Black Ops 2 or Halo 4?

[MiskWisk]

Halo over COD.

I have nothing against COD, but every time I have tried to play it I just don't enjoy it, whereas Halo's lore is quite interesting to me and the gameplay is functional (can't really say much else about fps gameplay).

 

[throwmeawaykid]

Getting something good. So neither.

 

[Patrick Buck]

Why "Or"? Personally, I'm not particually excited about either. I'm going to buy Black ops, purely for the zombies, and not halo 4, because I'm not that much of a fan, but I'm not really that excited for either.

Hitman however. Oooooph. That beautiful shiny bald head. Phaaaaw.

 

[Pfheonix]

I am not a fan of Black ops or Call of Duty, so that's out.

However Halo 4 has broken my heart in so many ways. Having seen some of the footage and heard details about it I can honestly say that it's very far away from the original formula. None of the old charm seems present, I really don't like that they seem to be turning Cortana into a psycho and I SERIOUSLY don't like how the Covenant have somehow returned despite the Elites allying with the humans and all the Prophets being dead. I also am annoyed that the Covenant now appear to just be generic cookie cutter evil alien monsters indistinguishable from the locust or the Ceph or any other evil aliens. In Halo 1, 2 and 3 the Covenant had actually personality and were even humanized to some degree, this is lazy.

But the final straw for me, the thing I can never forgive is 343 removing the Elites from multiplayer!!! Maybe the elites have only been removed from competative multiplayer (the article didn't specify) but so far we've seen no proof that you can play as Elites in custom games. Maybe we can but unless I have proof I'm not buying it. Yes, I am that petty. I'm sorry but being an Elite in mutliplayer was awesome. Not many games let me play as a reptilian alien as an option instead of boring old super human in a cyber suit, this was the reason why I preffered Halo to every other multiplayer game out there and now Halo 4 has decided to remove that.

So yes I am not a fan of Call of Duty but I cannot support Halo 4. Not if it really is just going to kill everything I loved about Halo in the process. Shitting on characters I loved, dubious retcons, multiplayer desperately trying to ape whatever is popular and sacrificing the things that made Halo genuienly unique to do it. Not happy about it.

Cortana is an AI. Rampancy has, and excuse this half-pun, run rampant through Bungie series since Marathon. She's reached her seventh year. This is where Bungie was leading to anyway. They've had it in all the fluff, so they're not shitting on her. They would be shitting on her if they didn't do it. And the Elite's I can understand you being pissed by. I am too... Hopefully they do something about that.

Halo wasn't unique in multiplayer though. It really was just Battlefield style vehicle combat, with a little less realism, slightly Quake-ish infantry combat, though it had the regenerating shields, and some awesome maps. It brought a new flavor, but nothing inherently unique. Especially by Halo 3. That said, I love the games. If I had an XBox, I would get it, but I play with a friend who has one. He might get it.

 

[Monshroud]

Halo 4 for me as I am really interested to see what 343 does with the franchise. I have played a couple of the CoD games and realized that they just aren't my thing. Not because I think they are bad, mainly due to the fact I realized that I am just not into modern style FPS war games.

Also, I am really curious to see what 343 does with the story arc. While someone on page 1 was saying how they don't like what 343 is doing with Cortana, I think it is a logical progression and it is something that Bungie established about AI constructs. I am pretty sure there will be some magical mcguffin that will save Cortana about 2/3 the way through. Although seeing if 343 has the balls to kill off one of the major and beloved characters in the Halo universe would be interesting.

Just do it well...

 

[Jhooud]

Oddly enough, I actually have a lot of fun blasting bots with my kids in the CoD games. We've put a lot of play time into MW3's "horde" mode and have had hours of enjoyment with the bots on Codblops' combat training. The stories are fun enough from a summer movie sort of perspective.

'Course, Halo was fun too, but at least for right now, we've had more fun with CoD.

Terribly sorry, I guess, judging from the conversation so far...

 

[loc978]

Of those two, I would go with Black Ops 2, simply because it will be released for a platform I own... but I'm really with the neither crowd. Haven't seen a passable shooter come out in a long time.

 

[Shadow flame master]

I will likely get Halo 4 over Black Ops 2 because I'm more into the story of Halo then COD. However, if I have enough money, I'll buy both games since they both look fun.

