I saw the trailer on the Xbox showcase today and holy shit is it blatant unfiltered propaganda. They have a whole extraction game mode that takes place on the DMZ and if I understand it correctly it is just Tarkov but you fulfill the Amerikkkan power fantasy of killing DPRK citizens, since doing a genocide on them was not enough.
The empire really doesn’t care anymore and will just pump out the most blatant propaganda possible and no one will bat an eye.
Never played the campaigns. Theyre just islamophobia?
Many took the central premise of the very US-coded humans fighting against religious, fanatic genocidal aliens that way, especially after Halo 2 introduced the religious leaders of the Covenant called the Prophets, the leader of them being the Prophet of Truth. Also, the Arbiter, an elite warrior working for the Prophets was called Dervish during development. Halo 3 introduced a mechanic where cornered enemies would try to suicide bomb you. Also its revealed that the Prophets’ religion is false and the humans are secretly the gods they worship and they’re trying to cover up that fact by killing them
For context, Halo 1 came out in 2001 but Halo 2 came out in 2004 and the aftermath of 9/11 and War on Terror was in full effect. Halo being islamophobic is a common sentiment on Hexbear and while I think it’s a bit overblown you’ve got to understand how it looked at the time
Space islamophobia
Basically what the reply above said. Still recommend giving the original trilogy a shot though, they’re fun.