Halo 4 vs. Call of Duty : Black Ops II (SETTLING THE FEUD)

Of course YOU think Halo 4 wins.

I'd agree with this verdict

Disagree with this entirely.

You cannot go around throwing biased verdicts.

I'll do a full breakdown tomorrow, if I get time.

If not then probably Monday, as I'm busy this weekend.

I'm neutral on this...

I had a weird dream. That all the Halo games from 1 to Reach all got a PS2 and PS3 port.

@YourNeighborhoodComicGeek said:

@slacker the hacker said:

I had a weird dream. That all the Halo games from 1 to Reach all got a PS2 and PS3 port.

XD

Lol no but seriously it was like last night I had it.

I haven't played COD BO2 yet, but it looks like another COD BO 1 more or less. But I'll wait this weekened, play it to pass judgment. Halo 4 I've played, and I like the fact that finally there's a sprint.

Honestly apart from the fact that they are first person shooters, they sell like hotcakes and they're critically acclaimed, what similarities do these two franchises even have?

As someone who has both games and had his fair share of complaints about both

I gotta say Halo 4 is definitely the better game and quite possibly franchise.

Sure the OP is a little biased toward Halo but the facts he made are very valid points.

Halo stepped it up visually, you can compare it to past halo games and notice the difference right away while Blackops 2 you can pretty much take mw3 or black ops 1 and see very tiny differences.

Also the sounds on Black ops 2 are horrible! mw3 still has the better sound effects as far as that aspect goes and Mw3 is made by a different developer.

And those of you who read my thread on how i thought Halo 4 sucked. You already know someone of my negatives for the game and they still stand, but it does not take away the fun aspect of the positives Halo 4's multiplayer has to offer.

Black ops 2 literally feels same! But that's pretty much Call of Dutys formula post-COD4., They try not to change too much so that they can maintain theyre sales without risk of dropping, unfortunately people do buy into the formula and because of that Call of Duty will most likely never change. The only way they can is if people put theyre foot down and stopped buying Call of duty games. THe same thing happened pre 07' when people were TIRED of World War 2 shooters. You literally could not go through a FPS section without seeing one. And Infinity ward knew this. So they switched it up after decreasing sales were presented with Call of duty 3. Medal of honor had announced another WW2 shooter called Airborne, and infinity ward played the wild card and added the modern-day aspect, which toppled Medal of Honor's Airborne good.

They tried something new, they presented a new engine, stepped up in all aspects and at the time was the ONLY game that could compete with Halo 3's multiplayer.

So Call of Duty now pays homage to that aspect by bringing in a futuristic setting, which by all means is interesting for the Capmaign, but the multiplayer didn't present a new engine forumla, the sound effects were bad, and visually stagnant. Black Ops 2 had soo much potential and fell short at a worst time with the gargantum that is Halo 4.

I still have hope one day Call of Duty will have the will to switch things up and go a new direction with they're franchise, maybe with modern warfare 4 they can pull something out of Bf3 or Halo 4s play book by adding vehicles again like in WaW. or add a game mode similar to invasion or rush where the map gets bigger as you and your team does certain objectives in a particular part of the map.

Im not a game developer so i don't know.

But it's clear people we have a dominating winner, and that is HALO 4!! :)

@YourNeighborhoodComicGeek: @Deranged Midget: I don't see how sales matter to us since we are not getting any of that money, to me only the game itself and the content and quality in it matters.

This feud will not be settled as long as there are fanboys at each sides.

Here's my breakdown:

Storyline goes to Black Ops II because it was engaging and fun, whilst Halo not only was short but shouldn't have existed; Halo 3 was just too good a point to leave it at. I didn't feel attached to the characters as they weren't the ones I've grown to love.

Soundtrack goes to Halo with ease as... well, the soundtracks to any Halo game have been flawless (ODST is my favourite).

Gameplay also goes to Black Ops Multiplayer and the 'other' mode. Put bluntly Halo 4 tried to incorporate Killstreaks and kept the one thing that unbalanced and (in my mind) ruined Halo: Reach. Armour Abilities. That alone sets a sour tone but then trying to explain WHY the multiplayer exists within Universe? Urgh.

Black Ops 2 took what it's predecessor did right and built on it whilst disregarding the worse ideas, Halo did the opposite whilst trying to get more of the Call of Duty crowd interested (and ultimately ended up alienating it's fanbase).

Graphics go to Halo 4 admittedly.

Lasting appeal can be won by neither as Halo 5 is being announced at E3 next year, and Black Ops 2 will be replaced this time next year.

Your pre-order figures are wrong and while Halo did got 1.8 million, Black Ops 2 got 2 million for Xbox ALONE.

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You cannot tally up votes as this is opinion based but if I had to say then I would go with Black Ops; and I've been playing Halo since Combat Evolved.

As a long standing fan I'm sad to see what Halo has become.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that you felt that borderlands was innovative.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

@Pwok21 said:

Soundtrack goes to Halo with ease as... well, the soundtracks to any Halo game have been flawless (ODST is my favourite).

