Why all the Hate on Homefront?

TitanReviews writes:I’ve been playing Homefront nonstop over the 3 days It’s been out and I absolutely love the multiplayer.The campaign for the time it was played was also very good as well. It may have been short, but none the less it was a great and emotional experience. So why all the hate?

[Hockeydud19]

People i've played online with say they really like the game. I guess it's really hit or miss for shooter fans. But hey I can't tell the difference between a Cod game or any other shooter out there anymore unless there vehicles destructivle environments or magical powers lol

[captain-obvious]

from those vids i see on youtube
the game is below average
same with the graphics too
and it copies alot of COD and BF
and the game trying too hard to be controversial just to sell

[FiLTHY ESKiMO]

"from those vids I see on youtube"

You can hardly review a game by "videos you see on youtube"

People that actually gave the game a chance absolutely love the multiplayer.

[captain-obvious]

i didnt say that i (( reviewed )) the game
i just called it as i saw it

[BattleAxe]

You can't reward a game with good reviews if it doesn't have much content.BC2 and KZ3 didn't have much content when they were released, but they were both higher quality games. CoD seems to be the last game that actually releases a good amount of content with their games. I'm sick and tired of having to buy map packs 2 months after a game releases because its only got 8 maps and these 4-6 hour campaigns are really starting to piss me off.

I've got 27 hours logged in on Killzone 3 and I'm already bored of the game. The same thing happened with BC 1+2. I wish that people would stop being fanboys of certain games like these and demand more content from the developers to be included in the game from day one.

[NaiNaiNai]

Last I checked, Cod stole just about every aspect of there game from other games.

[hiredhelp]

Hi guys i just bought the game and was ashamed at some things that frirst hit me.
heres the cons

not the gameplay footage we seen months back.
very rough jaggy even pop up style game.
gameplay is ok but nothing special
uses old unreal engine.
and lastly looks like they taken a leak out of EA'S book each copy has a code this grants you acesses to multiplayer but nothing more.

thats right 1 code per use just to play multiplayer.

the pros' i havent yet seen the multiplayer but from what i read it has deadicated servers.

also powerd by gamespy.
on the whole if they used there new engine THQ in this like they promised this game would of really done it for me.

i took only a few shots with my camera i have at home its high res full body camera not cheap. this is what youll be seeing on singleplayer.

hope the pictures upload ok.
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[sak500]

@captain-obvious

You saw the videos on you-tube and decided this game is below average....Well, i played it and i can tell you, you're absolutely correct. But it doesnt copy much from BF only COD since the gfx look straight up from WAWisque time.

@filthyeskimo

I belive you have also not played the game believe me, it'll feel right at home in 2006.

[Montrealien]

I bought it, and I am enjoying it. That is all that mattter to me. I dont need to have my opinion validate by others online. And neither should you.

[BeOneWithTheGun]

This game is totaly average. My biggest beef is the visuals. I didnt expect god of war 3 graphics but it looks like my 13 year old daughter made it in Wordpaint. I am just burnt on mediocre shooters with no style or pazaz. I done with the genre i think. Batman, Infamous, Skyrim, Uncharted....they will be getting my money.

[CrzyFooL]

It's pretty good. Just not AMAZING.

[WiIIiam]

Kaos Studios are on to something with the multiplayer. The gameplay actually feels tactical to me, which is a nice breath of fresh air after CoD. With a bigger budget and longer development time, they may be able to help it reach its true potential in the sequel.

[JsonHenry]

It is a good solid game. But not mind blowing. I was not expecting it to be mind blowing so maybe that is why I think it is good and do not feel let down.

[Gamer_Z]

hmmm I wish there was an online demo so I can try it out but there isn’t so I’m just going wait and see. If the community is still strong and growing after a month and if it’s at a good price then I just might pick it up, but first I need to get Killzone 3 before I buy anything else!

[Parapraxis]

Yes, a demo would be great.

[alex3369]

check out commentary gameplay on youtube. not hands on but you see the whole games played so its a good reference.

