i think the single player is better and online is just as fun. i love vehicles in online gameplay. its really annoying that resistance 2 supposedly has no vehicles online. thats an awful decision, especially with 60 players

If by better you mean worse, yes.

Halo to me is the deeper and more fun game. COD is so repetitive I can't stand even thinking about playing it again.

These 'most people on COD 4 who say Halo is rubbish' are better known as COD fanboys. I don't want to be dragged into any kind of argument but in my OPINION Halo 3 is the better game.

COD4 FTW.

Yes and it takes skill to play and like it to rank up. COD4 is for people that suck at halo3. COD4 is just who ever has the best gun or first one to see the other person.

No. Halo will never be better than any Call of Duty game. Ever.

cod 4 > halo 3

Haven't we had enough of these fucking threads already

Halo 3 is a much better game. It is based on skill to kill someone whereas CoD4 even the biggest noob can kill someone in 1 or 2 shots if he's lucky. I think that the fact you need to take 4 or more shots with BR or more with other guns and usually need to use teamwork in Halo 3 makes it better, although a lot of people see that as a weakness. CoD4 never really requires much teamwork beyond telling everyone to put up a UAV or to try not to get killed because youre about to lose, but in Halo 3 the whole MLG community is based on how much teamwork Halo 3 actually requires. I think most reviewers like CoD4's multplayer better also because they don't get much time to play a game and are obviosuly going to like the one you can get instant gratification in better than the one you really have to practice at. Everyone respects Halo 3 but if you actually learn it you realize that it is much deeper and better than it looks from the outside. Everyone starts with the same weapons and skills and the only thing separating you from your opponent in a BR Battle is raw skill. That's the way I like it!

tl;dr: CoD4 is better if you're a noob. Halo 3 is better if you want a challenge.

Uh....no. If you want a challenge play against veteran CS players of UT players..halo is pathetic compared to them in terms of a challenge, also to the fact that its on a console to begin with except the first halo. This is a topic of opinion whch everyone should know....so no one is right or wrong in saying what they prefer. I prefer Cod4 to halo 3 because halo has mostly stayed the same besides raping a few of its better features since the first game, where as Cod4 even if the gameplay pretty much remained untouched, going modern from WWII was a big change, as in all of the halo games you felt like you were going through the same places over and over again. Halo 3 on the other hand has the most aim assist I've ever seen in a game before its called 'auto-aim' which is a real turn off, you can't even disable it either which is rediculous.

Also, Spike and fanboys alike, don't bother quoting me and trying to properly 'correct' me, as I stated before, this is a topic based on opinion, just like 99% of every other topic, so these are my opinions, just like you have yours, only thing that isn't an opinion is that halo 3 has the craziest amount of aim-assist that makes the game too rediculously easy to aim.. to do good at that game, it isn't peoples aiming, its just people memorizing pickups and timing them etc...not the way a game should be. Like I said, if you want raw competiton, try CS or UT/Quake , get your ass handed to you, then go back to halo 3 and really see how easy you have it.

Personally, I like Halo 3 more than CoD4.

I like having vehicles in the fight and I like Halo 3's weaponry more than CoD4's.

Halo 3's Single Player isn't great but neither is CoD4's.

I played a couple of rounds in CoD4 multiplayer and, it just didn't interest me as much as Halo 3.

Halo is one of the most bland FPS franchises ever. None of the 3 are even as good as CoD3, and CoD3 was terrible.

when your playing by urself the online on cod4 is better but i u have a mate over halo 3 is better because u can do split screen online which a lot of games you cant do it in

Yes in my opinion.

Halo is much more crazy and casual, COD4 is totally intense and hardcore. I switch between them, depending on my mood.
They tie.

"Uh....no. If you want a challenge play against veteran CS players of UT players..halo is pathetic compared to them in terms of a challenge, also to the fact that its on a console to begin with except the first halo. This is a topic of opinion whch everyone should know....so no one is right or wrong in saying what they prefer. I prefer Cod4 to halo 3 because halo has mostly stayed the same besides raping a few of its better features since the first game, where as Cod4 even if the gameplay pretty much remained untouched, going modern from WWII was a big change, as in all of the halo games you felt like you were going through the same places over and over again. Halo 3 on the other hand has the most aim assist I've ever seen in a game before its called 'auto-aim' which is a real turn off, you can't even disable it either which is rediculous.

