DaRKSTaRxMeRC: tmspartan: *Claps* Congradulations guys we just went over 6 pages about the fallacies in marketing and popular games without dissension or bickering.
I'm honestly surprised we didn't get a die hard CoD fanboy who would say something such as, "Halo sucks, CoD is amazing" and then leave us with that.
All in all this stayed at a relatively flameless state, I didn't know that was possible these days.
Or vise versa.
The truth is, I used to be a Halo fanboy. It took me about 5 months from its release to buy CoD4. I played Halo 3 24/7 and was the best player I knew. I would tell people that CoD4 sucked, and that custom classes was such a stupid idea, etc, etc...and yet I had never even played it. So, I was eventually persuaded to buy it. I still didn't like the multiplayer, but I did like the campaign. Somehow, eventually, I just sorta realized that I loved CoD4 and played it whenever possible between school and work.
When I tried playing Halo again I couldn't understand how I ever managed to become decent, let alone good at it.
All-in-all, Halo 3 was/is a great game, but my preferences have changed and I prefer CoD. But whenever some buddies come over we play Halo 3, which is great because it actually lets you have guests online.
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I was talking about CoD as our main focus was on CoD's originality.
Of course CoD is a great game, I loved to play Modern Warfare and when it came ut I had trouble deciding to play between either game. I loved Halo's multiplayer and loved CoD's too. The only thing that drove me towards Halo was its original story which I was entangled with since Halo: CE. CoD never had the same effect on me, it always failed to provide that "epic" feel when you play it.
I found it's story dull in comparison to Halo, first because of its comparison to real life events which did little to impress me. And secondly because it didn't really feel like each mission had a purpose or some deep connection to the overall status of the world. In Halo you fight armadas of Covenant and Flood to try and save the Universe on two fronts, each mission has you stopping them at some point and each builds to a conclusion. Modern Warfare just felt like you were running through killing people just for the sake of killing people. I guess the closest you got to saving the world was when you de-activated the nuclear missiles.
But Halo has always been my preference, and it seems it always will be. Plus I love Halo's MLG over CoD's.
One question however, of the people I have talked to it always seem that CoD fanboys are always hateful of Halo, and for some reason they just despise it without great evidence. And most Halo fans I've talked to actually like or even love CoD. It seems tolerance does not work in both directions, anyone else have experiences like this?
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