• Deep Silver Buys Homefront from Crytek
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[img]http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--CtMAySjN--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/pajvpvn5i9fwuo1aew0v.png[/img] [quote]Deep Silver, best known as the publisher behind Dead Island, was originally co-publishing the game with Crytek, but now will release Homefront: The Revolution on their own.[/quote] [quote]Firstly, Crytek has been in extensive discussions with leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, Koch Media, regarding the acquisition of rights for the "Homefront" IP. On completion of the proposed acquisition, the Homefront team from Crytek's Nottingham studio would transfer their talents to Koch Media in compliance with English law and continue their hard work on upcoming shooter, "Homefront: The Revolution". Both parties hope to finalize and implement a deal soon.[/quote] [url]http://kotaku.com/deep-silver-buys-homefront-1613349084[/url]
Welp, there goes much of my hope for the game.
North Korea invading the U.S. is the most silly plot ever.
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;45545468]Welp, there goes much of my hope for the game.[/QUOTE] It's the same team developing it, just under Deep Silver's name now.
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;45545468]Welp, there goes much of my hope for the game.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=asteroidrules;45545478]It's the same team developing it, just under Deep Silver's name now.[/QUOTE] as if there ever was hope
[QUOTE=J!NX;45545487]as if there ever was hope[/QUOTE] It looked goofy but fun, sure NK invading won't REALLY happen, but then again it is a video game. I do like the idea of it.
Game Informer is saying that's only the tip of the Iceberg. Crytek USA (Austin, former Vigil Devs) is being downsized as Hunt: Horrors of the Guilded Age is being transferred to Crytek Frankfurt (Core Crysis Studio). Crytek USA will continue to exist only to provide CryEngine 3 licensing support to North American devs. Crytek Seoul and Shanghai are also being 'put under review', so take from that what you will. Source: [url]http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2014/07/30/deep-silver-now-owns-homefront-new-studio-handling-development.aspx?utm_content=buffer39c40&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer[/url]
[QUOTE=seano12;45545475]North Korea invading the U.S. is the most silly plot ever.[/QUOTE] The whole point is that it wasn't really, NK also unified/took over South Korea, Japan, and iirc pretty much all of Eastern Asia [editline]30th July 2014[/editline] That's still silly but not as silly as NK invading the US alone
[QUOTE=Atlascore;45545518]Why did anyone bother buying this franchise in the first place? The whole idea is garbage and the original game sold like shit.[/QUOTE] It's better than another game set in Middle Eastern war torn country, with a whole two colours of browns and more browns. At least it is something different
I didn't really like Homefront. The gameplay was fun, but it seemed much much too short for me. That kinda ruined it when I got to the end in about ~5 hours of gameplay.
[QUOTE=Atlascore;45545518]Why did anyone bother buying this franchise in the first place? The whole idea is garbage and the original game sold like shit.[/QUOTE] While the plot [I]is[/I] unfeasible, it's pretty much the same idea as USSR invading the US, and good media has been made out of that (like World in Conflict).
The multiplayer was kinda fun, though.
still waiting for freedom fighters 2
[QUOTE=Atlascore;45545518]Why did anyone bother buying this franchise in the first place? The whole idea is garbage and the original game sold like shit.[/QUOTE] Actually the first Homefront sold extremely well. It was THQ's most preordered title.
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;45545468]Welp, there goes much of my hope for the game.[/QUOTE] Deep Silver is a publisher not a developer. This means nothing for the game.
It's baffling to me that different companies, on different occasions, spent actual money to own the Homefront franchise. (Assuming Crytek also payed to originally buy the franchise from THQ).
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;45545649]While the plot [I]is[/I] unfeasible, it's pretty much the same idea as USSR invading the US, and good media has been made out of that (like World in Conflict).[/QUOTE] Well the difference is that the USSR is that big scary blob on the map with quite a wild history known to the Western world, while North Korea is mostly just known for being run by idiots with big mouths, if people can even find it on a map.
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;45545582]It's better than another game set in Middle Eastern war torn country, with a whole two colours of browns and more browns. At least it is something different[/QUOTE] Not really. It's like they just skipped a couple places down on the "ENEMIES OF FREEDOM" list and went something both generic and implausible, instead of something actually interesting.
[QUOTE=Holy Snail;45545719]It's baffling to me that different companies, on different occasions, spent actual money to own the Homefront franchise. (Assuming Crytek also payed to originally buy the franchise from THQ).[/QUOTE] Why? The original game sold quite well despite mixed reception and the concept holds a lot of potential.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;45545764]Why? The original game sold quite well despite mixed reception and the concept holds a lot of potential.[/QUOTE] I was just saying that because the game was mediocre at best, and it's therefore become a name that already packs some unwanted baggage with critical reception. They might as well start a new franchise with a similar plot, since that's the only thing making Homefront stand out from the bunch in any way. It just seems puzzling for Deep Silver to be so keen on and protective of this IP.
My main concern is that the people publishing this are the same people that pushed dead island, I had hopes the crytek would keep some QA in it [QUOTE=Mingebox;45545762]Not really. It's like they just skipped a couple places down on the "ENEMIES OF FREEDOM" list and went something both generic and implausible, instead of something actually interesting.[/QUOTE] This could be said about most any of the military FPS games today. However, the story and atmosphere seems at least a bit interesting.
[QUOTE=Atlascore;45545518]Why did anyone bother buying this franchise in the first place? The whole idea is garbage and the original game sold like shit.[/QUOTE] It's still an IP that sold well. And they probably got it for a decent deal. Same with crytek buying it when THQ went under.
