Gears Of War Vs. Halo

[I Am Stoner]

Now, this one for me is very tricky. I mean, halo is simply amazing, but Gears Of War takes shooters to the next level. I voted for Gears Of War because I love the cover system. None of this strafe and firing, just plain duck 'n' fire gameplay. I love it.

Anyway, what do you guys think?

[Araciel]

halo is too simple to compare to gears of war.

[Timerk]

It is kind of a moot point as they are both exclusive to the same system.

[Dreddz]

I was borrowed Gears of War and thought it was pretty good, but I beat it in only a day, for this reason, I pick Halo.

[Lionx]

Meh Halo is pretty broken in terms of multiplayer and stuff..Gears of War for me. Never saw whats so AWESOME about it to be a killer app like GoW.

[Madame Adequate]

I think Gears of War is absolutely fantastic, but I'm going to have to go with Halo. Simply because I cannot remember a game with as amazing an opening as Halo had. Escaping the Pillar of Autumn, to me, signified that we'd reached the "next gen". So, in truth, there may be a nostalgic component there, but I don't consider it much of an insult to say "Not quite as good as Halo". That's like being "Not quite as large as Jupiter".

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Halo is dull, repetitive and nonsensical. So it's Gears of War for me.

[Madame Adequate]

Halo is dull, repetitive and nonsensical.

No.

Well, yes on repetitive, but when you find me a videogame that isn't I'll be suitably impressed.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

No.

Well, yes on repetitive, but when you find me a videogame that isn't I'll be suitably impressed.

Tetris! No, wait! hang on...

What I meant by repetitive is that it brings you through about five or six identical rooms one after another. And it does this several times in the game - on the Halo itself, when you're being chased after the Flood, when you're on the Covenant ship...

I mean, backtracking is one thing, but when the level designers duplicate the same rooms and corridors over and over and over again, then it becomes a bit of a problem.

[escobert]

I was borrowed Gears of War and thought it was pretty good, but I beat it in only a day, for this reason, I pick Halo.

What it took 1 1/2 days to beat Halo?

[NINJA_Ryu]

Gears of war i like better for setting, and realism

Win!

IMO, its better because of the cover, story, weapons, and intresting boss fights.

[Pike]

What I meant by repetitive is that it brings you through about five or six identical rooms one after another. And it does this several times in the game - on the Halo itself, when you're being chased after the Flood, when you're on the Covenant ship...

I mean, backtracking is one thing, but when the level designers duplicate the same rooms and corridors over and over and over again, then it becomes a bit of a problem.

The original Halo game did have a bit of an issue with stuff like that, yeah. But it was still a pretty fun playthrough, regardless (for me, anyway) and the multiplayer alone was amazing and fun and made it one of the games I played the most out of the entire last generation.

Haven't played Gears of War, so I can't say, but Halo was delicious.

[JaytodaP]

Gears is the best online game i have ever played. Co-op is a blast with my brother and friends. Halo you have to listen to whiney kids scream and tell you it was your fault your team lost even though you had the most kills.

[Madame Adequate]

No.

Well, yes on repetitive, but when you find me a videogame that isn't I'll be suitably impressed.

Tetris! No, wait! hang on...

What I meant by repetitive is that it brings you through about five or six identical rooms one after another. And it does this several times in the game - on the Halo itself, when you're being chased after the Flood, when you're on the Covenant ship...

I mean, backtracking is one thing, but when the level designers duplicate the same rooms and corridors over and over and over again, then it becomes a bit of a problem.

Eye candy hardly matters when people play Tetris so much even today! Whilst I can understand the point that was made, I felt that the variation between levels was plenty enough for me, and I was able to overlook repetition because the game was so good. A good game isn't one with a diverse set of circumstances, it's one which does whatever it does well - that's why the Dynasty Warriors games are so much fun, despite being more repetetive than boot camp.

[Odaisé Gaelach]

Eye candy hardly matters when people play Tetris so much even today! Whilst I can understand the point that was made, I felt that the variation between levels was plenty enough for me, and I was able to overlook repetition because the game was so good. A good game isn't one with a diverse set of circumstances, it's one which does whatever it does well - that's why the Dynasty Warriors games are so much fun, despite being more repetetive than boot camp.

Well, for me, the game wasn't enough to make up for the levels. I drove me bonkers for a while, and then I realised: yes, this is a different room to the one that I was in just a few minutes ago. And the one before that. And the one before that!

But, to each their own. I don't like Halo because it made me go temporarily insane.