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Your favorite enemies of all time
We're talking about two categories here- both the evil mastermind behind it all, and the little common lowly soldiers who are fun to fight.
My favorite evil mastermind is the man in the suit from Half-Life. He's always watching you wherever you go, and he's clearly got some shady stuff going on. You never find out what he's up to, and that makes him all the more creepy. 
My favorite lowly grunt types vary. I thought the AI in Halo was very well done, but their attacks are mostly very similar. The enemies from the other big alien games are more unique. I'm gonna go with the invisible sword-carrying Covenants from Halo. They're great fun and they always freak me out. The headcrabs from Half-Life are really fun, but only when you face them with a crowbar.  Otherwise its not very sporting.
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October 19, 2003, 12:00
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From half life the women ninjas in black lycra, try killing them all without losing a hit point.
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October 19, 2003, 12:23
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I hated the Blue Shift special ops people. Especially that group of 'em at the end of the train tunnel 
You find out more about the man in the suit in HL:Opposing Force.
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October 19, 2003, 14:27
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The Two-Headed Squirrel in Zak MacKracken.
Evil, Evil Stuff
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October 19, 2003, 14:37
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I loved the imps in doom. i think that is what they were called. those brown fellas who threw fireballs at you. a well aimed shotgun blast would put them down and it was fun blasting away at them.
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October 19, 2003, 14:52
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Originally posted by Maquiladora
From half life the women ninjas in black lycra, try killing them all without losing a hit point.
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It's not too hard. You crouch and move slowly, so they don't hear you. Then you can sometimes pick one off with a headshot from the .357. Then you have some breathing room. Then go around the room in a route that does not seem intuitive. You'll find that they all are facing towards the "intuitive" route. Thus you can sneak up behind them and kill them with an easy headshot, or even the crowbar.
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October 19, 2003, 15:09
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Originally posted by MattH
I hated the Blue Shift special ops people. Especially that group of 'em at the end of the train tunnel
You find out more about the man in the suit in HL:Opposing Force.
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Bah, all you really find out is that
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October 19, 2003, 15:12
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Maybe, i only played through it once, not counting the 15 or so times i reloaded it in one go, i had 10hp and that was my best save point and it seemed pretty hard, the marines were impressive too.
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October 19, 2003, 15:21
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Ouch. I went through all three HL titles with 100/100 the whole time. There are a few times when losing some sheild is unavoidable, such as the OF boss, and Gonarch's mini-headcrabs, but through various AI exploits, it's possible to go through the whole game with only minor scrapes. For example, if the aliens don't see you, they won't move, even if you are shooting them. The black ops AIs often won't respond if they hear a gunshot- they only look for you if they see their comrade die.
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October 19, 2003, 15:38
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I love pigcops in Duke3D.
I absolutely detest the flying head that spits out the skulls in Doom. The skulls are okay on their own, but the flying head is a pain to kill. 
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October 19, 2003, 17:36
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October 19, 2003, 18:12
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Kefka was a fun enemy.
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October 19, 2003, 18:21
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this guy always makes me want to rise up for the challange - shame that most of the time the games he's been in haven't been what they could have been.
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October 19, 2003, 18:23
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opps!
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October 19, 2003, 18:43
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Sister Miriam from SMAC.
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October 19, 2003, 19:38
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The Trickster from Thief. Moebius from the LoK series. Thorne in Tron 2.0. SHODAN. An assortment of do-bads from the NOLF series.
These are a few of my favorite things.
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October 19, 2003, 19:38
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The snake race in UFO: Enemy Unknown. Especially in sandy missions, they blended in well with their surroundings and were creepy to fight against. They died well enough though that they were fun fight.
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October 19, 2003, 19:40
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Karras from Thief 2 was a fun - and completely insane - adversary.
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October 19, 2003, 20:44
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The Ur-Quan from Star Control. Wormy bastards.
The French mimes from NOLF 2. Hilarious.
Deja Vu from Freedom Force. (They're making a sequel, hooray!)
Simons from Deus Ex.
Ad Avis from Quest for Glory II.
And, of course, ****ing Miriam.
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October 19, 2003, 20:56
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Kefka was a fun enemy.
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The best. 
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October 19, 2003, 23:03
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Nazis in RTCW
german conscripts in RTCW
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October 20, 2003, 13:54
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LeChuck.
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October 20, 2003, 14:25
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Jon Irenicus
oh and the Carthagians
as for the grunt type enemies. I'll go with the Etherals in X-com: UFO- the first one. although they were the most annoying, so I'm not sure I can call them my favourite, but they provided the best challenge. though the chrysallids were also challenging
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October 20, 2003, 14:51
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Re: Your favorite enemies of all time
the evil mastermind behind it all:
Ghandi in Civ2. Bastard always had my number.
and the little common lowly soldiers who are fun to fight:
Chrysalids!!
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October 20, 2003, 15:37
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Has to be the Arch-Vile from Doom...
I also remember Quake 2's Makron (or Markon?) as the most disappointing boss I have ever faced.
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October 20, 2003, 16:46
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The everpresent Miriam, off course.
Oh yeah, and the Wizard from "Wizard of Wor"
Asmodean
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October 20, 2003, 16:59
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The sectoid in X-com/UFO Defense. They where so damn cool. It was a delight every time one of them opened the UFO door, walked out and shot one of my guys and walked back in again.
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October 20, 2003, 18:02
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Oooh, and I forgot, that evil AI in System Shock (and especially in System Shock 2), what was her name... she gave me the willies...
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October 20, 2003, 18:23
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Shodan. Great game.
Also the zombies in that game were downright scary.
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October 20, 2003, 19:28
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LeChuck.
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The ghost pirate LeChuck was bad ass.
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