That, and I need more games for my PS3.

 

[Rooster893]

Black Ops 2, because I don't have an Xbox anymore, and because I'm somewhat of a CoD fanboy.

 

[ultrachicken]

Almost every response in this thread is absolutely wrong and disappointing. The typical response is, "Neither, I played a call of duty game and didn't like it, and since I have never played a Halo game and it is a shooter it must be bad! Go buy X game!"

He asked one fucking question of which one to buy and you guys had to be the most immature I've ever seen since the Aurora Massacre thread.

Go buy Halo 4 first, it will have the most change amongst the two games and it'll still be relatively fun.

Agreed.

My answer: Halo 4. While I like that CoD is trying to go in a new direction, Blops 2's plot looks like an absolute mess, and it doesn't seem like Treyarch has learned anything about pacing since Blops 1. They also haven't improved the color any.

Halo 4 looks gorgeous, has an interesting premise (though I'm not sure how I feel about the SPARTAN IVs), smooth gameplay, more customization in multiplayer, and actually gives the Chief a personality.

 

[DJ_DEnM]

I'll decide once I see some gameplay of the new, updated Zombies mode, running on the multiplayer engine. If that's any good, then I'll probably look forward to Black Ops 2 more than Halo 4. Until then though, Borderlands 2.

>Implying I still play mass market FPS and am not a total raging indie/PC hipster

"You see man, those games are made like by, the corporations and stuff man. You see the corporations will turn you into their, like, economic tool and junk bro. ...you got any more weed?"

On a serious note Im really just expecting "More of the same as the last more of the same" from both these games. Halo started to repeat under its original studio, so im skeptical they can make the game seem fresh again especially considering it will be the 4th major Halo release this generation never-mind overall.

>Tries to greentext
>Uses wrong shade of green
>mfw

Spoiler

 

[psicat]

Halo 4 and Borderlands 2 are the only two shooters I've been looking forward to this year.

 

[Ljs1121]

If I had to pick one it'd be Halo 4. I don't really like Call of Duty enough to go out and buy one. Plus I have wanted to see what Halo was like for a while now.

 

[SadisticBrownie]

Not sure whether I'll get it, but Halo 4 interests me orders of magnitude more than Blops 2.

 

[Tsun Tzu]

Why not both?

 

[Shoggoth2588]

The Wii-U and its exclusives. I love Rayman Origins, can't wait for Zombi-U (even if it is the Red Steel 1 to the U), Pikman 3 and, the ports from a few months ago which I haven't played yet (yes, ME3 and Arkham City. Haven't played either and don't plan to until Wii-U. I am the 1%).

Out of Blops 2 and Halo 4, I guess I'm Halo 4 by default but I'm not buying either game. I finished the fight in 2007 and enjoyed the history lesson well enough last year or the year before but I don't see myself buying a new Halo title until they make the space-flight/ space combat game I like to think Reach hinted at. The only CoD game I grabbed was CoD4 and that was enough for me.

 

[gigastar]

No chance in hell of me getting Halo 4 because i lack the nessesary Xbox to play it.

No chance in hell of me getting BlOps2, because if i wanted a fast-paced multiplayer gunfest where ill get screamed at over the internet by 12 year olds who just learned what i swear is i would simply boot up the most relevant Counter Strike game in my posession.

I could go on to suggest other games such as Borderlands 2, which i look forward to in the same way a teenager looks forward to getting laid, but thats hardly the point of the thread.

 

[Zealous]

While I'm selling my Xbox and thus not getting either game, Halo 4 seems more interesting to me. Despite the somewhat cliché source material and lacklustre last game in the franchise, I want to see what 343 can do with the story. Plus the MP looks interesting and Forge has been improved too.
Black Ops 2 just looks like CoD 4... for the fifth time I think? The campaign seems kind of interesting, but I can guarantee that it'll devolve into some vague (or not so vague) patriotic bullshit eventually.

 

[Nouw]

I really don't like that they seem to be turning Cortana into a psycho

To be fair, it'd be canonically wrong to let Cortana stay sane and not go rampant like most AIs. I'm all for it since it could help characterization of the supposed blank Chief and Cortana herself. The rest? I completely agree. Taking out the Sangheili is heresy!