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This is like picking between Ebola and diabetes (no offence to either).

I'd rather pick the one I can manage (just) than a short agonizing death. so BO for me.

yes, activision are the root of all evil. yes BO is probably the most imbalanced of all the CoDs (so far). but its still playable.

Halo ceased to be a good IP once future combat was made. Halo 3 (where my hate started) is incredibly bland (surprising since it throws around more colours than a rainbow), unoriginal, all the weapons feel like tinker toys and the multiplayer is a blight on humanity.

BO is ruined by the publisher and the community. Halo is ruined by the developers, the publishers and the community

Where is the battlefield option. battlefield is way better than both IMO

Halo, ... it's the only shooter i still play regulary....I love halo 2

airsoftmanic wrote:This is like picking between Ebola and diabetes (no offence to either).

I'd rather pick the one I can manage (just) than a short agonizing death. so BO for me.

yes, activision are the root of all evil. yes BO is probably the most imbalanced of all the CoDs (so far). but its still playable.

Halo ceased to be a good IP once future combat was made. Halo 3 (where my hate started) is incredibly bland (surprising since it throws around more colours than a rainbow), unoriginal, all the weapons feel like tinker toys and the multiplayer is a blight on humanity.

BO is ruined by the publisher and the community. Halo is ruined by the developers, the publishers and the community

What's so bad about halo multiplayer? And the weapons didn't really change much in between games, just got new ones.

Soladrin wrote:

airsoftmanic wrote:This is like picking between Ebola and diabetes (no offence to either).

I'd rather pick the one I can manage (just) than a short agonizing death. so BO for me.

yes, activision are the root of all evil. yes BO is probably the most imbalanced of all the CoDs (so far). but its still playable.

Halo ceased to be a good IP once future combat was made. Halo 3 (where my hate started) is incredibly bland (surprising since it throws around more colours than a rainbow), unoriginal, all the weapons feel like tinker toys and the multiplayer is a blight on humanity.

BO is ruined by the publisher and the community. Halo is ruined by the developers, the publishers and the community

What's so bad about halo multiplayer? And the weapons didn't really change much in between games, just got new ones.

The Maulers were horrendously unbalanced... But yeah, other than that there wasn't a marvelous difference between H2 and H3.

Halo multiplayer is in my own opinion, one of worst in existence due to the following:

- maps. there are some gems to be found, but considering the amount of gak surrounding them its a moot point.

- unbalanced to hell. yes maulers are OP, so are laser swords, so is the carbine, so is the sniper rifle...... considering this game is supposed to make it quite hard to kill people in general, having a large array weapons in the game that negate this.

-community. this by far is the single reason I sold my 360. i have never in my life met a worse bunch of degraded sub-humans. by god its worse than CoD, and that's saying something. i understand every game has that certain, bad smelling section to it's community but Halo's bad smelling section encompasses at least 70% of the whole community. that in itself demands that the game be declared excommunicate from the gaming community at large (and already has).

and my complaint wasn't that the guns were unoriginal, I meant that none of the guns felt like they had any weight behind them. for example, the "mattel" 16 if anyone knows what that means.

Both games offer enjoyable single player experiences, but while Black Ops has good online play, Reach's online offerings are garbage. Going with Call of Duty on this one (though honestly, they're both good games).

Halo is more the 'have fun' style, while cod is 'we are realistic, so buy us!'

Halo all the way.

I prefer Reach over black ops however Halo 3 was much better than both.

I dislike games where its
'run to the best gun'
A. Did you get it:
Yes-> win game
No-> lose game/ ragequit

I dont like how 1 ton suits of armor BOUNCE when the hit the ground after rag dolling around
I dont like either games CC. Both are dumb
I dont like COD's fanbase because of excessive talking. I dont like halo's because of no talking
There are problems with both games, but I feel halo has WAY more issues

airsoftmanic wrote:Halo multiplayer is in my own opinion, one of worst in existence due to the following:

- maps. there are some gems to be found, but considering the amount of gak surrounding them its a moot point.

- unbalanced to hell. yes maulers are OP, so are laser swords, so is the carbine, so is the sniper rifle...... considering this game is supposed to make it quite hard to kill people in general, having a large array weapons in the game that negate this.

