Homefront has an amazing story that really hits close to home for Americans that makes for some brutal scripted moments, but unfortunately it does not capitalize on it’s story and the single player suffers from this. It’s almost like the game itself is a spin-off or a side mission from a true masterpiece of a story, often absent from the over-saturated first person shooter market. They barely scratched the surface in this potential of a blockbuster with big screen caliber writing and gave us a short, shallow, unsatisfying experience.
Jack writes: "Back in March 2011, the first-person action shooter Homefront arrived on the Xbox 360 from THQ, along with a storm of publicity which included a really cool live-action trailer"
Last week game dev Steve Thornton took to Twitter to ask: fellow devs, have you ever slipped something into a game you're working on that's just for you? The replies are well worth a read.
Deep Silver and Humble Bundle are currently offering the first Homefront game for free. This offer will last for the next 48 hours, so be sure to visit its Humble Bundle page in order to acquire your free copy.
get it! the single player is excellent and intense and the MP is pretty fun, too.
Ehh, PS4 needs these deals too, or consoles in general we always get discounts rarely free stuff that's REALLY free (games with gold / psplus isn't free)
Yeah its nice, Just sign up and add them to your steam. even f you dont own a gaming PC, you might one day.
i m getting this one tomorrow, hope it doesn't disappoint
Yea I hear this game's multiplayer is amazing I was planning on picking it up today.
This is Just my Opinion here, but even if you are thinking of picking up Homefront just for the MP I'd say better off to rent it first, or at least buy it preowned if you can (so you can return for credit if you want).
I like my MP online shooters, and if BFBC2 and COD are the benchmarks for console MP shooters, I don't really feel like Homefront holds a candle to either game. there are only 2 game types.. team deathmatch and a "dominiation" style capture-and-control game. There is no "rush" or "demolition" style mode, no Free-for-all deathmatch, and no hardcore modes. There is a "battle commander" mode, but it is just a feature that unlocks with rank, that factors in to the two game types. All "battle commander" does is add a CPU battle commander for each team, who will identify skilled players on the opposing team who are threats to your teams progress. You can then hunt down the identified opposition and kill them for extra battle points. Additionally there are vehicles, however if the vehichle IS available to your team, you can choose to spawn in the vehicle, however, once you do this, you will be stuck in 3rd person view behind the vehicle and cannont dismount/get out of the vehicle until you are killed and must respawn again.
I will say that because killstreaks must be purchased with in-match earned points, and vehichle use is limited, the matches appear to be more balanced as opposed to COD/BFBC2, where things tend to get quite unfair in terms of matchmaking at times. Also, there is a whole bunch of stuff to unlock as you move through homefronts ranks (I think the ranks go to 70) pretty much everything you find in a COD game: a bunch of different gun camo's, perks, and equipment.
All in all, I thought the multiplayer was passable, but not an experience that would keep me coming back for more, as COD/BFBC2 does. That's why i say try before you buy. But beware; if you buy Homefront pre-owned, or you have a borrowed copy from a friend, you will need to shell out $10 for an online pass, to move past rank 5 in MP.