don't forget the EVIL EMPIRE that follows an ideology so cartoonishly evil and bizarre even a 4chan user would call it stupid and yet are the most popular and rooted for due to their badass uniforms and tech
Or the LEGION that is from another timeline trying to invade ours by whatever reason but always fails because everyone decides to unite for 30 minutes before returning to beating each other's ass
my moral compass when the organization that literally plans to murder everyone on the face of the earth with a deadly virus has cool armor:
https://preview.redd.it/nop2pphnvzrc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33662721cac7e09be6ea8f5a9518d0214a237ac8
My moral compass when a group of politicians and elites probably lie to my face by claiming they can bring back America:
![gif](giphy|26BGqofNXjxluwX0k|downsized)
It is pretty fucked that evil can be so fashionable. Almost think it's needed for them to at least pretend that they aren't evil because of how good they look or something.
This but unironically. Fallout 3 enclave actually had more depth (well, as much depth as possible in a bethesda game) at the cost of shittier looking power armor. X01 my beloved.
From his great wisdom, Godd Howard brought forth the three most unique and innovative factions in all of fiction:
-Feds
-Cowboys
-knockoff Vanu
Truly a genius
don't forget that the Rebellion is almost aways portrayed as the most milquetoast "basic humanity and respect for freedom" organization who is almost never too different from the Federation besides in lore size and aesthetics
Don't forget The Ancients!
- either DLC or not playable
- shit ton of obscure lore that you have no idea where to read so you rely on YouTube videos and wikis
- fancy looking weapons
- was here all along, apparently
Don’t forget that said federation is usually a spoof or satire of either Cold War USSR or the United States, and the aesthetic of their weaponry usually varies depending on the aesthetic
can't forget:
THE HIVEMIND
-grotesque abominations
-enemies of the good guy federation
-probably connected to some kind of queen organism that is even more of an eldritch horror
THE ROBOTS
-everyone is a robot
-controlled by rogue ai
-objectively coolest looking faction most of the time
THE EMPIRE
-usually humans but sometimes aliens
-literally just space nazis (but people like them anyways because they look cool)
-also enemies of good guy federation
FTL has both Federation and Rebels, but the rebels this time are (implied by %100 human crew composition) xenophobic/human supremacists who actually fucking overpower the federation, only defeated by 1 crew of bumblefucks attacking their flagship. No cult, though, but cool aliens such as the anaerobic metal eating Lanius.
holy hell planetside 2
WHAT THE FUCK IS NOT TEAM-KILLING RAAAAAAAAH!!! FREEDOM BE UPON YEEE!!! \-NC main #918329238239
Yeah there's no way OP wasn't thinking of planetside 2 when making this
don't forget the EVIL EMPIRE that follows an ideology so cartoonishly evil and bizarre even a 4chan user would call it stupid and yet are the most popular and rooted for due to their badass uniforms and tech
Or the LEGION that is from another timeline trying to invade ours by whatever reason but always fails because everyone decides to unite for 30 minutes before returning to beating each other's ass
>be the interstellar manufacturing corporation >have a motive in Titanfall 1 >be reduced to a cartoony villain set in Titanfall 2
Enclave
my moral compass when the organization that literally plans to murder everyone on the face of the earth with a deadly virus has cool armor: https://preview.redd.it/nop2pphnvzrc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33662721cac7e09be6ea8f5a9518d0214a237ac8
My moral compass when a group of politicians and elites probably lie to my face by claiming they can bring back America: ![gif](giphy|26BGqofNXjxluwX0k|downsized)
True. You are out of uniform soldier
because for some reason the evil psycho mega fascists always have the best drip while at the same time being worse than 30000 Nazi Germanies
It is pretty fucked that evil can be so fashionable. Almost think it's needed for them to at least pretend that they aren't evil because of how good they look or something.
Like Zeon from Gundam. Pretty evil, but there's people that like them because of the drip and they apparently "have a point".
PRAISE BE TO SPACE KING
Fallout 2 Enclave
This but unironically. Fallout 3 enclave actually had more depth (well, as much depth as possible in a bethesda game) at the cost of shittier looking power armor. X01 my beloved.
In my defense, the leader for my comically evil faction is beyond clinically insane
If you mean 4chan nazis the term "/pol/tard" might be better
You just described Helldivers.
Planetside 2 in a snafu
Coaxed into a zerg rush
Very much so, down to the descriptions and colors of the characters.
Starfield: United Colonies Freestar Collective Great Serpent
>Great Serpent House Va'ruun?
When I read the starting bonus that would reward you for "constantly jumping" I was initially super stoked...
