Streaks aren't limited to luck 'most' of the time but I know what you mean. Having said that, there's no such thing as luck. I can get a streak no problem and its not because I pull the trigger first. You HAVE to know the maps, the hotspots, your competition, the weapons, the perks, the perk/weapon mesh, vantage points, which class to switch to when things aren't going your way midway through the game. Halo and Gears are not CoD. CoD requires faster reaction times due to how unforgiving the game is. I put TONS of time into the first and second Gears of War titles and they were fun as hell, but CoD is just completely different and more competitive.

I played Ghosts tonight. If you hated camping on the other games in the series, then don't get this game, as it's pretty much a requirement in Ghosts. Every single stage is designed to be a camping stage.

Previously I've only played Modern Warfare, Modern Warfare 3, and Black Ops 2 and atleast with these games you can actually do decent in stages even with people camping the entire time. Even on the biggest stages(most of them,) camping isn't too much of a problem because they're not wide open where someone can snipe you from across the map. There are only a few hot zones here and there that you don't want to be in.

I do like the perk system on Ghosts, equip up to a certain amount of perks until you reach max point value, but the stages just ruin the game.

Someone really needs to create an arena shooter that gains massive popularity and everyone switches to that from Call of Duty, because I'm tired of all this bs camping in every war simulator. I know it's more realistic because you're not going to run out there like Rambo, but in the video game realm, running out there with the possibility of winning is more enjoyable than sitting in the same spot for half an hour and seeing no one because everyone else is camping too.

I would argue that "fast reaction time" is in Halo as well. The difference is, with Halo, the reaction time requires more than just see enemy, shoot enemy. In Halo, when you see someone, you have to decide what distance they are at, whether to charge and blunt, jump and shoot, evade and counter. Sometimes, you have to lob grenades and time your shot a split second after they go off etc. There is so many more layers to an encounter in Halo. In COD, if you face off with someone, whoever can get their sights aimed first and pull the trigger wins. It's much more shallow in that aspect.

Are you being serious? ALL those things are in CoD as well. One bullet doesn't kill you like you think. You can either start in cover or run into cover while being shot at, then you have to think immediately whether they are coming at you, if they took cover themselves, should you go out instantly and try to shoot. It all depends on where you got shot from and how close they are to you. There are grenades in CoD as well and you have to know when to use them and know which is the best one to use on which map/mode. There are blunts in Halo and there are knives in CoD. You seem to think that there is nothing to CoD but shoot and repeat.

You seem to forget that with CoD you actually have to ADS...well that's absent in Halo, lol. In CoD, its not who points and shoots first; its who has the best accuracy, reaction time, best gun depending on distance. The foundation of winning in CoD is knowledge and skill. With knowledge, you know the maps, the capabilities of the weapons and grenades, the perks and various other things as well that happen throughout a single match. With skill you simply do the things to the best of your ability with your class layout.

CoD isn't just simply a single layered gun game, there's a reason why CoD is considered one of the most competitive games of all time, with competitions at every launch, the annual competition held by MS.

Edit - But I'd also like to say that I am taking nothing from Halo. Its probably just as competitive and, who knows, maybe your right that it has more depth than CoD but that does not make CoD a single layered game in any means.

I think you misunderstood what I was saying. I'm talking about a scenario where two players walk around a corner, in the open. The only defense is to lay down, but if you push that button, the other player has pulled the trigger. It's basically, shoot first, or die. You can't evade, you can't take more than a clip, you're just...dead.

In Halo, when that same scenario happens, alot of things come into play because there are different players who play differently. Some players will jump, and shoot. Some will jump OVER you, turn, and shoot. Some will toss a grenade, jump BACKWARDS, aim and shoot at you a second after the grenade drops your shield. Some people will shoot while charging and then time a blunt attack at the last second. Some will evade, go around the corner, toss a grenade into the path of the oncoming player and THEN blunt....it goes on and on and on.

THIS is what I'm talking about. You're never screwed in Halo if you're smart enough. You never feel like you were cheated because you always have the ability to compensate for having an unlucky situation thrust upon you.

How is getting shot by someone more prepared than you an unlucky situation thrust upon you? If I see someone running up to where I am and he doesn't caution himself well enough then I'm not gonna feel sorry for him. Its not luck. No such thing as luck.

You can lay down and shoot at the same time which is called a dropshot in CoD. Whoever dies depends on the gun your using vs. the gun the other is using as well as who has the faster reaction and better accuracy. There are perks for faster ADS after running and there are perks for faster aiming in general. You're never screwed in CoD either if your smart enough, lol, that's how ALL games are. In CoD, a smart player doesn't just run out around a corner and hope that an enemy isn't there. What a smart player does is ADS as he's going by open areas to take advantage of a possible enemy not being ready or running towards the area you are in. There's a smart way to play any game. If your the one running up to a hotspot then there are also an assortment of ways you can go about it, just like Halo, the list is pretty big. You came up with a scenario that, yes, does happen, but does not describe what CoD is all about.

Again, CoD is not just point and shoot. And if CoD is like what you say then why is it so easy for me to take advantage of the people that are new to CoD? Shouldn't it be fair game since anyone in the world can just point and shoot?

Fact is we shouldn't even be comparing Halo to CoD. I know they are both first person and all but the dynamics are just way different, they are two different games with their own image and style of play. Judging by your posts I'd say you don't like how CoD isn't like all the other games where you can get shot 20 times and still be alive. CoD isn't like that, its what you call a hyper-realistic game that is very unforgiving and you have to be on your toes at ALL times because there is always an enemy around you and if you don't know what you are doing then you are going to die alot and end up with a low K/D ratio.

Its not cheap, its the same game your competition is playing and they have just as much of a shot at winning as you do.

Sadly, this game is one of the best FPS games this year after all that crap came out

It may be a case of which game you cut your teeth on etc. I will acknowledge that. If someone is a god at COD, and tries Halo, they will be struggling to get to 1:0 K/D and visa versa. I know for myself, getting to 1:4 K/D was only possible in Ghosts because I use a silenced sniper and learned the best places to camp. When I try to play shaggy "run around like a wet dog", it's just embarrassing.

Maybe I just got old over the past year but I found Ghosts to be much more difficult.
I remember the games before that seemed easier to play. Within a week I could vision out the entire maps, know where to run, where to toss grenades, where to take cover, where most of the campers were, where most of the snipers where, safest place to have your care package dropped.
I cant seem to get any of that in Ghosts. And you need to complete field orders in order to get a care package? That's the worst.

Extinction mode is fun, better than zombies IMO.