Woo man this game took A LONG time to beat. I streamed a good 16 hours over 4 days last week. Big thanks to all of you that showed up on twitch, we had a big crowd! If you want to hang out in the future, come give a follow! www.twitch.tv/jarek4gamingdragon
This was the game that made me believe in the idea that even if you see a lot of negative reception for a game, but a part of you nevertheless feels interested in it, try it anyway.
That was my experience with New Dawn Saw some pretty negative reception with it, but i had a blast playing it because of the grind you do to upgrade stuff
Same. I wrote it off because of feedback, but then Noah Caldwell-Gervais' analysis made me want to give it a shot. Easily one of my favorites, I can only imagine how good it would have been had it not gone through development hell.
Other people's opinions should never dictate your own. It's a big reason why I don't have a score system in my videos. These videos are intended to have some analysis on games and not be a review. It's just me spewing my expereince to the internet. Reviews are subjective, not factual, and people really need to stop taking reviewers word. I get if you don't want to buy a game because of bad reviews but that literally means your opinion on said game is invalid since you didn't play it.
@@Jarekthegamingdragon Agreed, i think i saw something similar with the movie Speed Racer, where a bunch of critics trashed for being "too cartoonish" (even though the movie is from a 80s-90s anime), and gave the people, who didnt saw it, some bitter taste for the movie and it performed badly. I can't say much because sadly i kinda do this type of stuff, most recently with the TLOU Part 2 stuff that was happening, but its wrong from my part to criticise the game purely based on what other say, so i dont say anything because i didnt research it, nor do i have the initial interest anyway. Another example for me is No Man's Sky, like, even at launch, it was a game that i really liked and loved, and i didnt care for what people said, i had alot of fun and still having to this day.
Me but with Need For Speed ProStreet. Broken game but has a lot of patches at least fanmade. With them, it's amazing, one of the best simcades I ever played don't @ me.
Everyone knows firing a firearm without any sort of set screws sears or pins is 100% safe, slap a boyds anti material rifle barrel on a 1891 mauser body. It just WORKS
My favorite part about this game was the fact that the auto shotgun firing birdshot was MORE effective against vehicles than using the pump with 000, an LMG, RPG, and grenade launcher, just like real life! (Its my experience from the co-op mode, which may be a bit different)
@@Jarekthegamingdragon honestly I am a bit shocked with how good you find this Homefront. Apart from the issues you mentioned, something about the aiming and the guns feels totally off. They patched most of the problems by now but at release and for many months it was a broken mess. But you're honest and I appreciate that. First one was legendary in MP. Back when everyone was about Battlefield 3 vs Modern Warfare 3, Homefront was a real alternative. Campaign was just there for the "No Russian" shock effect. TS2 nailed the aiming with its auto aim. The music, the levels, the characters, the many extra missions and stuff. It has so much to give.
I can't believe no one has mentioned that Homefront's weapon changing system is an expanded version of the system in Crysis. Makes complete sense with the game being made in the Crytek engine
I recently beat it. I’m about to do a second play through, I never got tired of the weapon system and the animations. It’s in real time which is probably my favorite part
Honestly that final mission was hilarious on my first and only playthrough "Oh, the chick who threatened to torture me and cut my nipples off because she couldn't be bothered to check my ID? The chick who's constantly waving around a shotgun trying to act tough and rebellious? The chick who had an emotional outburst and violently murdered the mayor on live television while we were holding him hostage? She's going to sacrifice herself by blowing up a UGV? ...Noooooooooooo-Idon'tcaaaare" :I
I played this game after it was patched and i think it was a really fun, well made and great game and i liked the story and the characters so i think this game is very underrated and dont deserve the hate its getting at all. Even if it had some problems at release it should be remembered for how its like now instead. I liked the first Homefront too so im very sad that the series is probably over and that we are probably never getting any more Homefront games.
Just picked up a copy for $5 bucks at GameStop. And it came with a steelbook case. Now that he said that you can play 2 timesplitters 2 levels, I'll be playing sooner than later.
@@prxto-- haven't gotten around to playing it yet as I just picked it up like a few weeks ago, but I thought the first game was good IMO. A little on the short side, but if I were to give it a score, it'd be a solid 7. But as soon as I get a chance to play it, I'll update you on how I think it was 😀👍
The game gave their reasoning for gun conversions being that they are Resistance-only custom made weapons. In the lore as well, the guns the American armed forces had in that universe were much more advanced but were almost all manufactured by the Koreans, same goes for most of their tech and military vehicles. When the kill switch was used, that means almost all the armed forces in the US had nothing to use to fight back. Which is where I think the Resistance comes in and scrounges up the old guns that weren't linked to the KPA. Due to how it was risky and tedious trying to find more fully assembled old weapons, they opted to customize the guns to be more versatile and reduce the time to make a complete weapon. Still doesn't make much sense in the long run, but hey, at least they gave a reason.
