Probably Halo 3. The hype for that game was so fucking huge.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
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The sequel to 2007’s wildly successful first-person-shooter Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 continues the story of American and British soldiers fighting Russian ultra-nationalist forces.
Modern Warfare 2 hype vs Halo 3 hype
" Does it matter, the disappointment is still the same. "Halo 3 wasn't a dissapointment by any means and little has been released of Mw2 so it has nothing to live up to!
Halo 3 was huge disappointment" @Seedofpower said:
" Does it matter, the disappointment is still the same. "Halo 3 wasn't a dissapointment by any means and little has been released of Mw2 so it has nothing to live up to! "
Halo 3 was at PAX. Modern Warfare 2 (in fact Activision as a whole, it seemed) was not.
Clarification: I mean on their respective release years, before anybody shouts at me for confusing Halo 3 with ODST or Recon or whatever it's called now.
ITT: It's popular and therefore it sucks.
Halo 3 had some excellent mass market advertisement, with all the trailers and viral marketing including the "Believe" campaign. Too bad none of that subtlety or grandeur actually carried on into the game's story, but those PR guys should get hi-fives.
Modern Warfare 2 hype consists entirely of Robert Bowling hinting at features on his twitter and the occasional video reminding you that Modern Warfare is awesome. I'm sure advertising will be in full berserker force in a month or so, but as for now Halo 3 has the better hype machine.
i would say halo by far
i remember seeing that first Superbowl commercial 9 months before the game came out and was tripping balls
havent even seen 1 mw2 commercial on t.v.
hell every local news station covered release night and even my highschool teachers at the time new about it
i felt so good playing the campaign for the first time because u knew every motherfucker out there was playing that shit too
I think there's no doubt that Microsoft went completely insane with surrounding the hype around Halo 3. At the end of the day, no matter how much money Activision has got, it can't possibly be anywhere even close to what Microsoft has/had at the time.
Like others have said, I don't think any other game can match, let alone surpass, Halo 3's hype.
" @NarcolepticBat said:It's an opinion.Halo 3 was huge disappointment "" @Seedofpower said:
" Does it matter, the disappointment is still the same. "Halo 3 wasn't a dissapointment by any means and little has been released of Mw2 so it has nothing to live up to! "
" @NarcolepticBat said:If you think of Halo 3 as a campaign BEAST which admittedly the advertising did then you are going to get disappointment ten fold HOWEVER Halo 3 still has an entire league that grows everyday and its still one of the most played games on Xbox 360 weekly. I prefer to think of it as a sport, not a game.Halo 3 was huge disappointment "" @Seedofpower said:
" Does it matter, the disappointment is still the same. "Halo 3 wasn't a dissapointment by any means and little has been released of Mw2 so it has nothing to live up to! "
Definitely halo 3 had the bigger hype machine for now. They MS was freakin running ads during the superbowl like 9 months before it released!
Definitely Halo 3 and it's not even close.
It's weird, because with both games I think that we all know exactly what to expect. Maybe it's because it had been longer since the last release, but I felt as if there was WAY more hype behind Halo 3. Like WAY WAY WAY more. And Peter Moore don't have no MW2 tattoos now does he?
" @ConfusedSanity said:Lol a sport. You're funny." @NarcolepticBat said:If you think of Halo 3 as a campaign BEAST which admittedly the advertising did then you are going to get disappointment ten fold HOWEVER Halo 3 still has an entire league that grows everyday and its still one of the most played games on Xbox 360 weekly. I prefer to think of it as a sport, not a game. "Halo 3 was huge disappointment "" @Seedofpower said:
" Does it matter, the disappointment is still the same. "Halo 3 wasn't a dissapointment by any means and little has been released of Mw2 so it has nothing to live up to! "
Regardless Halo 3's hype machine was full of lies and the game was obviously a piece of shit compared to their ads that's why they never really showed in game footage properly. MW2 regardless of the ad campaign at least hasn't been outright lies. I know what I'm going to get and it's looking fucking awesome so far.
