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| {{Disambig header|the Halo 4 gametype|other uses|Flood (disambiguation)}} | | {{Title|Flood}} |
| [[File:H4-MP-Flood-Complex.jpg|thumb|300px|Spartan players appearing as Flood combat forms.]] | | {{New content}} |
| '''Flood''' is a [[War Games]] gametype in ''[[Halo 4]]''.<ref name="OXM">'''Official Xbox Magazine''' ,''October 2012''</ref> It is the successor to [[Infection]] gametype.<ref name="Waypoint 10.3.12">[http://blogs.halo.xbox.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/03/The-Halo-Bulletin-10312-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''The Halo Bulletin 10.3.12'']</ref> | | {{Disambig header|the Halo 4 gametype|other uses|Flood}} |
| | [[File:H4-MP-Flood-Complex.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Spartan players appearing as Flood combat forms.]] |
| | '''Flood''' is a [[War Games]] gametype in ''[[Halo 4]]''.<ref name="OXM">'''Official Xbox Magazine''' ,''October 2012''</ref> It is the successor of the [[Infection]] gametype.<ref name="Waypoint 10.3.12">[http://blogs.halo.xbox.com/Headlines/post/2012/10/03/The-Halo-Bulletin-10312-.aspx '''Halo Waypoint:''' ''The Halo Bulletin 10.3.12'']</ref> |
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| == Description == | | ==Description== |
| Flood's core gameplay is identical to Infection's core gameplay: players are split into a Survivor team and a Flood team, and survivors must avoid being killed and converted to the Flood team.{{Ref/Reuse|OXM}} The principal difference between Flood and Infection is the addition of a new player model for the Flood: an infected Spartan's body was stripped of its hard armor plating and covered in a Flood carapace. Altered settings also gave Flood players a special armor effect that trailed behind them and a first-person screen effect that distorted their vision. | | At the begining of each round, two players spawn as [[Flood combat form|Flood combat forms]] while eight players spawn as survivors. The combat forms have a larger field of vision, and a claw which is analogous to the [[Type-1 Energy Weapon/Sword|energy sword]] used in Infection. The objective of the eight human surviors is to avoid death as long as possible.<ref name="OXM"/> The [[SPARTAN-IV Program|Spartan]] survivors are equipped with [[M45D_Tactical_Shotgun#M45D Tactical Shotgun|shotguns]] and [[M6H Personal Defense Weapon System|magnums]] while the Flood can only use a melee attack. When the survivor is killed by a Flood, they are converted and respawn a Flood. The round ends if a Survivor makes it to 3 minutes or once all players are converted into Flood. Player's initial spawn is based on previous rounds.<ref name="Waypoint 10.3.12"/> |
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| Flood players did not spawn with weapons and couldn't pick any weapons up; they attacked using a fleshy claw that behaved similarly to the [[Energy Sword]]s used in Infection. Flood players were also incapable of sprinting. | | Each Flood character has a special armor effect that trails behind them and a first-person screen effect that shows a haunted view from the Flood's perspective. Dynamic music plays in the background to intensify the experience when playing as the Flood or final survivor. Flood move faster, react differently to bullets, and are equipped with an enhanced Flood [[M805X Forward Acceleration System/Fulcrum Mitigating|thruster pack]].<ref name="Waypoint 10.3.12"/> Unlike Infection in ''Halo: Reach'', infected Spartans in ''Halo 4'' are equipped with energy shields, greatly mitigating the potential for Flood players to be picked off by magnum-wielding survivors. |
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| Flood's default settings dictated that two players would start on the Flood team, and rounds would last for three minutes.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint 10.3.12}} Unlike Infection in ''Halo: Reach'', infected Spartans in ''Halo 4'' are equipped with energy shields, making it harder to kill them with headshots. Survivors would spawn with [[M45D Tactical Shotgun#M45D Tactical Shotgun|shotguns]] and [[M6H Personal Defense Weapon System|magnums]], and both teams had three loadouts to pick from, each of which offered a different armor ability. | |
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| A new public variant called Hivemind was added on July 1, 2013. In Hivemind, Spartans appeared in their chosen colors, instead of the default green. Survivors start with Assault Rifles and Magnums, and are able to pick up other weapons around the map, including Shotguns. It takes two hits from a Flood to kill a survivor. Neither side has Armor Abilities.
