Not asking about your favorite or even the best, but which you think are the strongest, i.e. service the story in the best way or are most indicative of the game they represent.
Really hard picks, but here’s my list:
HCE/A: “Halo”
H2/A: “Regret” for Chief’s narrative, “Uprising” for Arbiter’s
H3: “The Covenant”
ODST: Gotta go with “Prepare to Drop,” technically a mission though it’s only a cutscene
Reach: “Long Night of Solace”
Cant pick for H4 or H5 because they really have yet to make an impression on me.
Hmmm.
CE: 343 Guilty Spark (To this day I have NEVER been more scared than when I first met the Flood)
2: Metropolis and Uprising as well (rolling thunder all the way!)
3: Also The Covenant really. It felt SO GOOD.
ODST: Again agreeing; Prepare to Drop was AMAZING. Tsavo is a close second
Reach: Pillar of Autumn
4: Shutdown. Pelican alone was worth it but DAMN the feeling of being a One Spartan Army
5: Argent Moon. Mostly because BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM
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> Hmmm.
> CE: 343 Guilty Spark (To this day I have NEVER been more scared than when I first met the Flood)
> 2: Metropolis and Uprising as well (rolling thunder all the way!)
> 3: Also The Covenant really. It felt SO GOOD.
> ODST: Again agreeing; Prepare to Drop was AMAZING. Tsavo is a close second
> Reach: Pillar of Autumn
> 4: Shutdown. Pelican alone was worth it but DAMN the feeling of being a One Spartan Army
> 5: Argent Moon. Mostly because BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM
Good picks–Im confused, were you saying Tsavo Highway in relation to H3? Did you mean to say Tayari Plaza for ODST?
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> > Hmmm.
> > CE: 343 Guilty Spark (To this day I have NEVER been more scared than when I first met the Flood)
> > 2: Metropolis and Uprising as well (rolling thunder all the way!)
> > 3: Also The Covenant really. It felt SO GOOD.
> > ODST: Again agreeing; Prepare to Drop was AMAZING. Tsavo is a close second
> > Reach: Pillar of Autumn
> > 4: Shutdown. Pelican alone was worth it but DAMN the feeling of being a One Spartan Army
> > 5: Argent Moon. Mostly because BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM
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> Good picks–Im confused, were you saying Tsavo Highway in relation to H3? Did you mean to say Tayari Plaza for ODST?
Coastal Highway, my bad. The one where you, Buck and Dare in Elefant and Hog ride down the highway through Covenant.
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> > > Hmmm.
> > > CE: 343 Guilty Spark (To this day I have NEVER been more scared than when I first met the Flood)
> > > 2: Metropolis and Uprising as well (rolling thunder all the way!)
> > > 3: Also The Covenant really. It felt SO GOOD.
> > > ODST: Again agreeing; Prepare to Drop was AMAZING. Tsavo is a close second
> > > Reach: Pillar of Autumn
> > > 4: Shutdown. Pelican alone was worth it but DAMN the feeling of being a One Spartan Army
> > > 5: Argent Moon. Mostly because BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM
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> > Good picks–Im confused, were you saying Tsavo Highway in relation to H3? Did you mean to say Tayari Plaza for ODST?
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> Coastal Highway, my bad. The one where you, Buck and Dare in Elefant and Hog ride down the highway through Covenant.
Gotcha. Yeah, definitely a strong mission, especially when the squad finally fights together.
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> > > > Hmmm.
> > > > CE: 343 Guilty Spark (To this day I have NEVER been more scared than when I first met the Flood)
> > > > 2: Metropolis and Uprising as well (rolling thunder all the way!)
> > > > 3: Also The Covenant really. It felt SO GOOD.
> > > > ODST: Again agreeing; Prepare to Drop was AMAZING. Tsavo is a close second
> > > > Reach: Pillar of Autumn
> > > > 4: Shutdown. Pelican alone was worth it but DAMN the feeling of being a One Spartan Army
> > > > 5: Argent Moon. Mostly because BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM BLUE TEAM
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> > > Good picks–Im confused, were you saying Tsavo Highway in relation to H3? Did you mean to say Tayari Plaza for ODST?
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> > Coastal Highway, my bad. The one where you, Buck and Dare in Elefant and Hog ride down the highway through Covenant.
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> Gotcha. Yeah, definitely a strong mission, especially when the squad finally fights together.
HCE/A: 343 Guilty Spark
H2/A: The Arbiter/The Oracle
H3: Sierra 117
ODST: Mombasa Streets
Reach: Long Night of Solace
H4: Midnight
H5: Argent Moon
List of my favorites because I’m an idiot and didn’t read the prompt right.
H:CE/A: Assault on the Control Room (because Scorpion)
H2/A: Metropolis (because Scorpion) or Delta Halo (also because Scorpion)
H3: confused shrug
H3 ODST: Mombasa Streets (does this count as a mission?), Kizingo Boulevard (because Scorpion), or Coastal Highway (also because Scorpion)
HReach: Long Night of Solace (because Sabre)
H4: Infinity (because Mantis and Scorpion) or Midnight (because Broadsword and soundtrack)
H5: Argent Moon (because no Prometheans)
CE: (The Library lul) Halo probably
2: Delta Halo, or whichever one you first meet the Flood in Halo 2. Containment?
3: The Ark
ODST: I don’t know
Reach: Pillar of Autumn
4: Either the one where John talks to the Librarian’s hologram, Cortana yelling" I cannot allow you to leave this planet!" or the final mission. Leaning toward the final misson due to it bring us to Cortana’s beautiful death scene.
5: I’ll also go with Argent Moon.
Halo CE:Guilty Spark.So many corridors.
Halo2:Quarantine Zone.Scorpion.
Halo3:The Covenant So many vehicles and the Flood.
Halo ODST:Costal Highway.Break through!
Halo4:Midnight.Broadsword
Halo5:Genesis.Walking on the side of a Guardian.
Halo CE: 343 Guilty Spark
Halo 2: Cairo Station
Halo 3: The Storm or Halo
Halo 4: Nearly all post-composer immunity levels
Halo 5: anything meridian or sanghelios, the rest was eh.
ODST: Last level.
Reach: Pillar of Autumn, the rest was garbage.
Wars: Can’t decide…
Wars 2: Still can’t decide.
Reach: Tip of the Spear
CE: Assault on the Control Room
2: Regret
3: The Covenant
4: Infinity
5: Swords of Sanghelios
I just like my heavy vehicles and weapons. I like all of the missions in all of the games because I love Halo (well, ehh, Cortana kind of sucked), but the ones where I get to commandeer Mantises and/or Scorpions are fantastic. Rocket Launchers are cool, too.
Halo 1: Assault on the Control Room
Halo 2: Metropolis
Halo 3: The Ark
Halo ODST: Tie between Uplift Preserve and Kzingo Boulevard
Halo Reach: Tip of the Spear
Halo 4: Infinity
Halo 5: Swords of Sanghelios
The strongest missions are the ones with the largest sandbox and allow you to play in a variety of styles with all or most of the weapons and vehicles within the game.
To be honest I can’t really pick a few top best for myself.In my opinion I love each mission equally even if some people may like the entirety of the story as a whole or even the game take for example Halo 5 and Halo 4