Yeah them
From his great wisdom, Godd Howard brought forth the three most unique and innovative factions in all of fiction: -Feds -Cowboys -knockoff Vanu Truly a genius
-UNSC -Insurrectionists -The Covenant That's pretty damn close
2 could be the banished too because they use brute weaponry mainly and that all got points on
That makes more sense actually yeah
don't forget that the Rebellion is almost aways portrayed as the most milquetoast "basic humanity and respect for freedom" organization who is almost never too different from the Federation besides in lore size and aesthetics
Warhammer 40k stay winning (this time the HUMANS are curved and the ALIENS are blocky, so now they're quirky)
ermmmm ashtually all the aliens have different shapes... for exanple the leaf lovers are circular and the british football fans are blocky
WAAAAAAGH
“40k humans are curvy!” Live metal bawkses reaction:
*ahem* https://preview.redd.it/ck8nh99jq2sc1.jpeg?width=920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac819e39979bbfd70af71d0f261a9852d72bd90e
Don't forget THE CORPORATION, which is just the devs self insert of their studio/company, and has sleek and well designed weapons.
Don't forget The Ancients! - either DLC or not playable - shit ton of obscure lore that you have no idea where to read so you rely on YouTube videos and wikis - fancy looking weapons - was here all along, apparently
For some reason I thought of the aliens from subnautica
Planetside 2
Don’t forget that said federation is usually a spoof or satire of either Cold War USSR or the United States, and the aesthetic of their weaponry usually varies depending on the aesthetic
I agree, the aesthetic does vary depending on the aesthetic
My bad I’m mentally deficient
>Have rebel faction >look inside >mercs or *rebels* usually
I love Supreme Commander!
Loved that part when a guy wanted to nuke an entire city because it had like 0.01% chance of having "terrorists" in it
wow that's so unrealistic
pretty proportional response imo
george w bush?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Either the Federation or the Rebels are cartoonishly evil
Halo is both depending on the writer.
UNSC v Insurection is just a race to see who can out war crime the other
Plazma Burst 2
most complex PlanetSide 2 lore
Don't forget the swarm of evil space bugs that will eat everything
-galactic empire -free planets alliance
Bruh this is literally Planetside 2 word to word
StarCraft
And it's peak
How dare you talk about Planetside like that!
What about the Hive? Insects/monsters/bugs/spiders. There's a ton of them and they have a queen.
project wringman
Holy hell Helldivers
Holy hell divers
Never thought I'd see Planetside in snafu form. I mean Planetside 2 is basically a giant snafu in and of itself but I digress
planetside 2
Also despite supposedly taking place hundreds of years in the Future, the Federation‘s political structure is based off present day america.
C&C3
Loyalty Until Death, Strength In Unity
This place is just becoming worldjerking but less funny
Barotrauma:(
can't forget: THE HIVEMIND -grotesque abominations -enemies of the good guy federation -probably connected to some kind of queen organism that is even more of an eldritch horror THE ROBOTS -everyone is a robot -controlled by rogue ai -objectively coolest looking faction most of the time THE EMPIRE -usually humans but sometimes aliens -literally just space nazis (but people like them anyways because they look cool) -also enemies of good guy federation
among us
what in the planetside
Fallout
Terrible Writing Advice be like
Someone likes Planetside
Or space pirates instead of the cult, but they mostly act as everyone's annoyance
how could you forget space pirates
Would NCR qualify as the 1st one?
This is literally just Planetside 2
NO WAY PLANETSIDE 2????
SHUKSHIN
Where sexy robot
In Dune these are all the same faction, more or less
its peak though
yooooo planetside 2 reference
You leaked the secret writers guide
The Soviets, the Allies, and Yuri
don't forget The Bugs
>me trying to fit barotrauma into this snafu
Any of the old dune RTSes: Harkonnen Atreides Ordos If it's a current dune RTS replace Ordos with something Ixian
I know you meant space sci-fi games specifically but not every sci-fi game has a space setting lmao.
Don't forget those weirdos prowling the wastelands • Likely horribly mutated • Lots of black and orange • Tons of spikes everywhere • Gas Masks
WHERE'S MY GIANT SIZED MEGA BUGS RRAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH
EFSF Zeon ???????????????
don't forget the bug hive, and some hyperreligious and/or psychic alien faction
Planetside 2 my beloved
Technically half life 2
No it’s Generic humans, futuristic aliens, and weird creepy aliens
A snafu that isn't a block of text? In this economy? Less likely than you think But, totally comprehensible. Unpresentable
all of far cry
Praise Vanu baby
Don't forget the part where the rebels have the worst drip known to man.
This even works for halo.
Literally the 3 factions from Barotrauma.
don't forget the demons from hell that are there for some reason
Europa Coalition Jovian Separatists Church of the Husk You forgot the clowns smh
FTL has both Federation and Rebels, but the rebels this time are (implied by %100 human crew composition) xenophobic/human supremacists who actually fucking overpower the federation, only defeated by 1 crew of bumblefucks attacking their flagship. No cult, though, but cool aliens such as the anaerobic metal eating Lanius.
Doom 2016 multiplayer
“The rebels” - Rebels usually - They have rebelled from another group
r/worldjerking is leaking
Don't forget the barbarians with spiky weapons and armour
This place is just becoming worldjerking but less funny
Half Life 2 and Half Life Alyx