Homefront Review - Possible minor spoilers

First off, i wanna say, it didnt run on my pc well. i could get it on low, but it was still slightly laggy so i rented it for the xbox. this doesnt effect my review about it, i shoulda checked my system reqs first.

Anywho, The game is about a group of resistance fighters fighting the KPA which are controlling san fransisco, and generally has the entire united states in a ruckus because for all intents and purpouses they are nowhere to be found (the U.S. Military that is). The theme of this game really caught me, it sounded amazing, the beginning was one of the most gritty well done opening scenes i have played. it really made me feel like i was there (minus the odd graphics). however, the rest of this game did not have the same feel.

the graphics were not good at all. (coulda been the xbox version, but the screenshots dont look much better) the people particularly looked horrible, It made it kind of hard too look at the characters. however, on the character note, they did do one character really right in my opinion: Conner Morgan. he was a very consistant character, one i really liked throughout the game. he was reckless, headstrong, but you knew where his loyalties lied and who he was trying to protect.

The missions were mostly well done, (minor spoilers here) however, there was a stealth mission where i got totally unimmersed. you could run like 4 feet behind a enemy and they wouldnt even turn around. it was really poorly done. however, most of the missions were very action packed and exciting.

A few more problems are just basic. the level design is not done well. you go from tight spaces to really large open areas very quickly, the enemies are dead eyes (i played on normal, im not used to getting hit with a rocket in the face the second i pop out from cover), and you get flanked VERY easily. not to mention, if you are by a ally, and an enemy sees you, he will completely ignore the ally. they ran past conner like 6 times to kill me when i wasnt looking. the final problem is the whole invisible wall thing. i wanted to move on, but there was always invisible walls blocking my path, i had to wait for my team mates to go first on vehicles, and it was just annoying.

overall, the story is decent, the gun play is mediocre at best, and the characters are good. the game was too short, its ending was ok, but it seemed like a rush job to me. they should have expanded it one more mission at least, if not make the campaign double the length.

the game took me a little over 3 hours and 30 minutes to beat. its very short.

i would give it a 4.75/10. if you havent bought it already dont. if you got metro 2033 with it, it was worth it. i would recommend it to rent if you have a console, otherwise i wouldn't bother till it hits 10 bucks.

edit: it should be noted, i did not play the multiplayer. not really my thing. i like left 4 dead and counterstrike for multiplayer

 

Yikes, the short single player is dooming.

This game has already dropped from the launch price of $59 to $49 and I've seen some deals online going for much less. Some people are going to lose their job over this one.

 

Metacritic average hovering around 7, considering an earlier thread commenting on the stock price collapse of THQ after the game's release I don't expect this to be a best-seller.

Edit: Poor use of vocabulary.

 

Stock Market Crash.. LOL

Try the multiplayer. It's the definite highlight so far of this game.

Deserves a 7 or 8 outta 10 so far.

X

 

anywho, i just played the multiplayer, it was pretty darn good. i would give the multiplayer alone a 8.5/10. but since it definitely isnt what made me excited about the game it doesnt matter much to me. with multiplayer i would give it a 6/10 max.

 

I agree, the multiplayer is what really makes this game shine. And it is not buggy as I thought it would be compare to Black Ops/

 

Homefront sold 350k+ games on the first day. Not too bad. If I were to get it, it would probably be for the multiplayer.

 

It's reported that they need to sell 2m to break even. Dunno if that's just consoles or PCs too, or including the differing release day MSRPs.

 

Dang. If that's true....