So, what the fuck guys?
I had some nostaligia over the first 3 Halo games today, and I started thinking back on the story and how much better it was than Destiny. Halo 2, in particular, I remember having an entrancing story that went a bit over my head as a wee lad playing the game back in November '04. About a year ago I watched a video of all of Halo 2's cutscenes and was convinced that not only was this Halo's best writing, but some of the best writing of any video game story.
Curious, I googled "best halo game story" to see if the community agrees with me. What I found was a vast majority of people proclaiming Reach to be the best Halo campaign story ever. I was shocked. Reach? Sure it had that cool last mission where you stay behind, some interesting Halsey dialogue, and Kat's ass to follow around in most missions, but to me Reach's writing is pretty non-memorable.
"The planet is getting invaded, go to different locations to fight back a little before you die"
Halo 2's story had much more going on, particularly on the Arbiter's side of things. But in these lists I saw, Halo 2 hardly gets a shoutout. I actually saw someone try to make the argument that Halo 4 had the best writing.
Is it just a bunch of kids too young to remember CE and 2 that I'm seeing, or is the community actually coming to consensus that Halo 2 ISN'T one of the best video game stories ever told?