1/8/2024 0 Comments Killzone shadow fall helghast![]() The Helghan are suddenly evil enemies that you shouldn’t feel bad for killing. Not 10 seconds after the opening cut scene establishes the Helghan people as refugees of a destroyed planet, the game then recasts them as powerful oppressors. ![]() In fact, they do shoot your father on sight, and then execute him as he tells them he’s just trying to get away and pleads for his life. This first level is a stealth level, which means the Helghan soldiers will shoot you and your father on sight if you’re spotted. ![]() It is life threatening, however, since Helghan soldiers are killing any remaining Vektan citizens on this side of the wall. Chaotic and confusing, yes, since half the planet is moving, but not life threatening. The first level casts you as a small child who’s following his father to the massive wall that now separates Vekta from “New-Helghan.” You’ve already been evicted from your home, and now you’re just trying to reach safety, which is weird because relocating shouldn’t be dangerous. It’s a premise that’s interested in exploring the aftermath of war, not just the onslaught of war, but then the opening cut scene ends and the narrative trouble begins. I love that the Helghan are both refugees and invaders. Vekta destroys Helghan, and then realizes that that action was perhaps a bit extreme, so Vekta offers the survivors refuge and gives them half of the Vektan planet as reparation, which is also a bit extreme but at least we’ve established that the Vekta government doesn’t know the meaning of the word “restraint.” This means half of the Vektan citizenry is evicted from their homes and forced to relocate to “their” side of the planet. The planet Vekta is at war with the planet Helghan. Killzone: Shadowfall flirts with some interesting ideas during its first two minutes, but then it turns into a story so poorly written that it has to be a purposeful parody of stupid shooter stories or else a meta commentary on how prejudice causes one to forget the past.Īt the very least, the game has a great premise, ripe for political and social commentary.
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