Lost Planet is out today, first of all. Second of all, I'm only a few hours into it (for Destructoid's impression, look for a comprehensive multi-author review in a couple of weeks), and I already detest the human race.
The plot basically goes like this:
1. Humans get bored of Earth and leave.
2. Humans land on a planet made almost entirely of ice, where the temperatures are so low that any reasonable species would never set foot there in the first place.
3. The aliens who originally lived on the planet attempt to defend it from this unprovoked invasion force.
4. The humans bring in machine guns, rocket launchers, and mechs to exterminate every last one of the planet's original inhabitants.
There's a bit more after the jump, to keep the home page looking trim.
Way to go, mankind! Not only is the game stylistically identical to the movie Starship Troopers, it's thematically indistinguishable as well!
When I say that the humans got "bored" of Earth, I'm not exaggerating: the prologue states nothing about Earth dying, or getting too crowded, or anything like that. In the future, mankind just up and decides to move to an uninhabitable planet and kill every life form on it. Just for fun.
Additionally, there's the space pirates; evidently, they were left behind once the humans fled the new planet (to rearm), and they've decided to exact their revenge by killing pretty much anything they see (assuming they can hit it, anyway). The presence of the space pirates shows mankind's inhumanity not only to the bugs, but to mankind, as well -- what kind of race leaves a fraction of their brothers on a freezing alien planet while everybody else goes to find more guns? Having to kill these space pirates as the main character should make you feel very, very dirty.
So feel free to play and enjoy it, but know this: in doing so, you are supporting a human race whose overall goals are nigh-indistinguishable from those of the Nazis so many years ago. Assuming you replace Jews with bugs, anyway.
Contest:
2:45 PM on 01.12.2007
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YOU FAIL.
You telling me that was all out of boredom? How the hell will I enjoy this game now?!
"eva... auf wiedersehen...." <splooork> ahhh Wolf3d.
Why would they invade there own country? They did come into the Netherlands and decided to kill all the Jews living there. Ever heard of Anne Frank? They invaded almost any country they could get there hands on.
Soldier: Why is this Godforsaken planet worth dying for?
Zapp: Don't ask me, you're the one who's going to be dying.
Oh man, I need to take a nap...
Last time I checked GTA didn't have you out on the streets "making a difference" or helping a little old lady fix her roof.
And Scarface? You're a incestuous coke-head out for revenge.
Are we going to start attaching personal emotional baggage to playing video games now?
I refuse to play Big Bumpin' till the Subservient Chicken is made into the Amicably Agreeable to Contracted Terms Chicken.
Seriously? GOTY?
"Finally, a space game where you kill aliens and WE get to be the aggressor? Sweet, Im sick of seeing earth get owned in games like Halo, its time we conquered something"
True that...anyhow I can't wait to pick up my copy...after seeing the sweet looking collectors edition I am opting for that one :)
that said I want a game where we just slaughter apes not a planet of the apes game just a game with Ape Genocide.
I won't buy lost planet either.
Manifest Destiney FTW. It's our God Given right to conquer all we see
What you do in the privacy of your home is your business.
You guys should really delete/kick people who give spoilers. I've been anticipating this game and just had the ending ruined for me.
But I guess putting a smiley beside your comment makes it okay to be an ass.