So i haven't played Killzone myself, but i have read about it. And from what i can see, the Helghast are not as evil as their uniforms blatantly ripping off the fashions of Wehrmacht might suggest. Let me do a small historical excursion first, to better explain why Helghast' actions may (or may not) be justified a bit more than those of the Nazi Germany. Be wary: my opinion is very, very uninformed. Also be wary of spoilers which may be posted in this thread.
Back in the Stone Age, in the mythical era before the advent of computers and even television, Imperial Germany has lost World War I. It's economy went completely down the drain as a result, with the value of it's national currency plummeting. Germany was also forced to give up a large amount of it's territory, "demoted" from an empire to a mere country. How do you think Adolf Hitler has risen to power? He has promised the restoration and revenge to German people, and was elected - yes, democratically elected - to lead the nation. But of course the Nazis also had their hidden agenda of mass-murdering innocent Jews who didn't do anything wrong (now known as the Holocaust), and that's what we really hate them for.
The backstory of the Helghast, meanwhile, goes thusly: back when they were normal humans, the Helghast wanted to declare independence (for the selfish reason of money-grabbing, admittedly). For that the ISA and UCN, allegedly the "good guys", have exiled them to a planet where poisonous air and thunderstorms of gigantic magnitude are considered "normal weather". Scolar Visari, who is based on Hitler, has also promised the restoration and revenge to his people, resulting in the military campaign you have to stop in games. The most important part, however, is that Visari didn't commit anything as objectionable as the Holocaust - not anything that we know of, at least. Sure, he did quite a lot of extremely nasty things like establishing a brutal authoritarian dictatorship or trying to occupy Vekta in the first game, which probably entailed a lot of civilian casualties. But considering that ISA have started it all in the first place, the Helghast have a perfect excuse to fight back - and as long as they're not murdering babies and stomping on kittens, this excuse will remain valid in many fans' eyes.
Here's the official backstory / timeline, just so you'll be sure i am not talking out of my ass.
To summarize: on one side we have ISA and the UCN, who basically went "fuck off to a death-planet while we keep all the nice one for ourselves". On the other side we have the revenge-obsessed, fascist Helghast who would either enslave or just kill all the "vanilla" humans if given the chance. My opinion on the subject is that both are equally unpleasant regimes causing a whole lot of suffering to average people not deserving of it in the slightest - but who do you think is less evil?
Back in the Stone Age, in the mythical era before the advent of computers and even television, Imperial Germany has lost World War I. It's economy went completely down the drain as a result, with the value of it's national currency plummeting. Germany was also forced to give up a large amount of it's territory, "demoted" from an empire to a mere country. How do you think Adolf Hitler has risen to power? He has promised the restoration and revenge to German people, and was elected - yes, democratically elected - to lead the nation. But of course the Nazis also had their hidden agenda of mass-murdering innocent Jews who didn't do anything wrong (now known as the Holocaust), and that's what we really hate them for.
The backstory of the Helghast, meanwhile, goes thusly: back when they were normal humans, the Helghast wanted to declare independence (for the selfish reason of money-grabbing, admittedly). For that the ISA and UCN, allegedly the "good guys", have exiled them to a planet where poisonous air and thunderstorms of gigantic magnitude are considered "normal weather". Scolar Visari, who is based on Hitler, has also promised the restoration and revenge to his people, resulting in the military campaign you have to stop in games. The most important part, however, is that Visari didn't commit anything as objectionable as the Holocaust - not anything that we know of, at least. Sure, he did quite a lot of extremely nasty things like establishing a brutal authoritarian dictatorship or trying to occupy Vekta in the first game, which probably entailed a lot of civilian casualties. But considering that ISA have started it all in the first place, the Helghast have a perfect excuse to fight back - and as long as they're not murdering babies and stomping on kittens, this excuse will remain valid in many fans' eyes.
Here's the official backstory / timeline, just so you'll be sure i am not talking out of my ass.
To summarize: on one side we have ISA and the UCN, who basically went "fuck off to a death-planet while we keep all the nice one for ourselves". On the other side we have the revenge-obsessed, fascist Helghast who would either enslave or just kill all the "vanilla" humans if given the chance. My opinion on the subject is that both are equally unpleasant regimes causing a whole lot of suffering to average people not deserving of it in the slightest - but who do you think is less evil?
