Black Ops 2 vs. Halo 4: Which FPS Should You Get?

Black Ops 2 faces some competition this year, with Halo 4 possibly being the toughest. If you're deciding on which to get, check out this article.

[NovusTerminus]

NEITHER! I am sick of FPS games!

[Relientk77]

In this generation of consoles, I am not suprised by that answer lol

[Solid_Snake37]

well if i had a 360 i would go with HALO 4

[zeal0us]

Think ill rent Halo for the Single Player, never really cared for the halo when it came to multiplayer.

BO2, I will wait and catch it on a deal and then get it, if I got the money. I tend to like Treyarch more than Infinity Ward when it comes to COD.

[fear88]

No. Just. No.

[EVILDEAD360]

Millions of Halo fans will buy Halo 4 day one and one week later Millions will buy Black Ops 2.

Both will dominate Xbox Live as number one and two most played through the first quarter of 2013.

Halo and Call of Duty are easily the two most popular franchises for hardcore 360 fans, they are not actually competing as both will see massive massive success.

I feel bad for the rest of the software releasing the rest of November and December though.

September and October will be the months you will see most of the Fall/Holiday games try to make their mark.

This is where Bioshock: Infinite, Assassin's Creed, and Medal of Honor will all release.

Micrsoft will release Fable: Journey and Forza Horizon during this time as well.

What will be interesting is if GTA 5 releases or will they wait till April 2013 where they can literally dominate the entire install base of the 360 and PS3 untouched by any other competition. This will be my early prediction.

Evil

[tokugawa]

i will buy both... no probs for me

[AngryTypingGuy]

Honestly, I was a little skeptical about the future of Halo after Bungie moved on, but after reading the cover story of the new Game Informer, I'm very optimistic. And even though graphics are just the icing on the cake of what makes a great game, this Halo will look stunning (let's face it, graphics was never Bungie's strong suit).

I'll be getting Halo before any COD game.

[sikbeta]

X360: Halo 4
PS3: any other game that's not COD, thanks :D

[blue7_7]

So why did you come into this topic then?

Anyways Halo 4 for me but I might get Black OPs 2 as well since I haven't bought a COD game since the first modern warfare and black ops 2 looks different from all the other ones so it kind of got me interested again.

[mewhy32]

Well I'd get Halo for sure. Not to say that I wouldn't get Black Ops2. I will probably get it too.The Call of Duty games have always been great and best played on Xbox as many head to heads have shown over and over.

[Trenta27]

Heck yes. I only wanted Borderlands 2 and that's only because it will actually rock.

[Mutant-Spud]

I'll probably get Halo 4 first, then get Blops 2 in six months or so, if Halo has a co-op campaign it'll pay to get in early as people tend to stop playing it after a few months.I like the levels of game customisation in Halo more than i like the character customisation in COD and Firefight is more fun than zombies.

[SilentNegotiator]

If Halo 4 takes as many cues from COD as Reach, I won't bother with either one. I'm not interested in Call of Duty #100 or Call of Halo #2.

Give me more first person games like the original Deus Ex, Riddick, etc. Less linear gung-ho crap, more tactical, varied games.

[MrMister]

NEITHER! Because Halo and Black Ops are re-hashes everytime a new one comes out. Halo was overrated since the 1st one, and hasnt added much to it since. And dont get me started about COD.

[DixieNormS]

Both during black friday for $30. Yay.

[chriski333]

Neither! Don't care for halo and im never buying anymore recycled crap COD

[Megaton]

There are still some good FPS out there. Like I'll be getting BioShock Infinite and Borderlands 2 this year. Won't be touching generic, repetitive, big franchise games like Blops 2 or Halo 4.

[showtimefolks]

borderlands 2
bioshock
dishonored

[Lord_Sloth]

The Darkness 2

[TheGameFoxJTV]

I honestly loved the mess out of the Darkness 2.

[iamnsuperman]

Both??? I do not know why we have to decided between one or the other. There is always a lul in the summer anyway so my advice save money over the summer the blow out (if you want to spend it on games) in the rush before Christmas

[WolfLeBlack]

Somehow I can't but help question an article like this when it's on a Black Ops 2 dedicated website :D

[Ken22]

Niether DUST 514 it is :D.

[BosMa]

and more this

[gtxgamer2]

Can't wait, playerbase is gonna be HUGE. Gamers like free games

[Fylus]

God, yes. DUST 514 is going to be beyond amazing.