" @NarcolepticBat said:"LOOK AT ME I'M ONE IN A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAS AN OPINION DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS AND THEREFORE BELIEVES I AM SUPERIOR, FUCK ALL THE GAMES I DON'T LIKE THEY'RE SHIT, JUST BECAUSE MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THEM DOESN'T MEAN FUCK, THOSE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS, FUCK EVERYBODY, I'M GOING TO GO MASTURBATE TO PICTURES OF MYSELF PASTED ON HOT WOMEN" - RsistncE" @ConfusedSanity said:Lol a sport. You're funny. Regardless Halo 3's hype machine was full of lies and the game was obviously a piece of shit compared to their ads that's why they never really showed in game footage properly. MW2 regardless of the ad campaign at least hasn't been outright lies. I know what I'm going to get and it's looking fucking awesome so far. "" @NarcolepticBat said:If you think of Halo 3 as a campaign BEAST which admittedly the advertising did then you are going to get disappointment ten fold HOWEVER Halo 3 still has an entire league that grows everyday and its still one of the most played games on Xbox 360 weekly. I prefer to think of it as a sport, not a game. "Halo 3 was huge disappointment "" @Seedofpower said:
" Does it matter, the disappointment is still the same. "Halo 3 wasn't a dissapointment by any means and little has been released of Mw2 so it has nothing to live up to! "
" @RsistncE said:Win." @NarcolepticBat said:"LOOK AT ME I'M ONE IN A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAS AN OPINION DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS AND THEREFORE BELIEVES I AM SUPERIOR, FUCK ALL THE GAMES I DON'T LIKE THEY'RE SHIT, JUST BECAUSE MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THEM DOESN'T MEAN FUCK, THOSE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS, FUCK EVERYBODY, I'M GOING TO GO MASTURBATE TO PICTURES OF MYSELF PASTED ON HOT WOMEN" - RsistncE "" @ConfusedSanity said:Lol a sport. You're funny. Regardless Halo 3's hype machine was full of lies and the game was obviously a piece of shit compared to their ads that's why they never really showed in game footage properly. MW2 regardless of the ad campaign at least hasn't been outright lies. I know what I'm going to get and it's looking fucking awesome so far. "" @NarcolepticBat said:If you think of Halo 3 as a campaign BEAST which admittedly the advertising did then you are going to get disappointment ten fold HOWEVER Halo 3 still has an entire league that grows everyday and its still one of the most played games on Xbox 360 weekly. I prefer to think of it as a sport, not a game. "Halo 3 was huge disappointment "" @Seedofpower said:
" Does it matter, the disappointment is still the same. "Halo 3 wasn't a dissapointment by any means and little has been released of Mw2 so it has nothing to live up to! "
" @RsistncE said:haha I made a Halo 3 fanchild rage. Look at him rage. He's so cute." @NarcolepticBat said:"LOOK AT ME I'M ONE IN A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAS AN OPINION DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS AND THEREFORE BELIEVES I AM SUPERIOR, FUCK ALL THE GAMES I DON'T LIKE THEY'RE SHIT, JUST BECAUSE MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THEM DOESN'T MEAN FUCK, THOSE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS, FUCK EVERYBODY, I'M GOING TO GO MASTURBATE TO PICTURES OF MYSELF PASTED ON HOT WOMEN" - RsistncE "" @ConfusedSanity said:Lol a sport. You're funny. Regardless Halo 3's hype machine was full of lies and the game was obviously a piece of shit compared to their ads that's why they never really showed in game footage properly. MW2 regardless of the ad campaign at least hasn't been outright lies. I know what I'm going to get and it's looking fucking awesome so far. "" @NarcolepticBat said:If you think of Halo 3 as a campaign BEAST which admittedly the advertising did then you are going to get disappointment ten fold HOWEVER Halo 3 still has an entire league that grows everyday and its still one of the most played games on Xbox 360 weekly. I prefer to think of it as a sport, not a game. "Halo 3 was huge disappointment "" @Seedofpower said:
" Does it matter, the disappointment is still the same. "Halo 3 wasn't a dissapointment by any means and little has been released of Mw2 so it has nothing to live up to! "
Actually you lost to a 'Halofanchild'." @Gorillawhat said:
