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Subject: THE FLOOD-Opinions please
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I don;t know if I am imagining things here, but it seems that most of the time the Flood are mentioned in the UG, it is in a negative sense. Everyone saying how much they hated the flood, how the Library was the worst level, etc etc.
Am I the only one who found the Flood fun, and who still enjoys pumping round after round AFTER ROUND of my trusty shotgun into their relentless attacks? I found they changed the pace of the game, and made you change how you handled yourself compared to against the covenant. yes, the levelk was straightforward but not really so hard on the lower difficultys. For this, I say gimme more flood!
Anyone else see it this way?

  • 04.29.2004 6:42 AM PDT
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I hate the flood.They creep me out.

  • 04.29.2004 6:51 AM PDT
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Halo is good through and through. Without the Flood the Halo rings would have no purpose. Without the Flood the game would have eventually gotten boring fighting the same enemy types over and over again.

Plus you are right, Bungie purposely made you fight the Flood different than the Covenant. And there is a reason why they are called the Flood. There are just so damn many of them. Which makes it fun and challenging. It also makes it so that you can take on 4-6 people at a time in multiplayer, should you get good at fighting the walking disease.

Basically what I am saying is Flood = Good and nice refresh to game play.
Last I remember as well there was an old article saying that the Flood are still out there, and with the confirmation of another Halo ring, that just means more fun.

  • 04.29.2004 6:52 AM PDT
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my thoughts exactly, it was like a breath of fresh air. And how they mixed the flood and covenant together in the later levels was sweet. lol watching the two of them fight each other was just too much fun!

  • 04.29.2004 7:08 AM PDT
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yo i had no problem with flood. fightin against the flood was like the only time u get to run around crazy and shoot anything u moved. whereas for the covnent u have to plan out wat u gonn do, and be careful. esp on legendary

  • 04.29.2004 7:31 AM PDT
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I really enjoyed fighting the Flood. Mayhaps it was the fact that I like shotguns. Perhaps the sheer numbers. Or perhaps the fact that I killed every last one of them in the Library on Legendary, save the very tail end of the mission. I had so much fun with blasting the Flood, because every fight was one of survival. The things used to make me freak out, (like the first time I played,) but the Flood actually made me really hard to scare after that.

  • 04.29.2004 9:18 AM PDT
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It was the sheer challenge off fighting off wave after wave of those bastards. My favorite is using the giant Floor carrier as a grenade. Never gets old. Plus, the assault rifle get far more use than it did earlier. I'd ditch my AR as soon as I got some plasma, but with the Flood I could almost image I was playing a scene in Aliens. The reloading adds to the desparation of the situation.

  • 04.29.2004 9:27 AM PDT

>KaPING<

i think they hate it cause its just soooo much intenseness and challenge pretty difficult, at first. i dont think people really "HATE" it. just an expression.

flood were cool. all losing limbs and dieing but coming back to life only to whip you. i love it when theres a flood who has lost both arms so all he does is get in your face. haha. its funny.

  • 04.29.2004 9:45 AM PDT
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I agree I totaly dug fighting the flood They really did change the pace of the game the library is one of my favorite levels and I to really liked it when the flood and covenant where on the same level i like making them fight each other and then coming in and cleaning up the remains the flood kick ass.

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  • 04.29.2004 9:53 AM PDT
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Posted by: Sanguinarius
the Flood actually made me really hard to scare after that.


Me too.

Anyways, I think the Halo 1 Flood were kind of ridiculous. They were scary at first, but once you knew how to deal with them they became easy and tedious. See Flood. Wait. Pull trigger. See Flood. Wait. Pull trigger. Even when they swarm you on Legendary if you know what you're doing you can escape pretty easily. So they sucked.

The good news is that in Halo 2 the Flood are going to be back with a much better AI. Bungie said something along the lines of "We didn't have enough time to make the Flood what we wanted to, so in Halo 2 they're going to be smart, but not in the same way as the Covenant. They'll still be unique but they'll actually think this time." Keep in mind that is not a definite quotation, but if you doubt me go look it up yourself.

  • 04.29.2004 12:46 PM PDT
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I HAVE TO SAY.... IN 343 GS THAT WHOLE 15 MIN. ROMP THROUGH THE SWAMP, DISCOVERING THE FREAKED OUT MARINE AND THE EVENTUAL ARRIVIAL OF THE FLOOD WAS GENUINLY THE ONLY TIME IN VIDEOGAME HISTORY THAT I FOUND MYSELF TOTALLY SURPRISED AND FREAKED OUT. TRULY. I AGREE THAT IN THE LIBRARY THEY GOT A BIT MONOTONOUS BUT THAT IS WHAT THE ARE....A TEDIOUS ENEMY WHO NEVER STOPS. AND I HAVE TO SAY THEY WERE JUST AN AMAZING SURPRISE IN THE FIRST GAME. AND I HAVE BEEN PLAYING VIDEOGAMES FOR 20 YEARS NOW. STILL THE ALLTIME BEST SURPRISE MOMENT.

  • 04.29.2004 1:00 PM PDT