The Flood (Halo) v.s. Necromorphs (Dead Space)

The infected forms the Necros take. There are over 50 known various forms that the Necros will take. Though it is most likely that they can take any form necessary for their current task or environment. The forms we have already seen come in an enormous variety of shapes, sizes, abilities and strengths. The majority of Necros are highly resistant to almost all forms of damage. They can survive shot after shot into their midsection, have their heads blown off, frozen for millions of years, survive in the vacuum of space, and regenerate parts of their body's. The only way to kill them is to systematically remove their limbs. Even with their limbs removed however, you still haven't fully killed them. Their biomass will simply be reformed into a new form or added to larger, more deadly form. It is unknown if the individual Necro forms have individual intelligence, or if they are all controlled by the Markers via some form of Hivemind. Although there have been examples of certain forms displaying intelligence, ie playing dead I order to lure prey closer, using vents to flank or travel around enemies, having the ability to use some tools and even firearms, and even one species, the Stalkers, that actually communicate, and use teamwork to plan, distract, divide, and conquer their prey. I won't go into full detail on all of them. Just a brief summary of a few of the more notable ones. I'll break them down into 4 categories. Offensive, Defensive, Infectors, and Bosses. Offensive. Your offensive Necros consist of the more basic forms. Enemies like Slashers, Stalkers, Shambler, Dividers, Exploders, Feeders, Flyers, Leapers, Lurkers, Waster, and Twitcher. These forms have but one purpose in existence. To create more dead bodies to be infected. Although there are many differences between these, most consist of a humanoid form with multiples limbs transformed into razor sharp blades used for slicing and elongated mouths with shark like teeth. Some have the ability to shoot barb like bolts from tentacles. Others carry sacks filled with a combustion-able chemical which explodes with the force of several grenades. Some are able to use tools like axes or even firearms. The twitcher has melded its Stasis module into their bodies giving them impossible speed. They are all Extremely dangerous and hard to kill. Defensive. A smaller group then the offensive forms. The defensive forms usually only exist, as their names suggest, to guard important areas or chock points. The usually only can form in places where the Corruption, a sort of Necro environment changer composed of dead tissue, grows. They include forms such as the Guardian, Cyst, Medusa, Wheeser, Tentacle, And Flytrap. Some explode when prey approaches. Others shoot projectiles. They are usually immobile. Infectors. Iv already briefly covered some of these. But here's another quick rundown. Infectors purpose is to spread the infection to new hosts, either dead or living. They include the Swarm, Creeper and Infector. The swarm are tiny little parasite like bugs that attack in huge numbers, overwhelming their victims. Pregnants also carry a host of swarms in their bellies and release them upon death. And Infectors will leap into their victim, either dead or living, and drove an tube like appendage into the body transforming it into a slasher in mere seconds. Creepers work basically the same way as swarms. Bosses. These are the cream d la cream of the Necros. Creatures that have collected enormous amounts of dead tissue. They forms very extremely. Some are slightly larger then a human. Others are the cues of buildings. They have incredible capabilities and are excruciatingly hard to kill. The Tripod, a withering mass of interconnected bodies capable of great speed and able to keep large distances. The leviathan, Slug and Spider. The Tormentor, Snow Beast and Urchin. The Brute. The largest "regular" Necro. Matched in size only by its incredible strength and insane resistance to damage. The Hivemind and Nexus. Necros the size of buildings. Created by the bodies of thousands of dead. They are believed to be the front line "command and control" centers for the Necros. And last but not least, you have what I call, the Super Necros. The Regenerator, Hunter and Ubermorph. These Necros bear close resemblance to the basic Slasher Necro. A humanoid body with 2 arms morphed into long blades. They are slightly larger however and far more aggressive. The thing about these guys, and something that gives the Necros a huge advantage over the Flood, is that they are practically Indestructible. With all other Necros the only way to kill them is to remove the limbs. However, with these Necros removing the limbs does nothing at all. They simply grow back in a matter of seconds. Once a Ubermorph picks up the hunt they will not stop no matter what you throw at them. The only way to kill them is to completely destroy their entire body in one blow. In dead space 1 Isaac used a ships engines afterburners to fry a Hunter into oblivion. Well there my brief summery of the Necromorph forms. Please enjoy. Here's a list of the different forms. http://deadspace.wikia.com...