We are talking about the initial prospect of the US being invaded in the first place, with the US being 81 times larger than said country (North Korea) in land mass alone, the US outnumbers the ENTIRE North Korean population 10 to 1, with said enemy government that can't even feed its own people, yet somehow makes the most globally successful arms and weapons manufacturing business in the world... With a backdoor program to knock out entire militaries, down to a basic ballistic rifle... When Taiwan is the #1 global semi-conductor and computerized systems producer in the WORLD (hence why China eyes the country so lustfully. Notwithstanding the Reunification Ideology likened to that of North Korea with South Korea). Of course, if the premise was China (had THQ and other platforms not cowed to China's demands), it would've made more sense for the story, logic and procession of lore. China is a powerhouse economy that's starting to outperform the US's own economy in the last few years. (as of 2022, especially Potato Biden selling 1M Dollars in oil to them, with concerns of his son having investments there to make money from it) It would make plenty sense to have China as the prime aggressor and occupier because they have the manpower, the population distribution, and, if they knocked out the US as a powerful enemy in the same manner as North Korea in the game, they could effectively capitulate many nations that, essentially, held their resistance to China due to the confidence of US backing and support. And I say that with confidence, because Taiwan is now starting a civilian militia. The first of its kind in a LONG time. Precisely because there's dwindling confidence in US backing and support. They're concerned America is in a position that may not intervene should China decide to get froggy. The entire fantastical idea is that, somehow, the US gets invaded despite the overwhelming amount of logistical, terrain, and military hurdles even the most competitive militaries (like Russia and China) would need to overcome with excruciating detail and very immense planning. Essentially, the whole story doesn't make any sense because Korea somehow manages to invade AND WIN against the US. The game has to ignore that major firearms production companies still reside in the US and Europe, outside of Korean/Chinese influence or power. And that while the US Military may be buying foreign product for its armed forces (which may be the case for a nation like India, is not the case for the US and its multiple Fortune 500 Military Industrial Complex corporations that produce civilian goods AND military hardware/software), its still self-sufficient, outside of foreign control with no "Super Secret" backdoor program. But its not the US Military that any invader needs to be concerned about. Russia's learning this with Ukraine. We learned this with Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. Britain learned this with many of its colonies. Essentially, the civilian population, especially if its well armed, becomes a threat in and of itself. America has the highest proportion of Armed Citizens to firearms IN THE WORLD. We own 49.6% of all REGISTERED firearms in the world. Yeah, great, you capitulated the US Government and the Department of Defense. Now you have to contend with 90M+ Americans (that's just under 1/3rd of the American population) who are armed. And they don't have to follow the Geneva Conventions, nor fight fair. Just like all the other insurgencies throughout history. This game predicates on an entirely separate and uniquely different United States and North Korea, and a completely different Geopolitical reality to our own. An alternate universe.
@@dragonbornexpress5650 Game starts with you waking up in a field and there's a heavy set Korean dude with a sunburned neck that comes up to you and says "we don't take kindly to yer kind round these parts".
I like that they retconned the absolutely ridiculous premise of a united Korean state by making it a corporate tech grab that united them rather than diplomacy
@@abdullahahmad4239China isn't a threat to Hollywood, it's more that Hollywood wants access to China's billion plus people market and that's been in place for more than a decade, long before this game released. There are reasons why coporations tip toe with anything to do with China...there is too much money to be made there to chance upsetting Beijing.
Not being picky is a good thing. You can enjoy things more. I wanna get this game. I like far cry anyway so I think I will enjoy this. And I'm interested in the setting. The world looks great and the weapon customization looks great.
Thanks for giving HTR some love! Game was a nightmare at launch, but the devs never gave up. They were highly active on the forums taking in feedback 24/7. Pretty sure Craig, their community manager, didn't sleep for months. They even released an HDR update for PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, and Digital Foundry rated it as a top 10 best looking game on them. After what they went through and following its development and post launch support so closely, it was awesome seeing the devs get some praise. Earned a sub! I ironically loved the first game and this one. Campaign, while not making much sense, had its moments. What really made the first one for me was its multiplayer. Was like a perfect mix of CoD and Battlefield for me. Even read the book, Voice of Freedom (pretty great as well). So I followed the development of Homefront 2 heavily. Seeing Crytek takeover got me so hyped, but then it was bad news after bad news until we finally got its reveal trailer which sparked my hope again. Got to E3 and saw some gameplay which got me hyped. Then the run of bad news started again with Crytek going bankrupt, development halting, CUK and the title being sold to Deep Silver, no news for months, and another delay, etc. I spent a lot of time on the forums talking with devs, and one mentioned to me that they lost over a third of their team during the grievances and in the transition to Dambuster. Then news broke that it was being delayed again by a year. Release date had been pushed from early 2015 to mid 2016 after all the delays. Game came out right as I finished highschool, and I played the love out of it. Fought through its poor performance and bugs on Xbox because the gameplay and weapon