[GraveLord]

Black Ops 2.

[Gamer-Z]

Lol why am i not surprised

[Convas]

Halo 4 first and foremost.

I am intrigued by Black Ops II because I enjoyed Black Ops more than Modern Warfare 3. I'm not ruling it out at this point, but ...

... almost all my FPS 2012 hype belongs to the Master Chief and a couple of marines trapped on a Xenomorph infested ship/station.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Agreed and well said

[shackdaddy]

Halo 4 definitely.

I'll get Blops 2 also though. The gameplay changes they made to the campaign sound pretty cool.

[xtreampro]

HALO 4, I've never played a Halo game but it has a great story from what I've read and the gameplay(judging by Reach and H3) looks a million times better than COD.

I'm sick and tired of COD and I hope the launch of Halo 4 over shadows that abomination and I hope in some way it bites into COD:BO2's sales.

[mcstorm]

If your going tl get halo 4 ide look at getting halo cea halo 2 3 odst and reach so you can get into the story. As for me Halo 4 will be the game that gets me back into fps games again as i cant stop plying forza 4 and gt5 at the mo but Halo 4 is the game i want most in 2012.

[m23]

You should definitely play through the original games. Since Halo 1 has had a re-release the graphics won't turn you off, and halo 2 had a pretty ok campaign. If you want to understand the story you should definitely play those.

[XctraSnake]

I'm tired of call of duty, at least halo 4 will be something fresh to the series.

[slaton24]

rumor is the multiplayer on halo 4 is suppose to be another wanna be cod multiplayer game..hope not cause i may get halo 4

[WetN00dle69]

Halo 4 then after a few weeks or so Black Ops 2.

[Regent_of_the_Mask]

Why would I get either of them? They're both casual FPS games with heavy auto-aim. There are better games to spend my money on this year than a couple of generic shooters.

[h311rais3r]

I'd like to see you play a pro halo player. Of any console fps halo takes the most skill. 1 good player can wipe an entire team of average players.

An I'm getting tired of you calling everyhing casual. Every game u seem to like is as casual a they come. And EVERY console game has auto aim so that is an invalid argument.

And do explain what makes it oh so casual. U can't just run into a room guns blazing. You have to know what weapon the other guy uses and if he knows how to use it.

[SignifiedSix]

Couldn't agree anymore with you. I'd like him to name one shooter on any console that doesn't have auto aim. Oh wait, he can't!

On topic.

I for sure will be getting Halo 4 before Black Ops 2. But I am getting both.
I've always liked black Ops over mw2-3.

[Arnagrim]

"Of any console fps halo takes the most skill."
So it's equal to if not below the PC FPS which takes the least skill in terms of difficulty?

Anyone claiming a console is a viable platform for competitive fps games is deluded, with or without Aim Assist. Until consoles allow for purely mouse-like I/O as opposed to the constant rate of view adjusment from console joysticks a player's skill cannot be determined because they're hindered by their controls.

@Dark Hollow- He probably would, because he's not playing a skill based game.

[dark-hollow]

@arngarim

he said "if any CONSOLE"
no need to bring the usual elitism behavior of some pc gamers.

"a player's skill cannot be determined because they're hindered by their controls."
on consoles all players (besides some turbo users but it mainly useless) uses the same controlling method! so its an equal grounds, if he beat you then you just suck. simple as that.

"Anyone claiming a console is a viable platform for competitive fps games is deluded, with or without Aim Assist."

why not? just because some fps take more skill on pc doesnt mean that console ones are cake walk.

again, try playing with a mlg pro halo player and lets see how he totally annihilate you.

[Drake117]

@Regent and Arnagrim
To me it sounds like you guys have been raped one too many times in halo. Guarantee you that an mlg player at halo could beat you both plus 2 of your friends all at the same time. Even if you both played halo moderately for like 2 years he would take you both on at the same time no problem.
I would love to watch you two play eachother in halo on mlg settings, it would take 20 BR shots from either of you to even get the other guys shields down.
Now i'm not saying a controller is better than a mouse/keyboard, its just different. Like a mouse/keyboard the more you use a controller the better you will get at it.

[tokugawa]

i unfortunately concur! halo takes skill, and a few times recently, mlg players have been games handing out spankings!

to be good at halo, you have got to play and play... then play a whole lot more

[BattleTorn]

Halo isn't like Call of Duty.

