User blog comment:Lasifer/The Console Wars: Master Chief vs. Samus Aran/@comment-134.255.247.88-20130402213435

Okay, I have a limited knowledge of both these warriors in terms of what they can do in a game play environment, having only played Halo:CE and only having played part of Metroid Prime, so this is based in large off of what I've read about these two warriors from the Halo and Metroid wiki's. In this I'm going to list each warrior strengths and weaknesses and base my vote off that.

Samus's Strengths

Samus has a number of powerful weapons on her side in this battle. Her large arsenal of energy based weapons will work well against Chiefs shields and armor, in the Halo games energy weapons work better against shielded opponents and this is exactly what Chief is. Another advantage is her weapons are part of her suit, she doesn't have to retrieve weapons or ammo, so her weapons are always at hand. Another thing she has on her side is speed, she is fast, and she is going to be extremely hard to hit, especially at long range. Granted the long range precision weapons may hit her, but I have a hard time believing it would happen at all, giving her an advantage in this area. I believe that the solid projectiles will be able to hit once the distance shortens, but that is still a problem for Chief.

Samus Weakness

Samus doesn't have many weaknesses but two stick out in my mind. One is her suit has a finite power source, meaning it can deplete itself if she uses to much energy. I believe it has either 99 or 100 power units, or something to that affect. I've read if she depletes the power, her armor fails and leaves her in her Zero suit, which offer comparatively limited protection. I believe her weapons also run on this same power source, meaning the more she uses them, the more power she uses up, depleting her power source. This could be dangerous if the fight goes on long enough.

Another weakness is her suit requires mental concentration to operate, at least that is what I've read. I know she suffers PTSD to some degree and in time of emotional or mental stress, her suit will shut down, leaving her vulnerable. This may not come up in this battle, but the fact that it is a possabilty means it can't be ignored. Another, yet smaller short coming is that I generally get the impression plasma weapons are easier to dodge than solid projectile, in past because they can actually be seen when shot because they glow very brightly, but I also get the impression they don't have the same velocity at ballistic style weapons. I'm not sure if this is fact, but it seems to be the case.

okay now for Master Chief.

Master Chiefs Strength

Okay from what I've read up on Master Chief, his strengths in this battle are durability, skill and perception. He is physically stronger than Samus and I get the impression he can take a bigger beating, having survived incredibly large falls and multiple high impact crashes, where as Samus has lost a good deal of her armor abilities when her ship crashed on at least one occasion, while it didn't destroy her armor, it greatly affected it. With deploy able cover system, like the bubble shield, is nice little trick to have as well, adding another layer of protection. Additionally his shields will recharge an infinite number of times, where as Samus's shields require her to collect energy to recharge her shields.

Another advantage is his weapon. Now his weapons work both as a weakness and a strength in this battle, the short comings, I will address in the weakness section. But for there strengths, they don't not need his armors power supply to operate, so using them won't affect his ability to fight, where as Samus runs the risk of depleting her power source with hers. And, as mentioned about, the shots fired from his weapons are harder to see once shot, where as plasma and energy weapons are fairly easy to see, This makes them harder to dodge comparability to the energy based weapons.

Another thing he has is his reaction time I've read about on the Spartan II augmentations which means he views the world in slow motion. I'm not sure how much it will help in this fight given Samus speed, but I think ti will help even out her speed advantage, meaning what would normally be very hard to hit, now becomes much easier to hit.

Master Chiefs Weakness

Master Chief doesn't have any thing I would really call a weakness, but he does have several short comings in comparison to Samus in terms of Equipment.

In here I'm gonna start with what I mentioned with the weapons. While they don't affect his power source, he is limited to what he can carry and what he can pick up. If he depletes his ammo he can't get any more. What more is if he needs a certain weapon for a certain situation in this battle and he doesn't have it, he has to go and get it, where as Samus can just change her weapons out at will. And this becomes extremely problematic if he is unable to retrieve the weapon he needs. Another problem he has is his lack of energy weapons, which work better against shielding than solid ballistic weapons, because the solid weapons bounce off where as plasma is absorbed into the shield forcing them the go down much quicker than with when solid projectiles. So while his weapons may be harder to dodge, they won't work as well as Samus energy based weapons. While he does have a Laser, it is only one weapon with a few shots in it, meaning he's only going to get few hit with it at best. This also means his protection, his shields, will fail quicker than Samus's shields because of her large arsenal of energy weapon, and while his shields will recharge, it gives her an opening, and that could be all she needs the end the fight.

Conclusion

When first looking at this fight, I was originally going to give this to Samus. But after closer inspection and research, I found this fight was far more even than I could of ever imagined. Samus has the fire power, Master Chief has the Durability, Samus has versatility, Master Chief has Longevity. So who get's my vote, I'm torn really, I think this is a close battle, and I mean almost to close to call. But after looking over what I've read on these warriors, I feel Like in the end, Master Chief would get a narrow win. I go with him because Samus can lose her armor, and therefore her offensive weapons and her protection, if she uses to much energy or loses her concentration. Master Chief has a number of short comings in his own right, but Samus has a few that can severely cripple her in battle, where as Chief's won't so much as cripple as much or inconvenience, like losing a weapon, or needing to take cover to recharge his shields.