conversions were so damn fun. Didn't care at all if the conversions didn't make any sense. They have two most important things in game design: cool factor and fun factor. Loved their take on a KPA run Philadelphia. Each zone had a distinct style. Characters were surprisingly deep as well. Beet it on the maximum difficulty, and it fixed a lot of the poor AI moments, but the derp AI still had its moments. Characters get a little deeper as well in the DLC. Definitely worth playing, especially the last. First one leads up to the game. Second one ties off loose ends. Last one gives a fitting ending that the base game didn't quite get. Sadly due to the delays, they also had to cut the coop content in half as well. Was supposed to launch with 12 missions with 12 extra planned as free DLC but that got cut to the original 12 being split at launch and as DLC. Coop mode took me by surprise. Missions are straight forward, but the amount of character customization for it is fun. Wanna run around as a lightweight sprinter and reenact your MW2 Commando Pro days? You can do that. Wanna gear up and be a one man bullet hose machine? You can do that. Wanna be a ninja and stealth your away around enemies? You can do that. The perk system was surprisingly deep, and you could combine it with your character's gear to maximize or mix play styles. Going back to that, they listened closely to the community as well regarding microtransactions. Initially, you were going to be able to purchase the crates with real money or by grinding in game. The mode is PvE so it didn't bother me much, but people complained about it following the beta so Dambuster removed the ability to purchase them and simply replaced the MTX system with a few starter packs (which were also added on to the special edition versions of the game). Pretty sure they ran Resistance Mode at a loss to make up for the initial missing content and poor launch. Apparently there was also a third hidden mode that was possibly scrapped. I remember at the 2014 E3 demo, one of the devs hinted that his favorite mode hadn't been revealed yet, and that the others would kill him for spoiling it. At that time, we had gotten campaign gameplay at E3, and coop was already announced. Possibly could have been a PvP or a survival mode. My guess is a PvP as the Homefront 2 leaks leading up prior to HTR's reveal focused around MP, including gameplay showcasing a Domination like mode with HTR's pistol and Goliath on part of the map from the final DLC. No news ever came about from that mode, but with the absolute nightmare of a development, I assume it was scrapped. There's still some hope for a Homefront 3. THQ Nordic owns the Homefront title and Dambuster after Nordic bought Deep Silver. Didn't get any news for a few years until 2018 or 2019 when it was announced that Dambuster would be taking over development of Dead Island 2. That game has been a hell of its own, but Homefront: The Revolution had a brilliant an dynamic melee system. Loved kicking guards off of ledges and tackling enemies to the ground. I didn't even realize your could kick the KPA off of ledges until I played one of the coop missions. Walked up to assassinate him, and I just "THIS........IS.............SPARTA!!!!" him into a pit. So they can definitely do a melee focused zombie game right. But it seems like THQ Nordic may be sitting on Homefront right now. Not sure what Dambuster was doing for the two to three years leading up them taking over DI2 though.
Hope you enjoy the DLC! I'd say the first one has metro vibes, the second one is just 'more of the same' and the third one is the best content in the game and a good ending to the story. For the game as a whole, I've described is as the best 7/10 game I've ever played
Haven't seen any comments mentionning it, but you can play all the levels of TimeSplitters 2 now, someone datamined the cheat code that unlocks the rest of the levels.
@@fr3etrial314 Hey, it doesn't suppose to make sense, it showed in Farcry 5 and more so in farcry new dawn. Just think of it as weed magic and everything make sense (not)
Christ you're incredibly reasonable. I like how you acknowledge that the bugs and glitches existed at launch despite not having a lot of problems at its current state. I find that some people who play a game like Cyberpunk or Mass Effect Andromeda and (through some miracle) don't encounter many bugs completely ignore everyone else's experience with the game because they didn't have to struggle through it. You have earned a sub my man.
I just bought it & the season pass on sale for $6 & started playing it on my Series X and it’s so Amazing! I’d dare say one of the most underrated Open-World style games ever made IMO. I remember getting it when it first launched yrs ago and only played a handful and stopped bc of the issues, but now yrs later with the updates and DLC it’s something to behold. I loved the original game as well and the MP for it. Holding out hope that Dambuster Studios makes a sequel after Dead Island 2. 🤘
I redownloaded this game after watching your video. I actually played it, some years ago when it was released, and while it crashed and had bugs, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm from Philly, so I was hype to see and play a game set in my city for a change. They definitely changed most of the city structure, but it feels more Philly than Philly itself. Thanks for speaking mostly positive about the game; it's one of my favorites. I ended up beating it a few times - the City Hall mission is worth replaying, methinks, for the accuracy of the building itself and how much fun it was. Great video, man! Subscribed.
This game got awful reviews primarily because of the technical state it released in...yet Cyberpunk gets 10/10 scores. Example of how mainstream video game "journalism" is a biased joke
With the DLC Broken Steel you can. Still badly written tho. I think that a definitive ending makes objectively more sense from many perspectives. And makes your choices weight much more
nice for mentioning FEAR in context with the AI. Had the same thought a few seconds ago. While graphics are getting better and better, the AI still remains the same for over 10 years, which is really sad imo.
The AI isn't even that good, they're just specifically designed for whatever room they were put in at that moment. It makes them *appear to be* really good.
