I'm gonna do a 'vs review' of my 2 favourite games comparing specific features from each game to one another. Game 1: Halo 3 Game 2: Call of Duty 4 Graphics: Halo 3 - The graphics in halo 3 are reasonable. Campaign graphics are better than multiplayers but could have been better. Multiplayer's were good but basically just an improvement on halo 2 with some better lighting added. There was a lot more detail in campaign, especially in levels such as Sierra 117 in the jungle with lots of foliage and 'god rays' leaking through tree tops. Halo 3 Grahics score: 7 CoD 4 - CoD 4 graphics are definietly superior to halo 3 and is easy to tell if you compared a halo marine to a CoD soldier. The surroundings in campaign were well programmed and there are more realistic-looking grass, etc. Multiplayer' graphics are also very good and beat halo 3's by quite a bit. CoD 4 Graphics score: 9 Weapons: Halo 3 - Halo 3 weapons are some of the best and most unique among the gaming world. Since there has been the inclusion of support weapons and equipment as well as new normal weapons there are countless ways of encountering battles and almost endless possibilities of how an encounter turns out. With this variety of weapons it enhances gameplay a lot. The only downside is that Bungie has balanced the weaponery thus making the less skilled players, more skilled and vice versa for highly skilled players. Also a major annoyance is the broken melee system, whcih is being highly complained about. (if you want to know why its broken, check out bungie forums or something because they are hundreds of threads about it.) Even with these flaws the weapons are still awesome. Halo 3 weapons score: 9 CoD 4 - The weapons in CoD 4 were impressive, there may not be the diversity like halo 3 but there are still many different guns that each effect gameplay accordingly. A great and sometimes annoying feature is the ability to choose your starting spawn weapon and become a specialist class. It is often fatal when you encounter certain situations but have chosen a class not suited for this task. (such as a shotgun wielder in a wide open field or a sniper in a cramped corridor). This just adds a new element to the gameplay and after one death, you usually learn what weapons suit different levels and places. A lot of the weapons do seem very much alike, which is a downside. CoD 4 weapons score: 8 and a half Features: Halo 3 - Halo 3 is esecially enticing due to the fact of its many features which enhance replayablity tenfold. These include the forge (edit maps, not the geometry), saved films (includes saving clips, whole films, screenshots,etc), All the fileshare stuff, unlockables, online exp to be promoted up miltary ranks, campaign scoring and skulls. With these features, halo 3's longetivity value is certainly increased. Halo 3 features score: 10 CoD 4 - may not have as many features as halo 3 but they are still good, they include; online create a class and exp to increase miltitary rank, online worldwide rankings, ability to call in air strikes, radar and a helipcopter when you reach certain kill streaks, a killcam to view how your opponent killed you through their eyes, also cheat and arcade mode of something (i havent thouroughly explored every feature yet) CoD 4 features score: 8 Since i can't bothered writing anymore coz i'm bored i'll just write the scores for the remaining review points: Multiplayer levels: Halo 3 - 7 (halo 2 was far superior) CoD 4 - 8 and a half Campaign : Halo 3 - 9 (a few bad levels in there....Cortana....but mostly good ones) CoD 4 - 9 (quite orginal in the way its gameplay was used and the twists along the way but much too short and the ending could have been intesified a bit) Sound/music: Halo 3 - 9 CoD 4 - 8 and a half Vehicles/turrets/mountables: Halo 3 - 9 and a half CoD 4 - 6 (barely any, only a few turrets and 2 campaign sections) Realism: Halo 3 - 4 (who needs it anyway?)(also its in the furure with aliens) :wink: CoD 4 - 8 and a half Multiplayer gameplay: Halo 3 - 9 (halo 2 was probably better due to halo 3's serious flaws) CoD 4 - 9 (better than CoD 3) Overall (not mathematically) Halo 3 - 9 and lucky to get that. Halo 3 had huge amounts of potential but Bungie screwed it up, its a great game but should and could have been much better. There are just too many flaws (broken melee, crap multiplayer levels, etc) CoD 4 - 9 , with a longer campaign and a few more tweaks could have easily been 10 but overall an awesome game If you are stuck between what to buy and there is a choice between these two games....go home, save money then buy both at once :D or just get halo 3....