[wowguytc]

If it was called call of duty: homefront then all kinds of praise would be going on. So what the campaign is short. It's story is good and gets it's point across and everyone enjoys the mp. Add another 2 hours of campaign and it has everything cod has minus the better graphics. But I dont play games for the graphics, I play for the fun factor. Too much hate on a game that doesn't deserve it.

[CrimsonEngage]

I'm loving this game. I haven't had all the issues some people have except for the over populated servers. There seems to be more team work in this game compared to other FPS games too. I guess it's the Battle Points system. People will do whatever it takes to get a Chopper. :D

[HolyOrangeCows]

"So why all the hate? Call of Duty fans should feel right at home here"

Answered your own question on the "hate" (ZOMG 7s and people on the internets and not 1 zillion sold!!!). Make a game just like call of duty, take away the Activision factor (The truck loads of advertisement spending), and what do you have? Well, COD without the fanboys/fratboys and marketing power.

[Parapraxis]

"COD without the fanboys/fratboys and marketing power."
Sorta makes me want to play it.

[Der_Kommandant]

What hate?

[morganfell]

I didn't think I would say this but I have to agree with Destructoid. By that I am referencing their story from a few days ago. A realism based shooter that decided to follow Hollywood and shift to the most absurd storyline.

Perhaps Kaos, like Hollywood, was feeling the pressure:

http://www.latimes.com/ente...

Either way it was enough to make the game a no buy for me, and I purchase a mountain of titles every month. I like realism based games. And I enjoy fantastical works equally. I just do not want sardines in my cheesecake.

[Hockeydud19]

Atleast they went where other developers haven't. America. I would have loved to spend more time on MW2's levles where the US was being attacked. It really makes you think what if this happened? Picking up the documents in Homefront's kinda creepy though. There's one that talks about Japans nuclear reactors failing and Korea taking over and the Middle East Unrest leading to higher gas prices and overthrown power...which leads to Homefront

[Elwenil]

"Atleast they went where other developers haven't. America."

You shot down your own comment with your next sentence. Also, World In Conflict did this a few years ago.

[Hockeydud19]

not really. I'm not saying all developers. But they actually went in depth with the story into America. Instead of going from one country to the next etc.

[Op24]

Unfortunatley were going to see the same thing with Crysis 2. People just need to learn to give a game a chance. Money is the issue this year no doubt I respect that. But it's like one gamer goes of and says oh Crytek lied about this. Then it's like a disease and everyone starts looking for the bad in the game because one person points it out or a site like IGN. Look for the good in video games. They are there for entertainment not a virtual reality.

[Ashby_JC]

I agreed with this guys review and this article.

Homefront is a solid game...im about to go play now!!!!!!

[lucifon]

Kudos to TitanReviews for a non bias fair review and for calling out the ridiculous amount of haters. I think the problem was too many anti-mainstream cod haters jumped on Homefront expecting it to be greatest game of all time, and due to ridiculous expectations were let down.

[blackburn5]

Lots of games get tons of hate. KZ3 has been getting very unfair treatment as an FPS. MS:A has been getting some very nitpicking reviews. DCUO was a very functional MMO but got lower then average scores.So why suddenly the jump to defend Homefront? From what I have heard from actual gamers and reviewers it is nothing that great and a very poor effort on their part. I have argued countless times that certain games do not deserve the scores they get only to be called names, sited for trolling and called a hopeless fanboy. But suddenly its rally behind Homefront because they overhyped it and no one wants to accept the truth? I hope everyone remembers this kind of defience against reviewers when the next reviewer gives a game like MS:A unreasonable scores like 6 and below.

[ColecoVision]

I completely agree with this guy. A few sites gave this game 5/10 and 6/10 ratings, and that's fine because at least they've PLAYED the game. But I've seen more ratings between 7-9 out of 10. Between 8-9 is what I would give it. But the hate with words like trash and garbage are coming from people who haven't PLAYED the game... What a fucking joke! Just no credibility what so ever.

[rajman]

Im loving the multiplayer, did get quite a few freezes while playing on PS3...but I just the PS3 on right now and theres an update for the game 1.01, hopefully it fixes the freezing porblems.

[sickbird]

The multiplayer is a lot of fun, single player is average not terrible.

