Homefront Reviews - Average so far... 72%

[repeating integers]

well i watched ten minutes of homefront and at 5 minutes or so into the vid my stomach clenched up at one moment friggen horrible emotional manipulation. so now im really intrested no game has made me go "...the hell did i just...did he just shot a ki...HE DID!!" so yeah lol watching out for it.

bam in this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEI0uMutFVs

Mature gaming is mature.

Crass and stupid storyline told by dick waving idiots that know only one way to tell a story. Utterly vapid. What a shame. The MP might be quite good aside from this ridiculous immature story mode bollocks.

You're a big fan of gratuitous swearing, aren't you?

OT: Interesting. I thought this game sounded like it had potential, and seeing it get good review scores reinforces that notion. From the Escapist articles I've read, both the singleplayer and multiplayer sound good - but I'll have to get used to what sounds like a very, very fast pace if I do get it.

 

[Arkley]

The touted "emotional" aspect of the game is fully present. Some scenes are genuinely difficult to watch, and they're handled well enough that they don't seem disrespectful to the subject matter.

That subject matter being an Imperialistic Yellow Man caricature invading an impoverished US of oor rah A?

The subject matter of war, fighting an invading force and the horrors therein.
I'm glad you've also played the game enough to see that they're a caricature of North Koreans, though! It makes your opinion incredibly valid.

Except that you haven't, and that fact is made abundantly clear by your accusation of caricaturism in the first place.

Unless you consider the fact they shout in Korean (god forbid a Korean force do that) they don't do anything that would mandate an accusation of "caricatured Yellow Men". Yes, they're seen doing some pretty awful things, but nothing that wouldn't happen (or hasn't already happened) in a situation in which a large imperial force invades a weakened nation.

If you're desperate to find something to criticise about the enemy and the way they're depicted, it would be that they're not a particularly original enemy force. They're effectively just Nazis from Korea. But that doesn't make the actions depicted any less horrific.

Besides, without wanting to spoil anything, not all of the scenes in question depict atrocities committed by the enemy force.

 

[TehIrishSoap]

I'm getting it for my birthday! Which is on April 29th

 

[IvoryTowerGamer]

A simple way to prevent most such so-called "trolling" is not to have anyone in this thread defending the "realism" of the backstory. Long as people can control themselves we're golden.

Actually, if that one quote about the emotional impact of the game is to be believed, it seems the story is actually quite good.

Wait, what? I didn't think I had to present any actual statistics showing that there are more games released in the FPS genre every year than any other.

Actually, in terms of sheer number of releases or sales, I'm pretty sure Popcap-type puzzle games outnumber FPSes.

 

[repeating integers]

I'm rather concerned about buying this as a MP game simply because, after BO, I havent the energy or the inclination to spend days and days playign a game just get skill enough to compete and thus enjoy the gaem. BO was horrendous and if HF has a system similar to killstreaks (I can't remember how Frontlines worked) then forget it. I'm not interested in paying £40 to be someone else's punchbag while I get to experience none of the cool stuff the game has to offer.

Some information on the multi can be found here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/previews/8573-Hands-On-Homefront-Multiplayer]. Sound like your kind of thing?

 

[repeating integers]

I'm rather concerned about buying this as a MP game simply because, after BO, I havent the energy or the inclination to spend days and days playign a game just get skill enough to compete and thus enjoy the gaem. BO was horrendous and if HF has a system similar to killstreaks (I can't remember how Frontlines worked) then forget it. I'm not interested in paying £40 to be someone else's punchbag while I get to experience none of the cool stuff the game has to offer.

Some information on the multi can be found here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/previews/8573-Hands-On-Homefront-Multiplayer]. Sound like your kind of thing?

Thanks that's actually a lot more like it.

So you choose what kit youd like to have beforehand, but in order to access it you spend your BP's. The key point being that BP's are not solely earned through kills - and they persist if you die (confirm?).

I think you've got it, except that I'm unsure as to whether they persist if you die or not (think I missed it if they mentioned it in the article).

That, combined with the Battle Commander thing, makes it sound like an interesting experience.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

1. it has been touted as "realistic". Why? Look at the trend of brown war shooters. Since when was the last time you saw a shooter without brown haze over everything that wasn't made in 2011? And not TF2? Not very many huh?

2. No, but it would be nice to fight someone else other than russian communist terrorists. That is like all the enemies of America excluding the Nazis and red coats rolled into one. North Korea isn't much better. The world doesn't revolve around America, and there is a large political world for them to muck around in but they all resort to the same "enemies of americuh and freedomz".

3. That is certainly being generous. Obviously "North Koreans are secretly wizards" is attempting to explain the plot.

4. MW2 wasn't the first COD game nor was it the first modern warfare game. Ever wonder why there is "2" in the title?

5. How? If they have so many other similarities, now they tout multiplayer? With a bad story? Hmm, i wonder what that sounds like.

1. Cod has never touted itself as realistic
2. Koreans haven't been used alot.
3. I can tell you haven't even bothered to even look at the story.
4. So every modern game after cod is a clone,got it!
5. They have even stated that campaign is emotional and has depth to it and have focused on it the most.

P.S. I don't think I'm going to reply back to you because this thread has gotten out of control. When I first heard about this game, I actually looked into it. I'm only wasting my time with people like you who haven't even played and just spam hate on the forums. Just wait till it comes out to judge it and then maybe I'll reply to your posts.

 

[lacktheknack]

Sorry, it's gonna need a 9.8+ rating before I try picking up YET ANOTHER war FPS.

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Sorry but as opposed to all the peace negotiation FPSs coming out this year? How else can a First Person Shooter be based around war and not have the controversy hammer thrown on their sales?

No, as opposed to NOT war FPSs. You know, like DOOM.

 

[Bags159]

It's funny, MW comes out with a horrible story and gameplay and then this clone comes out and does the same thing.

Yet MW gets praise, and this game gets bagged on? Lolwut

 

[theriddlen]

I would not be as disappointed if the game had Russians invading, or something like that, but Korea just doesn't have the forces required to do something like that. It seems like developer thinks that military power is equal to amount of bullshit politicians say... but then it'd be Poland that was invading the whole world if that is true.