Halo 4 came out, got a bunch of great reviews such as a 98 from IGN, and everyone was excited for the return of Master Chief. H4’s Metacritic is at an 87 and Black Ops 2’s sits at a solid 83. You can say that both have a “B” rating. People insisted that Halo 4 will dethrone Call of Duty and “save” gaming.
Story:
Halo 4- Although some are saying it was brilliant, more people are saying it was a terrible campaign what was nothing that “hit switch A to continue” etc etc. People claim that it’s bland, the writing is terrible, and that there are only a handful of good parts in it.
BO2- I honestly have not seen one complaint about the BO2 story, other than the fact that some people don’t know the characters and their story from the first game. People are amazed at how well written Menendez was, and how Treyarch delivered such a great story where player choices actually impact the narrative in a huge way. I think there are 6 or 7 different endings.
Multiplayer:
H4- People keep complaining that it’s copying CoD, and that it’s no where close to being a “Halo game”. I hear that if Halo wasn’t in the title, it would be a laughable attempt at MP. Others are angry saying that there is absolutely no skill seeing the fact that the killstre- I mean ordinance drops are random meaning that one guy can get a needler whereas the other gets a Rocket Launcher. I also hear complaints about how there is something wrong with every wepaon, and that everything needs balance.
BO2- Everyone is pleased with the Pick 10 system which allows hundreds of different class choices. Never use your secondaries? Get rid of them and get another perk of primary attatchment. No need for a 3rd tier perk? Get rid of it and add another tactical grenade. That, and the addition of Legue Play (Seasonal competitve 4v4 matches), Elite Premium being free, the fact that it’s still that smooth 60 fps fluid gmaeplay, new game modes,etc make this CoD pretty dang innovative.
Co-Op:
Spartan Ops- 343’s secret wepaon is a flop. All it consists of is short missions that have you hit a button, defend waves of stuff, and that’s it. You have to wait a whole week to play more…if you’re not already done with it as a game mode. The only people who defend it are saying that they’re “in it for the story”, and those claim that they like it better than Firefight which I have no clue how. I doubt people will buy the second season.
BO2: Zombies. Not only is Tranzit 12x the size of some of the previous zombies maps, but they added things like buildables and the Zombie Bus. Zombies is taken to a completely new level and it’s funner than ever. The fact that there is so much choice in Tranzit is mind blowing.If that’s not enough, they added a 4v4vzombies mode called grief where you can take your squad of firends and see how well you do agaisnt others, and they also added Survival which takes a location from Tranzit and makes it to where you see how long you can survive in that specific area. In addition, they added stats and leaderboards for all this so that way dedicated Zombie players can actually feel accomplished and have things to work for.
With all that in mind, how in the world is Halo 4 supposed to be the king of Xbox in its current position?