Boy have I got good news for you. You might’ve heard already but one of the devs revealed that timesplitters 2 is fully playable within homefront, he just forgot the code to unlock it. someone else just reverse engineered it so if you google it you’ll be able to find it easily. I’m going through the game for the first time just to unlock timesplitters 2 for myself.
i remember finding the TimeSplitters 2 easter egg completely by accident I've knew what TimeSplitters was, but never played it I beat both of the levels and though to myself "Why have I never played this game, its sick"
Im born and raised in South Philadelphia. So I was excited to play it and I loved it! I think that had alot to do with it. There's just no explanation I can describe in words, the feeling of playing a game based on a real life environment that you know so well. And they did a great job creating Philly.
The concept of mc givering guns out of parts allowing you to pretty much carry up to nine guns on your person alone warrants looking into it. It is beautiful. Oh, and melee takedowns.
I played this and all the expansions and I really enjoyed it. I agree with what you said about the oppressive atmosphere. The world has such a great look. The DLCs are even better than the base game. They are tense and all action. I really loved the experience. Then I finally got around to the reviews and most seemed like they never gave this game a chance. This is another reason I ignore reviews.
Here's a question; if the game is actually pretty good and fun now, does it not make it that much worse that it was so broken on launch? Like, it's not the players fault if a game launches and is broken, *then* becomes good later. If it could've been that good, why couldn't it have been released in that state to begin with? It almost doesn't matter if a game is fixed into becoming good later, not when first impressions were already so negative and folks have moved on. I don't like using the 'oh I wish people would give it a chance now it's actually really good' as a defence, as its not the players fault they didn't like the game they bought on launch. It just makes the game more frustrating, tbh. That's just a thought I had watching this. Great video, and nice Blazers cap, by the way :)
I think it comes to problematic development cycle and deadlines. You know that game development takes time, and since the publishers didn't want people to forget about this game, they just have to release it as is. I think it's the same as other games with buggy releases.
You actually make an interesting point. While I agree that "it's good now" should never be used to wash away a bad launch from a company such as... Let's say, Bethesda, I do think that whenever we are dealing with a game from someone that put a lot of love and dedication, I believe that the benefit of doubt is worth it. After all, at the end of the day, a game being "fixed" means another great game out there in the wild. Anyway, have a pleasant day buddy!
I never said it was the players' fault. I even said it deserved the review scores for the awful launch but it certainly wasn't the dev's fault either in this case.
i played this game very recently as i couldnt get the original Homefront to run, i went with the 2nd best option. graphics were very nice, gunplay is nice, the gunmodding was a pleasant surprise and also very cool - the only (big) BAD thing for me is the very repetitive gameplay which gets boring fast. oh, and riding bikes is horrible.
4:55 I play on a launch day PS4 and my copy had no major issues. There was a hilarious glitch where a KPA soldier I killed completely stretched out and turned into a weird mess of pixel spaghetti once as well as the usual minor hiccups like frame rate drops, clipping and a two second softlock after liberating an outpost but it never crashed on me once.
I think the idea of Homefront is great. A Red Dawn situation. The original Homefront looked good enough and was very linear. The weapons were fun. And takes you too much by the hand. The second Homefront, The Revolution is open world, beautiful and has great atmosphere. Yes the AI is a little dense. But when they're on you're case, they come hard. And when they swarm you, you can die fast if you don't know what you're doing. I learned to love to use the RC cars with fire and explosives. Two years ago I played this game over half through than left it. In the last weeks I picked it up again and am playing it the fourth time through now. So fun. I even downloaded the DLCs.
BTW The timespiltters easter egg is a FULL GAME I repeat A FULL REMASTERED PORT, there is just easter eggs that haven't been solved yet but the whole game is in there, its even been modded together to make the full game playable just need to find out how to crack the eggs!
You sir, just sold me on trying out this game. Comparing it to the modern far cry games pretty much made me decide to give it a go... that and the weapon system looks fun.
Just picked it up for 4 bucks from a local gamestore and currently im having fun but once my wifi is on I’ll probably enjoy it more when i can actually get consistent frames on my ps4 pro
As someone who enjoyed it, my only gripe was length. The DLC, which I tried a year after completing, changed my opinion further. The DLC feel like extensions, both before and after the story. One DLC leads into the campaign, one takes place right after, one at the very end of the story. I think I am forgetting one but hey, you are gunna enjoy the dlc, trust me.
this game is good because the devs went back to it, stuck at it and made it great. now it's a good game with a good multiplayer coop, it's not grindy or dull and i found the SP to be fairly atmospheric. Not a bad game on any platform.
Games made purely for the money will either crash and burn, or make loads of money. But a game made from passion will always succeed in some capacity. When a studio is in a bind, there's one two things that can save them: luck or a passion project. As soon as money becomes your end, and not a means to an end, you've lost the plot.
Played Homefront: TR three times, and never found Timesplitters levels. RE: characters. Sam Burnett is really will animated. Good luck with the expansions. I found all three played very well, until the last fight where it got difficult in all three. EDIT: forgot to mention H:TR is also CPU intensive in places too, so it might not always be your 980 Ti. (If you run MSI Afterburner (not for overclocking), it will monitor and OSD resource loads. Takes a bit of setting up, like you have to click what you want OSD to display. Although you probably already know about it.)
