Chief must find a way to contain the Flood outbreak without destroying humanity. There, Chief fights Covenant forces and accidentally unleashes the Flood, an ancient species of parasitic organisms that feed on sentient life.

The Pillar, carrying Cortana and John-117, aka Master Chief, is attacked by the Covenant and forced to crash-land on the ring. The ending of Reach leads directly into Halo: Combat Evolved, with the Pillar of Autumn entering Installation 04, one of seven ring-shaped worlds (i.e., Halos) created by an ancient species of highly intelligent beings known as the Forerunners.

Noble Team, including the playable character Noble Six, was heavily outnumbered in their fight, yet their efforts allowed the ship Pillar of Autumn and Cortana to escape Reach, setting the scene for Halo: Combat Evolved.Īvailable on: Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC | IGN's Halo: Reach Wiki 3. Noble Team begins its fight with the Covenant on the planet Reach, one of humanity’s most prosperous colonies. Halo: Reach is set 21 years later, during the summer months of 2552. The second, Halo Wars 2 (further down this list), is set between Halo 5 and Halo Infinite.Īvailable on: Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC | IGN's Halo Wars Wiki 2. Halo Wars is the first of two real-time strategy spinoffs.

Halo Wars follows the United Nations Space Command (UNSC) forces aboard the Spirit of Fire and the Red Team of Spartan-II supersoldiers as they take the fight to the Covenant across the planets Harvest and Arcadia, as well as the Forerunner installation Shield 0459 (aka Trove). Halo Wars is set during the early days of the Human-Covenant War, a conflict started by the alien Covenant to preserve the false foundations on which it built its religion. Halo Wars is the series’ earliest-set game, taking place 21 years before the start of Halo: Reach and Halo: Combat Evolved. With series newcomers in mind, these brief plot synopses contain only mild spoilers such as broad plot points, settings, and character introductions. The choice is yours, and both possible paths are outlined below, beginning with the narrative chronology of the Halo game series. As with most series, there are two possible ways to approach the Halo games: chronologically by release date or chronologically by narrative.

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