My reason: it doesn't have as quick of kill times.

You really can tell a game is starting to require less skill, (or "becoming more casual") when the kill times are becoming storter.

In Halo, 1v1 encounters are almost always won by the more skilled player cause of the longer battle durations. (due to having shields)

Thus making a very skilled player, in Halo, being able to go on winning 1v1, after 1v1, and so on.

[Hicken]

What games would you ACTUALLY play? All you ever have to say is something about this game and/or that game sucking. That's pretty annoying, and it got old real quick.

If I had a 360, and only had these two games to choose from, it'd be Halo. I'm definitely more likely to try a Treyarch-developed CoD than not, but until I hear from someone I trust that it's worth it, I'll be keeping my distance.

Outside of this, I'd be picking a controller up for Dust514 first.

[slaton24]

yep....assassin's creed 3, farcry 3, bioshock infinite, borderlands 2...just to name a few

[BosMa]

If black ops !! has nothing "fresh" planned, no new directions and offering the same overall feeling i have been having for the past few years with their games then Halo 4.. why? because halo 4 is a bit more diverse, creative in regards to content and design, although one could argue that this series may have gotten stale just as the cod formula well my thoughts are simple, cod has killed the franchise for me and this means that i will pass up on black ops II as i did mw3 but if there are facts to support that there will be a new spin, direction, design or something which will break that mode then i would be happy to try it out.. halo does not worry me as much in regards to copy /paste, yes there havent been any game breaking developments as of late but there also hasnt been anything which made me feel that i have been "ripped off" or a lack of development process for the sake of cutting corners etc, i always feel halo devs give it a hundred percent but i always have faith that my beloved cod can be just that again, a series i once adored.. been hoping since waw/mw

[BattleTorn]

Halo 4.

To be completely honest, I'm kinda hoping I get really turned off by Treyarchs new-zombies that I'll have no reason to buy Black Ops 2 at all.

Zombies is really the only thing that has me interested.

[user5467007]

Hmmm

A game which has been the same for five years running or a game where the developers have worked there arses off to make sure their game is top quality.

What to choose, what to choose

[Trekster_Gamer]

HALO 4 first
then Black Ops 2

nuff said....

[BattleTorn]

That's funny.

That's exactly what I did with Halo:Reach (09/10) and Black Ops (11/10)

Althought Halo took me all the way till Janurary 01/11 before I got Black Ops.

[WeedyOne]

I dont get why people buy games on release day when they are playing another game...

By the time you actually get to playing the other game you could have bought it for like half price!

[Gamer-Z]

As far as FPS goes i'm very much looking forward to Halo 4 and MOH, COD just doesn't interest me anymore its been the same biz since MW2.

[Arnagrim]

I want Halo 2 PC servers back.

[CoLD FiRE]

I think they're still on I played some Halo 2 online last week?

[TronEOL]

I'll buy neither.
I may rent both to try them out (like I've done with Halo since ODST), but I won't buy them. Especially since tons of other, more important, games are coming out in the September - December months.

[Raoh]

Neither.

[Braid]

The answer is, of course, neither.

If you're bored with generic FPS games, you should just buy Bioshock Infinite instead and live happily ever after.

[Kingdom Come]

Until you've finished the campaign a few times. I have no doubt Bioshock Infinite will have one of the, if not THE Best FPS Campaign of 2012, however, unless a game is an RPG, Multiplayer is becoming essential for a games longevity. I'll be purchasing Bioshock Infinite for another of Ken Levines master-piece campaigns, Halo 4 for it's campaign and brilliant multiplayer and Far Cry 3 for campaign and to check out it's multiplayer...

But the point is, whilst it won't replace the Gears of War franchise as my primary multiplayer game, I know which I'll be playing next year, and that's Halo 4...

[DarthJay]

Whichever one you want? Both? Neither? Who cares. Why can't you buy both? If someone wants to buy a game, they'll buy the game. I can't forsee a scenario where someone is going to have a gun to there head only able to buy one or the other EVER in their life.

[2pacalypsenow]

resistance for ps vita

[TheMutator]

duh Halo 4 waht stupid question is that for GOD SAKEEEEEE?

[spicelicka]

lol exactly, this is flamebait anyway.

Halo 4 is in a different league, people that buy the same cod will buy black ops 2 either way, so let them give their money away.

