What's your favorite main series Halo game?

[theRepublic]

Of the games I played:

1. Halo 2
2. Halo: CE
3. Halo 3

1. Better campaign and multiplayer than the first. The addition of the Arbiter to the campaign mode was great, and duel wielding was fun. Net code was definitely better than the first game too. There was still a small issue with the host advantage, but only about half as much as the first game. The overpowered pistol was also gone.
2. Fantastic game to kick off the franchise. Played tons of campaign mode and tons of multiplayer in LAN with my friends in college. The pistol was very overpowered, and the net code caused some issues. We played each other so much, eventually we could tell who would win because of the advantage the host console had.
3. Don't remember a lot of specifics on this one. From what I can remember, the campaign wasn't as good, and neither was the multiplayer. I remember not liking the new enemy type they added. We didn't play anywhere near as much of this as the first two games. My friend group pretty quickly transitioned over to Gears of War 2.