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So,I was arguing with a classmate on What is the better game in terms of story, online multiplayer, and fun.
So, Is the Call of Duty series or Halo series better?
I say Halo is, 'cuz... Well, It's feathing awesome and CoD is so repetitive and OVERplayed.


(I only play CoD cuz of the Multiplayer.)

I like Call of Duty because it reminds me of Halo.

Halo: Reach is a way better game than CoD Black Ops.

Let's break it down:

Story: Halo actually has one.

Online Multiplayer: Both are rather bad, with 13 year old kids swearing you out and both have incredibly cheap ways of "winning". However, Halo wins out, with the ability to customize your look while you level up, while not affecting gameplay, and they also have Daily Challenges which keep you motivated to play.

Fun: Fun is subjective, and so shouldn't be brought up at all.

CoD Black Ops is a way better game than Halo: Reach.

Let's break it down:

Story: Black Ops actually has one.

Online Multiplayer: Both are rather bad, with 13 year old kids swearing you out and both have incredibly cheap ways of "winning". However, Halo wins out, with the ability to customize your look while you level up, while not affecting gameplay, and they also have Daily Challenges which keep you motivated to play.

Fun: Fun is subjective, and so shouldn't be brought up at all.


Seriously, they both have stories you know.

Voted for both.

I really liked the Black Ops campain and thought the story was pretty good.

Black ops ending was rather Bleh to me.

This can't end well..

For what it's worth: Halo, cause modern shooters are boring as hell.

They're both very different games. I tend to play Halo more casually, using forge, custom games and just occasional matchmaking with friends. With Black Ops, I can get quite... angry at the game sometimes I might curse when if I die, I take it more seriously then Halo, no idea why.

Currently I feel both of them suck as much as the other.

If by goin how much i played both series, then COD is far better since after playing MW1 I actually wanted MW2 where as Halo 3 left me with a "big deal" opinion and never wanted to play it again.

So COD wins it for me purely bacuase I played MW2 way more than Halo 3.

I enjoying playing both series. I would rather play Halo if I had to choose though.

Personally it is Halo for me. It has nothing to do with gameplay but the scenarios. I have seen way too many heated discussions regarding the portrayal of the good guys and bad guys in the CoD series. People get really pissed off when discussing the Taliban, etc.

In Halo, nobody gives a crap either way. It is way less personal shooting a convenant in the head or a masked robot looking guy.

Now mind you I try not to take games serious, but I know plenty of people that have. Remember all that about CoD: MW 2 that allowed players to control Taliban-like forces, though they didn’t bear the actual name?

A quote from an article regarding the issue:

"Attention, videogamers. You can't be the Taliban anymore.
The videogame manufacturer Electronic Arts, bowing to strong criticism from U.S. military officials and veterans organizations, made changes Friday to “Medal of Honor,” the newest installment in its series of American-based war games.
Set in modern-day Afghanistan, “Medal of Honor” had been designed to allow players to take on the role of the Taliban in its multiplayer mode, and to kill American soldiers -- a capability that came under withering fire from military officials and U.S. veterans.
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service went so far as to request that American military bases not stock it.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/01/medal-honor-makes-changes-allowing-players-control-taliban/#ixzz1BU4yQYp8"

Now imagine if it said this:

Attention, videogamers. You can't be the Covenant anymore.
The videogame manufacturer Microsoft Game Studios, bowing to strong criticism from UNSC military officials and veterans organizations, made changes Friday to “Halo 3,” the newest installment in its series of Science-Fiction based war games.
Set in a futristic setting which centers on the interstellar war between 26th century humanity, “Halo 3” had been designed to allow players to take on the role of the Covenant in its multiplayer mode, and to kill UNSC soldiers -- a capability that came under withering fire from military officials and UNSC veterans.
The Army & Space Force Exchange Service went so far as to request that UNSC military bases not stock it.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/01/halo-3-makes-changes-allowing-players-control-covenant/#ixzz1BU4yQYp8

Yeah thats what I thought.

So here we have it, liking a game is actually subjective. Who would've guessed it.

Also, a more plausible controversy would be if christians got mad at Halo because they're fighting the "covenant" which could be interpreted as them fighting the covenant between God and the sons of Abraham or some other stuff like that.

Also, people still care about shooting aliens, hell some people don't like Harry Potter because it involves witchcraft.

Out there somewhere is always a person who doesn't like the game for some obscure reason.

I can't stand Halo. My favorite in the Series was number 1 and 2, and all the others are so similar.

I prefer the COD series by far. And I don't care about little 13 year olds because I either turn off the mics, or just pwn them and have a load of fun.

Neither: Metal Gear Solid series.

Halo, they are both good, but it comes down to what you like. BO is rather cookie cutter to the CoD series, and provides you with a few new toys, while on the flip side, Halo, while similar to the others in the series, provided me with a slightly different experience than BO, one which was slightly better.

Overall, you play what YOU like, nobody tells you what you like, unless your under some seriously strict communist rule in which you are told your opinion.