[WeskerChildReborned]

If i had to choose, Halo 4. What i'm gonna get is Black Ops 2 cause i don't own a 360 sadly but hopefully i'll get one before Halo is out so i can get it.

[HacSawJimThugin]

Halo baby!!

[TheGameFoxJTV]

Tribes Ascend, Blacklight Retribution, Planetside 2, and my backup BF3. XD

[Bladesfist]

Free pc fps ftw :D Tribes is amazing and planetside 2 looks pretty cool

[CoLD FiRE]

Free my ass! The F2P model relies heavily on hidden costs and it gives advantage to those who have more money to shell out over those who were NOT interested in spending money on the game in the first place.

[TheGameFoxJTV]

Bullshit it does, geared up like a MF and not a single cent spent.

[Bladesfist]

never spent a cent on a f2p game still own at TF2 and Tribes.

[Gigawatt25]

Neither.

[QuantumWake]

Halo 4 man! And the fact that we haven't seen much of Halo 4's campaign only gets me more and more excited!

[ninjahunter]

Halo 4, because its skill based.

[GameGuy]

Maybe more skill based, I know some people that really suck at Call Of Duty LOL. This might not mean anything but this might be an interesting story for you: I remember my mom tried to play Call Of Duty once and I'm sure anyone would have a hard time telling her that Call Of Duty isn't skill based. I asked her to play a spec op run the pit mission in Modern Warfare 3 and she accepted the offer. She had the hardest time just moving LOL. She is good at Angry Birds though....

[0neShot]

What skill?, being quick and adept with the controller? Its nothing more than charge, shoot, evade, shoot, jump, move left, right until the kill is done.

[ninjahunter]

Its about being accurate and staying accurate. In call of duty all its about it shooting the next guy ing the back, in halo, if you shoot a guy in the back and hes better than you, hes going to turn around an kill you.

[Nunchez]

Halo 4 any day! I'll anyways get to play the same COD next year.

[ginsunuva]

Everybody must pick one of these two shooters for this fall, and they can only have one or the other. Because I said so.

[GameGuy]

"Well said"

[GameGuy]

I don't know about anyone else but I should get the FPS that I like and can afford. If I like both and can afford both I will get them both, it's that simple.

[ElementX]

Why do people always write articles asking which game should you get? Why can't people just buy both and enjoy them? It doesn't have to be one or the other.

[dubt72]

Both

[Ninjamonkey82]

Depends what console you have init. If you have both consoles get both games sorted?.

[MRMagoo123]

I liked black ops so i will give number 2 a try im just hoping it has bots cos my son likes playing against ai with me instead of going online

[Ulf]

I hate to echo the sentiment of so many fanboys, but... neither is very exciting. Starhawk is, honestly, the most enthralling online shooter on the horizon.

If I had to choose, I'd probably go with H4, though. Lucky, I don't have to choose either.

[TheModernKamikaze]

Halo 4!

[tigertron]

Such a hard decision.../s

Halo 4 all the way.

[RockmanII7]

Halo 4, both 343 and Microsoft know that people will doubt Halo 4 because it's not being made by bungie and a lowsy first outing by 343 could spell doom for both the company and Halo itself. Since MS literally needs Halo to be a selling point for it's console, they can not afford to release anything short of a masterpiece.

[vevul]

Halo 4: Buy
Black Ops 2: See how it plays at a friends house then (maybe) buy

[towelie1288]

no more COD for me
i am tired of the same thing over and over again

BF3 and HALO 4 FTW!!!!!!

[DEATHxTHExKIDx]

HALO 4 HANDs DOWN

[GasTankKiller]

I will always buy Halo games. I have to much of my life invested into the store of Halo. However, if I had to pick between Halo or Batman. Batman always wins, other than that Halo for life.

[KMCROC54]

Both games i will buy & those after it , must continue to support my hobbies industry.

[PtRoLLFacE]

Halo all the way, I haven't played a cod game sinse mw2, they are the same thing, same engine, same gameplay, same weapons is just boring a least halo has variety, new weapons, new enemies, improved visuals, new gameplay elements not to mention the story, but is sad people will still buy cod games, to bad for them

[TBONEJF]

NEITHER THEIR BOTH WAY OVER RATED. Does anyone remember the GAME "BLACK"? on PS2 that was a good ass FPS game better than COD or HALO I could care less bout sales.

