- Sleepydragn1
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I own both Halo 3 (including Halo 3: ODST) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It is my opinion that Halo 3's multiplayer is better simply because of the ammount of skill required to compete and win.
The main reason behind this is the reduction of variables. In Halo 3, everyone has the same starter weapons, and generally have an equal chance to grab other weapons, including power weapons. It includes a small ammount of weapons, and each map focuses on gameplay, for the most part. Weapons themselves are balanced, and only become inballanced when one team has poor map control. In Modern Warfare 2, players can choose many, many starting weapons, perks, equipment, killstreaks, and deathstreaks. Also, the maps feature too many features, leading to camping, and little sense of map control (and with that comes the sides of the map switching around frequently). While the introduction of these adds much more personal customization and caters to the type of user, it additionally adds many new variables to the already complex equasion of multiplayer, leading to it taking less skill.
Additionally, weapons kill in few hits, unlike Halo 3, where it takes many well aimed shots to take down a player. While this is realistic, and allows easier kills, it removes the reaction time that makes Halo take so much skill. In Modern Warfare 2, any small advantage a player has (been hidden, far away, or camping), leads to a major imballance in the combat between two players. For instance, if a camper is sitting by the stairs, and you run up, he'll shoot you instantly with his shotgun, killing you, before you have a chance to react, even if he's a pro. In Halo 3, it takes more then a lucky shot and a small advantage to kill a player. A skilled player can easily turn the tide of battle and make a comeback. That's not to say that advantages such as that don't exist in Halo 3, and aren't helpful, but they have a much, much smaller effect.
In all honesty, I enjoy playing Modern Warfare 2, however, I believe in all sincerity, that Halo 3 is simply the superior game in multiplayer.
TL;DR:
1. I own both games.
2. Halo 3 is better at multiplayer because more skill is involved.
3. Halo 3 has less variables then MW2, making it take more skill.
4. In Halo 3, a good player can turn the tide of battle, even when at a disadvantage, also making it take more skill.
[Edited on 07.05.2010 12:53 AM PDT]