User blog comment:Argorrath/Gearbox declines Activision's offer to develop a game of Call of Duty/@comment-72.130.172.109-20130113192730/@comment-1263839-20130115183940

I own Halo 4, and it's connection to CoD has never felt stronger in any other Halo game.


 * Sprint is now default.
 * The controls are CoD's with a bit of Halo: Reach in it by default (instead of the Halo ones which I later changed back to)
 * Choosing your own weapons instead of everyone starting out the same, including ordnance and what not, instead of the old Halo way of everyone starts off with Assault Rifle and go find the equipment.
 * Campaign has fucking Quick Time Events, which I know CoD didn't invent but have become very common in CoD games since Black Ops. It also has those daft moments where you must use standard controls to scale mountains and what not.
 * Master Chief speaks in-game now (instead of just cutscenes), makes me feel like I'm playing Black Ops again.
 * Killcams (and they failed them too).
 * It's other faults (which are not related to CoD so I won't bring them up) makes me believe that 343 has bent Halo over a dumpster and violated it, it's even more disturbing because they have a message when you first load it up saying "We promise not to violate Halo" essentially, to which I responded to no-one "You already did that in 2011, last chance."

I can't call myself a Halo fan anymore, I guess I'll become one of those damn hipster crowds of liking Halo before Reach.