Bjorn, Freelancer is probably the least stereotypical game (especially for its genre) I've ever played; hence why stereotypes become all the more glaring and noticeable when applied here.
Liberty, pure american cops and robbers, perfect place to make bad crime movie
Rheinland, 1870-1950, worker fronts that work against goverment
Kusari, 17ct feudal and japan of today, usual conflict of modern and traditional
Bretania, baroqe england, where small lords and barons are undermining the empire, empire is trying to hold together, and there are irish separatists and eco terrorists who point on global pollution of house systems
Omicrons, 15-17 ct spanish main, pirate wars
Order and nomads, usual SF "misunderstood heroes" that are rooting out alien invaders and infested goverment workers
Well, even though Mon'Star seems to be based (intentionally or not) on a number of somewhat corny steriotypes and clice villans, he has taken those overused motifs and made them seem utterly badass.
Yes, there have been more origional characters. Yes, Mon'star's 'kill kill kill' mentality and the reasons behind it seem somewhat haphazard. But the way I see it, Disco's storyline needs at least ONE 'kill kill kill, none of the side crap' character. So yes, I think Mon'star is doing fine. Steriotypical villian or not.
He's like disco's Jason Vorhees, for better or worse.
' Wrote:I only came across Mon'star once, I had just undocked from Freeport 2, on my way to repfix in Rheinland.
Mon'star: Here's a tasty little morsel...
and bang I'm dead, at the time I'd never heard of Mon'star.
Still there is no reasonable explanation for much of his killing - i was in a zoner fighter
Personally I think terrorists should be fighting for a cause - the AFA, Molly's etc.
I haven't read his stories, i don't have time to read 99% of them, perhaps his reasoning and cause is explained there.
What I do know is - you're the only terrorist I'm afraid of - so your doing your job right!
don't feel bad he did the same to me and my alba, with full zoner id and iff outside of a zoner base.