What Ethnic Group Will Replace Nazis?

[Tiamat666]

...suffice to say that the fact that there can possibly be any debate as to whether torture is ever justified goes to prove how much evolving we as a species still need to do. Nobody "deserves" to be tortured, and anyone who attempts to justify it is an utterly toxic character...

A not very long time ago there was alot of controversy in Germany because a police officer [a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/10/world/kidnapping-has-germans-debating-police-torture.html"]threatened a man with torture[/a]. There was 100% conclusive evidence that the man had kidnapped and abused a child who might still be alive, and the police officer wanted to press the location of the child out of him. It worked, the child was already dead, and if I remember correctly, the police officer was fined 5000?.

Just food for thought.

Essentially they're the whole reason dipshits still debate torture on internet forums.

Sorry.

 

[beleester]

Vanquish had Russian robots, which I thought was a nice variation on the theme. And a short sequence where you gunned down US Marines.

 

[eniac0]

The problem with choosing the next favorite bad guy is that there no longer is an accepted majority. you cannot select any race or color without upsetting someone, rightfully so arguably.

Nazis are so easy, even the germans think they were bad, back in the Hitler haydays.

Islamists? meh, that's just adding oil to the fire, pun in fact intended.
Russians? meh, old and beaten (by Rambo and Rocky a long time ago)

Best bet would be to pick your favorite military dictator, used some mixed facts and fiction and that would be a seller. Rwanda massacre anyone? North Korea is pretty bad as i hear, not a good place to have an opinion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_dictatorship

My personal pick goes toward Chinese, with reserves. They notoriously protect themselves from outsiders, share little, copy a lot, have a great military and, as found lately, seem to be involved in US military chips backdoor, all in all, fairly involved in espionnage and not in favor of liberty of speech, or liberty itself for that matter and whatever else we stand for.

Although, its not REALLY up for grabs. Hollywood's on it. they've historically set the tone on what we must think of others. Their last trend of "the enemy within" is getting exhausted, watch the latest blockbusters for the answer!

 

[Lonan]

Nazis aren't an ethnic group they're a political group :V

Also all Danes are Viking warriors still and we routinely raid Britain, we're just stealthy now. Thank Odin for the cardboard box.

Would you not agree that Yahtzee's disparaging of Vikings and blonds calls for a good plundering of Australia?

Scandinavians and Viking diaspora unite!

 

[BloodRed Pixel]

Simple, the French.

Honestly I've gotten tired of killing Nazis because in the end I like the Germans, well the generations since then at least. But as for the French, I don't think there's been a time in the world anyone has ever liked them. They can be more smug than the English, more harsh than the Germans, and bigger assholes than the Americans. I really think they can be the perfect villains, and a delight to murder in the masses. But then again there's that whole surrendering thing they're known for, with that I say have it take place in Napoleonic Era when they supposedly had a lot more balls and it'll be perfect...^^

While I am totally with you on that there is ONE BIG PROBLEM with the French villain:

"French is like wiping you ass with silk" (Matrix Reloded)

Seriously - WHO will not die from laughing when the villains try to threaten you in French - Instant Comedy!
Same goes for Switzerland. So, my number 2 villain is the USA!

No.1 is still Nazies and Zombies. I like shooting them best, by a long shot (pun intended)


an Food for Brain: What is wrong with shooting Marsians (and Aliens in General)???

 

[Mouse One]

I dunno, I stand by the "Ghengis Khan wasn't all that nice." Yeah, he'd offer a choice of enslavement or death. What a guy! Seriously, the Mongols killed so many people that some researchers think it precipitated a period of global cooling (less people burning wood==less carbon footprint) No, seriously:
http://www.astrobio.net/blog/?p=1104

I think the lack of decent villains is another reason for the popularity of zombies (and the occasional killer robot). They're already dead, you can't reason with them, kill 'em with impunity. Alas, zombies not being all that bright makes for a less satisfying villain-- but hey, at least the AI is easier to program.

 

[hermes]

TL;DR Mongols hardly that bad, certainly not on par with the Nazis.

Life was also pretty sweet for Germans in Nazi Germany, that's just how it is when you're at the correct end of the unstoppable war machine.

This. Its not that the empire was burglars-free, but robbery was so severely punished it wasn't worthy. Again, living in an mighty military-state can do wonders for your safety (at the expense of your freedom)

P.S.: Yahtzee, don't complain about not having a Planeteer. You had two to represent you (one for Europe and one for English speakers), and they had pretty useful powers to match (wind and fire). Instead, we got a filler character, who writers couldn't even bother to give an elemental power (heart? are you serious?). Oceania had it worst, though...

 

[odolwa]

"They went around conquering a load of places without even asking first..."

