Disappointed with Homefront

[OmegaShadow]

ok so i played about 1 hr of single player so far and i'm disappointed with homefront. i really got hyped up by the trailer and the storyline and thought the game was going to be just as good as any COD game. but the longer i played, the more let down i was by the game.


it doesn't feel like i'm playing as part of a resistance cell at all. ok so maybe for the first minute when i was in the bus and they showed everyone getting rounded up i felt like i was in occupied territory, but after that it was all downhill. every mission felt like a covert ops COD mission where you're inserted behind enemy lines with no support. thats how all the missions felt like.

who else was let down by the single player game?

 

[Childs]

This came with single player?

The last FPS single player I played was Call to Juarez Bound in Blood, and before that, COD4! And whenever Portal came out...

 

[SunnyD]

Me. Because I don't have it.

Multiplayer is why you get these sorts of games.

 

[ScorcherDarkly]

Disclaimer: I haven't played this game. However, an observation:

it doesn't feel like i'm playing as part of a resistance cell at all. ok so maybe for the first minute when i was in the bus and they showed everyone getting rounded up i felt like i was in occupied territory, but after that it was all downhill. every mission felt like a covert ops COD mission where you're inserted behind enemy lines with no support. thats how all the missions felt like.

If your home country is occupied, and you're part of a small resistance cell trying to fight guerrilla warfare against them, covert ops behind enemy lines with no support sounds like the ONLY mission type you'd ever be going on.

- If you get caught you're dead, either now or when they trace you back to your base. Thus, covert, always.
- In occupied territory, you're always behind enemy lines.
- There aren't very many of you likely, so support would be scarce, and anything resembling artillery or air support would be out of the question.

So, by your own words, Homefront would feel EXACTLY like you're in a resistance cell. Not trying to be argumentative, just saying maybe your expectations were less realistic than the story line.

Now, whether that's fun to play is an entirely different discussion.

Edit: You also say you thought it would be "just as good as any COD game", then complain because "every mission felt like a covert ops COD mission". Color me confused. Y U NO LIKE GAME?

 

[nitromullet]

Yeah, the reviews have been pretty consistent in saying the short single player game was over hyped and disappointing. Homefront is a THQ game though, so it will definitely be dirt cheap on Steam eventually.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Eh, I already knew this game would suck. I believe I called it a few months ago.

 

[fatpat268]

Me. Because I don't have it.

Multiplayer is why you get these sorts of games.

Multiplayer sucks too.

A majority of the maps devolve into both sides sniping each from a secluded hill.

Edit: You also say you thought it would be "just as good as any COD game", then complain because "every mission felt like a covert ops COD mission". Color me confused. Y U NO LIKE GAME?

Honestly, you'd have to play it to understand why. Yea, it's like COD, but it's much worse at it. In COD you feel like you're integral part of the team, but in Homefront you feel like you're the third wheel. The guys at RPS put it more eloquently in this article:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/03/19/wot-i-think-homefront-single-player/

 

[ScorcherDarkly]

Honestly, you'd have to play it to understand why. Yea, it's like COD, but it's much worse at it. In COD you feel like you're integral part of the team, but in Homefront you feel like you're the third wheel. The guys at RPS put it more eloquently in this article:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/03/19/wot-i-think-homefront-single-player/

Ouch. That bad huh? Now I understand better.

 

[Texashiker]

I read the review at rock, paper, shotgun, and all I have to say is "wow" - do the people that made homefront even play it?

Who play tested the game during development? I would think that a 14 year old on the development team could have helped the game out.

I think I will hold off on buying homefront. Maybe in 3 or 4 years, when its on sale for $5, maybe then I will buy it.

 

[Zargon]

just did the helo mission in SP

campaign seems....to get away from itself?

 

[OmegaShadow]

Disclaimer: I haven't played this game. However, an observation:



If your home country is occupied, and you're part of a small resistance cell trying to fight guerrilla warfare against them, covert ops behind enemy lines with no support sounds like the ONLY mission type you'd ever be going on.

- If you get caught you're dead, either now or when they trace you back to your base. Thus, covert, always.
- In occupied territory, you're always behind enemy lines.
- There aren't very many of you likely, so support would be scarce, and anything resembling artillery or air support would be out of the question.

