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  • Poll [40 votes]: Which is Better Halo 2 or Gears of War?
Subject: Halo 2 or GoW
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Poll: Which is Better Halo 2 or Gears of War?  [closed]
Halo 2 :  85%
(34 Votes)
Gears of War:  15%
(6 Votes)
Total Votes: 40

Which is better?

  • 06.01.2007 1:12 PM PDT

"If I'm not back in five minutes... just wait longer."

I was playing Gears of War at my friends house, and it got pretty boring after awhile.

  • 06.01.2007 2:05 PM PDT

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This is a stupid question. They are two entirely different games. This proves nothing.

  • 06.01.2007 2:07 PM PDT

halo 2, nothing about gears is good 2 me, i dont even like the graphics bc everything is brown. halo 2 is 2 yrs older and is still way more fun

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  • 06.01.2007 2:08 PM PDT
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if ur going to post that on the site that made halo i dont think gears is going to have a chance.halo2 is better

  • 06.01.2007 2:22 PM PDT
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Gears of War sucks my fuzzy nuts!!!

  • 06.01.2007 2:40 PM PDT
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Halo 2 is wayyy better.
Halo 3 will be better than Gears of War 2.

  • 06.01.2007 2:59 PM PDT
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Halo 2 is awesome, but so is Gears of War.

  • 06.01.2007 3:09 PM PDT
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Halo 2 Campaign: Really good, best story I've seen. Questionable gameplay but still enjoyable.

GOW: Not a very good plot but very good gameplay.

Multiplayer, wise, I think Halo 2 wins. GOW multiplayer is the worst I've seen.

  • 06.01.2007 3:34 PM PDT
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If Gears of War gave an introduction to everything, it would be so much better.

  • 06.01.2007 3:35 PM PDT
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GoW = Worst Mutliplayer game of ALL time! NO weapon balance, NO replayablilty, NO ability to jump, NO extremely large maps with the ability to explore everywhere!... just terrible!

  • 06.01.2007 4:08 PM PDT

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Exactly what kind of a response did you expect to get on a Halo 2 forum?

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  • 06.01.2007 4:25 PM PDT

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GoW hands down... Halo 2 just isn't fun anymore since I've been playing it since the day it came out.

  • 06.01.2007 4:33 PM PDT

A big part to success in Halo 3 or and Halo game is not getting frustrated when you feel you've been killed unjustly. Stay solid, and realize that its easier for you to come back when the other guys cant control their anger and frustration. Its hard to aim when your an emotional wreck :)

Halo 2 by a long shot.

  • 06.01.2007 4:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: HaloFighter92
Halo 2 Campaign: Really good, best story I've seen. Questionable gameplay but still enjoyable.

GOW: Not a very good plot but very good gameplay.

Multiplayer, wise, I think Halo 2 wins. GOW multiplayer is the worst I've seen.


I'm going to have to disagree with you there, because gears of war's campaign blows halo 2's away. as for multiplayer you cant compare them its like apples and oranges.

  • 06.01.2007 4:57 PM PDT
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can you tell me why you would need to jump, thats just a stupid argument but I do agree the maps could be bigger, what do you mean there isnt any replayability? its a multi-player game play the -blam!- out of it.
and as for your comment about worst multiplayer of all time,fyi gears is the most played online game.....

i have both games and i thought halo was WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY better than gears, until the whole map bull-blam!-, now its just not fun anymore the entire halo 2 community is a bunch of whiny little 8 year olds screaming into their mic's at least on gears ALMOST everyone is a good sport ive played tons of matches and Ive only seen one person who was a total -blam!-.
Posted by: CalviNAlviN
GoW = Worst Mutliplayer game of ALL time! NO weapon balance, NO replayablilty, NO ability to jump, NO extremely large maps with the ability to explore everywhere!... just terrible!

  • 06.01.2007 5:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: HaloFighter92
Halo 2 Campaign: Really good, best story I've seen. .


You must play horrible games.

GoWs single player is better than halo2s.

Of course GoW's multiplayer was horribly done. Tons of potential, none of it fulfilled. It became dull and repetitive.

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  • 06.01.2007 5:07 PM PDT
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Posted by: CalviNAlviN
GoW = Worst Mutliplayer game of ALL time! NO weapon balance, NO replayablilty, NO ability to jump, NO extremely large maps with the ability to explore everywhere!... just terrible!


GoW's weapon balance is fine.

