Hookey i actually thought it had more meaning than Halo 3 a lot of Halo 3 was just monotonous and they story was really stupid. In Reach you play a pivotal role in the Halo storyline. The storyline is kinda basic with mission objectives usually blow this up or get to this place, kill these guys but i felt the cut scenes are great and it had a sort of ODST feel to it. At the same time its much better than ODST so it makes ODST look plain in comparison, its kinda hard to explain.
The missions where you are in the flying vehicles are actually really good they did the fist flying mission pretty good i would have liked more of that since it reminded me of the Rouge Squadron games!
I thought it was pretty much better than Halo 3 in every aspect. The enemy AI is much better. You fight the elites again and there are commanders for groups of enemies they wear white armour who are slightly better than the normal elites. I hated the flood actually i thought they where boring and just a nuisance.
The online is really good, the firefight modes are fantastic but i feel i was dying a bit easy online especially when your shield goes down you die from practically one hit usually or if your near a grenade blast.
The original Halo campaign is longer but Reach has less filler and boring parts, less travelling around just more into the action and defending places isnt a chore like it was.
EDIT: Game of the Year it has a good chance depends on Black Ops but seriously not looking forward to that piece of shit oh another rehash excellent! Fallout New Vegas has a great chance maybe GT5, Civilization 5 I WISH it could win but it wont. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Fable 3 might have a chance. Two Worlds II LOLOLOLOLOL
JEEZ i deleted the wrong post luckily when i went back a page the text was still there!
Modern Warfare 2 has the greatest plot in gaming history