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Halo Vs Black Ops: “Room for two great experiences” – Halo Dev

X360: Halo 4 and Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 release a week apart. Who will come out on top? We chat to Halo 4′s creative director, Josh Holmes, to find out…

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Gazondaily4347d ago

I'm sorry but Halo is in a completely different league to Black Ops. There is no comparison.

The story is part of an extremely in depth and engaging fiction and isn't an afterthought which the current COD series, especially the original Black Ops.

It is far more original not only it's narrative but also every other area like weapons, levels, game modes, an AI that actually exists, vehicles and freedom.

Most important of all though; it's gameplay is unique to this day and the formula hasn't gotten stale, which is more than can be said for the much reused Call of Duty series.

nukeitall4346d ago

I will be playing Halo for sure and skipping Black Ops, but CoD has other qualities! I personally don't find it stale, but I don't play it day-in day-out for all these years.

My philosophy, if you don't like it, don't play it. It's not like some kind of huge investment.

Laxman4346d ago

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You put that perfectly. There is little that can honestly be compared to a main instalment in the Halo franchise.

Hayabusa 1174346d ago

I'm sorry, but Halo has gotten a little stale recently. At least Halo Reach did. Halo CE was, and still is, in my opinion, the best game ever made. I enjoyed all the other Halo games even though they were massive let downs compared to Halo CE. Even when people said ODST was more of the same, I disagreed, I still enjoyed it. But Halo Reach: nah. I enjoyed it, and it is definitely a AAA game, but just felt like an extention of ODST, which was in itself an extention of Halo 3, which was what Halo 2 should have been. I hated to admit it to myself, but it became "stale".

But, I WILL be getting Halo 4 and not Blops 2. The Cod series is just as repetitve, the only difference is COD has a better gameplay formulae then Halo (at least online), but with Halo 4 I know I'm gona have an engaging story, interesting environments, new weapons (and I mean new weapons, not new gun models) e.t.c. Maybe it's just me: I'll pick sci-fi over modern combat anyday. As for online (don't like Halo online anymore) why buy Blops 2 when I already have Modern Warfare 2?

I'm looking to Halo 4 whether it's new or more of the same :)

Wizziokid4347d ago (Edited 4347d ago )

If Halo was multiplatform it would blow COD sales away, it's overall the better experience.

Halo is the better game hands down, it offers one of the best multiplayer experiences on console. The only game which i could see giving it some competition is the next Bungie game. Before people say we have no idea what the game is, it's Bungie, they made Halo and made the multiplayer what it is today and they will obviously want to top that experience with this new IP.

Dailynch4347d ago

The multiplat sales are misleading, but what's really interesting with these two is the similar territory they're occupying. Black Ops is angled more at future tech than any of its predecessors bringing it more in line with Halo's combat. It'll be interesting to see what happens. I'm more interested in Halo 4 right now, but Black Ops is making some really interesting changes.

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Cerberus294347d ago

I plan on getting both games. The difference is I'll be getting halo at launch but will wait a month or two for black ops... because I'll be too busy playin halo

DestinyHeroDoomlord4346d ago

I plan on getting both and enjoying them. Hate if you must but I like cod just as much as I like halo.

LAWSON724346d ago

"Great experiences" in a cod game. lmao

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Xbox Games Summer Showcase 2024 start date, time, exciting leaks and how to watch

Here is the start date and time for the Xbox Games Summer Showcase 2024 with bundles of exciting leaks and how to watch.

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gold_drake4d ago

10AM PT/1PM ET/6PM london time.
on June 9th.

this is so odd. we had ps before the summer fest and now xbox after.

lelo2play2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Summer Fest and the Sony show were both crap, let's hope Microsoft and Ubisoft shows are decent.

(the way this is going, I'm not asking for good/great shows, simply asking for decent shows...)

I miss E3.

RupeeHoarder2d ago

State of Play is a 30 minute sizzle reel. It is not meant to compete with the yearly Xbox showcase.

gold_drake2d ago

best e3 was when they showcased breath of the wild with the nintendo tree people i watched that quite a few times ha.

Daver2d ago

Diablo 4 expansion? Even if the game is bad.

Crows902d ago

I'm definitely of the mind that d4 was complete crap at release...but the state of it right this moment is not complete crap. They've simplified a lot which actually helped their overtly stupid itemization.

End game content is still kind of stupid but at least progression and itemization is better.

Daver2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

@crows90

Maybe but it is still boring. It might be a little bit better but it is not a good game.

Profchaos2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Xbox had typically kept the old e3 dates alive it seems to always fall on Queens / Kings birthday holiday in Aus only reason I've noticed as it used to be a day off to engross myself in e3 showcases but nowadays it's nothing

Lightning774d ago

The rumor is 30 games with a nearly 2 hour show. I hope so I, been saying they need to go balls to the wall with their showcase. That's according to Grubb again. Yeah a huge pinch of salt he's only been wrong or half right about some stuff.