[Pozzle]

The whole "what if North Korea invaded the US?" was an interesting concept (especially since North Korea is such a hot topic in the news lately), but it doesn't seem to have been pulled off all that well. With all the marketing and hype, it did sound like Homefront would be a game worth calling home about. But in the end, it didn't deliver.

[madjedi]

I think what you mean the us being invaded and taken over, despite our considerable military strength was an interesting concept. At least it was to me before i found out north korea was the invading nation and overpowered the us, wtf ever.

Thats when i was turned off from this game, there is a certain amount of leeway i'll give games based on alternative timelines/future events ect before the stupidity or maybe to put it nicer lack of reality/logic, before it becomes too far fetched to even tolerate for me.

I hear some positive things about the mp, some of dislike the game is getting, might have something to do with incredible amount of ridiculousness the backstory events have. In which completely implausable and impractical events magically all played out in nk's favor.

About complaining about it's graphics, watch a new br with high quality cgi effects/clarity, then pop in a older one that didn't achieve the same lvl of clarity ect.

Or easier still play a early ps3/360 multiplat game a bit, now pop in the newest and best looking game you have, and see if your brain doesn't red flag it almost immediately.

[Faztkiller]

I've only got to play the singleplayer a lot of little annoying things but I enjoyed my playthrough but I have no desire to play it again IMO its a very Avg FPS good rental imo

[xstation79]

I beat the single player twice, once on the hardest setting. I'm am a level 32 on multiplayer and plan on getting up to level 50. Its not the new call of duty 4 I was hoping for, but its a solid shooter with alittle bit of server problems. The servers still work better than black ops imo. 32 player ground control runs smoother than any 12 player modes in black ops. I wish more people who just give it a chance. Its nice shooting at someone and having your bullets actually register

[V0LT]

This game is incredibly short.

[sak500]

I played last night on 360 and the premise and execution is top notch but the gfx took me back 4 years. Also in the first mission when you encounter first big assualt in the SHED, the first room you enter your two members tell you to pick up the grenades. I must have spent 5 mins roaming in the first room looking everywhere and even going back from the path we came in but nothing. After only clearing the bigger room which was having 5 to 6 enemies did i find the grenades on the floor.

And way before we enter that room those two idiots pushing me to pick up the nades and dont leave them lying around.

So overall i'd rate it 6/10. HOpe to finish the SP on the highest difficulty and throw it in the bin.

[therapist]

pc version looks better than any console game ever made, don't know why all the hate on the graphics,
that said, the console versions do look terrible.

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[blackhammer]

To be completely satisfied with an FPS, I need a single-player that is at least 10 hours.

If not, I won't be completely satisfied, though I will enjoy it about 80% of the time, still with a disappointment permanently etched into the game.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

I am not going to debate people on Homefront...if you like it you like it, if you dont you don't. But I will say this... Homefront sports one of the best "Helicopter" Single Player missions I have ever played in a Single Player game. I was very impressed by that level, wish they did more like that.

[hiredhelp]

OOhh hell im hearing alot of people saying the multiplayer is better than the4 singleplayer. ive now completed.
since the update the multiplayer supposed to be alot better again.

i hope so cos problem i have is THQ has included a unlock code to play multiplayer if you dont use that code you cant play multiplayer. EA'S FOLLOWING TO FIFA AND TIGERWOODS.
if you buy 2nd hand expect to pay £7.99 psn.

so do i go ahead and use the code or resell the game. please tell me guys what should i do i own the ps3 version.

[Op24]

If you like Call of Duty or Battlefield you'll feel right at home. I'm in love with the online as is. If you actually read the review maybe that would help your decison..

[hiredhelp]

cheers nick beleaqve me ive read the reviews. im not into cod but battlefield defo. yep i think i might give it ago i hear no lag. if thats the case it might just get bigger in time making it more popular than black op's lol well i can wish untill bf3

[Op24]

I've been playing non stop for the past 3 days and haven't had a single issue. The vehicles are really easy to control etc. You won't be dissapointed. Plenty of stuff to unlock etc.

[hiredhelp]

cool add me dude if u have psn. same tag as on here HiredHelp