Also, Spike and fanboys alike, don't bother quoting me and trying to properly 'correct' me, as I stated before, this is a topic based on opinion, just like 99% of every other topic, so these are my opinions, just like you have yours, only thing that isn't an opinion is that halo 3 has the craziest amount of aim-assist that makes the game too rediculously easy to aim.. to do good at that game, it isn't peoples aiming, its just people memorizing pickups and timing them etc...not the way a game should be. Like I said, if you want raw competiton, try CS or UT/Quake , get your ass handed to you, then go back to halo 3 and really see how easy you have it."

"Uh....no. If you want a challenge play against veteran CS players of UT players..halo is pathetic compared to them in terms of a challenge, also to the fact that its on a console to begin with except the first halo. This is a topic of opinion whch everyone should know....so no one is right or wrong in saying what they prefer. I prefer Cod4 to halo 3 because halo has mostly stayed the same besides raping a few of its better features since the first game, where as Cod4 even if the gameplay pretty much remained untouched, going modern from WWII was a big change, as in all of the halo games you felt like you were going through the same places over and over again. Halo 3 on the other hand has the most aim assist I've ever seen in a game before its called 'auto-aim' which is a real turn off, you can't even disable it either which is rediculous.

Also, Spike and fanboys alike, don't bother quoting me and trying to properly 'correct' me, as I stated before, this is a topic based on opinion, just like 99% of every other topic, so these are my opinions, just like you have yours, only thing that isn't an opinion is that halo 3 has the craziest amount of aim-assist that makes the game too rediculously easy to aim.. to do good at that game, it isn't peoples aiming, its just people memorizing pickups and timing them etc...not the way a game should be. Like I said, if you want raw competiton, try CS or UT/Quake , get your ass handed to you, then go back to halo 3 and really see how easy you have it."

I agree

Halo 3 is terrific to play with friends, you can have four folks on your console playing with other you know online. CoD4 does not have that, and is more fun to play with just you, IMO.

YES

The games are much too different to compare. Though, they are both great for different reasons.

Call Of Duty 4 is a complete rehash. You people must have never played games like BF2 to say that COD4 is a good game.

Prefer COD keeps me coming back while Halo gets a wee bit boring after a while

I think, once you reach a certain point of quality game design, you ought to be able to say "my preference is based entirely on my opinion." 

For that reason, I don't think these "Is X better than Y" threads are fair.  They just start flamewars.  Though, I'm quite proud of how civil the Giant Bomb forum has kept this discussion.

both are the same repetitive trash, I despise both of them.

Call of Duty 4 is definitely better than Halo 3. Of course, I'm biased against anything Science Fiction. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the story (from the books, not necessarily the tiny one in the game), but I just prefer more realistic things to the floaty, laser gameplay of Halo.

the funny thing is everyone who says halo is crap/overrated/generic/other is also terrible at it.

*cough*jayge*cough*pause422*cough*giyanks22* :P

you might not like halo but it has practically everything over cod4

different experience...
halo is a lot more laid back then cod4

I personally prefer CoD 4, but I honestly think that comparing these two games is like comparing apples with oranges.

"different experience...
halo is a lot more laid back then cod4"

I only play Halo single-player, or co-op with a friend.   I sign on and play COD as much as I play TF2, which is quite often.

Halo multiplayer has become the proving ground for kids who fail at life.

COD4 on the pc is amazing.

"I only play Halo single-player, or co-op with a friend.   I sign on and play COD as much as I play TF2, which is quite often.

Halo multiplayer has become the proving ground for kids who fail at life."

COD4 > Halo 3

Not even close. Not in single player, nor in multiplayer. Although, I guess you have to give something for the co-op inte Halo 3.

If you mean Call of Duty 4 single player is better than Halo 3? Then yes it is and Call of Duty 4 single-player is superiour to Halo 2 as well but I prefer Halo Combat Evolved campaign over Call of Duty 4 by a bit. However Call of Duty 4 rivals with the Halo series in terms of multi-player.

"xplodedd said:

"different experience...
halo is a lot more laid back then cod4"

other way round. mind you it depends on WHAT you're playing. like level 40s MLG, team doubles, lone wolves, SWAT are so unbelieveably tense whereas there's things like infection and rocket race which are just things whwre you can have a good laugh. variety like this is just another thing missing off cod4s list"

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK......................no

As a complete game? CoD 4 isent very good. As a pure multiplayer game, its excelent. Halo 3 is the better game tho. A lot more to do, more features. For MP, pure gameplay? I find them both to be good, with no clear winner.  CoD 4 is fun, but 40% of that fun is the ranking system, Its fun once, not as fun the 2nd time, and it continues. But anyways, both are really good games. But Halo 3 is much better as a complete package. IMO