@@Jarekthegamingdragon Excellent. … I first played H:TR on a four core i5-4690, and the CPU tanked it in places to 40fps. H:TR was considerably better when I upgraded to i7-4790K (which is hyperthreading version of my previous i5. Then I played H:TR on 8700K, and it played better still.) … Ref: the expansions. I possibly remember 'Beyond the Walls' the most, because it's gorgeous. EDIT: Sorry, am not explaining myself properly. I vaguely seem to remember you saying on a vid you had something like an i7 - 2700K, and waiting to upgrade. (Very vague though - can't remember details.) Didn't know you had upgraded. Meant no disrespect.
@@Jarekthegamingdragon With reference to games like H:TR, good games that didn't review well. I really liked Sniper Ghost Warrior 3. .. It is a game that gets either hate or total praise, with no apparent middle ground. (Great guns and great graphics too.) SGW3 can feel a little lonely as there are no other vehicles travelling the roads. There is a time of day bug, where if you die you end up at midnight. However you can sleep to change time. The last bug I had was tools needed re-equipping. Like F to throw grenades or use silencer repair tool. The bug would mean you press F and nothing happens until you re-equip it. There is a multiplayer bug where you lose MP progress if you play a bit of single player. However I never touched MP myself. I got totally into SGW3. I also played the two previous games many times and loved those. SGW3 going open world worried me, since I was used to the linear previous games. SGW3 stunned me though, and the open world worked brilliantly. The tension when taking out facilities and not wanting to die so you didn't have to restart, was immersive. Not sure SGW3 would be a game to stream though. People might think it's not a good game, and not join you. Up to you. Just giving you my genuine impression. …. (EDIT: If you buy it, get the Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Season Pass Edition. That's for the All Terrain Vehicle, and the TAC33-A rifle to start. Cheap keys on Ebay.)
A friend of mine found about this on PS4 and recommended it. It sounded awesome for a more stealth-focused shooter. I love exploring the yellow district and messing with the North Korean soldiers and tanks, and going to war in the red districts. Only thing I really despise is that, like every other Deep Silver-published title, sometimes enemy AI just show up out of nowhere, right as you turn around. It sounds okay in theory, adding extra challenge to keep you on your toes, but it becomes infuriating when you're already being overrun trying to complete objectives in a red district. Just a firsthand example.
So here's the thing COD Ghost was an actual good game the story was ok But you still can have fun with it this story just killed a character in a shitty way Ghost doesn't so i mean Cod ghosts story is better
I will say it's one of those kind of sandbox shooters that's not totally bad. But not completely good either. Yes, it can be kinda bad with the AI, unlike FEAR which shows that developers cared about their games combat system at least back then, but that doesn't mean it's a bad game. And the guns are crazy because the game's plot made it so the american resistance is using various weapon parts, both stock and handmade, since the KPA weapons had biometric security devices installed so that they couldn't be used against them. Still, it's an okay game since most bugs were patched eventually. And the DLC was also coo, but it makes wish we got a proper sequel and not just another cliffhanger.
Recently found your channel and I’ve LOVED all the gems you’ve been going through with this series! Keep up the great work you deserve more subscribers
Thanks for the review. Really helpful. When it initially released I was a student with no savings and potato pc. I tried pirating it to at least see if it launches, and it didn't. That was all. Now I have a decent pc, a stable income, and time to play, so I've been buying games left and right and eventually getting to them. Definitely picking this up when it's on sale. The dlcs are way too overpriced to get them without a discount.
I'm playing it among other games and I'm enjoying it. There's been a few "bad" games that I've really enjoyed. A review is generally just the opinion of that reviewer, yes the game may be technically bad but I'm glad I ignored all the negativity around it and gave it a shot.
Honestly I enjoyed this game it felt more like a causal shooter than anything in my personal opinion, glad to see that someone finally did a video over it and didn't straight up toss it in a dumpster to burn
I think people calling this one of the worst games ever haven’t played many bad games. It’s not perfect by any means but it’s a fun ride. Despite its bad press I hope for a sequel.
I really have to owe you a thanks with an incredible amount of gratitude. The reviews on this thing are not the greatest, and that was what was really holding me back from getting it in this year's sale for like $8. I do enjoy open world games and don't care for less than average quality (as some others do). I was just really worried that everything would be boring, a lackluster amount of enemies, and combat not being good enough to fill in where other parts of it are sounding like they're failing from reviews. This definitely changed my view with the lack of doom and gloom towards it. Much appreciated! 🍉
Damn this game would really benefit from a modding community, actually if your game flops then just make mod tools for the community and it will increase its longevity.
