Wow this is going to be an awesome fight to watch. Who will win on the XBL activity charts!?
As it stands I see BO winning. I see this because thus far H4 seems like reach 1.5 more than Halo 3.5 from the released information. Its all up to change but with AAs, bloom, sprint etc etc returning it looks liek the game will not be too different from Reach. Reach faced off against MW2 a year old game and won…for like a week and then sunk below it and then for months was crushed under a 1 year old game and its 2 sequels to eventually place #6.
reachs predecessor H3 had stomped GTA 4, FIFA, Gears 2, MW1, & COD WAW all to stay at #1 up until october 2009
if you check 6 months before it stayed the exact same all but 1 month. And only took the backseat when MW2 was released. But even then it stayed #2.
Clearly reach gameplay cant compete with COD as history has shown.
So with H4 looking to be more similar to reach what with AAs, 6sk pistols, bloom, warrent officer - inheritor ranks, sprinting and generally upending classic halo gameplay I have little doubt history will repeat itself. How do you think H4 will fair against COD BO 2?
Personally with the information that has been made available, I see COD coming on top again…
Those who dont learn from history are doomed to repeat it
It clearly wins in sales because as past CODs have proven, it attracts any kind of gamer (most importantly, the casual).
In Halo there’s a skill gap, not everyone likes getting steaked and so will go to the game that keeps their attention spans (however long or short) and makes them feel good and relaxed while playing. Playing Halo doesn’t always evoke the best of man’s emotion, especially the lesser players are not competitive.
So duh, it’s going to sell more.
It’s a question of quality of the games. Halo 4 will obviously win in this regard for my prediction. Though if it’s slow and dull like Reach, then it’s going to be the death of Halo.
Halo 4 shouldn’t look anything like Reach 1.5 or Halo 3.5. It should look like Halo 4. In fact, it DOES look like Halo 4. Of course it’s going to carry over things featured in Reach; it’s its successor.
Though I’m looking forward to H4 the most for sure, it’ll be interesting to see weither or not the CoD community get the changes it has been craving for for a while now.
With the increasing disgust with the Call of Duty franchise from all gamers (not just Halo or BF3 fans), I would expect Halo 4 to outsell Black Ops 2 on the Xbox 360.
However, there is no way in the world that Halo outsells CoD in overall sales since Halo is an Xbox-exclusive while CoD releases on all consoles and the PC.
Halo 4 doesn’t stand a chance when there’s allot of people who can only afford one game. And most people are influenced by CoD and seems to me like they’re brainwashed or something.
If you’re talking sales, ofcourse a Call of Duty Game would win, you’d be an idiot to assume otherwise…and no, there’ll be no “No offence” to be had here…
But if you’re talking Game Quality, then it comes down to your perception of how you judge quality…and obviously, if you were to ask, here…
…on the Waypoint Forum…
…on the Halo 4 Sub-Section, odds are people would side with Halo 4…
…Yay for another Rage-Inducing rendition of “This Thread”…
> It clearly wins in sales because as past CODs have proven, it attracts any kind of gamer (most importantly, the casual).
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> In Halo there’s a skill gap, not everyone likes getting steaked and so will go to the game that keeps their attention spans (however long or short) and makes them feel good and relaxed while playing. Playing Halo doesn’t always evoke the best of man’s emotion, especially the lesser players are not competitive.
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> So duh, it’s going to sell more.
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> It’s a question of quality of the games. Halo 4 will obviously win in this regard for my prediction. Though if it’s slow and dull like Reach, then it’s going to be the death of Halo.
hmmm not talkig about sales. COD already has that guaranteed what with being multiplatform. Im talking about how many people with Xboxs can halo attract vs COD.
No not really H3 beat down multiple COD titles and stayed a respectable second to MW2. Its not about halo being more difficult, its about the quality of the game, and reach lacked quality hence why it couldnt do what its predecessor did.
> > It clearly wins in sales because as past CODs have proven, it attracts any kind of gamer (most importantly, the casual).
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> > In Halo there’s a skill gap, not everyone likes getting steaked and so will go to the game that keeps their attention spans (however long or short) and makes them feel good and relaxed while playing. Playing Halo doesn’t always evoke the best of man’s emotion, especially the lesser players are not competitive.
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> > So duh, it’s going to sell more.
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> > It’s a question of quality of the games. Halo 4 will obviously win in this regard for my prediction. Though if it’s slow and dull like Reach, then it’s going to be the death of Halo.