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| Notably, several Custom Game options were missing from Flood. Flood Player Traits specifically omitted the options for starting weapons and weapon pickup, even though there were no technical limitations preventing the Flood character model from using weapons. Flood Loadouts were no longer visible in-game as they still relied on the Elite Loadouts options, which were totally removed from the Custom Games user interface. Both the survivors and the Flood had forced colors (green and grey, respectively) which could not be changed, as the Forced Color option was totally removed from the Custom Games user interface. The option to control players' access to sprint was never made available in the Custom Games user interface. The "Weapons on Map" setting was also hidden from the user interface but retained within the game, and it was forced to "off" for Flood. As such, until Hivemind launched, it was impossible to have a Flood variant with weapons on the map, and even after Hivemind launched, it was impossible to configure any of the weapons or equipment used by Flood players, and it was impossible to fully configure or balance Flood movement settings. The Safe Havens settings introduced in Reach were also removed and were never re-implemented.
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| ==Medals== | | ==Medals== |
| The gametype features exclusive medals that can only be earned by playing this particular game mode.{{Ref/Reuse|Waypoint 10.3.12}} | | The gametype features exclusive medals that can only be earned by playing this particular game mode.<ref name="Waypoint 10.3.12"/> |
| *[[Flood Conversion Medal|Flood Conversion]] - Convert a Spartan to the Flood. | | *[[Flood Conversion Medal|Flood Conversion]] - Convert a Spartan to the Flood. |
| *[[Alpha Conversion Medal|Alpha Conversion]] - Convert a Spartan to the Flood as an Alpha. | | *[[Alpha Conversion Medal|Alpha Conversion]] - Convert a Spartan to the Flood as an Alpha. |
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| *[[Ancient One Medal|Ancient One]] - Survive the entire round as a Flood and convert at least one Spartan. | | *[[Ancient One Medal|Ancient One]] - Survive the entire round as a Flood and convert at least one Spartan. |
| *[[Clever Medal|Clever]] - Survive the entire round as a Spartan. | | *[[Clever Medal|Clever]] - Survive the entire round as a Spartan. |
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| == Trivia ==
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| * Flood had a networking glitch in which a Flood player would sometimes appear without Flood traits. For example, they would retain their chosen armor color instead of having a forced color fitting either team.
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| * Flood had a scripting mistake that caused Alpha Flood to revert to standard Flood after their first death. This was never fixed.
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| * Flood retained the ''Reach''-era [[Infection]] glitch that affected game variants with limited lives.
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| * When playing as the Flood, the most viable strategy is to pick Thruster Pack, launch oneself at survivors at high speed, and use a melee lunge to divebomb directly at them and kill them. This strategy was the most effective means of killing survivors entrenched in imbalanced map locations.
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| * When playing as a survivor, Active Camo was the best loadout to use. Flood players could not perform melee lunges against survivors with Camo active, rendering the most viable Flood strategy totally worthless.
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
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| File:Flood 2 (gametype).jpg|Three survivors converge on a Flood player. | | File:Flood 2 (gametype).jpg|Three survivors converge on a Flood player. |
| File:Flood 3 (gametype).jpg|Two Flood players converge on a Spartan survivor. | | File:Flood 3 (gametype).jpg|Two Flood players converge on a Spartan survivor. |
| File:Hivemind Gameplay.jpg|A survivor kills a Flood in a game of Hivemind.
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| File:Halo 4 Flood concept art 2.jpg|Reference sheet of a Flood-infected SPARTAN-IV. | | File:Halo 4 Flood concept art 2.jpg|Reference sheet of a Flood-infected SPARTAN-IV. |
| File:H4 Flood Claw.jpg|Render of the SPARTAN-IV combat forms' claw. | | File:H4 Flood Claw.jpg|Render of the SPARTAN-IV combat forms' claw. |
| File:Halo 4 Flood concept art 1.jpg|Concept of an infected Spartan.
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| File:Halo 4 Flood 3d concept.jpg|A concept from another view.
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| File:Halo 4 Flood concept Art 3.jpg|Early sketch for the combat form.
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| File:Halo 4 Flood Concept Art 7.jpg|Sketch of the combat form's full body.
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| File:Halo 4 Flood Concept Art 6.jpg|Concept of the creature's head.
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| File:Halo 4 Flood concept art 4.jpg|Various sketches of the head.
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| File:Halo 4 Flood Concept art 5.jpg|Different iterations of the head.
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| File:Halo 4 Flood claw Concept Art 1.jpg|Concepts of the Flood's claw.
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| File:Halo 4 Flood claw Concept Art 2.jpg|Various concepts for the claw.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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