I just found your channel and am I glad I did 👌🏽🙌🏼 I love the far cry series (3 being my favorite game of all time) but Far Cry 5 is amazing in my opinion. The Seed family is a big reason why I enjoyed it a LOT, everything else is great tbh. Great video man surely I’m gonna give Homefront a go
Considering what happened behind the scenes in development, and the patches that fixed a ton after release, it's surprisingly good. Dont get me wrong, the story and diolauge leave much to be desired, but the gameplay is pretty fun and unique. I hope theres another installment and I hope the docs for it get things right
The biggest weakness with HFTR from a design perspective is the way NPCs spawn and despawn. It is a fundamental problem, and one the devs were never able to fix. There's not enough persistence. You see an APC driving down the road. Run around the block, and it's gone. NPCs spawn in front of you at times. Then despawn in the middle of a chase. It's one of those "Once you see it, you can't unsee it" things. There's a sense of instability to the world. It doesn't feel solid because stuff is appearing and disappearing all the time. However, despite this, there is a lot to like about HFTR. The atmosphere is on point. (The rain effects are best in class, frankly.) The world is interesting to explore, with fun challenges to get inside buildings to take them over. And a lot of its design ideas turned up in games like Far Cry 5. What's most odd about HFTR is that it's a Crytek game. It is the missing game between Crysis 3 and Hunt. People wanted a sandbox singleplayer FPS from Crytek. This is that game, issues and all. I feel like it's a good, uneven game that could be a truly GREAT game if the studio went back and reworked it. Fixed the tech issues. Restored the cut content from the story. (There's a pretty major plotline point involving the doctor that was removed.) On the plus side, we did get DLC wrapping up the story as best they could.
I really dont get how many call this a horrible game(like it myself for the most part and is playing it right now as i got it cheap) Of course a few things really annoys me in the game,but it is better than alot of other releases nowadays!! Try it if u have the chance(dont pay full price is recomended) I guess it is from person to person how u feel about games as usuall. Thanks for this video!!
I remember a mission is just searching for an item in a room thats hidden in marked ceiling panels, this is not an established mechanic, this is not mentioned, the marks are not clear, and there are multiple potential spots even outside the room
I kept commenting suggesting you play this, saying it was like a far cry version of homefront, so glad you finally got around to it. Been anticipating this for a while
For $2.19 this game is awesome. You can hire a.i to fight with you, up to four, and it costs nothing. Every patrol I do, I bring a squad, and try to keep them alive. The role playing capabilites are high. If you like 360 shooters like blacksite area 51, the original homefront, or even old halo, give this a go! And the graphics are stunning for a six year old game
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Woo man this game took A LONG time to beat. I streamed a good 16 hours over 4 days last week. Big thanks to all of you that showed up on twitch, we had a big crowd! If you want to hang out in the future, come give a follow! www.twitch.tv/jarek4gamingdragon
Woah that's long
Did you discover the TIMESPLITTERS emulator hidden inside an arcade machine within the game?
Game was junk on launch but picked it up from CD keys dirt cheap with expansions and its sooo much better now. Its not a bad game, poor mans FC5
@@2livetgame789 I love when people leave comments before watching the video
JarekTheGamingDragon because of this video I’m going to buy this game when I get back on my computer.
I thought this was a great "bargain bin" kinda game.
Love your videos
Pretty much. A solid yet not great open world game. Good for wasting some time while not being totally enthralled, just enjoyable enough.
Couldn't have possibly said it better, G.
Only problem: it was sold at full retail price at it's release.
YOOOOOOO IT'S HIM
This was the game that made me believe in the idea that even if you see a lot of negative reception for a game, but a part of you nevertheless feels interested in it, try it anyway.
That was my experience with New Dawn
Saw some pretty negative reception with it, but i had a blast playing it because of the grind you do to upgrade stuff
Same. I wrote it off because of feedback, but then
Noah Caldwell-Gervais' analysis made me want to give it a shot. Easily one of my favorites, I can only imagine how good it would have been had it not gone through development hell.
Other people's opinions should never dictate your own. It's a big reason why I don't have a score system in my videos. These videos are intended to have some analysis on games and not be a review. It's just me spewing my expereince to the internet. Reviews are subjective, not factual, and people really need to stop taking reviewers word. I get if you don't want to buy a game because of bad reviews but that literally means your opinion on said game is invalid since you didn't play it.
@@Jarekthegamingdragon Agreed, i think i saw something similar with the movie Speed Racer, where a bunch of critics trashed for being "too cartoonish" (even though the movie is from a 80s-90s anime), and gave the people, who didnt saw it, some bitter taste for the movie and it performed badly.
I can't say much because sadly i kinda do this type of stuff, most recently with the TLOU Part 2 stuff that was happening, but its wrong from my part to criticise the game purely based on what other say, so i dont say anything because i didnt research it, nor do i have the initial interest anyway.
Another example for me is No Man's Sky, like, even at launch, it was a game that i really liked and loved, and i didnt care for what people said, i had alot of fun and still having to this day.
Me but with Need For Speed ProStreet. Broken game but has a lot of patches at least fanmade. With them, it's amazing, one of the best simcades I ever played don't @ me.
14:18 I just watched a man turn an M1911 into an MP7. I... have no words.
It's one of my favorite things about this game, even if it doesn't make much sense.
Or turning a SIG into a TMP
I have no words for what I just saw. RTB for debrief.
That's nothing. I heard that he could turn an Assault Rifle into a Light Machine Gun OR an Explosive Sticky Mine Launcher!
It’s not a 1911 and I’m pretty sure that’s an MP9
Everyone knows firing a firearm without any sort of set screws sears or pins is 100% safe, slap a boyds anti material rifle barrel on a 1891 mauser body. It just WORKS
My favorite part about this game was the fact that the auto shotgun firing birdshot was MORE effective against vehicles than using the pump with 000, an LMG, RPG, and grenade launcher, just like real life!
