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    Zombies, more accurately called the walking dead, are reanimated corpses who feed on the living, and have become a ubiquitous video game enemy. They often move slowly, but can be deadly in large numbers, which is unfortunately how they tend to travel. Shotgun time!

    Halo 1, 2, 3 had Zombies?

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    #1  Edited By Matt_

    Can someone explain why the Halo games are included in this.

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    #2  Edited By Carlos1408

    I think the flood are considered zombies...maybe... don't know.... but yea they invade dead bodies and it looks like they're living again. yep

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    #3  Edited By Matt_

    I don't know. Maybe I'm too old fashioned when it comes to my zombies to count those.

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    #4  Edited By RHCPfan24

    Because of everyone's favorite section of a Halo game: the Flood level! *insert sarcasm where desired* I believe you can count them, even if they are separate in name and true origin. Still, they are reanimated bodies so that is a zombie in essence.

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    #5  Edited By ZombiePie

    Aw shit were going to have to re-start the age old "do the flood in Halo count as zombies" debate... They are a sentient alien race that is parasitic but not true zombies! Someone file a rebuttal, but I really don't care!

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    #6  Edited By Matt_

    Romero would not approve.

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    #7  Edited By ZombiePie
    @RHCPfan24: BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A CONCEPT PAGE FOR THE FLOOD HERE! So one of these needs to go!
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    #8  Edited By Agnogenic_delete
    ZombiePie said:
    "@RHCPfan24: BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A CONCEPT PAGE FOR THE FLOOD HERE! So one of these needs to go!"
    He does have a point. I wouldn't really consider them zombies anyways.
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    #9  Edited By Pie
    ZombiePie said:
    "@RHCPfan24: BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A CONCEPT PAGE FOR THE FLOOD HERE! So one of these needs to go!"
    What you want to get rid of the zombie page?
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    #10  Edited By Matt_

    The flood are parasites if I understand correctly. I don't believe they are the re-animated dead. Besides Zombies crave brains. Not once have I seen one of the flood go for brains.

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    #11  Edited By ZombiePie
    @Pie: No absolutely not! But the Flood either get their own concept page or they are zombies. I would never deny the legitimacy of my fellow brethren!
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    #12  Edited By RHCPfan24
    Pie said:
    "ZombiePie said:
    "@RHCPfan24: BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A CONCEPT PAGE FOR THE FLOOD HERE! So one of these needs to go!"
    What you want to get rid of the zombie page?"
    I think he only wants to get rid of the zombie link on the Halo games' page, which is fine. I really don't care about the details of my least favorite adversaries in video games released in the last decade, so I am not going to nitpick. It is an alien, whatever. Now, what about zombie cyborg? That is a discussion always worth having.
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    #13  Edited By crunchUK

    they are zombies

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    #14  Edited By Carlos1408

    I always hated the flood levels, in halo 3 they were the only ones I couldn't pass on legendary, the last 2 levels.
    I wouldn't say the Flood are sentient though, only their gravemind thing was... they were living things that turn you into zombies, they're parasites.
    If you think about it, in most zombie scenarios it's a virus that turns you into a zombie, well a virus is technically a living thing, a parasite...so wouldn't the beings possesed by flood be zombies?

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    #15  Edited By RHCPfan24
    crunchUK said:
    "they are zombies"
    Then it is settled.
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    #16  Edited By Pie

    Cant the flood page be linked to the zombie page and the halo page linked to the flood page then?

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    #17  Edited By ZombiePie
    @RHCPfan24: See cyborg zombies are another good example of why things should be absolute. If a game featured a cyborg zombie, then with the same logic as the current situation with the Flood, I would be able to add a game that features a Cyborg Zombie on the cyborg page and the zombie page! This could lead to some people exploiting the site for wiki points.
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    #18  Edited By RHCPfan24
    ZombiePie said:
    "@RHCPfan24: See cyborg zombies are another good example of why things should be absolute. If a game featured a cyborg zombie, then with the same logic as the current situation with the Flood, I would be able to add a game that features a Cyborg Zombie on the cyborg page and the zombie page! This could lead to some people exploiting the site for wiki points."
    Well I was being sarcastic and mentioning the long-mentioned discussion on the Bombcast, so I am not really opening a new discussion platform. And some people find many ways to exploit the points system. This is just one method.
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    #19  Edited By Matt_

    Well my argument had nothing to do with the wiki system. I just wanted some clarity on why I'm looking through the games with zombies in them and Halo showed up. That was about it.

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    #20  Edited By RHCPfan24
    Matt_ said:

    Well my argument had nothing to do with the wiki system. I just wanted some clarity on why I'm looking through the games with zombies in them and Halo showed up. That was about it.

    Yeah, I don't want to get sidetracked either. Nonetheless, it is debatable (crunch says something, ZombiePie something else), but I don't really care because I just hate the Flood. Like I said, they are among the worst enemies I have ever played in video games.
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    #21  Edited By Matt_
    RHCPfan24 said:
    "Matt_ said:

    Well my argument had nothing to do with the wiki system. I just wanted some clarity on why I'm looking through the games with zombies in them and Halo showed up. That was about it.

    Yeah, I don't want to get sidetracked either. Nonetheless, it is debatable (crunch says something, ZombiePie something else), but I don't really care because I just hate the Flood. Like I said, they are among the worst enemies I have ever played in video games."

    I agree with your sentiments about the flood. I always hated the flood levels. Maybe, I'm biased then. Oh well.
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    #22  Edited By Pie
    RHCPfan24 said:
    "Matt_ said:

    Well my argument had nothing to do with the wiki system. I just wanted some clarity on why I'm looking through the games with zombies in them and Halo showed up. That was about it.

    Yeah, I don't want to get sidetracked either. Nonetheless, it is debatable (crunch says something, ZombiePie something else), but I don't really care because I just hate the Flood. Like I said, they are among the worst enemies I have ever played in video games."
    WHAT? Im not messing round RHCPPfan24. I thought they were some of the funnest enemies to fight in gaming.
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    #23  Edited By ZombiePie
    RHCPfan24 said:
    "Matt_ said:

    Well my argument had nothing to do with the wiki system. I just wanted some clarity on why I'm looking through the games with zombies in them and Halo showed up. That was about it.

    Yeah, I don't want to get sidetracked either. Nonetheless, it is debatable (crunch says something, ZombiePie something else), but I don't really care because I just hate the Flood. Like I said, they are among the worst enemies I have ever played in video games."
    When I first encountered the Flood in the first Halo the game just felt like a bad FPS Resident Evil game for me. With monotonous levels that were easy to get lost in and enemies that were just plain cheap it was just didn't hold up when compared to previous levels.
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    #24  Edited By Snail
    ZombiePie said:
    "@RHCPfan24: BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A CONCEPT PAGE FOR THE FLOOD HERE! So one of these needs to go!"
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    #25  Edited By the8bitNacho
    Matt_ said:
    "

    Romero would not approve.

    "

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    #26  Edited By OmegaPirate

    theres zombie levels on the mythic maps -that im certain of

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    #27  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    Yeah, I think the Flood qualifies as being zombies.

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    #28  Edited By fr0br0

    I think the zombie concept should be deleted from the Halo page and added to the Flood page. So everybody is happy.

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    #29  Edited By OutOfBounds9000

    I mean look at this this is not where you post about the halo ''Zombies''.Post it in the Halo forum or something,wait,theres a FLOOD FORUM?!!!

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