You play as a multiethnic resistance group that performs guerrilla warfare against an overwhelmingly powerful oppressor. Feels like a leftist dogwhistle, even if realistically its normal #resistance

  • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    if you wanted, you could probably read the gene therapy plotline as an attack on free healthcare, real "the mouse doesnt know why the cheese is free" hours. But im just gonna pretend that the commander purges reactionary elements in his army post-game, and creates socialism

    • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      True, but conversely you can also read it as a warning about neoliberal states creating the breeding grounds for fascism and desperation. The Earth before the invasion and alliance/puppeting by the aliens is obviously pretty awful. Aside from tidbits of lore, like 90% of the places to visit to repel the aliens in are slums to mega cities with occasional shopping mall thrown in Only in WOTC do you get the occasional opportunity to set off incendiary grenades in the nice suburbs.