Hi everyone, first off I'd like to apologize for not posting for the past 11 days, I haven't thought of anything to post. Please accept this meagre slice of game review.
When I started Homefront, I was expecting a run-of-the-mill FPS (first person shooter), with the same combat system and a similar plot as a hundred other games that the producers are still marketing as 'original'. It turns out I was wrong. Thankfully.
Homefront is set on Earth, sometime around 2028. The People's Republic of North Korea have occupied a bunch of territories under the leadership of Kim-Jong-Un. One of these territories is most of the USA, from San Francisco to Colorado or something like that. The North Koreans don't seem to like the USA, so they have used measures similar to those used by the Japanese in China during World War 2. Labour camps, mass murders and curfews are the order of the day. You are an ex-Air Force pilot called Jacobs (I can't remember the first name) who gets arrested put in a bus for deportation, but then rescued by the Resistance. You fight with the Resistance and finally make it to San Francisco where you secure the Golden Gate Bridge and then... nothing. That's it. That is the major flaw in Homefront. The single-player campaign is ridiculously short. You could take more time trying to finish Super Meat Boy.
Otherwise, the combat system is great and fair, the plot is fantastic and the graphics look good. The only other flaw is that playing Homefront is like being nannied. You can only open doors on special occasions, and the NPCs are either doing everything or you have to babysit them because they seem to be dumbstruck by the fact that you cannot help them for every second of the game.
Plus: Great combat system, immersing plot and solid graphics.
Minus: Finishable in the time it takes to buffer a Youtube video, and you hardly take part in Homefront.
When I started Homefront, I was expecting a run-of-the-mill FPS (first person shooter), with the same combat system and a similar plot as a hundred other games that the producers are still marketing as 'original'. It turns out I was wrong. Thankfully.
Homefront is set on Earth, sometime around 2028. The People's Republic of North Korea have occupied a bunch of territories under the leadership of Kim-Jong-Un. One of these territories is most of the USA, from San Francisco to Colorado or something like that. The North Koreans don't seem to like the USA, so they have used measures similar to those used by the Japanese in China during World War 2. Labour camps, mass murders and curfews are the order of the day. You are an ex-Air Force pilot called Jacobs (I can't remember the first name) who gets arrested put in a bus for deportation, but then rescued by the Resistance. You fight with the Resistance and finally make it to San Francisco where you secure the Golden Gate Bridge and then... nothing. That's it. That is the major flaw in Homefront. The single-player campaign is ridiculously short. You could take more time trying to finish Super Meat Boy.
Otherwise, the combat system is great and fair, the plot is fantastic and the graphics look good. The only other flaw is that playing Homefront is like being nannied. You can only open doors on special occasions, and the NPCs are either doing everything or you have to babysit them because they seem to be dumbstruck by the fact that you cannot help them for every second of the game.
Plus: Great combat system, immersing plot and solid graphics.
Minus: Finishable in the time it takes to buffer a Youtube video, and you hardly take part in Homefront.
Score: 80/100
Overall verdict: A good game, would have been better if it had more levels and you could do something without waiting for the NPCs. Not worth 400 rand.
