How to improve the Killzone franchise into a universal critical success?

[Osc89]

pokoko said:

Osc89 said:

pokoko said:

It would appear that you know absolutely nothing about the Killzone universe.  No back story?  Seriously?

That kind of annoys me.

What is the back story? Shadow Fall will be the first one I get so I'm worried I won't get what is going on. Do you need to know what happens in the first 3?

No, you actually don't, as Shadowfall skips into the future after KZ3 and kind of starts its own storyline.

As for the KZ universe and backstory, which the first three games actually didn't get into much, it's all about greed and power.  Basically, the good guys aren't so good and the bad guys are actually somewhat justified.  The Helghast tried to break away from Earth's control but the government didn't want to lose all those valuable resources and profits, so they made an example out of the Helghast.  The crushed them and exiled them on a harsh planet, where they became strong, brutal, and bent on revenge.  It's a story with a lot of parallels with our world.  It's meant to be realistic and political.

That sounds pretty cool actually. I like the sound of the more human angle, given so many sci fi games use aliens. Plus the ambiguity sounds interesting, I hope the story is more interesting than the reviews are giving it credit for.