although I am SUPER excited to see what Halo 2 Online feels like.
> Halo 2 was my 1st Halo, and it was amazing to play campaign by myself or coop splitscreen, but I never had Xbox Live to play Halo 2 online. I always played it 4 player splitscreen. I would pick 2, but I just can’t say I have experienced it all. Halo 3 is probably my favorite game in the collection, although I am SUPER excited to see what Halo 2 Online feels like.
guess for a lot of people they didn’t get to play te first two completely so they can’t fully judge so I’m sure a lot of peoples opinions will change when the collection releases which is great.
I know it’s otherway for most people in here, but Halo 2 for campaign and Halo 4 for multiplayer.
No disrespect to Halo 4 it was a solid game on its own merits, but it just was not on the level of other Halo games in my opinion and did not feel like Halo.
Here’s been my general impression with what people’s favorite Halo game is. Pretty much anyone that plays Halo was playing it by Halo 3 and did not get a lot of hardcore new fans after that. I think those that were able to get LAN parties going for CE, that was most likely their favorite, those who just started with 2 or loved being able to play online and never were able to do LAN with CE most likely liked 2 the most, and then with 3 I think drew more people in with it being next gen and what not and if that was their first, it was their favorite.
Anyhow my favorite was CE. By far the best campaign IMO. Second place for campaign was Reach which was great as well, but CE is still the best. MP I have to give to CE. I’d say that MP had more personality with 2, but to me CE required the most skill and was just a lot of fun.
TL;DR my favorite is CE.
H3 all the way, the halo i started mainly with, its the one that got me hooked, one of the best games ever made in my opinion
I am excite however for H2/ H2A as i never got to play it so will be exciting to play that for the first time 
I personally may be in the minority here but I am not getting the Master Chief collection just for my favorite halo game (don’t have one) I’m getting it for you know the collection… But I honestly am more excited for the Halo 5 guardians beta more then anything. Not looking forward to revisiting the unbalanced multiplayer experience that is halo 2… No that’s a lie DAT SWORD LUNGE DOHH :)and Halo 4’s campaign is easily the best written in the series to revisit that Campaign for the hundredth time will be great to… Like I said the whole collection lol.
Im hyped for the experience of playing all the halo games one after another.
I’ve only played: 3,reach, odst, and 4 (and wars but that doesn’t count)
> Anyhow my favorite was CE. By far the best campaign IMO. Second place for campaign was Reach which was great as well, but CE is still the best. MP I have to give to CE. I’d say that MP had more personality with 2, but to me CE required the most skill and was just a lot of fun.
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> TL;DR my favorite is CE.
I second that motion for Reach, it’s a shame they couldn’t cram it in and rebadge the whole collection. I’ll miss not being able to revisit it on the XB1. And it would look darn good at 1080/60, too.
I’m really most excited for the CE experience over XBL. Playing against the same 8-10 people was a blast, but variety in the skill level (and something other than Prisoner Rockets) would be most welcome.
My favorite is Halo 2. If it was never shut down I would still be playing it today which is why I am excited for it to return. Most likely 90% of my time in the MCC will be playing Halo 2. The rest will be CE.
Halo 2 Classic
I have to go with Halo 3, simply because it was the first time I got my own XBL account and I have a lot of memories on the Halo 3 maps. I also liked the addition of equipment as it added fun variety. The Needler stopped being useless (favorite weapon) and the Spartan Laser added a interesting twist to vehicular gameplay on Valhalla. Also, ripping off turrets looked really awesome and the BR, while still dominant, wasn’t near as deadly as the Halo 2 BR. Plus, the campaign was a blast to play over Live with friends and some of the achievements were top notch.
It just feels like the fullest and most community oriented Halo to date, with theater mode and forge also being added.
But I’m super excited to see the updated graphics in the H2 campaign. That Arbiter, Chief, and Gravemind scene is going to blow my mind.
H3
> I have to go with Halo 3, simply because it was the first time I got my own XBL account and I have a lot of memories on the Halo 3 maps. I also liked the addition of equipment as it added fun variety. The Needler stopped being useless (favorite weapon) and the Spartan Laser added a interesting twist to vehicular gameplay on Valhalla. Also, ripping off turrets looked really awesome and the BR, while still dominant, wasn’t near as deadly as the Halo 2 BR. Plus, the campaign was a blast to play over Live with friends and some of the achievements were top notch.
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> It just feels like the fullest and most community oriented Halo to date, with theater mode and forge also being added.
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> But I’m super excited to see the updated graphics in the H2 campaign. That Arbiter, Chief, and Gravemind scene is going to blow my mind.
Halo 3 definitely started a heap of features that are now iconic to Halo such as, Forge, Theatre, ripping off turrets, customization etc.
Voting 4, because:
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Nobody else will.
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I’m a campaign guy and Halo 4’s was by far my favourite.