Kantor said:
Visari is a crazy evil bastard to be sure, just like Hitler was, but just like in Nazi Germany, you can't blame the people. They had suffered at the hands of the ISA, and they could be easily brainwashed. Oh, and the ISA were far worse than the Allies could ever be. They invaded Helghan because ship taxes were too high. |
If you could quote that invasion of Helghan because of taxes, I'd appreciate it. I can't find that in the neogaf story. I do find these statements that backup my comparison to Hitler, though:
"
2340 - 2357 THE HELGHAST ERA
The tough conditions finally spawn social and economic change. Forced to adapt to a situation so tough that mere humans could never survive it, a
charismatic new leader pronounces the birth of the Helghast people: a people no longer human, with a bold drive and vision to succeed.
2340 - 2347 The Rise of Visari
With the economy in the abyss and Helghan morale below that, a singular and remarkable figure rises to prominence: Scolar Visari I, the eventual
self-proclaimed Autarch of Helghan. Visari's ideology is simple and compelling: the Helghan people had once come here as humans, but they are
humans no longer. They are different, changed. Changed cosmetically in their travels, changed physically by their residence on the alien planet of
Helghan, changed spiritually by the hardships they've endured in every circumstance. The government that has brought them to this end could only
give them structure; it could not give them life, could not give them a reason to go on, and could not fully express the magnitude of the transformation.
The world has changed us, Visari claims, and now it is our turn to change the world.
Visari's oratorical skill and magnetic personality draws many of the disaffected public to his cause. It spreads among them like wildfire and
galvanizes them in a single recognition: that they are one people, one nation, united against all aggressors. More significantly, perhaps,
Visari is the first to give voice to what will later become the keystone of the Helghast agenda: their identity as an entirely new and entirely superior
race – the 'extra-human' race. He goes on to preach the militaristic, absolutist values that will become the trademark of the Helghast. More importantly,
he transforms the value of mask-wearing – once a badge of low station – and makes it integral to the Helghan identity. There is nothing shameful
in its history, Visari tells the people. It is testament to their fortitude to wear the mask. And the Helghan rally around him, rich and poor alike.
2347 The Birth of the Helghast
Visari coins the term Helghast in a public speech. Its purported origin is from the Old English word, gast, meaning spirit, or ghost, connoting great fear.
Visari states that they are no longer what they once were. Where they were once human and spiritless, their generations on Helghan, their sufferings;
these have forged them into a new race, the only truly 'living' race. Whatever the etymology, the name sticks.
Feigning an attempt on his life to garner public support, Visari leads a military coup backed by a popular uprising to assume the title of Autarch. He
seizes unrestricted power from the Helghan Administration and begs the army for 10 years of unchallenged authority to reforge the Helghast
into a true independent power. As part of his plan, Visari begins a major enlargement of the Helghast Military. A secondary aspect of the Helghast
revolution is a cultural evolution, led personally by Visari to change the face of Helghan society. Visari bans the use of written English in 2349, devising
a new Helghast alphabet to be used in its place. Plans for an entirely new Helghast language are never fully implemented due to the logistical difficulties,
but the ideal of this linguistic separation remain dear to Visari. As a final touch, the old Helghan banner is dropped in favor of a simpler, starker and more
dynamic logo. The Helghast Triad becomes the official banner of Helghan: three arrows representing Duty, Obedience and Loyalty signal the new values
that Helghast society is based upon."
Economic troubles, charismatic leader proclaiming himself emperor and from a master race, expanding military in attempt to take over other races, using an old logo and then changing it to fit his purposes, red and black colors everywhere...If that's not obvious to terislb then I guess I won't convince him. I am not saying Killzone is a history of Germany. I am saying Visari is a bad guy.
Visari's plan's include: "
Begin charging trade tariffs for passage through Helghast space to Earth again.
Blockade the Earth and strangle the UCN into submission.
Capture the UCN Navy shipyards and orbital defenses.
Leave Earth's population to starve to death. Build an enormous fleet and establish Helghast hegemony over all colonies."
ISA's plans include: Remove the Helghast as a military threat.
Capture Autarch Visari for a public trial.
Establish a more easily controlled regime on Helghan that avoids the oppression that sparked this conflict."
I'd say those are bad guy goals and good guy goals.
