I’ve heard it before and I’m sure if your reading this you have too. Halo 4 multiplayer feels way too much like call of duty and I am very dissappointed with it. I honestly tried to get into this game, but it’s just not the same as its predecesors. When I first bought this game I was excited until I tried multiplayer, ranked up a bit only to find out how much features were taken straight out of the CoD franchise. I had to look back at the cover to just to make sure I purchased Halo 4 and not Black Ops II. So what? Adapt, get over it,stop being a fanatic, go back to reach whatever; heard it before and unfortunately there is a bit more to it for me. Halo on its own merit was a great FPS shooter. The halo fan base loved it because it was your classic gun scavenging, acaraic free-style, no holds bar FPS bananzza. Until 343 industries decided to run in the bandwagon by taking the same model of a FPS from an equally successful francise(CoD). In my opinion this was a mistake on thier part.
For starters, the customizable loadouts and perks and the lack thereof weapons on the map. This took the fun out of racing for the power weapons at thier respective spawn locations. Moreover there is little diversity of weapons in the map. Now the game is completely loadout dominated. It requires less skill, so long as you have the best possible weapons and the best possible loadout combinations just like in CoD with some perks coming out more popular and stronger than others. This feature was first introduced in Reach, but only allowed a selection for loadouts which was set by default for a specific game type which was ok. And without more weapons spawning on the map it doesn’t give player an intiative to move around the map as much and stay generally in one area. Team slayer feels more like team deathmatch with DMRs and Battle Rifles equipped on respawn. Speaking of which killcams? really? and ‘X’ to respawn? A bit over the top here.
Secondly, Ordinace; a reward feature in Slayer gametypes for getting a 5 killstreak which drops supplies. Sound familiar, Care Package anyone? There was absolutely no need to include this feature whatsoever. This only encourages camping for killstreaks and defensive play. Maybe some people like to camp and maybe others like to keep thier distance. That’s fine and dandy so long as that is your prefered style of play. But, in my opinion it takes away a bit of that aggressive, free-style gameplay Halo was known for. I don’t know about you, but hearing the game voice say, “Killing Spree” “Double Kill” “Killtrocity” just make me happy in itself and is enough to make me try it all over again and try to earn something more. Ordinance no thank you, I rather play CoD and earn a real killstreak.
Lastly, Ranks. I’m honestly suprised Treyarch or Activision didn’t file a copywright law suits for this. There is no feature in multiplayer that could be more similar, no the same than the ranking system. You unlock your weapons and perks by purchasing them with spartan points earned by ranking up. Come on guys! This is prestige ranking system taken straight out of Black Ops. What happened to the social and rank playlist? Did 343 really think about the players that want to be casual and players that want to be competitive? Given I am suprised at the lack of playlist that was given at all. I would even take reach’s system over this current one dispite how much I don’t like it. I honestly miss the Halo 3 50 rank system. It would be nice to bring something like that to the table.
Pretty much, Halo 4 multiplayer is nothing like the Halo titles that came before it and though changes are welcome, I rather play Halo becuase it’s halo and nothing else. Though it looks a lot like halo the gameplay feels completely like call of duty. I don’t know why 343 decided to take this path of development for this frachinse, but I think we are missing the traditional classic formula that made the Halo series such a great FPS on an exclusive platform. I feel that 343 tried so much to get the CoD fan base into the game that they have overlooked trying to make an authentic Halo title. The only solution I can think of is updating infinity wargames to include Rank playlist, Social(with loadouts, ordinance, and other features live), and classic with one default loadout and rapid weapon drops throughout the map. Give a little something for everyone to enjoy especially the traditional Halo fans who feel left out in the dust.
That’s my feedback please post what you think. Lets get a constructive discussion going.