The Great FPS Debate: Call of Duty 4 vs. Halo 3

[Shnitzelkopf]

Anyone who plays either Call of Duty 4 or Halo 3 for the Xbox 360 knows about this great debate. If you ask a COD player, anyone who plays Halo is a noob. It is the same way when you ask a Halo player. There is constant debate between the two sides regarding what game is better.

Anyone who regularly visits the Bungie.net forums knows that COD is heavily frowned upon by the players of Halo 3. For this reason, there is never any intelligent discussion over the two games.

This is why I came here. The question I am asking is what game do you prefer, and why? You can use anything about the games in your opinion; the maps, the community, the weapons, graphics, sound, gameplay, anything. Just try to make your answer unbiased =P.

 

[armoldo19]

COD beacuase it looks sounds and feels a lot more professional
also the multiplayer is second to none and ten prestige's will keep you hooked until the next title comes out.

 

[Thisaccountwashackedlol]

I don't really think there can be intelligent discussion on such a subject. Which game is better is entirely subjective.
There is nothing to debate. It is like trying to argue about which color is the best.

Not to mention that the online Halo/CoD communities are comprised mostly of immature, homophobic, and/or racist teenagers.

 

[-Zer0-]

I like halo, but I dont see how this can go beyond personal preference.

 

[Objection]

All the games of the genre just seem generic to me. The only remotely innovative FPS I've heard of is Team Fortress 2, but even then it's not a game that I'd want to buy.

 

[Surgo]

All the games of the genre just seem generic to me. The only remotely innovative FPS I've heard of is Team Fortress 2, but even then it's not a game that I'd want to buy.

You're obviously not a particularly old gamer, because you forgot about Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, Quake 3, Unreal Tournament, Half-Life 1, GoldenEye, ...

 

[Slice]

I prefer Halo 3 as I do not like the graphics of COD: 4.

Also, game control of Halo 3 seems easier to grasp in my opinion.

However, if people prefer realistic games(which Halo 3 is not), you should go for COD: 4.

 

[theamericandream38]

I don't really think there can be intelligent discussion on such a subject. Which game is better is entirely subjective.
There is nothing to debate. It is like trying to argue about which color is the best.

Not to mention that the online Halo/CoD communities are comprised mostly of immature, homophobic, and/or racist teenagers.

This fine user nailed it. Debates on topics such as this are entirely worthless. Everyone has their own opinion, and no one person's opinion is better than another's. There is no sense in attempting to change someone's opinion in a matter that is purely subjective.

 

[Shinryu]

Halo 3 for me, never cared about "modern" warfare with conventional looking weapons. I'll take the sci-fi approach.

 

[QuickDraw]

i like COD4 and Halo3 for different reasons. in halo you basically just run and gun the whole time which is a lot of fun with teams of 5 or more. COD is more of a strategic FPS where you have to think before you decide to run across the courtyard (unless you are gay and play normal tdm, the real cats play hardcore!). both are fun. although i like CoD5 more than both of the two and am anxiously awaiting modern warfare 2

 

[Folgorio]

I absolutely adore both games to be honest. On the other hand I've always liked the sci-fi part of halo to be more interesting than the modern story of COD(not saying i don't love it though). Still this debate won't go too far as it's basically just opinions which can't really be proven right or wrong.

 

[Phizzlax]

I prefer Halo 2 and 3 over CoD X. I want to get into Team Fortress 2 though, class based FPS? Sounds sweet.

 

[ferron]

shouldn't this be in the "other competitive games" sub-forum?

 

[Polis4rule]

(unless you are gay and play normal tdm, and run around with Stopping Power and the M16)

Fix'd. Definitely Call of Duty 4, though I do like Halo 3 a lot. Zombies is great in Halo 3. And I'm the one who does believe that CoD4 is better than CoD5.

 

[Siphai]

Both games are pretty much awful. Team Fortress 2 or even skulltag are much better FPSs anyway

 

[Minwu]

I want to get into Team Fortress 2 though, class based FPS? Sounds sweet.

It's certainly nothing new.


Also, both Halo and CoD seem really mindless to me.

 

[VKCA]

I agree it's certainly up too personal preference. Although I play do play cod more I like halo simply because its so reliable. What I mean by that is that in cod, you never know how many bullets it going to take to kill some one, I've shot a teammate in the foot with an M9 and he has died yet, sometimes my enemies have survived 3 M9 shots to the head. It always seems kinda random to me. Not so with halo. Shotgun pointblank will kill in one hit, (roughly)4-5 feet away it will just strip their shield, 3 br shots to the head will kill, 1 whack will strip a shield, another for the kill. It just seems halo is more calculated, you know when there is no chance of survival without your opponent messing up, while in cod it seems like you always have a chance till your dead.

 

[Marisa Kirisame]

THE GREAT FRUIT DEBATE:

apples or oranges?

 

[Firestorm]

I thought they thought you to play along with other kids in Kindergarten.
This is not a debate. This is MY FAVOURITE GAME IS BETTER. Closed.