I was wondering who was the superior halo creator, bungie or 343. I am not the biggest xbox 360 fan, but that is neither here nor there. I have always heard how  Bungie was one of the best devolpers not only because of the quality of their games but the attitude toward the halo fanbase. After the release of Halo 4 everyone is speaking of how amazing it is so the question is: Who makes a better halo/gives their fanbase what they ask for.

Was going to add more options to the poll. Express your concerns below. Maybe they are equal. Maybe one is better at making the game but the other has better community relationships.

At this point it's hard to tell because Bungie made 5 Halo games and 343 just made 1 so far. I will say this, 343 made one hell of a game, and you can easily argue Halo 4 is the best Halo or right behind Halo:CE. I'll withhold judgement until Halo 5.

Comparing Halo 3 to Halo 4, I think they are too different for me to say that one is better than the other. However, I think both definitely are superior to Halo: Reach.


Bungie created Halo: CE though, so they are the default winner for me.

Bungie made Halo into what it is. 343 might have improved upon that formula but that's something else entirely than creating your own IP from scratch. At this point, Bungie has proven more.

343 hands down.

Bungie was always way overrated.

i think it was the perfect time for a switch from bungie to 343(who have a lot of ex bungie employees). Halo 4 is great, every other halo has been great too. No need for me to choose.

Bungie will really show who they are now that they are multi plat. perhaps ms gave them a good edge as they are giving 343, perhaps not. we will see with tehir next game so i will reserve any more judgement until than.

Halo:CE had the best single player campaign till now (arguably)
Halo 2 had the best MP till now (arguably)
Halo 3 was OK. Had lots of online options and the single player campaign was solid, but definitely not the best Halo in the series.
Halo ODST had a nice dark storyline. I actually rather enjoyed it.
Halo Reach had a good single player campaign but MP ended up pretty meh in the long run for me.

Halo 4 has arguably the best SP and MP so far. However, I think 343 needs another another 4 titles under their belt before they can be fully judged. Let's not forget who started the series as well. Bungie is still the reason we have Halo today, we only had MS and 343 to thank for keeping the series going. But can you really blame MS for not wanting the series to die? It generates a lot of sales for them.

Let's say Bungie came up with the recipe for the world's tastiest cake. Then, Bungie died. 343 found the recipe and cooked it following Bungie's instruction but then 343 put a cherry on top and served it on a really nice plate. Who gets the credit? Bungie for making the successful recipe or 343 for adding to it?

Bungie of course. 343 is merely building off what Bungie created.

This is a no brainer.