There's also suppose to be a Wu Tang Clan game that's a kungfu action RPG featuring the legendary hip hop group New Yorks own Wu Tang Clan. You read right Wu Tang Clan kungfu action RPG.

Sounds weird, random and quirky but hey I'm down to see it.

romulus233d ago

Bet the title has Shaolin in it.

purple1013d ago

State of decay 3 info is leaking on twitter!

Looks good. Personally don’t play horror/ zombie games, but I appreciate it’s a good game so that’s a win for Xbox fans.

Lord knows they need a win at the moment

ThinkThink3d ago

Appreciate the concern, but I think we'll be just fine. Hope you all enjoy tomorrow's show.

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Obscure_Observer2d ago

"The rumor is 30 games with a nearly 2 hour show. I hope so I, been saying they need to go balls to the wall with their showcase."

MS had the best showcases in the last few years.

This year, the bar is so low with those last showcases, that imo, MS and Ubisoft doesn´t even need to make much of an effort to beat them.

"That's according to Grubb again. Yeah a huge pinch of salt he's only been wrong or half right about some stuff."

Grubb was right about the last State of Play. Just a few days for the end of the month, he´d continued and insisted that it was going to happen. And he was right! Sony made a last minute announcement for whatever reason, but the guy was spot on.

Lightning772d ago

Grubb was only half right. He only got the month down, which was late last month for a PS event but wrong on it being a PS showcase.

Half right at best. He's still not that credible these days. He definitely wasn't spot on.

derek2d ago

Grubb has been pretty spot on in his comments regarding showcases. You can tell he's not guessing, he knows in advance.

Sonic18812d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Microsoft has had the best showcases for the last 3-4 years. The problem with Microsoft and the Xbox division is their reputation and trademark around the world. That's what's really affecting them.

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anast3d ago

This show is going to be painful.

Elda3d ago

Hopefully not knowing most games shown will be multiplats & some eventually multiplats.

anast3d ago

The presentation is going to be the painful part. There might be some good games though.

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ArmrdChaos2d ago

You can always make a drinking game out of it for every time they say the words "Made for a modern audience".

Crows902d ago

I'd like to be able to watch it through to the end though...

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GotGame8182d ago

Are you 12 or 13 now? 😂🤣

anast2d ago

This is fun. Some back and forth.

No, but those emojis sure seem like you might be.

Crows902d ago

You'd think that every now and then even these dispassionate fools may do a good job...they've disappointed every single year since before release of Xbox one....that's a really long streak of disappointments...lol

anast2d ago

For sure. they have the money to put on a top tier show, but I'm afraid it will look like an event where super rich people are noticeably trying to be cheap. And they have this strange smile like they know they are trying o get over on people. It just makes for an awkward and tasteless showing.

GotGame8182d ago

My emojis? 😂🤣 Funny kid!

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Elda3d ago

I hope it's a good showing knowing most games that will be shown will be multiplats & XB timed exclusives that'll eventually become multi-plats.

Tacoboto3d ago

It is what it is at this point.

At least the good games will have a chance to be bought, take advantage of the superior DualSense, and *maybe* give those studios a better shot at survival.

They'll also have better shadows, and run with higher dynamic res on the PS5 Pro.

Lightning773d ago (Edited 3d ago )

So if they're multiplat would you suddenly like Xbox games?

You never have before you've made that clear several times over.

Elda3d ago

I have an XBSX. I also own a PS5 & a Switch. What's your point??

Lightning773d ago

My point is what I said. You don't like Xbox games, you've said it repeatedly. So would you suddenly like Xbox games if they were available on PS5.

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Cheat Provider To Pay Call Of Duty Creator Activision Nearly $15M In Damages

Cheat software provider EngineOwning will pay Call of Duty creator Activision nearly $15 million in damages and legal fees.

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Jin_Sakai12d ago

Cheat providers for competitive games should be illegal.

Rynxie12d ago (Edited 12d ago )

This is what developers and manufacturers should do. I know going after cheat devices/makers is a cat and mouse game, and cost money. However, they can get that money back by sueing these manufacturers of cheat devices. Take a page from Nintendo's playbook.

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Activision team is opening a new game studio in Poland 'Elsewhere Entertainment' to build new AAA IP

Microsoft's Activision subsidiary announced today that it is opening a new game development studio to take advantage of the huge talent pool growing in Poland. It'll be the second Activision studio based in the region, joining Infinity Ward Krakow, although this studio is, in fact, not working on Call of Duty.

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Psychonaut8525d ago

They’re not working on Call of Duty? Give it time.