For me it is personally better than Star wars or Star Trek.
It is not very Science fiction to me because it all sounds possible that we would have a future like this. It sounds like an human future that could be possible...Colonizing worlds, have to fight rebels creating super soldiers....Nothing that made me go 'Ok now it is just typical fantasy stuff' 'This all except covenant encounter ofcourse'. Then again the covenant story is very great. They are not just aliens. And I am a big fan of the Sanghelli Race. Reading the books and experience the halo universe through their eyes is the best. (Wants an Covenant game a bit like in Halo 2 were you coul play with the arbiter).
If only Bungie did a bit better not to messing up the story I would be very happy with all of this.