I literally bought the CD it was so great! literally one of the best albums to listen when it is raining lol

@Deranged Midget: Ya i also i find it unfair to compare the 2 in terms of sales because Halo has and is xbox exclusive.

Of course the Call of Duty franchise will make more money. And Call of Duty has a more mainstream following, where as Halo is much like Star Was and Lord of the Rings with there own particular cult fan bases(like myself) that buy into the game, where as COD has commercials woth Robert downey junior and famous voice actors in theyre games.

So comparing games with sales determing the overall value is pointless.

And as someone who has both games i can say that Halo is the better game in terms of quality. But more people will flcok to COD in terms of content and familiar unchanged aspects. which i find odd, but to each their own.

@zackattack529 said:

@Pwok21 said:

Soundtrack goes to Halo with ease as... well, the soundtracks to any Halo game have been flawless (ODST is my favourite).

I literally bought the CD it was so great! literally one of the best albums to listen when it is raining lol

ODST had an amazingly beautiful score at times.

@_slim_ said:

Of course YOU think Halo 4 wins.

Because it does.

@zackattack529 said:

As someone who has both games and had his fair share of complaints about both

I gotta say Halo 4 is definitely the better game and quite possibly franchise.

Sure the OP is a little biased toward Halo but the facts he made are very valid points.

Halo stepped it up visually, you can compare it to past halo games and notice the difference right away while Blackops 2 you can pretty much take mw3 or black ops 1 and see very tiny differences.

Also the sounds on Black ops 2 are horrible! mw3 still has the better sound effects as far as that aspect goes and Mw3 is made by a different developer.

And those of you who read my thread on how i thought Halo 4 sucked. You already know someone of my negatives for the game and they still stand, but it does not take away the fun aspect of the positives Halo 4's multiplayer has to offer.

Black ops 2 literally feels same! But that's pretty much Call of Dutys formula post-COD4., They try not to change too much so that they can maintain theyre sales without risk of dropping, unfortunately people do buy into the formula and because of that Call of Duty will most likely never change. The only way they can is if people put theyre foot down and stopped buying Call of duty games. THe same thing happened pre 07' when people were TIRED of World War 2 shooters. You literally could not go through a FPS section without seeing one. And Infinity ward knew this. So they switched it up after decreasing sales were presented with Call of duty 3. Medal of honor had announced another WW2 shooter called Airborne, and infinity ward played the wild card and added the modern-day aspect, which toppled Medal of Honor's Airborne good.

They tried something new, they presented a new engine, stepped up in all aspects and at the time was the ONLY game that could compete with Halo 3's multiplayer.

So Call of Duty now pays homage to that aspect by bringing in a futuristic setting, which by all means is interesting for the Capmaign, but the multiplayer didn't present a new engine forumla, the sound effects were bad, and visually stagnant. Black Ops 2 had soo much potential and fell short at a worst time with the gargantum that is Halo 4.

I still have hope one day Call of Duty will have the will to switch things up and go a new direction with they're franchise, maybe with modern warfare 4 they can pull something out of Bf3 or Halo 4s play book by adding vehicles again like in WaW. or add a game mode similar to invasion or rush where the map gets bigger as you and your team does certain objectives in a particular part of the map.

Im not a game developer so i don't know.

But it's clear people we have a dominating winner, and that is HALO 4!! :)

\o/

We are dominating this sh!tty kids game!

People shouldn't compare games like this. It's an Apple and Oranges comparison.  
  
It's the equivalent of me starting a thread saying which ongoing is better Batman or ASM ? Batman or Fantastic Four? ASM or Uncanny X-force?  Batman or Swamp Thing? Different taste, different answers. 
 
If you can only get one game, then go read reviews and see whats important to you. If you like Sci fi shooters with co op and more strategic FPS game play go with Halo; if you like military shooters, explosions, player choice in SP, fast paced shooting gallery and Zombie mode go Black ops.  
  
You should never compare sales in this context, one is a xbox exclusive, the other a multi platform game sales are gonna vary dramatically. 
 
My personal preference is Halo 4. Great graphic, good SP, really fun game play that's not just shoot faster than the other people and MP that I can actually play and not repeatedly die. Like many people have said, this is the biggest upgrade in Halo, and lot of good work has been done to make it a great game. 

But I played a ton of halo before, so I'm biased towards it. Black ops 2 single player is really good though, the player choice stuff is pretty amazing, but I have no interest in Zombies or COD style multiplayer where you only live for 10 seconds before getting shot by a guy who is way superior to you. I do think the graphic for COD games is pretty stagnant at this point also  
 
Honestly at this point if you play video games, you should know which one of these 2 games you prefer more, they're pretty much the same game as the games that came before (during the last 10 years) with new bells and whistles........

@_slim_ said:

Of course YOU think Halo 4 wins.

Because it does.

Whoa, YNCG picked Halo. What a crazy world.

I personally think that COD had better in-game graphics, and that Halo 4 dominated in cinematics.

Shooters are meh to be but I have to say I prefer Halo 4