The Great Videogame Versus – Master Chief vs Samus Aran
Master Chief vs Samus Aran
Why the fight?
They’re both genetically altered superhu[wo]man soldiers possessed of powerful suits of battle armor to help bring on the pain. Someone’s got to give, come on in and find out who.
Follow the full match after the jump!
Master Chief vs Samus Aran
Why the fight?
They’re both genetically altered superhu[wo]man soldiers possessed of powerful suits of battle armor to help bring on the pain.
Vital Statistics:
Master Chief
Height: 7 ft tall (in full battle armor)
Weight: 1000lbs (again in full battle armor)
Training: Master Chief is a product of the SPARTAN II genetic project, an experiment that sought to create the finest supersoldiers known to man, by utilising a blend of state of the art genetic and cybernetic alterations, advanced military training and intensive physical and mental training from a young age.
Misc: Official name and rank is Master Chief Petty Officer Spartan John-117. John was stolen from his parents as a child and replaced by a flash clone, who died shortly thereafter from complications in the cloning process. He was born in 2511 and was described as having brown hair, freckles and a gap between his front teeth. The Master Chief is aided by a sentient Artificial Intelligence program known as Cortana, modeled in physical form after SPARTAN project creator Dr. Catherine Halsey. The Master Chief is one of only four SPARTAN’s still alive from an original number of thirty three, the other whereabouts of the other three SPARTAN’s is currently unknown. It is interesting to note that dead SPARTAN’s are never officially classified as dead, listed instead as being MIA (Missing In Action) in order to preserve moral and put forth the appearance that SPARTAN’s cannot die.
Upcoming games: Halo 3
Samus Aran
Height: 6ft 3 inches
Weight: 198lbs
Training: It is unclear as exactly what kind of training Samus has undergone, but we do know that she benefited from full military training from the Galactic Federation. Her infusion with Chozo blood as a child, and later Metroid DNA years later, coupled with years of experience as a bounty huntress make her a deadly force to reckon with.
Misc: Samus’ power armor can be equipped with a number of modular upgrades that enhance its functionality and lethality, it also powers a built in arm cannon capable of firing an infinite number of energy based blasts. When Samus was three, her Earth Colony, called K2-L was attacked and destroyed by a species known as the Space Pirates, Samus and her pet, ponchi, as the only survivors of the massacre, were adopted by a pair of kind Chozo.
Upcoming games: Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
The Outcome
The Master Chief is stronger, but Samus has the advantage when it comes to speed and agility, both are capable of analyzing their environments to their advantage, Master Chief in conjunction with Cortana, and Samus using her suits visor and automated analysis system. Samus also possesses the upper hand when it comes to armaments, her suits built in arm cannon and modular upgradability gives her the ability to adapt quickly to whatever situation she finds herself in, and she never runs out of ammo. That said, while Samus’ suit is built for flexibility in exploration and combat, Master Chief’s MJOLNIR Mark VI power armor is made to power through just about anything you can throw at it, and with the experienced mind of the Master Chief aided by Cortana driving it, Samus can only last so long before being smashed to dust.
Samus is a character close to many hearts, she’s been around a heck of a lot longer than the Chief, but she’s unfortunately not nearly as fleshed out as a character, which definitely contributed to her defeat in this battle (at least in my mind).
It’s a little difficult to judge how Samus would deal with the situation when we’ve barely come to know her through her videogames. The Chief, while in many ways just as mysterious, is altogether a more rounded character with a defined personality, and more fleshed out past.
Again we certainly hope you’ve enjoyed reading the third part in this ongoing series of videogame versus battles, the first two parts of which you can read here (Snake vs Sam Fisher) and here (Ryu vs Liu Kang).
The whole thing’s building to a massive finale which will see every character that has taken part going at it in a gigantic free-for-all from which only one will emerge victorious. As always we look forward to reading your comments and suggestions (as you can see a couple of previously suggested match ups have already made the list).
P.S. Riddick (from The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay) has been taken off the list as I figured a better match for Kratos would be Dante, leaving Riddick without a competitor, I’m taking suggestions on who he should face up against!
UPCOMING BATTLES
-Mario vs Sonic
-Ratchet vs Fox
-Hotsuma vs Ryu Hayabusa
-Samanosuke vs Jube
-Dante vs Kratos
-Simon Belmont vs Alucard
-Link vs Cloud Strife
-Max Payne vs Agent 47
-Lara Croft vs The Prince of Persia
-Auron vs Sephiroth
-Raziel vs Kain
-Sub Zero vs Scorpion
-Clank vs Daxter
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