: That's absolutely true. I thought the story was very good (other than the
: ending), on par with ODST and Reach. They still haven't reached the level
: of Halo 2's multi-layered narrative - Guardians essentially tells one
: narrative from two perspectives, whereas Halo 2 told two completely
: separate narratives that converged at the end - but they did a damn good
: job nonetheless.

I can't argue with that. Halo 2 is still probably my favorite campaign based on story alone. It was so compelling.

Halo 5 does a lot of interesting things with the Halo Universe, though. If the Arbiter really managed to break the Covenant, that's a big game changer. Not too mention the Guardians that are now presumably roaming the galaxy.

I also liked that we got to see the tension between the colonies and the UNSC in game, and I can see that becoming more and more relevant as the series continues (although I don't think we'll see a Insurrectionist war in the games; I feel like they'll steer away from shooting other humans in Halo).

I think Halo 5 makes a lot of interesting changes for the Halo universe lore.