[QUOTE=Marik Bentusi;45545756]Well the difference is that the USSR is that big scary blob on the map with quite a wild history known to the Western world, while North Korea is mostly just known for being run by idiots with big mouths, if people can even find it on a map.[/QUOTE] It's just suspension of disbelief. I was sorta disappointed that homefront just skips the [I]entire invasion[/I] with a simple cutscene and just assumes that the U.S. didn't put up much of a fight, though. It probably would have been way better explained if that part was actual gameplay or if it let you play as Best Korea for a few missions like WiC instead of being simply "USA was invaded lol". [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtDKCGdimcQ[/media]
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;45545858]It's just suspension of disbelief. I was sorta disappointed that homefront just skips the [I]entire invasion[/I] with a simple cutscene and just assumes that the U.S. didn't put up much of a fight, though. It probably would have been way better explained if that part was actual gameplay or if it let you play as Best Korea for a few missions like WiC instead of being simply "USA was invaded lol". [/QUOTE] Yeah I don't really get why people will bash a game that is "highly improbably and pretty generic" They can be fun if the story, characters, atmosphere, and gameplay at least try something creative. It's a video game, it's not meant to be real life.
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;45545858]It's just suspension of disbelief. I was sorta disappointed that homefront just skips the [I]entire invasion[/I] with a simple cutscene and just assumes that the U.S. didn't put up much of a fight, though. It probably would have been way better explained if that part was actual gameplay or if it let you play as Best Korea for a few missions like WiC instead of being simply "USA was invaded lol".[/QUOTE] In the book it explains that NK invaded Hawaii and had a nuclear bomb on it which they threatened to detonate or something plus the satellite which EMP'd the entire US kind of ruined a lot of stuff. I don't remember a lot of the details though. [editline]30th July 2014[/editline] Also poisoning the Mississipi river with highly radioactive materials which sort of split the US in half
I livestreamed Homefront on the hardest difficulty after I got it in some THQ bundle I paid $45 for. It took me like 5+ hours and by the end I wanted to die. I don't get why anyone would make a sequel to that. There was nothing good about it. There wasn't even anything cheesy-good about it.
Criticize the concept all you want, but they went to remarkable lengths to make it actually believable [QUOTE]n the year 2013, one year after the death of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-il, his son and successor, Kim Jong-un, reunites North and South Korea to form the Greater Korean Republic (GKR), a technological and economic global power that utilizes the military strength of the North and the economic strength of the South. By the year 2015, a war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, both becoming nuclear-armed states, devastated the global oil supply, causing gas prices to skyrocket to $19.99 per gallon, leaving many countries in debt and causing mass hysteria. This precipitates extreme economic turmoil and massive social unrest in the United States. Subsequently, in 2017, the U.S. military recalls much of its overseas presence, particularly in the Pacific. A year later, Japan, significantly weakened due to the diminishing of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, is easily conquered by the GKR and joins the Greater Korean Republic as a satellite country. In 2022, conditions in the United States get worse, with the collapse of the financial system and an Asian bird flu epidemic that claims six million lives, forcing the Mexican government to quarantine the country by setting up immigration quotas as the Asian bird flu continues throughout North America. By 2024, Korea's annexation has continued throughout Southeast Asia, including its emerging economic powers, giving the GKR an empire reminiscent of Imperial Japan. Finally, in 2025, the Greater Korean Republic launched a supposed advanced GPS satellite that would be a signal of peace, but is actually an orbital weapon that detonated a high-altitude nuclear device over the U.S., creating an EMP burst that wipes out much of the nation's electrical infrastructure. In the ensuing chaos, the Korean People's Army (KPA) launches an instant amphibious invasion that seizes control of Hawaii and much of the U.S. Pacific Coast. Korean paratroopers are deployed over the Midwestern United States, and with the military severely crippled and scattered, launches a final offensive to take control of the remaining states. However, the Americans were able to counterattack, leaving the Eastern States free, and effectively dividing the nation at the irradiated Mississippi River, with the Western states under GKR occupation[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]The antagonists in Homefront were originally intended to be communist Chinese, but were later replaced by a unified Korea for two reasons: the risk of a possible backlash by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and the reality of economic interdependence between America and China that made the Chinese "not that scary," according to Tae Kim, a former CIA field agent and consultant on the game's backstory. Kim said, "We went to a very rigorous, academic research process to make sure to not only look at North Korea's current state but to look at historical examples how things could parallel and turn events. History repeats itself. From today to the day the invasion starts in the game, if you combine everything, the odds are very very slim this becomes true. But when you look at the storyline step by step, every step is a coin flip but a plausible step. So once you get there, it's plausible. And from there the next step is plausible as well. Even though the whole thing is fictional, it comes with plausible baby steps."[/QUOTE]
at least it isnt cancelled c:
[QUOTE=Grimhound;45546431]I livestreamed Homefront on the hardest difficulty after I got it in some THQ bundle I paid $45 for. It took me like 5+ hours and by the end I wanted to die. I don't get why anyone would make a sequel to that. There was nothing good about it. There wasn't even anything cheesy-good about it.[/QUOTE] The sequel looks very different from the first one
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;45545582]It's better than another game set in Middle Eastern war torn country, with a whole two colours of browns and more browns. At least it is something different[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;OFVz6-A75Fc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFVz6-A75Fc[/video] I don't think so.
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