Couldn't have said it better OP. And I'm gonna pretend this is a thread where we can express our love for bungie. So I wrote a poem... Bungie starts with B, But that doesn't worry me, Because that's just their name, And they're making a new game, I don't know why I wrote this, But I really need to piss, So I hope you do believe, That Bungie starts with B, When the hell is E3. Wtf did I just write...

I'm completely confident that we will be blow away by Destiny. Bungie is one of the rare few that excel not only in graphics but on storyline. A lot of games today have awesome eye candy but once you get past that there's no meat on the bones. I can't freaking wait for this game!

Ahhh... Your message is like demanding an ocean to be wet. Bungie already knows what to do and how to do it. they're already passionate about the work they do and I doubt that they will fall into the annual release trope. And will people stop with the COD/halo comparisons! I have no illusions that Halo 4 was horrid and nothing but a cash grab; But it still held its own identity from COD like all the other halo games. I mean, the games are so different I don't even see why people compare the games so much when the only thing they have in common is the FPS genre and the fact that they are/were huge franchises. I could make a big list of differences between the two franchises if I wanted. In fact. I will: 1) Halo is a sci-fi shooter set in the far future, COD is a modern era military shooter. 2) In COD all enemies take a about five bullets at the most to die regardless of weapons, Halo can have a wide array of enemies with various health and resistance marks, and can take as many as a whole mag to defeat. 3) COD features customization attachments for weapons to alter their function. Halo's weapons are fairly static in their function with no modifications available outside of the customs games alteration of base player values. 4) Halo has always had a compelling story with characters that are relate-able and make you actually care about them and whether they live or die. COD has Military stereotypes that no one could give a flying **** about. 5) COD's mission structure has extremely static enemy encounters, halo features a sandbox element that makes the A.I. intelligent and the unique weapons create the '30 seconds of fun' experience. 6) COD features first person vehicular combat with the exception of the tank mission in World at War, Halo has third person vehicular combat with exception of the the warthog passenger seat in CE. 7) COD has used the same engine since COD 4, Halo has only reused an engine from a previous game once, ODST. 8) COD is an annual franchise, Halo takes a few years between games. 9) Halo has vehicular combat IN multiplayer, COD has air strikes. 10) Call of duty has KILL streaks that reset after each player death, Halo 4 has POINT streaks that carry over from player death. 11) kill streaks in COD are static in what you choose when you complete a streak, Halo 4 features a random selection of three choices at the completion of a streak. 12) COD kill streaks have the power to achieve multi-kills across maps in an instance, Halo 4 Point streaks simply gives you weapons/grenades/stat power-up. 13) COD enables you to spawn with ANY weapons in the game, including power weapons that can kill in one shot, Halo 4 has mostly non-power weapons with exception to the boltshot that you can spawn with. 14) Halo has weapons laying around on the maps in set (Or semi-set) locations. In COD, every gun you find was dropped by an enemy or ally. 15) In Halo, you have a respectable jump, COD has a climb up ledge function and a jump that is completely useless. 16) in halo, you can only aim down sights with select weapons, in COD, you an ADS with any gun. 17) Halo only has a crouch mechanic, COD has a crouch and a prone mechanic. 18) In halo, your melee isn't a one-hit kill unless you have an energy sword/gravity hammer or are attacking from behind. COD has an instant kill melee by default. 19) In COD the weapon you are holding determines the speed and duration of sprint, Halo hasn't had a sprint until Reach, and even now the speed and duration isn't determined by the weapon you hold. 20) COD has been developed by two studios SIMULTANEOUSLY for years, halo has only ever been developed by one studio at a time. I don't count the studio that made Halo Wars because that was one of those 'the brand name will sell' deals. 21) COD has had multiple stories that don't tie into each other, Halo has at least been consistent in the fact that it details only ONE war. 22) Halo has had a consistent mascot character since the first game, COD doesn't even have a character that can boast 'I stand out form the stereotypes' 23) COD isn't afraid to kill off anyone, even the players characters, Halo has had only one playable character canonically die. 24) Each COD game follows the perspectives of multple playable characters, all the Halo games has only ever had one player character per game with exception of ODST. 25) COD maps are complex and unremarkable, Halo maps have a simpler design and are distinctive. I could go on. but i won't because I would imagine that you guys get the point.

A good read, and I do believe Bungie will deliver, they've been stewing and brewing over Destiny for a while, and the more the curtain is pulled back, the more it Destiny will impress (and send the competition reeling!).

Okay. I might buy Destiny. Or I might not. We'll see how well it's rated after it's released.

*sigh*. I thought we were past this "HUR HUR HALO 4=CoD!" crap. Just because it's different, doesn't mean it's CoD. Damnit. At least 343i tried something new, instead of the same, stagnant formula (ahem, CoD). What, are we gonna sue Bungie for trying out AA's now? Oh no, Bungie is "INFALLIBLE". Screw off. I, for one, think Halo 4 is a great game. Not my favorite, but I like it better that Reach.

On a scale of [b]1[/b] to [b]10[/b] Bioshock Infinite :[b]10[/b] Dead Space 3 :[b]9.75[/b] Fallout 3 :[b]9.5[/b] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim :[b]9.5[/b] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 :[b]9[/b] Halo 4 :[b]9.25[/b] Stop picking on games just because they're blockbusters.

Halo 4 isn't bad.

Halo 4 is my favorite Halo and I love COD. Halo 3 is tied with Halo 4, though. ODST after, then the rest are tied, except for Reach, which I never got fully immersed in. Bungie -blam!-ed it up with Reach, not that it was bad, but man was it not good.