Escapist hate towards CoD and Halo?

[Assassin Xaero]

Call of Duty was good until Modern Warfare 2. That one started the with the shitty console ports and greediness of Activision. Not to mention the game still sucked on PS3 even. Halo, well, it was never that great. It was always just your mediocre shooter with shields that ruined multiplayer (and probably what led to all multiplayer being dumbed-down), and zero reply value for single player. The xbox players seem to treat it like a gift from god, which makes it horrible because it doesn't live up to half the hype it gets.

 

[unoleian]

I've actually met a surprising and inordinate number of extremely cool people while playing Reach the past couple weeks. It's been a blast.

The community isn't near as much of a bunch of retards it was in Halo 2/3. Some, well, they're still there, sure, but I don't find myself using the mute or boot anywhere near as often as I used to. Seems most of that particular audience found its way to the CoD games...

...and I love playing Reach. Very fun game, IMO.

 

[Laser Priest]

Halo is a fun shooter that is hated because it's mainstream.

CoD is a wonderful example of how realism or lame attempts at it can entirely ruin a game.

 

[InfiniteJacuzzi]

Anyone who's criticizing the repetition in the CoD series, keep in mind that there were two studios involved, and that only one of them makes games. The other just flat-out replicates Infinity Ward.

 

[SamStar42]

If an FPS isn't PC based and made by Valve, the Escapist will have a hard time warming to it.

 

[ProGrasTiNation]

I like Cod4 i just think they should just stop making games because they over shadow others much better than them.And they have kinda become a monopoly on the fps market.

EDIT:Oh and i dislike halo because ever one that likes it ,thinks its the best game ever..they really do my brother is one.

Was gonna write just that,also the short ass single play of Cod is a slap in the face for the fans on the series.

 

[elcamino41383]

I hate them based strictly on the fact that they are first person shooters and nothing else.

 

[jhlip]

Its a mix of a lack of innovation and the heavily devoted fan base. If the fan base were not so fanatical and in your face about it, I am sure that more of the Escapist would like the games.

 

[SenorNemo]

I'm very tempted to put the CoD and Halo hatred down to hipster-ish, sociologically driven causes, and that may be closer to the truth, but here's a more noble reason: CoD and Halo are recognized as awesome games to the exclusion of games that are equally as good but don't get nearly the attention. Hatred towards CoD and Halo may come as frustration at their disproportionate recognition.

That said, I love Halo, and have an on-and-off relationship with CoD. Halo's campaigns have always had a certain style to them, and they've all had consistently awesome art direction and music. Bungie is also very supportive of its community, and I have a lot of respect for them as a developer. Furthermore, Halo's multiplayer - when played as intended - is very cerebral. It feels so different than other first person shooters I've played that I've found the Dicta Bölke to be more useful than any squad based fire and maneuver or room clearing tactics. Not that it's hardly ever played as intended, but i digress.

Furthermore, CoD, while admittedly having its ups and downs, with considerably more downs than ups recently, has its moments. The Black Ops campaign, while short and with its flaws, was interesting, and had great visual direction. I don't enjoy its multiplayer too much except for quick games with my friends, but it's not rage inducing. Of course, pretty much everything about MW2 sucked except for the Spec Ops, but WaW and CoD 4 were both pretty awesome in my opinion, CoD 4 undeniably so. I still play both from time to time, after all.

 

[FallenTraveler]

Anyone who's criticizing the repetition in the CoD series, keep in mind that there were two studios involved, and that only one of them makes games. The other just flat-out replicates Infinity Ward.

really? flat out copies huh... I personally like the story of black ops better than cod, at least it was longer than 4 hours... that and what are they going to do about multiplayer? Take a successful concept and throw it out the window? If anything they improved the multiplayer and made it quite a bit more balanced.

so really, Treyarch takes infinity wards material and improves it...

edit: On the topic of this, gotta agree with the halo fans thinking their game is the best, that and COD is so annoying at this point because we have 3 games that are basically the same in the multiplayer aspect, and the fact that all the map packs are over priced...

that and halo is one of those whacky shooters... or at least ought to be, but they try and make it seem so serious when it really has no right trying to be

 

[Burnhardt]

I dislike CoD becuase it has become the FPS equivalent of Madden, FIFA, and PES.

