User blog comment:WraithOfWaffle/Battle Eighteen: SHIELD (Marvel Cinematic Universe) vs. Strategic Defense Coalition (Call of Duty: Black Ops II)/@comment-5795750-20161113141215

BG1's "SHIELD in the Second Cold War? Preposterous! The Avengers will have ended it in a flash" Edges:

Pistol: FN Five-Seven by a longshot - a couple more rounds, a deadlier payload with bigger bullets and it may be heavier than the S&W but that added weight pays off in the end

EDGE: SDC

SMG: I think I actually ought to give this to the FN P90 because it, pretty much like the Five-Seven above, has the deadlier payload and more rounds in it - I know that the Jian She may be futuristic but it is only so in appearance; performance-wise it handles exactly like any modern SMG

EDGE: SHIELD

Assault Rifle: Yet again the gun with the better performance stats wins out - the QBZ weighs that bit less than the M4A1 and has the larger rounds. Yes it may have a higher rate of fire than the M4A1 but the difference isn't that big to the point the higher ROF is less controllable.

EDGE: SDC

Sniper Rifle: Now that I look at the stats for the Blops 2 sniper rifle, it may be more powerful with the bigger rounds but goddamn its heavy and realistically this may not be a good thing especially when coming to engage the enemy; so in this case, the edge here goes to the lighter Remington

EDGE: SHIELD

Launcher: The RPG may have a shorter range than the SMAW but it has the bigger warhead and yet ends up being a lighter launcher than the SMAW - and besides, as history (and video games) has taught us, the RPG is not just an effective anti-vehicle weapon but also anti-personnel too

EDGE: SHIELD

X-Factors: Average of 81.7 for Nick; Average of 86 for Tian; Average of 88.3 for SHIELD; Average of 88.7 for SDC; Total Average of 85 for SHIELD; Total Average of 87.3 for SDC

EDGE: SDC

Overall Winner: Hoo boy this is a tough one considering that SHIELD inside the MCU has operated alongside such great superheroes as Iron Man and Thor and the SDC essentially has been a formidable foe for the futuristic US troops in the Black Ops 2 universe but overall my choice has to be with... the Strategic Defence Coalition sad to say. SHIELD may be good at fighting against both humans and non-humans but yeah, their infiltration by HYDRA has ruined their integrity considerably; also stealth may be SHIELD strong point but SDC have been in the frontline business for much longer which means that former group may not have what it takes to win out in an all-out guns-blazing confrontation - Tian and his men definitely have the brutality and discipline to carry out their duties as soldiers.