Homefront - Released March 2011

[TitanSound]

Looks tasty. It's made by Kaos Studios which was formed from members of Trauma studios. Those who are old and wise enough may remember them releasing a mod for BF1942 called Desert Combat. This in turn lead to them being bought up by EA, who had bought DICE, used for every resource in the making of BF2 then sacked by said bastard games company.

So, some BF influence but totally different story line. North Korea invades the US


Gameplay & a little backstory



Multiplayer Trailer




Some more info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homefront_(video_game)

 

[DrRingDing]

North Korea invades the US?

 

[TitanSound]

Well, an Asian "alliance" of countries they invade to be precise.

 

[likesfish]

hey if gameworld could make the LSW an uber efficent weapon north korea pwning USA is a much less step of imagination

 

[stupid dogbot]

Oh good, another FPS...

 

[Kid_Eternity]

North Korea invades the US?

Hehe this was my first thought.

 

[sim667]

I like the look of this

 

[TitanSound]

Some info on Multiplayer and a new feature called Battle Commander.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Hmmm looks nice but tbh not sure I really want another FPS...roll on B3!

 

[TitanSound]

Hmmm looks nice but tbh not sure I really want another FPS...roll on B3!

Yeah me and Ant were saying that we will wait for some proper reviews first before buying it. Could be something to keep us going till November though

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Yeah me and Ant were saying that we will wait for some proper reviews first before buying it. Could be something to keep us going till November though

Good point.

 

[TitanSound]

First review so taken with a pinch of salt but it's scored 9/10!

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/292017/homefront-review-9/10-in-opm/

 

[cypher79]

Been looking forward to this one and Crysis 2

Just finished Bulletstorm so overloaded with good fps's atm......

 

[Kid_Eternity]

First review so taken with a pinch of salt but it's scored 9/10!

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/292017/homefront-review-9/10-in-opm/

Interesting...

 

[TitanSound]

Me and Kav are already planning a day off after release day....

 

[Kid_Eternity]

I may join you, dress rehearsal for B3.

 

[Bernie Gunther]

Does anyone make a decent FPS where you can shoot *at* the US forces?

 

[TitanSound]

Given most games publishers are American or American owned, no. However, In multi-player you can

 

[TitanSound]

Multi-player game play.



I like how it looks focused towards teamwork. If you lone wolf it you don't get as many cool toys to play with!

 

[kyser_soze]

First off, it's a united Korea + a load of other ASEAN nations who invade, not the North Koreans.

The guy who wrote the backstory was the same guy who wrote Apocalypse Now and Red Dawn, assisted by a CIA dude. As a piece of future history it's pretty good - a war between Saudi & Iran fucks up the oil, which hits $20 a gallon. The US economy completely collapses, taking China with it (which is why China doesn't play a big part in the backstory). Meanwhile, Kim Jong Il dies, his son takes over and leads a unification movement, which turns martial and, as the regions economies start to implode, they start to join up with the Koreans. They then completely fuck the US with the explosion of an orbital EMP, and launch an assault on Hawaii, land on the mainland and set about securing strategic objectives (rather than take over the whole country) for stuff like coal shale & other natural resources. They also irradiate the Mississippi, splitting the US in two. The EMP has basically fucked the US military, so it's down to civs to fight back.

From a story perspective it looks good - not using soldiers, there're supposed to be US cits who are collaborators, or simply non-involveds, loads of stuff.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Ok it's needs a demo but I'm on my way to being sold on this.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Hmmmm Edge gave this 5/10 and basically said it's a poor mans CoD Black Ops (which was average to say the least imo!)...deffo gonna check out the demo first now.

 

[cypher79]

this site gave it 8.5/10;

http://www.msxbox-world.com/xbox360/reviews/review/693/Homefront.html

 

[TitanSound]

9/10 from this review.

http://www.totallygn.com/2011/03/12/homefront-review/

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

5/10 in Edge means no deal

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Yeah I trust Edge's reviewers over the majority of others too...have done since it first came about tbh.

 

[TitanSound]

A series of indepth walkthroughs!

 

[TitanSound]

Yeah I trust Edge's reviewers over the majority of others too...have done since it first came about tbh.

Is this a mag as I cannot find a link to the review via Google?

Plus, it seems the COD fanboys are really ganging up on this release. Some strong comments on some of the YouTube videos!

 

[sim667]

to buy or not to buy....

I cant decide

 

[TitanSound]

I think I'm gonna get it anyway. I like the look of it. Plus I'm really curious about the whole Battle Commander feature.