-community. this by far is the single reason I sold my 360. i have never in my life met a worse bunch of degraded sub-humans. by god its worse than CoD, and that's saying something. i understand every game has that certain, bad smelling section to it's community but Halo's bad smelling section encompasses at least 70% of the whole community. that in itself demands that the game be declared excommunicate from the gaming community at large (and already has).

and my complaint wasn't that the guns were unoriginal, I meant that none of the guns felt like they had any weight behind them. for example, the "mattel" 16 if anyone knows what that means.

Oh god, I thought, hey this guy might have a sound point, but when you complained about the community and the power weapons being over-powered I juts lost all respect.
A few other things as well. Maulers, and the carbine are not in Halo Reach, so you're basing an opinion off a different game. Secondly, the point of the power weapons is that they're overpowered, they drive the game-play, speed things up, throw in a curve ball every now and then. Their power is negated in that there's either one on each team, or there's only one, in the middle of the map. They're low on ammo, with a long re-spawn timer and all have significant disadvantages. The sniper is hopeless at close range, the sword is hopeless at any other range but close, and it's damn easy to take out any player with them. Lastly, since when has the mauler and the carbine been overpowered? I've racked up several thousand games on Halo 3, and every time a person either walks over the them, or chooses the BR. Even when I did use them, I used them for fun, I still preferred the shotgun or the br, or even the assault rifle.

I'd like you to kindly describe what parts of the community are worse than CoD's worse than the campers, game obsessed, futile quick-scopers and clan idiots.

considering the title of the thread is "Halo vs CoD" i ignored the fact that he is trying to compare reach and BO, and just stuck with the thread title. hence the weapon comparisons.

I think I will take back the overpowered weapons quip, since I suppose every game has OP weapons (the FAMAS immediately pops to mind), but I still say all the weapons feel like Mattel toys.

"campers, game obsessed, futile quick-scopers and clan idiots." all of which are in halo. there's just alot more of them in halo. you also get excessive bunny hoppers in Halo, since the game mechanics actually encourage bouncing up and down like a mentally deficient person.

the one shining thing i can say about Halo (at least for Halo 3, not sure if its in the sequels) is the training, or rookie mode. its the single worthwhile thing i would take out of the game to implement somewhere else.

another thing you have reminded me of is the incessant need and hunger for halo-boys to vigorously defend Halo, even with their dying breaths.
Not that you are defending it to that extent but its another factor that brings up the bile for me.

both games are good, but the people who play CoD that I know are always Dou**es. I have found people on halo to be alot less arrogant and fewer of them have their heads up their A** than CoD fans, based on the people that I have met online.


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btw, its strategic sitting, not camping

I prefer the aesthetic and gameplay of Halo far more than any MW game.

I am also, however, a big fan of Battlefield; although its gritty, realistic setting is a bit meh to me. Give me giant crazy ships/structures any day.

Also, you can't just spray and pray with the DMR in Reach, you actually have to be able to aim.

airsoftmanic wrote:I think I will take back the overpowered weapons quip, since I suppose every game has OP weapons (the FAMAS immediately pops to mind), but I still say all the weapons feel like Mattel toys.

Oh boy does every game have overpowered weapons. The Rocket Launcher and the DMR/BR are Halo's overpowered weapons. The former is a power weapon, without the significant draw-backs of others, and the DMR/BR is just too damn common, powerful, and accurate.

"campers, game obsessed, futile quick-scopers and clan idiots." all of which are in halo. there's just alot more of them in halo. you also get excessive bunny hoppers in Halo, since the game mechanics actually encourage bouncing up and down like a mentally deficient person.

Nope, the CoD population is a lot bigger, there's a lot more in CoD, because camping and ranking up are easier. There are no quick-scopers in Halo, and there are a lot less serious clans let me assure you of that. Jumping is a different game-mechanic, one that I don't think is as prevalent as you suggest.

the one shining thing i can say about Halo (at least for Halo 3, not sure if its in the sequels) is the training, or rookie mode. its the single worthwhile thing i would take out of the game to implement somewhere else.

I can't remember if Reach had Boot Camp, CoD certainly didn't, although advanced playlists are unlocked through rank, so it has a similar system.

another thing you have reminded me of is the incessant need and hunger for halo-boys to vigorously defend Halo, even with their dying breaths.
Not that you are defending it to that extent but its another factor that brings up the bile for me.

I take it you've never spoken to the CoD fanboys. Seriously, they're very much in denial of every little thing that's wrong with it, even I recognize that Halo has a weak stroryline, with wooden characters that were hyped up by the Developer, and a lack of variety in maps for game-modes like Firefight.