"

I think Halo 3 is a much better and more well rounded experiences and this is why:
- In Halo 3 the weapons are a lot more balanced meaning that it's easy for even newbies to get kills. In CoD you often get matched with people who are a higher level and have a better weapon, which brings me onto my next point.
- In Halo 3 the matchmaking system is a billion times better than the one in CoD. 9/10 times in Halo the games go right down to the wire, in CoD it’s a different story.
- Vehicles. CoD has no usable ones whatsoever.
- As much as I enjoy the CoD campaign, Halo 3's campaign is longer and has vehicles, making it a better experience. Halo 3 also has a variety of types of encounter, in CoD you're generally at close range and only occasionally at long.
- Halo 3 is the best playing FPS of all time, no buts and no excpetions. CoD is only so popular because of the iron sighting, infact if you think about it CoD gunplay isn't that amazing, even if it is fast paced and frenetic.
- Forge; the variety of Custom games you can make with forge is infinite.
- Save Films; someone say Machinima?
- Halo 3 requires more skill. You may debate this as much as you like, but it does. For anyone who plays at a high level, e.g Commander or above, knows how important Battle Rifle control is and people might argue that sniping is difficult in CoD, but frankly, I think it's a lot more difficult in Halo (people move faster). CoD4 on the other hand requires very little skill or intelligence, there's no grenade deflecting, no equipment, little radar watching; knives kill in one hit, and you can kill a person with most weapons in about a half a second burst. This does make CoD easier to get into than Halo in some ways and the skill of players in Halo does sometimes work against newbies. But I say persevere.
- Medals; possibly the best thing ever in a game; there's nothing better than hearing the announcer say "Overkill" (except when he says "Killtacular").
- The map design in Halo trumps CoD4 significantly; CoD4 map design is pretty lazy I tend to think, with many of the maps being cut-off parts of the single player game, whilst doesn’t necessarily detract from the fun; in my opinion it adds to the balancing issues. In Halo 3, however all the maps are excellent and well crafted (even Isolation, especially Isolation). Any Halo player who hasn't downloaded the Legendary map pack do it now! Avalanche is possibly the best big map in Halo history and Ghost Town is surprisingly good. It goes without saying that I love Blackout. The maps that shipped are also pretty good. Guardian and Valhalla are probably the pick of the bunch. Other maps like the Pit and Construct are also pretty darn awesome, not to forget High Ground!

So there you go; there are my reasons for liking Halo more than CoD. That and the fact I've played through all the Halo games a Billion times. Most people playing Halo online right now are people who have played the prior games in the series and loved them and most people who play CoD haven't given Halo much of a chance. This whole rant or whatever you may call it doesn't mean I hate CoD. On the contrary I do still play CoD4 relatively often and have enjoyed almost all of its prequels; I just find the shooting so much more repetitive than Halo’s.

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Personally I prefer CoD 4 - never really enjoyed Halo

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

"ABSOLUTELY NOT."

"albedos_shadow said:

"ABSOLUTELY NOT."

says the guy with the worst k/d ratio i have ever seen in halo 3
http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/CareerStats.aspx?player=albedosshadow"

"crunchUK said:

"albedos_shadow said:

"ABSOLUTELY NOT."

says the guy with the worst k/d ratio i have ever seen in halo 3
http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/CareerStats.aspx?player=albedosshadow"

Haha, I love how people have been using Halo 3 stat pages to insult people lately... it's pathetic."

"Zebadee said:

"crunchUK said:

"albedos_shadow said:

"ABSOLUTELY NOT."

says the guy with the worst k/d ratio i have ever seen in halo 3
http://www.bungie.net/stats/Halo3/CareerStats.aspx?player=albedosshadow"

Haha, I love how people have been using Halo 3 stat pages to insult people lately... it's pathetic."

i'm not using it to insutl i'm just saying that if you have played a grand total of 10 games and haven't touched the campaign it's kinda obvious that you really can't judge halo and that you are just hating because you suck at it whereas in cod4 you can get satisfaction in losing because you gain exp anyway and unlock stuff whereas in halo you just... die alot and can't get anywhere being bad"

It is a matter of opinion, to be honest. I enjoyed both the singleplayer campaign of Call of Duty 4 and multiplayer aspects more than the Halo 3 SP and MP components.

No Halo is not better then COD4 since its 6 years older. But the MP in Halo 3 is better then in COD4. But the SP is 100time better in COD 4

"No Halo is not better then COD4 since its 6 years older. But the MP in Halo 3 is better then in COD4. But the SP is 100time better in COD 4"