(Its my experience from the co-op mode, which may be a bit different)
i came hereto post this the guns triggered my autism but i liked the games aesthetic
Mark Failla same brother my gun autism went berserk but it looks pretty fun
Ray - Nobody Important the little bbs probably get in between all the books and crevices for major destruction
Todd Howard much? 😆
Not bad at all if you’re looking for something to do during the weekend. Pretty much liked the premise. Loved it.
On pc at least, on console experience ruin by inconsistent frame rate and awful aim controll
every sentence hyperboled the one before it.
@@maegnificant uh huh
Not bad, pretty much liked it, loved it. Hahah. I get you.
@@jador1105 thanks fam 😭
It has two levels from Timesplitters so it’s a W in my book
Kinda sad that two levels from a PS2 game are better than this xD
And on the pc version in the game files, ALL of Timesplitters 2 is playable
@@nemysyys2285 you sure they are playable? AFAIK they are there as files.
That's not sad at all. TS2 is still better than most games that come out today. It was just an amazing game.
@@Jarekthegamingdragon honestly I am a bit shocked with how good you find this Homefront. Apart from the issues you mentioned, something about the aiming and the guns feels totally off. They patched most of the problems by now but at release and for many months it was a broken mess. But you're honest and I appreciate that.
First one was legendary in MP. Back when everyone was about Battlefield 3 vs Modern Warfare 3, Homefront was a real alternative. Campaign was just there for the "No Russian" shock effect.
TS2 nailed the aiming with its auto aim. The music, the levels, the characters, the many extra missions and stuff. It has so much to give.
I can't believe no one has mentioned that Homefront's weapon changing system is an expanded version of the system in Crysis. Makes complete sense with the game being made in the Crytek engine
i hope that crysis 4 will have something like this
@@DarkSentinel52 Customization on the fly is a Crysis trademark at this point. It would silly if it didn't include it.
No review I saw ever talked about the badass weapon system. I will be buying this.
I recently beat it. I’m about to do a second play through, I never got tired of the weapon system and the animations. It’s in real time which is probably my favorite part
weapon wheel with extra steps lol
A. Cooper I replayed it a month ago, it’s worth it
@@bloodd7566 It's fun, it doesn't limits your play style and it have an awesome gadget system alongside.
Honestly that final mission was hilarious on my first and only playthrough
"Oh, the chick who threatened to torture me and cut my nipples off because she couldn't be bothered to check my ID? The chick who's constantly waving around a shotgun trying to act tough and rebellious? The chick who had an emotional outburst and violently murdered the mayor on live television while we were holding him hostage?
She's going to sacrifice herself by blowing up a UGV?
...Noooooooooooo-Idon'tcaaaare" :I
I can fix her...
Good lol, she was an evil piece of trash
I played this game after it was patched and i think it was a really fun, well made and great game and i liked the story and the characters so i think this game is very underrated and dont deserve the hate its getting at all.
Even if it had some problems at release it should be remembered for how its like now instead.
I liked the first Homefront too so im very sad that the series is probably over and that we are probably never getting any more Homefront games.
Story be like: Extra extra read all about it. America saves America in the most American way.
Azreal Of the 1st legion Yes
@Azreal Of the 1st legion Exactly
Tahm kench main🤮🤮
@OMGitsAzreal Azreal rhyms with Israel which Insnt Real!!!!!
@OMGitsAzreal im a certified retard. I need to edit. Thank you for pointing that out.
I was surprised by this. I was expecting this game to get a thrashing, now I'm considering picking it up on a sale.
Definitely do it its really fun
Just picked up a copy for $5 bucks at GameStop. And it came with a steelbook case. Now that he said that you can play 2 timesplitters 2 levels, I'll be playing sooner than later.
@@joeshmo3360 tell me what you think of the game personally i loved it
@@prxto-- haven't gotten around to playing it yet as I just picked it up like a few weeks ago, but I thought the first game was good IMO. A little on the short side, but if I were to give it a score, it'd be a solid 7. But as soon as I get a chance to play it, I'll update you on how I think it was 😀👍
It is fun
Homefront the Revolution is one of my favorite games. The devs are working on Dead Island 2 now. I hope they finish it.
*W H A T*
Wait, I thought Riptide was technically 2
@@MasterOfKnowledge. it was basically dlc
@@cluner24 Ah
@@cluner24 our Lord and Savior craig
The game gave their reasoning for gun conversions being that they are Resistance-only custom made weapons.
In the lore as well, the guns the American armed forces had in that universe were much more advanced but were almost all manufactured by the Koreans, same goes for most of their tech and military vehicles. When the kill switch was used, that means almost all the armed forces in the US had nothing to use to fight back.
Which is where I think the Resistance comes in and scrounges up the old guns that weren't linked to the KPA.
Due to how it was risky and tedious trying to find more fully assembled old weapons, they opted to customize the guns to be more versatile and reduce the time to make a complete weapon.
