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Akvod on 17 February 2009
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drboot said:
Phrancheyez said:
@drboot

Again, IF YOU READ THE BACK STORY, the people won't die immediately. If they don't wear the masks, they'll die by the age of 40.

Sending military in for a year isn't going to kill them...it may knock a couple years off their life, however, and yes you're probably right that there would be some sort of outcry and outrage. I'm not disagreeing with that..but none of this justifies your complaints about the game, simply being the design of the Helghast.

 

The point is there, really. The public would not allow it's military to engage in a mission that may be damaging to it's soldiers health when there are simple preventive measures that could be in place. It's a plot hole that highlights a lack of thought put into the issue and to me signals that the real reason for the Helghast get up is simply to appear more bad ass. If that were not true, and the narrative explanation of this was well developed and had a real reason to it, the team would have either. 1. given your unit protective gear as well. or 2. Adress the inevitable social fallout that would follow if they failed to do so. The narrative explanation to me seems paper thin and I just don't buy it.

The public gladly allowed the Helghast to be unjustly deprived of their home and wealth, and forced to live in that very same hell hole for years. I'm sure the public won't care for that militia soldiers went in there for the few months they expected.

I mean, people are saying that the game also ties into the Iraq war. Although there was clearly public outrage over the lack of bulletproof armor for US soldiers, the government wasn't outsted of their seat of power.

Also this is something that's happening millions of miles away. I'm sure the government could control the media, as there probably aren't any private news organizations willing to/able to afford to cover such a war... but again this all doesn't matter. It's a work of fiction, and it can sacrifice some realism for the purpose of having an important piece of symbolism (the mask).