LACK OF STORYLINE!!! how dare you!!!


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i could see how people would say that though if go by just the games

I said weak, not lack. I now I think weak is the wrong word. Maybe, convoluted, a bit wrapped up in it's own epicness. I enjoyed it to be sure, the trilogy had a great storyline, marred be the reasons above. ODST was better, with a meh, ending, Reach was also meh, and irritated me because it shat on the work of several authors.

mk, that was true in all respects, especially the reach thing taking a giant gak on the authors...

they are both horrible FPS. i would put them on par with Counter Strike, Unreal and Quake. its just mindless running and shooting with minimal tactics. Battlefield blows both of these franchises out of the water.

Battlefield is a mix of Halo and CoD, there's simply some direction to the mindless shooting.

Halo all the way. I just wish more people were playing it.

airsoftmanic wrote:considering the title of the thread is "Halo vs CoD" i ignored the fact that he is trying to compare reach and BO, and just stuck with the thread title. hence the weapon comparisons.

I think I will take back the overpowered weapons quip, since I suppose every game has OP weapons (the FAMAS immediately pops to mind), but I still say all the weapons feel like Mattel toys.

"campers, game obsessed, futile quick-scopers and clan idiots." all of which are in halo. there's just alot more of them in halo. you also get excessive bunny hoppers in Halo, since the game mechanics actually encourage bouncing up and down like a mentally deficient person.

the one shining thing i can say about Halo (at least for Halo 3, not sure if its in the sequels) is the training, or rookie mode. its the single worthwhile thing i would take out of the game to implement somewhere else.

another thing you have reminded me of is the incessant need and hunger for halo-boys to vigorously defend Halo, even with their dying breaths.
Not that you are defending it to that extent but its another factor that brings up the bile for me.

Well, it seems you know nothing about the current Halo community if your basing everything off halo 3. Campers? Never see them, and even then, nothing a plasma grenade can't deal with. Bunny hopping? Seriously? Not one Halo game has that, your thinking about quake and UT here. Bunny hopping in halo makes you an easy target for snipers, and slows your movement speed.

Also, please stop using Yahtzee's comments, the whole mattel joke died an hour after that episode was out.

And is with any online game, pleasure increases by a huge amount if you play with a party of friends instead of randoms, and with halo, this pits you against other premade parties most of the time, ensuring either great games, or great tomfoolery.

Also.... GRIFBALL!

QFT, soladrin

Halo>CoD

Rockethog!

Anyone claiming CoD is more "realistic" also needs to clarify their statements. There's almost nothing about the gameplay of CoD that even approaches realism. The only thing realistic about it is the setting.

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halonachos wrote:
Will indeed say that Halo Reach's customization is a far cry from ODST's and the previous Halo's.

Woooot? What gives you that idea?

Yeah... That statements gonna need some explaining... On its face it seems utterly... I don't want to say wrong... well yeah. Wrong.

Well the fact that there are all of the different armor pieces, helmets, shoulder pads, etc I think that its a bit better. Unless you're playing as the elite where you have 3 choices.

There is one saving grace for Halo Reach, and that's what it did for Red vs Blue. But then again Treyarch does fine with its own trailers and videos, seeing a Spetznaz and OP 40 soldier singing 'Winds of Change' while using flamethrowing machine guns as guitars is pretty amazing.

halonachos wrote:Well the fact that there are all of the different armor pieces, helmets, shoulder pads, etc I think that its a bit better. Unless you're playing as the elite where you have 3 choices.

See clarification helps

Gonna have to disagree thought. Elites didn't get all the armor options because they're nowhere near as popular in multiplayer. Besides, they have about the same number of permutations as before (there are like, 6 or seven Elite armors in Reach ), you just can't mix and match the pieces. The Spartan customization went way up. There's more customization in Reach than almost any other FPS for consoles

Yeah, my Green Bay Packer Spartan is the most feared of all the spartans. Especially with his bicycle helmet of specialness! By bike helmet I mean the MP helmet which looks like a Bell bicycle helmet.

Easily Halo. Look at my username..............

Too many little kids play COD online anymore. Halo seems to have more people playing that are post pubescant

Spartan 117 wrote:Easily Halo. Look at my username..............

Too many little kids play COD online anymore. Halo seems to have more people playing that are post pubescant

I would beg to differ, but YMMV and all. In fact parents are more tolerable of Halo than CoD because CoD has swearing.