checkbutton's posts made me think for a bit ( I suffer this prob sometimes...:))

Given the reasons stated, sure, He's got a point but...

Some games like StarCraft do provide for this element and I quite like playing as an opposing force to Mankind so to see this in a dedicated title may prove to be acceptable to many who would appreciate an "Alien" perspective.

and yet, given an ending where success may not be quite what the player expected, it could be accomadated to show that a small percentage ( Mankind) got away or that failure to conqure because of some reason or other crept in as alternate endings, depending on gameplay choices.

I think it does have a little merit but thats just me