WARNING: This is a Halo vs CoD thread. Seeing as this is Halo forum, I expect everyone here to be pro Halo (we are a community so lets stick together! Halo fans, 343i, everyone unite!). If you do not want to get into this mess or think that this is dumb, please leave now! I don’t want to hear people saying “this thread is dumb, don’t be a fanboy” that is non constructive, save your time and energy for another thread, one that you enjoy.
This thread isn’t “which is better Halo or CoD”? Its already decided that we as a community feel that Halo is better than CoD (this is a Halo forum, so its pretty obvious). This thread is about how can Halo kick CoD off its throne, and become on top once again.
Halo used to be one of the most popular franchizes in the world, it still is to some degree, but its popularity has dropped significantly.
Halo 3’s hype was intense, no video game had sold so much, and had so much hype, so much TV coverage, at its time… and then CoD 4 came along, and stole Halo’s throne and spotlight. Call of Duty even outsells Halo on Xbox. Battlefield (wich has recently given up it’s uniqueness from BF3 onwards and completely copied CoD) is now more popular than Halo.
Call of Duty and Battlefield have more followers on twitter, more subscribers on youtube, more likes on facebook, than Halo. And to think Halo used to be at the top back in the Halo 3 days.
I want the days of Halo 2 and Halo 3 to return, I miss Halo being on top.
It makes sense for CoD and Battlefield to be more popular than Halo because they are multiplatform games, but even on Xbox CoD outsells Halo, thats just not right.
There are 6 reasons why CoD Black Ops III will be MAJOR competition for Halo 5: G. And I don’t want the world to think CoD is better than Halo (that would be fine if they played both games and ultimately liked CoD more, but because CoD sells so much more than Halo, people who say CoD is better haven’t even played Halo so that is just not fair).
1. Xbox One is selling poorly, and Halo is not multiplat.
The PS4 is kicking the Xbox One’s butt in sales, this is bad. If Xbox does poorly, Halo does poorly with it because its fate is chained to Xbox seeing as its exclusive.CoD being multiplat makes it more accessible, makes its fanbase bigger, and gives it more hype.
2. CoD sells better than Halo on Xbox 360 and Xbox One.
Lets face it, CoD is just more popular.
3. CoD might be changing it’s lead platform from Xbox to Playstation instead.
This is very devious of Activision! Halo can’t even compete with CoD on even ground if it’s lead platform and best selling platform will switch to playstation. PS4 has better specs and sales than Xbox One, and because of this CoD may be switching to Playstation as lead platform.
4. Treyarch is developing CoD Black Ops III.
Public opinion has it that Treyarch makes the best CoD Campaigns. Treyarch would not shut up about CoD Black Ops II’s music and story/writing having talented people. Halo is a unique FPS because unlike CoD and Battlefield, it has a great story, and a fantastic campaign. But Treyarch’s CoD’s still pose a threat. If Halo 5: G messes up its story/campaign, Black Ops III could potentially surpass it colossally. Black Ops III will present CoD’s campaign at its finest (because of Treyarch), I hope Halo 5: G does the same.
5. CoD might steal forge mode from Halo.
CoD has stolen countless things from Halo, especially Treyarch. Dual Wielding (although Halo wasn’t the first game with DW, Bungie did create DW in Marathon), Looking at the ground and seeing your feet, Active Camo, Theater mode (this was COMPLETELY ripped from halo 3 by Black Ops), Vehicle Warfare (in campaign and multiplayer). I don’t want forge to be added to the list of stolen things by CoD.
6. CoD has a 3 year dev cycle now.
Halo has lost its 1 year of development time of advantage over CoD, now they are on eaqual footing.
How can Halo 5: G bring back the crown and come back to the top?
It needs a GREAT campaign (story, music, gameplay), Halo 4 had a beautiful story only issue is that only fans of the series could understand it. Newcomers to the Halo series have no hope in hell for understanding Halo 4’s story. I hope Halo 5 includes Halo 1, 2, 3, and 4’s cutscenes on the main menu. Other than that Halo 4’s story was fantastic, Its a shame the Halo 4 writer left 343i. Lets hope the new writer does a good job with Halo 5’s story (judging from spartan ops writing and certain Halo comics, things don’t look to good).
Multiplayer needs to be huge. It needs to make Halo’s experience new, not just by adding in new mechanics (wich spartan abilities did and I like that) but by making the multiplayer have huge battles. 32 vs 32, in matches with pelicans and scarabs as vehicles. Hell even have space battles in multiplayer with players that work as a crew on the bridge of a ship.
Also, Halo 5: G NEEDS to be as Hyped as Halo 3. Halo 3 sold 13 million. before those 13 million were sold I think only 5 million or so Xbox 360s were sold. Halo 5: G needs to make everyone who owns an Xbox One buy the game, and bring in people who don’t own an Xbox One to buy one for the game.