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[-] YungKitaiski@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] yearningforfreedom@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[-] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago

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

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago

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

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 2 years ago

And naming the supersoldier project "Spartan", with obvious neonazi vibes, i half expected patches with "Molon labe" on them.

[-] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 2 years ago

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).

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