Actually, they did. They would send a scout ahead to the city they were going to invade, with demands of tributes and such. If the city elders refused, they were destoyed.

 

[Azurian]

Space zombies we have kill lots of zombies on earth but never any zombies from space it could be lots of fun.

 

[The Great JT]

Spartans. Those guys were massive, MASSIVE dicks, despite what 300 would have you believe.

Plus, you really want a Planeteer from western Europe, Yahtzee? I'm sure you've seen that show and you should be thankful there isn't one. That show was garbage.

 

[DonTsetsi]

It's hard to select bad guys from history. Every people has a bloody history, even the new ones (cough... Native Americans... cough....). And some are proud of it. For example, I am proud to belong to a people whose king drank from the skull of the Byzantine Emperor.

 

[Bostur]

Or we could stop trying to find subjects suitable for being demonized, and start killing regular nice chaps. Thats what happens in real wars after all. Unfortunately that would make games with these war settings unsuitable for propaganda, which I suppose is the whole point.

 

[snave]

FOX Media execs. I mean, they're going to make shit up to lambast the industry anyway.

Speaking of which, when did those jackasses get a monopoly on online news in Australia? Or heck, a foothold to begin with? I can practically smell the nation getting more ignorant.

 

[Giftmacher]

May as well be Brits, or more specifically the English. We're used to it anyway, loads of movies cast a villain with a cut-glass English accent. Besides, it's not as if we've always been pleasant...

I would like to mention one group I'd like to see cast as evil less often: scientists. (Ok not an ethnic group but then, as others have pointed out, neither were Nazis.) I'm a scientist myself, and the reckless and immoral scientist TV/Game/Movie trope is really tiresome. Studying, the physical world in depth doesn't magically make anyone less ethical. Furthermore, ethics was a compulsory part of my undergrad course ~15 years ago so the importance of a bit of reflection has been acknowledged for at least that long.

*Grumble* *axe grind*

 

[MrFalconfly]

Why make the Vikings bad guys? (oh yeah we did sort of invade the british isles).

Why not a game where you play as one of the norse gods (the real ones, not the ones in Marvel or Too Human) fighting off all the fake religious figures (a brawl between Tyr and Hercules would be awesome, or a tag-team match between Odin and Thor vs Allah and Jesus just to be completely politically incorrect).

OR EVEN BETTER!

Playing as a viking INVADING the british isles

 

[eniac0]

May as well be Brits, or more specifically the English. We're used to it anyway, loads of movies cast a villain with a cut-glass English accent. Besides, it's not as if we've always been pleasant...

I would like to mention one group I'd like to see cast as evil less often: scientists. (Ok not an ethnic group but then, as others have pointed out, neither were Nazis.) I'm a scientist myself, and the reckless and immoral scientist TV/Game/Movie trope is really tiresome. Studying, the physical world in depth doesn't magically make anyone less ethical. Furthermore, ethics was a compulsory part of my undergrad course ~15 years ago so the importance of a bit of reflection has been acknowledged for at least that long.

*Grumble* *axe grind*

hasn't Marvel degraded the public opinion of Scientists enough? I can't think of enough mad scientists that were destroyed by super heroes. Batman, superman, hulk, x-men, and well...i think just all of them, have sooner or later be the victim of a scientist trying to take over the world. (almost not a referrence to to pinky and the brain)

 

[Altered Nova]

America. Seriously, we're the only country in the world powerful enough to actually potentially conquer it alone. (Sorry Homefront but no way in heck is North Korea ever going to conquer the free world). All the other countries would have to band together to fight us off, making for a good underdog protagonist.

And it's not even that unrealistic. With all the unnecessary wars we've been starting over in the middle east, I wouldn't have a hard believing that we might start another world war in a few decades if the right wing extremists managed to take complete control of the government.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

My vote goes to the Amish.

What? Why? They're like Tibetan monks, peaceful people.


My vote would be for the English or Congolese. For the English, I believe they started concentration camps on the Boer, oppressed the Irish, was a drug pusher in China, dominated India, bullied the US and enslaved many parts of Africa. As for the Congolese, with how wide spread/systematic rape is there, they seem like good villains.

 

[cricket chirps]

Note: i am white/caucasian/whatever

Can i vote for white people? Just ya know, nothin racist or demonizing of a race. But just make the race you most comonly are in a game as the protagonist also the main race of the enemy.

Is that so hard? Do they have to be different to be "bad"?

 

[algalon]

Targaryens. Not the pretty, innocent ones - just the pricks. Ya know, like Viserys. It's easy to tell. Some are practically born with the trait, roughly 50% of them in fact. Has to do with the constant inbreeding.