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My friend and I were having a scholarly debate about the outcome of a fight between Alex Mercer, of Prototype fame, and the Flood from Halo.
Some thoughts from me: Mercer would wipe the floor with the small spores and average-sized carriers, but could he take on Gravemind directly? If Mercer absorbs the Flood, does Gravemind have a hivemind connection to him and can thus control him? Or would the virus overpower the hivemind capabilities?
And, if you think the Flood would win hands down, how about adding James Heller from Prototype 2 to assist Mercer? Or if you think Mercer wins, how about the addition of Master Chief on the Flood side to help?
Well, the virus in Prototype also has a hive mind so I think he would bypass the Flood hive mind, and then proceed to absolutely slaughter all the Flood.
The flood, 1 spore can set off a chain reaction to extinct entire planets in days, then it goes into space and goes to more planets.
Tyranids, those buggers are like the Flood, but as bugs.... on crack.
Alex Mercer because he can't die, unless he gets assimilated by another similar infected.
You can throw as many of the flood at Mercer as you want, he will shrug it off.
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And the master chief ain't got shit on Mercer either. Some guy in an armor relying on technology against a nutjob with a giant sword for an arm that can cut through literally anything.
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The entire point of Mercer is that he is invincible unless he essentially confronts himself (which is what happens in Prototype 2). Fucker even resisted a nuclear explosion.
[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;37224827]The flood, 1 spore can set off a chain reaction to extinct entire planets in days, then it goes into space and goes to more planets.[/QUOTE]
Doesn't mean it would stop Mercer though.
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[QUOTE=The golden;37225436]The Evolved like Mercer and Heller can die if the lose enough biomass. Taking physical damage and losing limbs loses biomass and will eventually result in the death of the whole individual. This is why the Evolved "consume" other beings to regenerate. They are adding biomass back into their bodies to replace that which was lost.[/QUOTE]
In the case of a fight against the flood, there would be a virtually infinite amount of biomass to consume. Hell, Mercer could probably just run into a pack of those nasty little parasites and just casually regain all of his biomass this way.
The Flood. Nuff said.
It's one thing for Mercer to not be able to die, but what about being corrupted, at least? I have to give a bit of props to Gravemind for messing with a computer AI program despite being a giant... organic... I don't even know what. Say Mercer absorbs a carrier, would Gravemind be able to assert any influence over Mercer, like it can with the rest of the Flood?
[QUOTE=Clover;37229343]It's one thing for Mercer to not be able to die, but what about being corrupted, at least? I have to give a bit of props to Gravemind for messing with a computer AI program despite being a giant... organic... I don't even know what. Say Mercer absorbs a carrier, would Gravemind be able to assert any influence over Mercer, like it can with the rest of the Flood?[/QUOTE]
Probably not. In the same way Mercer can consume other infected while only absorbing their memory and without losing his self control (even when he absorbs the massive mutant at the end of Prototype 1 he isn't even remotely affected by it other than becoming even tougher), he would probably be able to absorb lesser flood without any problem. As for the gravemind, he would probably not be able to consume it directly by mere contact because of how huge it is, so he'd probably just charge it and wreck its ass with whatever power he can use.
The flood, simply because they don't appear with just "some small spores and a carrier".
If flood shows up shit gets fucked and is flooded by flood.
If it was just Alex Mercer vs the Flood on a Planet, the Mercer would simply be overrun by sheer mass. (Flood are not just "mass" they are armed with claws and shit. They will cut him to pieces.)
[QUOTE=Camper99;37235446]The flood, simply because they don't appear with just "some small spores and a carrier".
If flood shows up shit gets fucked and is flooded by flood.
If it was just Alex Mercer vs the Flood on a Planet, the Mercer would simply be overrun by sheer mass. [B](Flood are not just "mass" they are armed with claws and shit. They will cut him to pieces.)[/B][/QUOTE]
This.
Simply because of the biomass being lost by the attacks.
i remember when i was 14
[QUOTE=polarbear.;37236878]i remember when i was 14[/QUOTE]
So do I, and sadly I was less prone to ask this kind of question back then.
Well.
If Mercer pulled off one of those devastator things he does, that's like....
A lot of flood dead.
Then he just runs around, eating more flood until he has enough mass for another one.
Good to see Facepunch is discussing the real issues.
[QUOTE=Ast_risk;37245696]Good to see Facepunch is discussing the real issues.[/QUOTE]
Shut the fuck up, its for fun, entertainment. Why do we have to discuss 'super serious' things all the time?
[QUOTE=Clover;37245212]So do I, and sadly I was less prone to ask this kind of question back then.[/QUOTE]
i dont think its sad to not ask this question
Well, considering mercer is basically a virus himself on a much more basic level than flood, all his has to do is keep consuming until he weakens flood who need complex organisms to take forms of their own.
[QUOTE=gufu;37246186]Well, considering mercer is basically a virus himself on a much more basic level than flood, all his has to do is keep consuming until he weakens flood who need complex organisms to take forms of their own.[/QUOTE]
The only problem is that gravemind would go on creating more flood spores and making various flood...
[B]THINGS.[/B]
Alex is the only biomass-related infected next to heller, and they both hate themselves. Not to forget that the flood is (word pun intended) Flooding every planet, and probably going to flood alex mercer.
He has not enough time to consume approx. ~2305 flood spores trying to rip him apart to settle inside him.
[QUOTE=dvc;37245738]Shut the fuck up, its for fun, entertainment. Why do we have to discuss 'super serious' things all the time?[/QUOTE]
Calm your tits.
[QUOTE=polarbear.;37236878]i remember when i was 14[/QUOTE]
How was it?
[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;37250980]How was it?[/QUOTE]
You mean how IS it?
I think that it would be more interesting to see James Heller fight the flood rather than Alex Mercer since he has obviously proved his superiority over the Mercer. Instead of talking about the Nuke shrugging badass versus the overwhelming flood; why not the guy who ate the nuke shrugging badass?
For some reason I read the title of this thread as "Alex Mercer (Pope)"
I think that would make this fight a lot more interesting.
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