COD Black Ops vs Halo Reach - Choose your destiny!

Basically what the title says, choose which one is better and why. Im curious to what the rest of UX thinks. Im gonna reveal my information until the end of the discussion.

Interesting topic my good sir, I shall do my best to contribute to the discussion in a cool and calm manner.


My opinion of Blackops:

What can I say? This game hasn't even come out yet and it already has a dedicated following of people that want to see it burned at the stake. Whatever blackened reputation that Infinity Ward has accumulated after the fiasco known as MW2, has inevitably transitioned over to the new Title. I am among those who don't have faith in this game, primarily because this situation reminds me of a chicken at a slaughterhouse, even without the head, the body still insists on running around. I believe that the developers at IW are doing little more than contributing to the death of first person shooters.



My opinion of Halo Reach:
Now, I don't want anyone reading this to be under the impression that I'm a die-hard Halofag who enjoys nothing more then watching Cortana get it on with Master-Chief, I'm quite the opposite. Aside from custom games and the campaign stories, Halo has offered little stimulation for me after the first game. The community of players that comprises of it's primary demographic is both arrogant and disgusting, with the collective IQ of any intellectuals in the room with them suffering from the proximity alone. However, a glimmering beacon of hope is shining brightly on the horizon, and it's called Reach. With the innovative new Forge World, a new story arc set within one of my favorite Halo Era's, and the incorporation of new game modes, Reach promises to make up for it's past folleys and give us something to really enjoy.

I'm probably going to get both.

Definetly Halo Reach. I can't wait to play campaign, matchmaking, infection and forge world. Black ops looks terrible, I'm only interested in the zombie game mode.

Neither unless they made reach better from the beta which I remember was okay and I heard they did improve it, also not black ops until I play the beta if there will be one at all since it looks exactly the same.

Black Ops:
Like Cry stated, just the name itself tarnishes the game for a large group of people. Fanboys will buy it but, others (like myself 5 minuets ago) will blindly go with refusal of even associating the game as an option to add to their "look a like" FPS assemblage, for the main reason that it seems like a "rip-off". However, after a little bit of research, I seem to be slightly more attracted to this game. Sure the game follows way to close behind the putrid MW2 cancer that is "killing FPS's", but there are aspects of improvement. Though I am slightly more inclined to buy it, that doesn't mean I am going to pay for a game that is MW2 with some ideas that should have been included in the original launch or even DLC. The game isn't out yet, but I am not even excited to see the video response from the fan boys who are trying to prove that the game isn't a carbon copy of its predecessors. The videos that were suppose to get me excited for this game, instead of getting me excited, made me think of all the brainless people funding projects like Black Ops and MW2.

Reach:
This is how you redeem a video game. Halo 3 had also had its named taunted and hindered based off of passed events due to its, shortly put, mentally challenged audience and sort of censored kiddy violence in comparison to other shooters. However, creativity is where this game thrives, yet fall at the same time. Its this paradoxic conundrum that only Bungie understands. If you give the wrong people power, you will only end up with crap. If you give the right people power, they will recreate the game. Sort of like a real life application to all those books about giving animals food. Bungie seems to have systematically come up with a solid multiplayer game that requires very little maintenance, in terms of keeping it fresh, as well as a impressive story line. In my opinion, however, the game still seems to play like you are a Juggernaut from hell thats fate can only be ended by a shit ton of plasma balls and a few explosions. I was hoping they would take a little more realistic angle with limited health and desperate scrambles for cover in fire fights for ODST. If you played the game, you know that isn't exactly the case. The game, for me, still feels like a Master Chief onslaught of absorbing bullets and the kick back of rifles hardly even phase you. Reach doesn't seem to do much to combat this but, the effort to make it better seems fairly remarkable.


In terms of which side I am on, (i feel like i am on a twilight fan page debating vampires) I am on Reach's side, but I don't plan on buying either. They both seem crap-tastic wastes of money and effort. If either do end up being worth buying, I will find some deals for it on ebay or amazon after the hype ends.

Bottom line for all you tl;dr, both suck but, if I had to kill one, it'd be CoD.

I'm getting both.

Blackops
Enjoy Nazi zombies

Halo Reach
Enjoy Forge

Well this is an easy one.I will buy both eventually...(Black ops for zombies)

Black ops


Brings nothing actually new.Only more killstreaks ,perks,guns and attachments.Oh wait,they do have something new.Some recording system similiar to ummm...HALO 3!Of course i could be wrong.They might have something huge.New feature.Only buying for zombies just like WaW.Campaign looks pretty sweet too.





Halo:Reach



7his game has many features:

Campaign(Rumoured to have matchmaking),Co-op
Matchmaking
Firefight with matchmaking
Custom games(Most fun)
Theater
Forge 2.0

So 7his game will last long.

Campaign looks sweet.I love how Bungie is bringing back some Halo:CE stuff back like elites,health packs,fall damage.And a new planet to halo.Remember when in CE you first stepped out to the halo ring?This is gonna feel the same I think.A new world to wander...I dont what to say.It's awesome.

Fattyboy122 wrote:Neither unless they made reach better from the beta which I remember was okay and I heard they did improve it, also not black ops until I play the beta if there will be one at all since it looks exactly the same.

Of course its better than the beta.Of course they improved it.IT WAS A FUCKING BETA.Many bugs were smashed.Armor customization got improved alot (Or they didnt just want to put them in the beta)
Here take a look at this list:
http://www.bungie.net/images/news/inline10/bwu_071610/Reach_InitialArmoryInventor.jpg
These armors are availible in first rank!

Halo REACH

M3LA wrote:

Fattyboy122 wrote:Neither unless they made reach better from the beta which I remember was okay and I heard they did improve it, also not black ops until I play the beta if there will be one at all since it looks exactly the same.

Of course its better than the beta.Of course they improved it.IT WAS A FUCKING BETA.Many bugs were smashed.Armor customization got improved alot (Or they didnt just want to put them in the beta)
Here take a look at this list:
http://www.bungie.net/images/news/inline10/bwu_071610/Reach_InitialArmoryInventor.jpg
These armors are availible in first rank!

I know it was only a beta, I just did not like the gameplay and some of the guns felt weak but im glad they addresed those issues im sure it will be good.

Masta Shef wrote:Halo REACH

I concur