Apparently I missed a lot of this topic...
(1) Halo Reach is NOT the last Halo game.
(2) Halo was made in 2000. One of the first games availible for the newly announced next-gen gaming system known as the Xbox.
(3) BUNGIE created ALL the Halo games. BUNGIE. Ubisoft helped with game creation (on which Halo(s) I'm not sure...).
(4) The members of Noble Team are Spartan-IIIs. And yes, Master Chief is a Spartan-II.
(5) Halo Reach IS the best Halo game thus far.
(6) Halo Wars... was the worst Halo game. They just shouldn't have taken it there. I loved the in-game movies though. Great next-gen animation.
(7) In Halo Reach you can customize your character's gender as well as a number of armor pieces including helmet, visor color, chest plating, etc., etc. Color is again availible.
(8) You do get to fly in Halo Reach. A Falcon and a Sabre(space fighter).
(9) Brutes do appear in Halo Reach, working together with Elites. Engineers also appear in-game as over-shielders (like in Halo: ODST). Skirmishers are new to the Halo universe. Quick little, jumping bastards. Watch out for them.
(10) Reach does still get glassed... sad... but hey, you help save the rest of the universe. Good enough right. You lose some you win some.
I think that about covers everything... anything else, let me know. 