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[quote][B]Homefront The Revolution preview: Overthrow American occupiers with open-world guerilla warfare[/B]
I'll be honest: I'd sort of forgotten that THQ ever contracted Crytek for a Homefront sequel. I'd definitely forgotten that Crytek then purchased those rights when THQ went bankrupt just so they could finish creating said sequel.
It exists. Crytek is making Homefront 2—titled Homefront The Revolution—a reality. They're really making a sequel to a game best remembered (and not in a good way) for its infamous "Press X to hide in a mass grave" sequence.
Even more of a surprise? Homefront 2 actually looks pretty interesting.
[B]Defiance
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The United States is lost. We're four years into the North Korean occupation of American soil. They've set up their base of operations in Philadelphia, squatting on the birthplace of independence.
You'll take on the role of Ethan Brady, described to us as an "average guy." The words "not militarily trained" were also thrown around. You're a resistance fighter—a guerrilla supplementing a rudimentary knowledge of firearms with your ability to blend into a crowd, hide in plain sight, and cause chaos.
Chaos like "attaching a bomb to an RC car, driving it towards a prison, and blowing the doors off." Then shooting a dozen North Korean guards with a military-grade assault rifle Brady had hidden in his coat. Then sprinting off towards a safe house, murdering anyone in pursuit.
Yes, like every other time we've heard the words "average guy" thrown about in regards to a video game character (I'm looking at you Nathan Drake), Ethan Brady sets a pretty high bar for average.
That being said, there are some legitimately interesting concepts explored here. In a decidedly low-tech solution to the same problem as Watch Dogs, for instance, Brady can use bricks to disable security cameras.
Homefront 2 also looks like it'll push the same boundaries of good taste as its predecessor. Whether that's a good thing or not...well, I'll leave the jury out until I see more of the game. One thing you cannot accuse Homefront of doing is glorifying war in any way.
When you blow the doors off that prison, North Korean troops immediately open fire on the crowd of civilians you're hidden in. No hesitation. Of course, you can't have innocent civilians getting hurt, so you fire back, and maybe unleash a few Molotov cocktails on the Koreans.
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God damnit why do people always make sequels to games, life would be better if things were onsies
Its promising a lot like the original Homefront did, hopefully this time it will deliver on it.
oh no
This one's "open world" so hey, maybe I can actually do things.
the trailer was cool at least.
don't have high hopes for the game.
Sweet, another 2 hours of gameplay?
Open world guerrilla warfare sounds pretty interesting to me, cautiously optimistic in the meantime...
First one was a total flop, so they create a sequel for some reason?
[QUOTE=usaokay;44984991]the Red Dawn scenario was an interesting concept to warrant a sequel[/QUOTE]
the north korean part not so much
It would be nice if they made something like Red Faction Guerrilla out of it.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;44984984]First one was a total flop, so they create a sequel for some reason?[/QUOTE]
They made a sequel because they wanted to do something with the concept that Kaos didn't, and I have to give them some respect for that, they're making a game they want to make, not a game they were told to make because its brand would sell well.
Read the title as Homeworld and got excited for a moment there.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;44985093]They made a sequel because they wanted to do something with the concept that Kaos didn't, and I have to give them some respect for that, they're making a game they want to make, not a game they were told to make because its brand would sell well.[/QUOTE]
What I don't get is why use the IP at all? They could call this something else and no-one would bat an eye, and the franchise name isn't exactly that well received either.
[QUOTE=maxumym;44985105]Read the title as Homeworld and got excited for a moment there.[/QUOTE]
A Homeworld game where the Hiigaran's turned into another empire and became like the Taidan, prompting a revolution? yes please.
Wasn't the original Homefront a disturbingly bitter and cynical game that was also ironically a generic piece of shit?
I'll say I find the concept really interesting, to say the least, but I really don't want to get my hopes up. There's just so much that can go wrong.
[QUOTE=Drsalvador;44985260]Wasn't the original Homefront a disturbingly bitter and cynical game that was also ironically a generic piece of shit?[/QUOTE]
It was a "war is so bad omg" MMS that followed every cliche, terribly disappointing writing. Didn't help it did every generic MMS things.
my favorite part about the original was how in multiplayer there was like 10 red dot sights for every weapon for no reason at all. they didnt even give any sort of perk
[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;44984773]God damnit why do people always make sequels to games, life would be better if things were onsies[/QUOTE]
Yeah like Half-Life, GTA, The Elder Scrolls, Unreal Tournament, Team Fortress, Hitman, Left 4 Dead, Sniper Elite, etc.
I want to be like Wolfenstein: The New Order in the sence that it's dark and very gritty and music like this.
[mEDIa]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaBndKbf2SE[/mEDIa] but with there own tiwst.
What I remember is how the NPCs ran at least 1.5x faster than you, so they would get to the next objective a minute before you did, and then sit there like robots yelling at you to get over there.
This is going to end badly to the point I can smell it. Crytek has a running record of coming up with a great engine with good looks then coming up with gameplay that is just awful.
And before you say that I'm fucking stupid for saying this, Let me provide a few examples:
- Ryse was supposed to be a kinect game early in it's lifecycle then got rushed out as a QTE and finally as a rushed hack and slash on a sliver fucking platter.
- Warface, A terrible free to play game that they are trying to push out.
I don't care if it's Crytek UK aka former free radical. Most of the older employees are gone.
Hopefully it will have a niche and a feeling of its own rather than just being an ersatz-Battlefield in North Korea.
As good as it looks, I'll wait for reviews. First one proved how you can't trust it well enough
[QUOTE=Rocko's;44985627]As good as it looks, I'll wait for reviews. First one proved how you can't trust it well enough[/QUOTE]
in my experience, wait 3 months after the game is released to find out if its really good. i've pretty much been let down by most video games i've bought in the last 3 years because of all the hype.
[QUOTE=AJ10017;44985368]my favorite part about the original was how in multiplayer there was like 10 red dot sights for every weapon for no reason at all. they didnt even give any sort of perk[/QUOTE]
But wasn't the multiplayer gameplay genuinely good?
Why do I know people that worship the first game to death?
It'll be great hearing about this all day.
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[QUOTE=timothy80;44985590]This is going to end badly to the point I can smell it. Crytek has a running record of coming up with a great engine with good looks then coming up with gameplay that is just awful.
And before you say that I'm fucking stupid for saying this, Let me provide a few examples:
- Ryse was supposed to be a kinect game early in it's lifecycle then got rushed out as a QTE and finally as a rushed hack and slash on a sliver fucking platter.
- Warface, A terrible free to play game that they are trying to push out.
I don't care if it's Crytek UK aka former free radical. Most of the older employees are gone.[/QUOTE]Speaking of which, RIP Timesplitters :(
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