I was a Sega and PlayStation fanboy growing up so I completely missed out on the Halo series. I finally pick up the Master Chief Collection on Steam.
I'm only interested in the story and I probably won't touch the multiplayer. What order should I play it in as someone who knows absolutely nothing about Halo? Release date order or chronologically?
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As others are saying, just go with the release order. You can ignore anything after Reach.