Halo? I mean all of Humanity is on the backfoot in a war against a more technologically advanced genocidal Covenant who want to erase humanity for being related to the species they worship. They go from a population of like 50 billion to 200 million
If you read the actual Halo lore outside the games, the Human government prior to the war, for hundreds of years mind you, has been a fascist junta police state that basically exists only to serve the army and navy. During the original Human civil war led by the People’s Front (Communists based on Reach), all communists were exterminated, and the Spartan project, superhuman and mentally broken child soldiers, were designed to hunt down and eradicate any leftist resistance movement that still exists. You even start Halo: Reach on a mission to go hunt down some rebels, as a bunch of communications relays get blown and thats blamed on the communists, as it wasn’t known that the Covenant had already infiltrated Reach.
Hell, during the war the UNSC essentially coups the few vestiges of “democratic” control, and then refuses to give up their control after the war, even after they “return” control back to the civilian government.
Halo has elements at least, imo. Protagonist single handedly driving history, the atrocious things the Earth government does (including the creation of Spartans) are basically justified by the alien invasion, various junk like melee weapons being useful in a space age because “muh warrior monk culture”, etc
I’m not even into Halo universe, but afaik it oozes fascism so much they need irrational space religious fundamentalists (aren’t they basically proxy for islamophobia?) as opponent.
Aye, pretty much. Complete with totally-not-Humvees, the usual trope of “future space military is just like present day USMC”, everyone being Anglo, etc
Well from what little I know about Halo, prior to the aliens the Earth government mostly waged war against its own people. Suppressing uprisings against shitty conditions and the oppression.
Even during the war. IIRC Halo: Reach starts when player is participating in smashing of outreach uprising, and during it they find planet being attacked by Covenant (which is known enemy by then).
Halo 1 released on november 2001, and while 9/11 likely did not had enough time to impact on game development, “islamic terrorism” had been the premier media bad guy in the 90’s after state propaganda ordered easing up on Russia after USSR destruction and China after its opening and seeming liberalisation.
Plenty of people did connected it back then to the spinning up “war on terror”, even if it was unintended, and obvious glorification of US Armed Forces in the game didn’t helped.
Halo? I mean all of Humanity is on the backfoot in a war against a more technologically advanced genocidal Covenant who want to erase humanity for being related to the species they worship. They go from a population of like 50 billion to 200 million
If you read the actual Halo lore outside the games, the Human government prior to the war, for hundreds of years mind you, has been a fascist junta police state that basically exists only to serve the army and navy. During the original Human civil war led by the People’s Front (Communists based on Reach), all communists were exterminated, and the Spartan project, superhuman and mentally broken child soldiers, were designed to hunt down and eradicate any leftist resistance movement that still exists. You even start Halo: Reach on a mission to go hunt down some rebels, as a bunch of communications relays get blown and thats blamed on the communists, as it wasn’t known that the Covenant had already infiltrated Reach.
Hell, during the war the UNSC essentially coups the few vestiges of “democratic” control, and then refuses to give up their control after the war, even after they “return” control back to the civilian government.
Wtf I hate Halo now
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I loved Oni. One of the better TPS games - but had no idea about a possible connection to Halo universe. That’s really interesting.
Halo has elements at least, imo. Protagonist single handedly driving history, the atrocious things the Earth government does (including the creation of Spartans) are basically justified by the alien invasion, various junk like melee weapons being useful in a space age because “muh warrior monk culture”, etc
I’m not even into Halo universe, but afaik it oozes fascism so much they need irrational space religious fundamentalists (aren’t they basically proxy for islamophobia?) as opponent.
Aye, pretty much. Complete with totally-not-Humvees, the usual trope of “future space military is just like present day USMC”, everyone being Anglo, etc
And naming the supersoldier project “Spartan”, with obvious neonazi vibes, i half expected patches with “Molon labe” on them.
Well from what little I know about Halo, prior to the aliens the Earth government mostly waged war against its own people. Suppressing uprisings against shitty conditions and the oppression.
In this context the name makes perfect sense.
Even during the war. IIRC Halo: Reach starts when player is participating in smashing of outreach uprising, and during it they find planet being attacked by Covenant (which is known enemy by then).
“Oh shit, those aren’t communist rebels we can curbstomp easily, that’s a fucking Sangheeli Field Marshal”
What’s the connection between the Covenant and islamophobic views of Islamic states other than they’re religious?
That’s enough, we are talking about Usians here.
Halo 1 released on november 2001, and while 9/11 likely did not had enough time to impact on game development, “islamic terrorism” had been the premier media bad guy in the 90’s after state propaganda ordered easing up on Russia after USSR destruction and China after its opening and seeming liberalisation.
Plenty of people did connected it back then to the spinning up “war on terror”, even if it was unintended, and obvious glorification of US Armed Forces in the game didn’t helped.