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> hmmm not talkig about sales. COD already has that guaranteed what with being multiplatform. Im talking about how many people with Xboxs can halo attract vs COD.
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> No not really H3 beat down multiple COD titles and stayed a respectable second to MW2. Its not about halo being more difficult, its about the quality of the game, and reach lacked quality hence why it couldnt do what its predecessor did.
It’s still going to attract quite a few people since Halo is still a respected video game series. I think the real concern is that how long can Halo 4 encourage players to keep coming back. COD has that hook that Halo used to have but with Reach it’s lost that charm me thinks.
I agree that Reach’s quality was low due to many factors (nerfs to movement, jump, and kill times to name a few) but some not so obvious (a ton of afk boosters got banned back in the first days of Reach and then black ops release date a month later).
> BY Halo 4, did you mean Halo:Reach 2? I haven’t seen anything regarding halo 4 yet, or what Halo 4 might resemble.
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> Anyway, I didn’t look a the content of this thread, just the title. In terms of population, Reach 2 won’t be victorious.
> Halo 4 shouldn’t look anything like Reach 1.5 or Halo 3.5. It should look like Halo 4. In fact, it DOES look like Halo 4. Of course it’s going to carry over things featured in Reach; it’s its successor.
yeh i know, thats why its reach 1.5, cuz its reachs successor. I want change myself. We did AAs, bloom, and sprint. We need something really innovative not a reach rehash.
> > BY Halo 4, did you mean Halo:Reach 2? I haven’t seen anything regarding halo 4 yet, or what Halo 4 might resemble.
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> > Anyway, I didn’t look a the content of this thread, just the title. In terms of population, Reach 2 won’t be victorious.
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> Such ignorance…
There’s nothing about my post which exhibits ignorance, please point it out.
> > Halo 4 shouldn’t look anything like Reach 1.5 or Halo 3.5. It should look like Halo 4. In fact, it DOES look like Halo 4. Of course it’s going to carry over things featured in Reach; it’s its successor.
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> yeh i know, thats why its reach 1.5, cuz its reachs successor. I want change myself. We did AAs, bloom, and sprint. We need something really innovative not a reach rehash.
Why is it Reach 1.5 if it’s its successor? Halo 3 was 2’s successor but no one called it Halo 2.5. Halo 4 already seems to have a TON of new content and mechanics and it hasn’t even hit E3 yet.
> > > It clearly wins in sales because as past CODs have proven, it attracts any kind of gamer (most importantly, the casual).
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> > > In Halo there’s a skill gap, not everyone likes getting steaked and so will go to the game that keeps their attention spans (however long or short) and makes them feel good and relaxed while playing. Playing Halo doesn’t always evoke the best of man’s emotion, especially the lesser players are not competitive.
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> > > So duh, it’s going to sell more.
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> > > It’s a question of quality of the games. Halo 4 will obviously win in this regard for my prediction. Though if it’s slow and dull like Reach, then it’s going to be the death of Halo.
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> > hmmm not talkig about sales. COD already has that guaranteed what with being multiplatform. Im talking about how many people with Xboxs can halo attract vs COD.
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> > No not really H3 beat down multiple COD titles and stayed a respectable second to MW2. Its not about halo being more difficult, its about the quality of the game, and reach lacked quality hence why it couldnt do what its predecessor did.
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> It’s still going to attract quite a few people since Halo is still a respected video game series. I think the real concern is that how long can Halo 4 encourage players to keep coming back. COD has that hook that Halo used to have but with Reach it’s lost that charm me thinks.
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> I agree that Reach’s quality was low due to many factors (nerfs to movement, jump, and kill times to name a few) but some not so obvious (a ton of afk boosters got banned back in the first days of Reach and then black ops release date a month later).
remember when people used to call halo “the game you always came back to”, well since halo has changed since reach and will continue the success of reach =P that statement is as dead as true halo gameplay. That intangible hook that kept people coming back for more for a decade…
> > > BY Halo 4, did you mean Halo:Reach 2? I haven’t seen anything regarding halo 4 yet, or what Halo 4 might resemble.
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> > > Anyway, I didn’t look a the content of this thread, just the title. In terms of population, Reach 2 won’t be victorious.
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> > Such ignorance…
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> There’s nothing about my post which exhibits ignorance, please point it out.
You claiming Halo 4 to be Reach 2.
Halo 4 has extremely noticeable differences compared to Reach. Just because it has Armor Abilities doesn’t mean it is automatically Reach 2. You’re ignorant if you don’t see the differences.