So, by your own words, Homefront would feel EXACTLY like you're in a resistance cell. Not trying to be argumentative, just saying maybe your expectations were less realistic than the story line.

Now, whether that's fun to play is an entirely different discussion.

Edit: You also say you thought it would be "just as good as any COD game", then complain because "every mission felt like a covert ops COD mission". Color me confused. Y U NO LIKE GAME?

well you see there's a difference being part of sas going on a mission and a resistance cell in your own home country, you don't really expect a resistance cell to steamroll (happened many times) the guys occupying you.

and if you played the game you'd be surprised about "anything resembling artillery or air support would be out of the question."


"So, by your own words, Homefront would feel EXACTLY like you're in a resistance cell."
-nope never did that's why i complain that it feels like i'm part of a covert ops team in cod :l


"Edit: You also say you thought it would be "just as good as any COD game", then complain because "every mission felt like a covert ops COD mission". Color me confused. Y U NO LIKE GAME?"
-yea i did thought it was be just as good as any COD game. i mentioned in my original post that i got hyped up by the trailers and storyline. for the COD games i get hyped up by the trailers and the storylines because COD release such epic trailers especially the MW2 trailer with eminem and after i finish playing COD the storyline actually delivers what the trailers hype up. so far homefront hasn't lived up to any of its hype, so i don't really know what your trying to say here :s.

anyways you'll actually ahve to play the game before you can criticize it because you don't understand where people like me are comin from after having played the game.

 

[OmegaShadow]

so judging by lack of replies i bet the sales for this game didn't do all too well lol

 

[wuliheron]

Yeah, its another great idea poorly executed. That's life. About 450 games come out a year and maybe half a dozen make the big bucks. However, ten years down the road it may inspire someone to make a better version.

 

[minmaster]

i got scolded for telling people to avoid it months ago
but i did play the beta and that was why

 

[Dankk]

Months ago, I was also telling people to avoid it. It's a Kaos Studios game, who released the mediocre shooter "Frontlines: Fuel of War" for consoles, and then made an even more terrible PC port of it. Judging by the previews, Homefront wasn't shaping up to be any better.

Live and learn.

 

[wuliheron]

i got scolded for telling people to avoid it months ago
but i did play the beta and that was why

People are idiots, no offense.

 

[MentalIlness]

ok so i played about 1 hr of single player so far and i'm disappointed with homefront. i really got hyped up by the trailer and the storyline and thought the game was going to be just as good as any COD game. but the longer i played, the more let down i was by the game.


it doesn't feel like i'm playing as part of a resistance cell at all. ok so maybe for the first minute when i was in the bus and they showed everyone getting rounded up i felt like i was in occupied territory, but after that it was all downhill. every mission felt like a covert ops COD mission where you're inserted behind enemy lines with no support. thats how all the missions felt like.

who else was let down by the single player game?

So, you have about another hour to play, and you'll finish single player. LOL. Seriously, I installed it and finished the game in one sitting from 6pm to about 830pm. The SP s VERY VERY short.

Even though short, I found it entertaining somewhat. Decent graphics too.

 

[livingsacrifice]

Yea I feel the same way, I got preordered it for console and feel like I got completely ripped off as soon as I started playing it. Oh well, I've played worse games.

 

[Genx87]

I knew this game wasnt going to be good. For a game like this it needs a believable story line. North Korea, a country that is 60 years behind us in military technology, about 300 years behind us in economy, and cant feed it own people taking over Japan, South Korea, and SE Asia and then invading the United States without a functioning navy is bad. All the while China sits idle and watches a regional power grow? Doubtful.

 

[Zargon]

So, you have about another hour to play, and you'll finish single player. LOL. Seriously, I installed it and finished the game in one sitting from 6pm to about 830pm. The SP s VERY VERY short.

Even though short, I found it entertaining somewhat. Decent graphics too.

this.

I took about 4-5 hours on the mid or high difficulty.

some of it was well done, and some levels were great. some was just MEH

I am enjoying the MP when I play, BM GC mostly