spdk1 said: the hellghast aren't as Iconic as the armor it ripped off:
not trolling on hellghast, as I loved killzone, but the game gets too much credit for its "creation" of the red eyes and such. my friend and I got the game simnply because hellghast look like Panzer Corps protect gear soldiers. |
I suppose they aren't truly original, but the Helghast designs weren't based on Jin-roh.
Here's a pair of posts from Tempy and Iain Howe on Neogaf, two developers in the employ of Guerrilla Games:
Not this fucking shit again. Look, it's 2003 old news.
I saw the Jin-Roh anime after we've already had a design (though of course there's a whole bunch of other Jin-Roh material before the anime), and showed it to the lead character designer who said he hadn't seen it before and didn't base/rip it from Jin-Roh. He's way more of a 2000AD fan anyway than a manga/anime one. Both Jin-Roh and Killzone borrow heavily from 30s/40s fascism and warfare.
The armor is completely different except for the color; and the only real similarities are the mask and glowing eyes.
Jin-Roh's armor is plated metal, while Killzone's isn't. Etc. Look, I love Jin-Roh, but you're heavily mistaken if you think Jin-Roh is completely original regarding the designs.
Not saying they don't look similar, but just saying that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, so to speak.
Outisde of the eyes, the Helghast are more akin to this than anything:
And that's just the basic Helghan trooper. You also have characters like these: