Nice one! I had kinda thought about that when I first rad that book, cuz I was like it's gotta be way in the future, so why would the Locusts just instantly pop-up and start a war now?

Additonally it kinda reminds me of the Colonists and Native Americans. The Colonists (humans) went there and proceeded to destroy and ruin everything, so eventually the Native Americans (Locusts, whoe the humans consider inferior and barbaric) got fed up and decided to fight back after learning some of our weapons technology and incorporating it with their own.

Sorry, I know that was werid, but that's what we're studying in History

I would just like to say this article is the biggest load of crap I have ever read and by no means is it 'logical' as some people seem to think.

From my understanding of the story line and from what this article has said the Locust's attacked the human race without even TRYING to communicate with their 'enemy'. Also, before they attacked the humans there was never any signs that the humans were harming the Locust species in any way. Taking this into account and the fact that the human race never even knew these Locust's existed other than of supposed 'fictional boogeymen' the attack that the Locust's launched can be considered nothing more than evil.

Saying that they have a just cause to attack the human's would be like us looking at Africa, which has been in almost constant civil war, and saying we are just to bomb that countries inhabitants into extinction.

BOTH WOULD BE ACTS OF EVIL.

The fact that humans are the 'invading' species doesn't mean much since the humans on this world had no knowledge of the 'alien' that lived there.

Now, I am not trying to defend some of the things done in this fiction(all their wars, declaring martial law, destroying locust & civilians alike when they scarred the planets surface, etc) but ANY living thing has the right to defend itself and try to survive.

Since the locusts are not giving the humans any chance to come to a peaceful resolution the only choice they have is to defend and try to destroy the force that is endangering their survival.

Now, if the Locust's were to lay down their weapons and try to come to some peaceful conclusion and the humans still tried to annihilate them then I might agree that the humans are the evil ones. But in this particular case the scales of evil are leaning more towards the Locusts than the humans.

God Damn it, David, you have so many typos. Don't you get edited? Otherwise, good article. I feel disappointed.

You have ruined my future GoW2 experience.

wow, never looked at it that way!

To Eleazar1914:

Nazis were Marxists? Somebody has been drinking a bit from the kool-aid. That link you provided also states that the KKK are LEFTIST. Not a very credible link, is it?

To DisgruntledTable and DarthCylon:

So you simply disbelieve something because it goes against your preconceived notions? You have been able to substantiate your views thus far. Where are the facts behind the basis of your beliefs? At the very least the presented evidence proves the Nazis were Marxist in their economic policies.

As far as the KKK being leftist, it is a claim made in the beginning of the article whose premise is based in the idea that the Nazis are Marxist. He never really connects the premise to the merit of the Nazi argument, so it isn't well grounded. I think it is an argument he is making by association. A rather weak one. This is really just throwing us off the original intent of the article though, and that is Nazis being Marxist. Let's stay on topic.

So far all you guys have presented forth as evidence are assertions and by ridiculing the idea as drinking kool-aid, which isn't evidence at all. It looks as though you merely have "faith" Nazis weren't Marxists rather than have any supporting evidence for your claims.

What would you call:
guaranteed employment for all citizens
confiscation of WWI profits
shared profits of labor
expanded old age pensions
communality of department stores
outlawing of child labor
universal health care
anti smoking programs

" We have endeavored to depart from the external, the superficial, endeavored to forget social origin, class, profession, fortune, education, capital, and everything that separates men, in order to reach that which bind them together."

What do you make of Hitler here in this quote?


Come back to the discussion when you have something more than ridicule and empty words to present.

I always wanted to make a big blog post about why Gears is deeper than most people think and the fact that you actually are the alien invaders in this game was going to be one of my biggest points. Now I can be constantly flamed for 'stealing GamesRadar's article' but I couldn't hope for a better article to have come before me. This was extremely well-written and researched. We definitely are the bad guys in that game and I hope they expand on that in subsequent games.

Wow I never knew the story was that deep O_O *must start paying more attention*

Very interesting article.
I will never feel the same about killing a locust again.

This could very well all be true and it got me thinking about something. Have we actually seen the real locusts? Consider the descriptions of the various locusts in the char selection for multiplayer, the basic locust is described as being bred specifically for combat, and the sniper is described as being trained from birth. Add this to that fact that assuming all the various creatures we see are from the same basic species and we have a race that is uncharacteristically brutal toward its own kind.

Couldn't it just be possible that the entire various creature we have seen so far from RAAM on down are really just a genetically engineered fighting force fro something else that's living down there in the depths? And as far as the intelligent and civilized thing I'm not so sure I mean consider the berserkers, and the fact that it appears that the entirety of the locust race is fighting the humans, maybe just maybe the real controlling entities are something very different and the locust are simply tools too them.

I mean look just look at the description of them on the gears site "Drones are natural followers" that doesn't seem like the building blocks for a flourishing civilization. Also consider that the Kantus have a very different facial and body structure from all of the humanoid locust we have seen so far.. Humanity in the Gears universe may be nasty, but the forces behind the locust and the war against humanity might just be even worse.

To Eleazar1914,

Surely you must know that Nazis were strongly anti-Marxist, that they were opposed to the idea of class struggle, that they were opposed to the idea that workers should control the means of production. Without the last two concepts, how can Nazism be called Marxist?

Some of the items you've listed can be called socialist, but the society by itself was not "Marxist," not without at least two of the most important Marxist tenets.

Perhaps Totalitarianism would suit Nazism much better.

From wiki:

Totalitarianism - is a concept used to describe political systems where a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life.

To Eleazar1914,

Here is a quote from Hitler:

"...the suspicion was whispered in German Nationalist circles that we also were merely another variety of Marxism, perhaps even Marxists suitably disguised, or better still, Socialists... We used to roar with laughter at these silly faint-hearted bourgeoisie and their efforts to puzzle out our origin, our intentions and our aims. "

then why in the begining of gow us see paris and maybe the locust just call earth sera and if the humans were loseing the war why not leave and why does the colonel say "our world" in the end.

@FancyRat

But what if that happens in GoW2?

@Eleazar1914

Seriously? The author - Mr.Houghton - makes absolutely no mention of the definition of fascism, no mention of the Nazi party's policies and no mention of capitalist or anti-capitalist leanings of anyone whatsoever.

Your post in response to this article is in response to something that never even appeared in this article.

Please, keep the conversation relevant and espouse anti-left historical revisionism elsewhere.

Having dignified that insanity with a response, let me move onto the topic at hand:

Awesome!

One of the things I disliked about Gears of War was its complete lack of story, motivation or plot. If Gears of War 2 actually has the chutzpah to explore such a deliciously subversive approach then I might have to seriously reconsider my whole "Gears of War is yawnsville" attitude.
:)

Exciting article!

This is a funny article, but you sound like Code Pink for the locust.
"Sera's subterranean residents might be intent on seeing 'every last man, woman and child dead', but can you really blame them?"
Sure every terrorist would love to see every infidel dead: but who can blame them?

And for the cost of a small coffee you can ensure that a Locust child will receive the food and medical care he/she needs.

Hummm...Arnt you also the invaders in killzone?

wow a truely well executed article for empowering gammers thoughts to a higher level of understanding greenies whom stand for protection of our planet and its resources has also an extreme right wing movement whom go to far in their attempt to get their message across maybe the locast is also on the extreme edge

great article GR. but since you brought my attention to the fact that GOW is based a very long time from now, i realized that everything the humans have sucks balls. i mean, theres helicopters and assault rifles in GOW. if its that far into the future, shouldn't there be way more futuristic weapons and stuff. oh, and am i the only one that thinks flame throwers in GOW2 will suck. and same goes for CoDWaW.

Hmm that's a really good point I always wonder what that locust at the end of Gears of war meant by what she said, does anybody remember what she says when the game ended?

Something along the lines of "They can't understand why we can't this war."