" @RsistncE said:haha I made a Halo 3 fanchild rage. Look at him rage. He's so cute. "" @NarcolepticBat said:"LOOK AT ME I'M ONE IN A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAS AN OPINION DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS AND THEREFORE BELIEVES I AM SUPERIOR, FUCK ALL THE GAMES I DON'T LIKE THEY'RE SHIT, JUST BECAUSE MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THEM DOESN'T MEAN FUCK, THOSE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS, FUCK EVERYBODY, I'M GOING TO GO MASTURBATE TO PICTURES OF MYSELF PASTED ON HOT WOMEN" - RsistncE "" @ConfusedSanity said:Lol a sport. You're funny. Regardless Halo 3's hype machine was full of lies and the game was obviously a piece of shit compared to their ads that's why they never really showed in game footage properly. MW2 regardless of the ad campaign at least hasn't been outright lies. I know what I'm going to get and it's looking fucking awesome so far. "" @NarcolepticBat said:If you think of Halo 3 as a campaign BEAST which admittedly the advertising did then you are going to get disappointment ten fold HOWEVER Halo 3 still has an entire league that grows everyday and its still one of the most played games on Xbox 360 weekly. I prefer to think of it as a sport, not a game. "Halo 3 was huge disappointment "" @Seedofpower said:
" Does it matter, the disappointment is still the same. "Halo 3 wasn't a dissapointment by any means and little has been released of Mw2 so it has nothing to live up to! "
" @RsistncE said:He didn't lose at all, that guy is raging...Actually you lost to a 'Halofanchild'. "" @Gorillawhat said:
" @RsistncE said:haha I made a Halo 3 fanchild rage. Look at him rage. He's so cute. "" @NarcolepticBat said:"LOOK AT ME I'M ONE IN A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAS AN OPINION DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS AND THEREFORE BELIEVES I AM SUPERIOR, FUCK ALL THE GAMES I DON'T LIKE THEY'RE SHIT, JUST BECAUSE MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THEM DOESN'T MEAN FUCK, THOSE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS, FUCK EVERYBODY, I'M GOING TO GO MASTURBATE TO PICTURES OF MYSELF PASTED ON HOT WOMEN" - RsistncE "" @ConfusedSanity said:Lol a sport. You're funny. Regardless Halo 3's hype machine was full of lies and the game was obviously a piece of shit compared to their ads that's why they never really showed in game footage properly. MW2 regardless of the ad campaign at least hasn't been outright lies. I know what I'm going to get and it's looking fucking awesome so far. "" @NarcolepticBat said:If you think of Halo 3 as a campaign BEAST which admittedly the advertising did then you are going to get disappointment ten fold HOWEVER Halo 3 still has an entire league that grows everyday and its still one of the most played games on Xbox 360 weekly. I prefer to think of it as a sport, not a game. "Halo 3 was huge disappointment "" @Seedofpower said:
" Does it matter, the disappointment is still the same. "Halo 3 wasn't a dissapointment by any means and little has been released of Mw2 so it has nothing to live up to! "
" @RsistncE said:Actually you lost to a 'Halofanchild'. "" @Gorillawhat said:
" @RsistncE said:haha I made a Halo 3 fanchild rage. Look at him rage. He's so cute. "" @NarcolepticBat said:"LOOK AT ME I'M ONE IN A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAS AN OPINION DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS AND THEREFORE BELIEVES I AM SUPERIOR, FUCK ALL THE GAMES I DON'T LIKE THEY'RE SHIT, JUST BECAUSE MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THEM DOESN'T MEAN FUCK, THOSE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS, FUCK EVERYBODY, I'M GOING TO GO MASTURBATE TO PICTURES OF MYSELF PASTED ON HOT WOMEN" - RsistncE "" @ConfusedSanity said:Lol a sport. You're funny. Regardless Halo 3's hype machine was full of lies and the game was obviously a piece of shit compared to their ads that's why they never really showed in game footage properly. MW2 regardless of the ad campaign at least hasn't been outright lies. I know what I'm going to get and it's looking fucking awesome so far. "" @NarcolepticBat said:If you think of Halo 3 as a campaign BEAST which admittedly the advertising did then you are going to get disappointment ten fold HOWEVER Halo 3 still has an entire league that grows everyday and its still one of the most played games on Xbox 360 weekly. I prefer to think of it as a sport, not a game. "Halo 3 was huge disappointment "" @Seedofpower said:
" Does it matter, the disappointment is still the same. "Halo 3 wasn't a dissapointment by any means and little has been released of Mw2 so it has nothing to live up to! "
@DeadMan:
Just like me WHAT? Good english skills are hard to come by these days I hear.
MW2 vs Halo 3 in terms of hype? Why even bother with this poll. Halo 3 was more hyped than any other video game ever made. Every video game journalism site, magazine, podcast, everything was discussing it. You couldn't turn on the TV without hearing about it, every commercial break on every channel had an ad for it. It was on local news stations. Wal-Mart ran infomercials for it, it had its own beverage for Christ's sake. MW2 is only known in terms of hype to people who follow video games, there hasn't even been TV spots for it. The casual market and/or people who were not fans of CoD4 do not care or do not know. To dispute Halo 3's hype vs MW2 is ludicrous at this point really.
" No game can ever compare to Halo 2 and Halo 3 in the hype department. "Yeah thats true, the game that came close was GTA4 i feel.
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