Yay! Halo won the poll. Way better than COD. (Pretty good weapon balance, it's sci-fi, there are no magic riot shields that can stop a barret 50. cal round from 2 feet away, and COD has no vehicles. How anyone could like COD better than Halo literally confuses me. Even BF Bad company 2 is way better than COD.

The COD campaign missions are alright though, and I usually rent the games. (I did buy World at war, however, that COD game is an exception. The weapon balance was actually decent, and multiplayer was quite fun.)


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halonachos wrote:CoD Black Ops is a way better game than Halo: Reach.

Let's break it down:

Story: Black Ops actually has one.

Online Multiplayer: Both are rather bad, with 13 year old kids swearing you out and both have incredibly cheap ways of "winning". However, Halo wins out, with the ability to customize your look while you level up, while not affecting gameplay, and they also have Daily Challenges which keep you motivated to play.

Fun: Fun is subjective, and so shouldn't be brought up at all.


Seriously, they both have stories you know.

You still said Halo wins out. And what is your excuse for the Magic riot shields, hmm?


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johnscott10 wrote:Currently I feel both of them suck as much as the other.

If by goin how much i played both series, then COD is far better since after playing MW1 I actually wanted MW2 where as Halo 3 left me with a "big deal" opinion and never wanted to play it again.

So COD wins it for me purely bacuase I played MW2 way more than Halo 3.

What about map customization? Call of duty doesn't have that at all.

Damn, forgot to edit that part out.

Anywho, how can you explain alien space ships?

You can't explain the Halo realm and well the riot shield kind of doesn't exist in Black Ops.


And if you want map customization, play LBP.

Muahahaha!

I like games where I spawn with weapons I like, not have to mad dash to get a power weapon (or failing that, just die over and over to the power weapon user)

Also, I have never liked the Halo story-lines. They just don't seem like stories to me (make b/c I skip most of the movies...)

CoD storylines (while cheesy in some parts) are for the most part, pretty good.


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Also, vehicles in FPS suck. Seriously. They RUIN the Battlefield games, and ruin Halo.

Halo is better. Space Battles + Big battles + Killing everyone + Sniper Rifle. Simple Weapons not crazy ununderstandable stuff.

Asherian Command wrote:Halo is better. Space Battles + Big battles + Killing everyone + Sniper Rifle. Simple Weapons not crazy ununderstandable stuff.

So modern weapons most people can identify easily are more understandable then a gun that shoots pink crystal needles... lolwut?

Probably Halo, but only if you have a 360. Otherwise, obviously, CoD.


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Slarg232 wrote:Story: Halo actually has one.

Black Ops has a story.

One that is entertaining in a way that was not likely meant by its writers, but a story nonetheless.

battle Brother Lucifer wrote:
Also, I have never liked the Halo story-lines. They just don't seem like stories to me (make b/c I skip most of the movies...)

Skipping the movies makes the stories bad...you are not getting the complete story.

In all fairness, the original Halo pretty much starts you out without knowing what the hell is going on. With CoD you have a pretty good idea of the stories and have a grounded connection with what is going on, (Modern Warfare). In halo you have no idea what the UNSC or a covenant is.

Its the same reason why a lot of schools are tailoring their lessons to incorporate background knowledge into the curriculum. If Phillip is participating in a multicultural lesson regarding Canada and his parents had moved to the US from Canada, more than likely he is going to have more background knowledge than Sue from Alabama. Phillip is going to participate more in the discussion because of his background knowledge.

More than likely that is what makes CoD more appealing to you. You have more background knowledge regarding modern warfare than science ficton space warfare against a enemy you know little about.

Just to chime in on that specific subject matter... I seriously don't think either of them probably have grade A stories from a literary perspective.

I'm shocked that Halo has so much love. I would have guessed that it would have been even, or slightly in Cod's favor.

CoD is one of a dozen popular "modern" (or semi-modern in the case of WWII games) FPS franchises. There really isn't much out there that's competing with Halo.

Melissia wrote:Automatically Appended Next Post:

Slarg232 wrote:Story: Halo actually has one.

Black Ops has a story.

One that is entertaining in a way that was not likely meant by its writers, but a story nonetheless.

CoD is the devil! The Devil I say!

Meh, It's just not my cup of tea. There really isn't anything bad with it, but........ meh. All I have to say about that game, really. Meh.

You need to learn to watch Black Ops' story ironically. It's funny to look at it as the ravings of a hallucinating cold war conspiracy theorist who the CIA is playing a prank on.

The halo games are fun, but thats about it, the halo universe is something I really like though (because of the novels).

I just read cryptum in one day, very good read

Halo. Sci-fi is better than modern.

battle Brother Lucifer wrote:

Asherian Command wrote:Halo is better. Space Battles + Big battles + Killing everyone + Sniper Rifle. Simple Weapons not crazy ununderstandable stuff.

So modern weapons most people can identify easily are more understandable then a gun that shoots pink crystal needles... lolwut?

Expecting everyone every to know a load of real life weapons lolwut? Most people are civilians and therefore not likely to know the difference. At least in halo the guns look different. (Note that I do know a bit about weapons. Just saying that cyour average Joe won't)

Firing homing exploding crystal pink needles is more fun then regular bullets.