General Herris is the type of man we all envision ourselves to be if we were generals. Honorable, brave, and selfless. The exact opposite of Ted Faro

That last sentence of the video hits hard; The soft sob in his apology, and the emphasis on omitting his title as ‘General’ as he signs off. It’s a wonderful way to cement his sincerity of accountability; He wasn’t just a Top Brass uniform, he was a Human Being who held the burden of sending - quite literally - the entire world to march towards its Death for the sake of Life, Drafting *the entire population of the planet* into a war that it could never win, he knew it had to be done but even more importantly: He refused to justify or forgive himself for it despite the necessity of his decisions. Very impressive narration and writing for this game. Probably one of my favourites for the rest of my life.

General Herres and the other Generals who agreed to his plan will have there names be carried on to the future as the people who sentenced humanity to absolute death. But also saved our Planet and the future of our civilization. General Herres might be... the most Legendary Heroic Madlad a fiction story might ever create. Steadfast, heroic and knew his mission from the end to the start. He didn't even retreat to the Bunkers. He stood his ground with the other Generals and soldiers till the last moment.

I certainly forgive him.

Chief Hekarro and the Tenakth would love to hear this recordings.

Imagine the weight he must have felt on his shoulders. The knowledge that he was sending people to their deaths based on a lie, but a lie that needed to be told to stave off despair. He took on the responsibility of Ted Faro's mistake, and did so without hesitation, knowing that some might consider him the greatest butcher to have ever existed. Was he bitter at how history might have treated him? No. Instead he asked the understanding and forgiveness from generations yet to come. He didn't shirk his responsibility. Not till the last moments of his life. He could have retreated with the scientists to Zero Dawn, but he would have never have forgiven himself. Nor do I think he would have lived with all the lives he had sacrificed. Instead he waited for the end to come with what remained U.S Robotics Command. He would share the final moments of those still serving under him and hopefully offer up some comfort in knowing that the common soldier hadn't been abandoned by their commander.

There are two types of American people Ted Faro who wiped out Apollo to ensure nobody remembers how be was responsible for his catastrophic failure And General Harris who recorded a testimony of his "crime" of giving people hope for a future and the overwhelming guilt he felt that he didn't want to go forgotten.

That reveal on the truth about Project Zero Dawn still gives me goosebumps. I really hope when this series is over General Herres will be given the honor that he deserves. Such a brilliant character.

Can we just pause for a moment and appreciate Toby Longworth's voice acting during that last signoff? That subtle break and obvious tears as the full weight of what he had presided over comes crashing down on him.

He was an honourable man who faced his sins head on. But he's not to blame, that honour is for Ted Farro alone that snake oil salesman led the general and many others to this apocalypse. Farro killed everything and everyone and the took out Apollo, all by his ego alone. Hell of a villain, hell of a story. Love this game.

Poor guy. Nobody should ever have to live with that much guilt.

Reminds me of admiral Hackett of Mass Effect, when he said, in ME3, he has presided over the most devastating military defeat in human history againts the Reapers... Both knew it was a dirty and blody job, both did it and accept full responsability for it in the name of a greater good.

This is what every military officer should aspire to be

Herres doesn't get enough credit in the story imo if Elizabet and by extension Aloy are the female heroes Herres is definitely the Male hero of the story. I can't even imagine having to bear the weight of those lies and the mistakes of a piece of garbage like Faro all so that humanity could maybe have a future. He did it bravely, with selflessness and with the greatest of honor. It saddens me that he had to be haunted by such guilt by the end all for doing what was necessary to save humanity. I guess it shows the contrast between him and someone like Faro that he was someone with enough humanity and goodness in him to feel that guilt and to even throw himself on the front lines as repentance of sorts when he didn't need to. Where as Faro ran back to hide in Elysium when he wasn't deserving of it and on top of that basically doomed humanity a second time by deleting Apollo to hide his crimes from the future generations. No guilt, no conscience, basically something you can't even call human. Herres is a hero and honestly my favorite character in the game.

That is still so powerful even after hearing it so many times

The information General Aaron presented to the candidates was hella shocking. Consider this: you get contacted and told that you are chosen to help build the solution for the incoming Faro plague. Sure you agree for the worlds sake but your thoughts circulate mostly around your closest family members and friends. Imagine leaving the house, the helicopter awaits you right there on the street in front of your house, you get tons of curious glances from neigbours stepping out of their houses. The military representative hastily helps you fasten the seat belt before take off. And then your wife/daughter/family member/someone you hold dear runs up to you to tell you they believe in you and will await your return after you save the world. With those words ringing in your mind you spend the whole way to facility thinking about their safety. You're determined like never before, you will save them. And once you're finally at place, you are told nobody will be saved. The hope you're presented with is not for you nor the people you care the most personally but for those in the possible future. It breaks your previous mindset and it briefly corners you into this overwhelming state of despair and realization that all those you've left behind will die. You cant help but feel that in their final horrible moments they will feel let down. Of course they wont but you feel you let them down. Chance for the humanity and life on earth? sure, sounds sweet. But the hope for your own world, your friends and family, its gone completely. You fight the urge of coming back to them. You choke it down and decide to develop the Zero Dawn. My, the guts to do this. Incredible, although scary.

By the middle of the next year they were all just gone… I can’t imagine

That man would probably fight with his man with nothing but a pistol. Or blow himself to stop the Horus from enter RoboCommand. Otherwise the general staff are badass in stopping that thing.

The amount of peeling you had to do for the games story is just amazing.

"I fucked up. I'll become a monster... maybe even more of a monster than I was, to try and fix that. I barely managed. Let history judge me." Beautiful video. Let the general's ideals as AI be the bad guy in future DLC. A mixture of Faro's weakness and his "enduring victory" philosophy. Maybe this time around the whole fist heart brain thing will mean something.

General Herris reminds me a lot of Commander Erwin. Both committed horrific sins, in the name of Humanity. And they both died the way they sent others. Necessary devils, you could say.

He protected earth and its life He may had used billions of humans as sacrifice ... bigger than any leader out there in any wars But it was all for a good end To save life on earth Not ours but in general Sacrifice innocents to save innocent Not like Ted. Ugh (wel he did saved innocent.. the key we use to kill hades is his creation)

5:27 Is that Herres's body ?

A man doing his job... love this game.

He done nothing wrong, he did what needed to be done. It was that or tell everyone it's hopeless and human nature were had doom project Zero Dawn. And that were had led to whatever order and command left to collapse sooner.

There are not many apocalypses as harrowingly bleak and haunting as Horizon's.

Ted Faro......biggest asshole villain in the history of video games. You think he is the worst ever.....and then, OMFG, he destroys Apollo and kills everyone.

More General Herris less Ted Faro.

Holy crap, that's Toby Longworth! No wonder I got immediate Warhammer vibes!

Definitely a big difference throwing millions of bodies to death for ego vs trying to prolong the time the world has left to make something to save the world. The population was dead either way. However I fully get how he would feel that way.

That’s what makes him a better man than Faro. To tell the future generation of his crimes so they don’t repeat them, instead of hiding his shame

I appreciate his sincerity and taking responsibility for his actions, but I don't know if he should necessarily feel guilty. As soon as the Faro swarm went rogue, all life on Earth was effectively given a death sentence. Everyone and everything on Earth was a walking corpse at that point so if you had to choose between people dying and then all life on Earth going extinct forever, or people dying and future life is given a chance, the answer is clear as day.

and then he mostly likely shoot himself as i guess that was his body near the monitor. something that Faro should have done but did the exact opposite. i hope we can finish the job in forbidden west

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