It's weapon diversity is horrible.

No ability to jump? Could you be a bigger halo fanboy. Most shooters don't have jumping, and if they do its minimal. Rainbow Six: vegas is a great game and you don't jump in it, better than both GoW and Halo2 IMO, more skill based than both, more weapon diversity, and the brillaint mixing of tactics and First to third person combined gameplay. Being able to jump absurdly high does not make a game better.

  • 06.01.2007 5:11 PM PDT
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Hi, I'm Zenophodik say it with me Zeh-no-fo-dick. [Yes I know my name is weird]
My Gamertag is Zenophodik, same as my name here so don't bug about not playing Halo 3 ever.,

Halo 2 by far, but this is my opinion and also you are asking this in a Halo Forum? Halo will win by a landslide.

  • 06.01.2007 5:22 PM PDT
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ummm... i would flame all the gow ppl hear but im not aloud to
*shakes fist at Disembodied Soul*
so ill say this - Find another forum.

  • 06.01.2007 5:28 PM PDT

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Posted by: RL King
Halo 2 is awesome, but so is Gears of War.
Both games represent the best in shooters in my opinion. But Halo's hefty storyline is head and shoulders above pretty much everything else I know about in gaming. The Gears storyline will be fleshed out in future installments, I have no doubt. If you look at the columns from mainstream critics they had a few complaints about GoW, largely the thin story...yet felt compelled to give it high marks. The main thing was the visceral combat in the first GoW. Whether it was a mistake not to go ahead with the cerebral plot like Bungie has done from the very start with Halo is each person's opinion to which we are all entitled. At the end of the day, Halo is my first love in gaming. But I can recognize the merit of other games. I also have a feeling that the Halo/Gears comparisons, while inevitable and okay up to a point, are very, very opinionated, sometimes over the top. Heck, I dig 'em both, though Halo's my fave.

  • 06.01.2007 7:38 PM PDT
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No comparison, Halo oWns ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 06.01.2007 8:03 PM PDT
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Thus I refute Thee.

Well, theres actually always pro's and con's when comparing two games, remember.
GoW has a nice idea, and weapon balance is not as bad as some people say. the PROBLEM with gears, is that it has been too "packed" full of constant updates, which "fixed" the problems.
they just made more..
Gears of War has CRAZY host. Pretty much unstoppable, which makes it even worse when you consider the Shotgun and how it is a spawn weapon. GoW had good intentions with the "active reload", and wanted to make it somewhat...realistic (except for the extra dmg part, aha). People abused this ability and in turn, it made gameplay alot less fun. People are very -blam!- in gears. If you go into a ranked match with, i'd say, average players, and you do worse, you suddenly get all the blame, DESPITE there are 3 people other than you on one team. I'd say above all else, the only Idea i enjoy about GoW is the "cover" system. Its a great idea and can be used to implement multiple tactics, unlike some games which are just Run and Kill. (unless you're host >.>)
Now, i'll be honost, and from both experiences, Halo 2 has ALOT more "trash" talk in the game. Halo 2's multiplayer gameplay and weapon balance can be ALOT more one sided, to the extent, which is obviously, mass spawnkilling (which is quite hard in GoW due to the fact there is no spawning, with the execption of Annex) But, Halo 2 has more strategies to complete the "mission", and easily, is alot more fun because there is so many more choices of game-types to play, and with Bungies MatchMaking system, it gives people a chance to at least play one of each type, except Juggernaut (which they should add. HINT HINT). Halo 2 is still my favorite, but you cannot just judge two games and be so biast towards one just because YOU dont like the way that they made it. You must ALWAYS, especially if you're a hardcore gamer, think of the Pro's and Con's.

  • 06.01.2007 8:29 PM PDT
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Halo2.

Simply, I loved GoW when it came out and played it mad non-stop all the time (almost). Then, after getting basically all the Achievements (except 3...), the game's Campaign AND Multiplayer got heavily boring, really quickly. They added a (total), of 6 new maps, and it's still not fun. Annex didn't help either.

So, I went back to Halo2, yes, theres pretty much nubs out there who cheat or BxR, and all that, but getting together with friends easily and just playing an all out 16 man war on a mid-sized map, is the best fun on a game you'll ever have.

Halo2 > GoW, by far. And, Halo3 will trample GoW back into a corner rocking back and forth in fear when it's released.

  • 06.01.2007 10:30 PM PDT