| Michael-5 said:
Also you're view on Killzone is the exact opposite of mine. I mean take the name, Killzone, it's generic and the plot really isn't that deep. Halo 1 and Half Life however, those were interesting and unique FPS's. |
I'm not going to flame you, but I will disagree. I grew up reading science fiction novels, it was my primary hobby, much more than video-games. Human heroes defeating alien invader stories are everywhere, going way back to campy books like Heinlein's Starship Troopers in the 1950s. I'm not saying basic storylines are bad, they're just not very engaging. Most sci-fi games play it very safe and follow paths that are proven successful, even if they lack complexity. Take where Crysis is heading, for example. It's a story a child could come up with.
Killzone, on the other hand, is a more cerebral story. The good guys aren't really the good guys, not exactly. Even if you're sympathetic to the protagonist, you're still aware that the people he serves are guilty of some bad things. On the other side of the coin you have the Helghast, who are brutal and obsessed with vengence, but also themselves victims. They were driven into a corner to where it's almost understandable that they become cold and hard. It's not a simple story of heroic humans fighting evil aliens, it's corrupt humanity ripping itself apart over struggles for power and wealth. It's violence begetting violence. It's looking at war and not being sure which side is the worst--the monsters, or the people who created those monsters.
This interests me. This makes me want to know what will happen next, whereas most other sci-fi games really just have a story as an excuse to build a game around.
