Re: Master Chief vs. Predator
I never bothered to watch any series or read any books about a dood who is needlessly overpowered. Also, a single rocket kills him, always... if it directly hits. He may be a badass, but he's certainly not immortal.
I never read any of the AvP comics either, but I had friends who did. Predators are... insane to say the least. The movies do them no justice whatsoever (have not seen the latest AvP so I do not know about that one.)
I didn't want to bring this up, but let's take Samus, fully powered from any of the games, specifically Fusion. She has 250 missiles, with an AoE freeze effect, nuke-style bombs, way more mobility than MC could ever have, her screw attack nullifies any and all projectiles, she locks on, she has an insane damage threshold, has a morph ball form making her a smaller and faster target, can shoot through walls AND shields. She's a badass too. Though if the two fought she'd win due to a 'war of attrition'. She has more missiles, more life, and a never ending supply of her main gun. He would give her a run for his money though.
My whole point with this is he is NOT the most badass thing to walk. He sure is pretty badass. But the Tau from the game Fire Warrior could woop MC. He fights through armies of SPACE MARINES. And btw, Space Marines (especially Chaos Marines), are WAY more badass than Spartans. In Warhammer 40k, they've been making advancements in war for over 35000 years. Genetically breeding the most advanced super soldiers. On top of continual progression of war technology. In the table-top game, they are incredibly OP, (so much so they make some other playable races not so fun *cough*Eldar*cough*. And the Fire Warrior (having superior weaponry but FAR less superior armor) takes on battalions of them, and their even stronger and more fearsome counterparts the Chaos Marines. But even that insanely awesome Fire Warrior is still simply a soldier, not godly.
In the end, MC is simply a badass soldier, but not the greatest warrior ever.