Homefront

Let's start with the positives:-
- The MP is much better than the SP.
- The dystopian setting shares a few similarities with that of Half-Life 2 and at times is atmospheric and evocative of films such as Red Dawn.
- The 3rd level set in a parking lot/supermarket shows promise of what could have been if THQ had spent more time developing their own game rather than copying loads of others.

The negatives:-
- Think about all the very worst aspects of FPS games. Ensure that you lump them all into your own game. Homefront in a nutshell. Enemies that need 4 headshots before they die (even on normal) - Check. Protection missions - Check. Kestrel Super-quoshing levels of AI - Check. Having to wait for the AI to go forward before you can - Check. A few turret gun missions thrown in - Check. Some poorly designed vehicular sections - Check. A shocking script which I can only presume John Milius farmed out to his 13 year old 'Guns n Ammo' reading hick of a grandson - Check. A final level that is so far away from being what a final level should be, that it leads you to believe that once the credits roll there will be a further final mission (see Kane and Lynch 2 for a further example) - Check.
- The SP is ridiculously short. Watching Avatar would take more time, although I can't say that would be any more enjoyable. Although your eyes will feel far better from straining at the 3D effects of Avatar than from the shoddy graphics of Homefront.
- It wholeheartedly steals from so many other decent FPSes, but its scattergun approach means it just takes the worst from COD, BFBC2 etc. It almost nicks complete levels from other games. As for the helicopter pilot playing some music whilst they fly off on a mission it shows the games desire to be a simpering Smithers to COD's evil Mr Burns.
- The invisible barriers that obstruct me from walking into areas where there is absolutely nothing blocking me from doing so. It's almost as if your character has some virtual ASBO which restricts his freedom.
-The inability of my character to jump over something which exceeds the height of a worm.
- Whilst the MP is considerably better than the SP that's like comparing the musical heritage of Steps with that of the Cheeky Girls. Both are rubbish but one's a bit better than the other.
- The characters have personalities of crisp packets. Not Kettle Chips either. Value crisps. Out of date. Plus the fat guy on the bus next to you sat on them, so they're unhelpfully mashed up. I spent the entire game waiting for one of the main characters to die. More out of hope than anything else. Although they had names, they had very little personality. Much like WAGs in that respect.
- £40 or so for this game is an affront to humanity. Luckily I got mine for much cheaper and hope to recoup much of my money back by flogging this to some unfortunate soul who has yet to read this relentless diatribe. I'd say an ideal pricepoint for this would be about £18.
- Enemies are capable of walking through fences, walls and other solid matter. On one memorable occasion, I cleared out one room of Koreans (won't use the terms the game describes them). There was only one door in and out of the room. It was a small room. If it was a real room it would measure about 12 foot square, or be 'a good size' if you believe estate agents. As I made my way back out of it 3 Koreans teleported behind me and wiped me out.
- Some games reward you with unlocks or decent achievements or trophies when you complete the game on normal. The only thing you get out of this is 10g.

Finally, spoiler alert.

This game is terrible. If you want a challenging game buy Ninja Gaiden 2. If you want a sublime FPS that deals with a dystopian city-state then buy Half-Life 2. If you want a decent online FPS MP then buy COD or BFBC2. Whatever you do, don't buy this twaddle, you'll only encourage THQ to make another one. I'm presuming that THQ developed this game in the US. Well if that's the case, lets hope that they have Nostradamus levels of prediction and that the Koreans do eventually invade the US. It would be a small price to pay to ensure Homefront remains a wholly singular experience.

I bought this when it came out in the hope that the single player would be like the most fun 'death of America' missions of the excellent but incomprehensible MW2. There is a lot of potential in the storyline and timeline set out in the intro, but this game really needed a longer production cycle. The single player is too short - don't buy this if you are not going to play it online, just play MW2 instead.

After the disappointment of the single player though, I got hooked on the multiplayer, removing me from Black Ops entirely since this game came out. This game is much more fun online than Black Ops. End of.

The key word really is fun. I get angry at people in Black Ops and MW2 online, mainly due to the plague of campers. In Homefront if someone is camping, you have a multitude of very enjoyable ways to get revenge! What to chose from? A cluster bomb to the skull? Burn them with a cheeky phosphorous grenade? Flush them out and chase them across the map with a remote controlled missile-firing helicopter? Etc etc... All of this is great! The battle commander mode is innovative, highlighting high scoring opponents to your team, but making them more powerful in the process.

There is also very limited lag and no server drop-outs compared to Black Ops or MW2 thanks to dedicated servers, even in 32 player lobbies. These huge games can get chaotic and fraught at times and they actually feel more like a war than any COD game I've played.

There are several serious problems with his game though that you have to get over. The jumping mechanics are a joke and you get stuck on scenery all the time. Trying to get through a window is a recipe for getting killed embarrassingly and can make attacking certain locations very hard. Also some vehicles can seem almost impossible to kill.

In all though, if you can get used to the shooting and movement mechanics then this game is really very good online. If you see it cheap, buy it as a break from COD induced rage - it's better than throwing your controller through your TV......

Homefront is unlike most game's,
With similarity's to Battlefield and call of duty just without allot of the problems you get in Call of duty, For example Noobtubers are non existant in multiplayer making multiplayer a fun and Addictive addition to this game,

Graphically: I certainly wouldn't say it's the best, The graphics are on par with call of duty black ops, and weapons have a certain 'Chunkyness' to them with some fun additions such as the I <3 my gun Camo available at level 75 there is a nice choice of weapons and attachment's some that you don't have to work your arse off for which is a nice change from your generic FPS game.

Gameplay: I enjoyed this game far more than call of duty, or battlefield, the movement is a little slow and clunky but is fairly smoothe when sprinting and Proneing out on the floor. Something that I did enjoy about this game allot is the ability to Climb to some pretty nifty place's such as a huge billboard on one of the online maps and having the ability to rain hell with what is essentially an intervention sniper rifle, Meaning it was time to turn people into burning corpse's with the white phosphurus Battle point unlock. Another key point is the battle point's system online rather than unlocking killstreak's and having a ridiculous Killstreak then Destroying the spawn area in a chopper your given tactical Audinance which you can utilise on the battlefield, This icludes UAV's Airstrike's and drones you can fly around and mark target's with, there are also vehicles available to anyone if you've got the battle point's to spare ofcourse.

Re-Play value: This game has re-play value when it come's to the multiplayer as there is so much available for you to unlock such as weapon camo's and attachment's such as scopes and red dot sight's. Sadly the campaign lack's the umph that it need's The story is Good but need's a little bit more, even by the 5th or 6th mission you've made no real connection's with the charecter's and hardly know anything about them, the story mode it's self is a little different your essentially dropped into an america with the new korean occupant's watching your every move and it's your job to lead the uprising and break the koreans grip on america with your companions along the way.

Overall: I'd like to give this game a 5* I really would but sadly the campaign let's this game down but I would strongly suggest buying this game and for a £16 price tag your getting a hell of a deal! But yeah thanks for reading :)

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Peace, Tizz.