ruuqo replied to your post: I think I know why I like Halo ODST and Halo Reach…

Seriously? I always thought the Flood were a great enemy, they were nothing like your average zombie and eventually even get their own backstory and whatnot. Not to mention the Pure forms in halo 3.

I just don’t think they’re worth the time they’re given in the first three games.  I would have much rather time been spent on the Covenant and the power balance there because that’s interesting and more entertaining than the Flood in general.  

They’re not very zombie-like, true, but that’s not an issue.  They’re just dusty, more unpleasant Borg mixed with some Xenomorph for good measure.  It doesn’t help that their origin is pretty similar to those of Metroids.

They might be varied in form, but are all virtually identical in strategy, rush forward and shoot/melee, save for the Pure Stalker forms which do the same thing until they decide to mutate at which point they become rooted in place.  They’re varied, but as a whole they aren’t pleasant to look at, nor are they morbidly enthralling, they’re just fleshy and there and are overall just annoying.

Had they just been wiped out in Halo CE I don’t think many people would miss them.  At all.  Had they not appeared in Halo CE I don’t think many people would miss them either.