Constant yearly releases offering little improvements.

 

[Jegsimmons]

ive been wondering the same thing...about halo anyway.

COD distaste i understand because they seriously DONT update anything and just get more insulting by each game.

halo hatred i dont really understand, i personally love the games and the universe, and maby it doesnt update the core gameplay that much, but then again, why should it? it feels perfectly fine. The stories are usually pretty good (books included) and has some of the best kept continuity ive seen in a franchise. Yeah its probably not the greatest game on earth ( i think half life or portal is closer to it) but its the franchise that really brought FPS to consoles and has introduced multiple innovations like forge and theater mode. that and i can play the campaign over and over just for fun, which really shows how seriously a studio takes their game.

now i understand if halo is not what you personally like, im not saying anyone should worship it. but i still have to question what hate it gets.

COD is deserving more of its hate every game they release...and COD was one of the first FPS franchises ive ever played. but once world at war passed it all went to hell, and every one is a tedious hypnotic clone with different skin.

 

[Denamic]

CoD has terrible online gameplay mechanics.
Sure, it looks great and the gunplay is pretty damn good, though guns are supposed to have recoil.
Guns in Black Ops are more like bullet lasers.
More to the point: Kill streaks.
I haven't played Black Ops online that much, but what I have experienced were generally negative.
Sure, first few minutes are fun, then a chopper gunner mow me down at my spawn point like 10 times in a row.
And people not dying when you kill them.
That's really fucking annoying.

And as for Halo... None of them really put that much of an impression on me.
I mean, they're good games, and the Halo theme music is among the best I have ever heard.
I'm just not impressed.

 

[Jack and Calumon]

Welcome to The Escapist. We hate everything.

Calumon: But, I like liking things.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

You want to know why?

They are popular, well-received, successful, and yet not made by Valve.

 

[Thaius]

Call of Duty I understand to a point. I think through Call of Duty 4 they were well-made games with a tense atmosphere and realistic feel. After that they became more than a little derivative, and I understand the hate.

Halo simply doesn't deserve it. It's two things; one, Halo gets hate because it's a derivative first-person shooter. People often forget to stop and think for a second about the fact that Halo played a large part in creating the standard by which it is considered derivative. Criticizing it for being derivative is just plain dumb.

Secondly, it gets hate because some of the gameplay concepts it created or popularized have gone on to become shooter staples, allowing for a lack of innovation in the rest of the genre. This, again, is a stupid complaint. It basically amounts to, "Halo was good, so now everyone rips it off and there's no originality, so Halo sucks." Blaming unoriginality on the revolutionary game that first presented the oft-copied elements? Seriously?

Also, the story has much, much, much better than most people seem to realize. Like really, really good. Seriously.

 

[Gitty101]

I'll just say the current state of the CoD franchise and community is making me turn to fighting games...

You too? I thought I was the only one! ^^

 

[tautologico]

It's basically a combination of factors.

One is that the people here identify as gamers and most know a lot of different games in different genres and platforms. So they resent and feel superior to many fans of CoD/Halo that only know and like this one game.

Another is that it's cool to hate what's popular. Maybe CoD and Halo are prime targets for this, but you'll see hate directed to a lot of popular games here. There are even "dedicated" haters who elect some target game or company to hate. For example, in every thread or news post about Blizzard you'll probably see one or two people who always post bashing blizzard. It's popular, so it's cool to hate.

One more factor is that Yahtzee bashes the CoD and Halo games (but note that he kinda liked CoD4). So it's like there's an "official" endorsement to hate these games (to people who don't care to think for themselves).

There are probably other factors at play, but these are what I managed to remember now.

 

[Gromril]

Meh, halo Reach gains points with me as it's a console shooter with a map editor (albeit a restrictive one) and more depth/colour than people think it has, and the only thing I dislike about cod is how many people play it(Causes other games to become ghost towns).

Cant blame the studios though, hell if I had a fanbase that large and insane, I sure as hell wouldn't change anything until I was DAMN sure they were gona like it.