[FCOLitsjustagame]

At this point I would have to go with Halo 4. My biggest dislike in Halo was the flood and one would THINK that they wont be in Halo 4...but I am prepared to be dissappointed.

COD went from a unique big war game to just another generic FPS that focuses primarily on online play. I haven't bought the last few(is it few already or couple? They come out so frequently I lost track. I know I didn't get one when anything else decent came out around it.... like last year).

[Jason143]

Medal of honor if you must get yet another fps.

[Excalibur]

Both.

[ATi_Elite]

Actually this time around I'm interested in both titles.

I'm eager to see what the new Halo dev team can do and BO2 actually looks pretty good (well at least the trailer got me hyped up)

but as far as buying one............neither one can compete with Planetside 2 or Firefall as far as the gameplay that "I" like so I will just be checking out BO2 and H4 to see whats new and most likely will not buy either one.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

Halo 4 first just so I can see where, just WHERE the story is gonna take Master chief this time around. Black Ops 2 futuristic setting is very interesting, Im interested to see what kind of prototyped weapons they'll be introducing. A future famas, M16, a M60 or rockets? I'll keep Black ops on my track list for sure though. I still have to recover from the Huge, HUGE disappointment that is MW3.

[peeps]

I'm sorry but we know very little detail about either game so how on earth could you do this comparison at this time? Perhaps around the Games releases would be a better time to be comparing the 2 games...you know, like 6 months from now

[Jourdy288]

I'll probably still be busy with Minecraft.
LOLOL but seriously, Halo has a really entertaining campaign.

[Der_Kommandant]

I'd rather play Damnation

[Neo-Axl]

If you have the Xbox 360, & Have the money.. Treat yourself too both, I'm sure they'll both be Good FPS games, If your a PS3 Gamer obviously The new Call of Duty is the one of interest, But I wouldn't mind giving the new Halo a spin, Likely I'll play it at a friends place and so on :D

[Menaus]

Neither.

[arbitor365]

neither. i will be too busy playing good, fun, inventive, immersive, fresh FPS games.

like farcry 3, bioshock infinite, borderlands 2, dust 514, and Hawken

[Zancruz]

Neither games! They're the same old crap different year, they're both rentals at best. Besides i personally will still be playing Borderlands 2....

[A7XEric]

I can see how you can say that about CoD, but to say Halo is the same game every year is confusing to hear since each major entry is 3 years apart and is one of the few major FPS franchises that actually does change up each sequel a lot.

[Tzuno]

I think you should get QWOP mwuahahahahhhh!!!

[NeXXXuS]

Halo has a better online multiplayer.

[Incipio]

A resounding "neither"

[Ascalon94]

definitely going with Halo 4 if I had to choose.

[nano88]

halo 4 is going to cut black ops 2 in half

[MilkMan]

Then something happened..no one cared. Crazy, right?

[MetalNCarnet]

Halo 4 all the way for me. Military shooters have gotten stale for me.

[Kratoscar2008]

HALO and CoD are Overrated and im sick of hearing of those games when Franchises like Uncharted are taking the game industry to new levels.

[MetalNCarnet]

The multiplayer of a third person shooter will never be as popular as a FPS. The multiplayer modes act and feel so different from each other that they can't compare. TPS MP will never be as competitive.

[Kratoscar2008]

Anything that doesnt resemble a FPS multiplayer is good for me and Uncharted has gave me a lot of Fun on MP.

[Kratoscar2008]

Anything that doesnt resemble a FPS multiplayer is good for me and Uncharted has game me a lot of Fun on MP.

[AFSDJAJSDKFKSJ]

Neither... I don't feel like playing hide and seek nor do I feel like playing a kangaroo simulator....

[Mustang300C2012]

Getting both

[TheCagyDies]

Halo 4

[Gen0ne]

So sick of military shooters and Halo never did it for me. But, a plethora of stellar reviews may sway me to cough up the loot for Halo.

[kraze07]

Halo 4

[A7XEric]

Why is this even a contest? Obviously Halo 4 unless you hate when your sequels are overhauled with new tech and gameplay features.

[0neShot]

The reason i choose the xbox360 over ps3 was because of master chief, but when COD 4 burst into the scene, it was never the same again, it's all COD since then and Halo became just another scifi shooter. I will buy both but BOP 2 will have preference.