Still doesn't make much sense in the long run, but hey, at least they gave a reason.
Yeah.. It still doesnt make any sense.
It doesn't make any sense, but you feel like your third eye opens a little bit when you get every mod for every gun and you are god
Just use Mausers. Best rifles in the world. Snap crappy Korean gun in half! Conquer Europe! 5 year warranty!!!
Disclaimer:
Manpower not included.
We are talking about the initial prospect of the US being invaded in the first place, with the US being 81 times larger than said country (North Korea) in land mass alone, the US outnumbers the ENTIRE North Korean population 10 to 1, with said enemy government that can't even feed its own people, yet somehow makes the most globally successful arms and weapons manufacturing business in the world... With a backdoor program to knock out entire militaries, down to a basic ballistic rifle... When Taiwan is the #1 global semi-conductor and computerized systems producer in the WORLD (hence why China eyes the country so lustfully. Notwithstanding the Reunification Ideology likened to that of North Korea with South Korea).
Of course, if the premise was China (had THQ and other platforms not cowed to China's demands), it would've made more sense for the story, logic and procession of lore. China is a powerhouse economy that's starting to outperform the US's own economy in the last few years. (as of 2022, especially Potato Biden selling 1M Dollars in oil to them, with concerns of his son having investments there to make money from it) It would make plenty sense to have China as the prime aggressor and occupier because they have the manpower, the population distribution, and, if they knocked out the US as a powerful enemy in the same manner as North Korea in the game, they could effectively capitulate many nations that, essentially, held their resistance to China due to the confidence of US backing and support. And I say that with confidence, because Taiwan is now starting a civilian militia. The first of its kind in a LONG time. Precisely because there's dwindling confidence in US backing and support. They're concerned America is in a position that may not intervene should China decide to get froggy.
The entire fantastical idea is that, somehow, the US gets invaded despite the overwhelming amount of logistical, terrain, and military hurdles even the most competitive militaries (like Russia and China) would need to overcome with excruciating detail and very immense planning.
Essentially, the whole story doesn't make any sense because Korea somehow manages to invade AND WIN against the US. The game has to ignore that major firearms production companies still reside in the US and Europe, outside of Korean/Chinese influence or power. And that while the US Military may be buying foreign product for its armed forces (which may be the case for a nation like India, is not the case for the US and its multiple Fortune 500 Military Industrial Complex corporations that produce civilian goods AND military hardware/software), its still self-sufficient, outside of foreign control with no "Super Secret" backdoor program.
But its not the US Military that any invader needs to be concerned about. Russia's learning this with Ukraine. We learned this with Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. Britain learned this with many of its colonies. Essentially, the civilian population, especially if its well armed, becomes a threat in and of itself.
America has the highest proportion of Armed Citizens to firearms IN THE WORLD. We own 49.6% of all REGISTERED firearms in the world. Yeah, great, you capitulated the US Government and the Department of Defense. Now you have to contend with 90M+ Americans (that's just under 1/3rd of the American population) who are armed. And they don't have to follow the Geneva Conventions, nor fight fair. Just like all the other insurgencies throughout history.
This game predicates on an entirely separate and uniquely different United States and North Korea, and a completely different Geopolitical reality to our own. An alternate universe.
Well Metro Exodus have similar customisation.
I personally hope we get more Homefront, the setting is really interesting and they could expand it into other countries doing their own revolutions
far cry 6
They need a mid west version now since they done a western coast and eastern coast versions
@@Barbatos666. Or even somewhere in the South?
@@dragonbornexpress5650 Game starts with you waking up in a field and there's a heavy set Korean dude with a sunburned neck that comes up to you and says "we don't take kindly to yer kind round these parts".
@@dooleh84. I mean, not necessarily like that, but a similar tone could definitely be done.
The game is good it’s just so buggy and has a lot of issues but the potential for an amazing game is there
Its really not buggy anymore at least on ps4
Hated the bulletsponges
@@brianosterman456 there is no bullet sponges you just need to hit the weakspot
@@prxto-- when I played multiplayer it seemed like there were a bunch
@@brianosterman456 i literally was not able to find a multiplayer match
I had low expectations for this game but I had a lot of fun playing it when I finally got it.
I like that they retconned the absolutely ridiculous premise of a united Korean state by making it a corporate tech grab that united them rather than diplomacy
It’s kinda silly but I like the idea that the KPA started off giving humanitarian aid and then they started occupying the entire country
It's just a game, not a statement. I never understood the common critique Homefront got for the enemy being North Korea.
@@HelghastStalker China wasn't as much of a threat to Hollywood when the first game came out
@@abdullahahmad4239China isn't a threat to Hollywood, it's more that Hollywood wants access to China's billion plus people market and that's been in place for more than a decade, long before this game released. There are reasons why coporations tip toe with anything to do with China...there is too much money to be made there to chance upsetting Beijing.
@AshTheFlash100 Exactly.
You gonna give it to voice actors, they rly done their job good
The VA behind Jack Parish really is something isn’t?
i got this with all the dlc and patches on pc earlier this year and i think its a great game but maybe im just not very picky(true gamer at heart)
Not being picky is a good thing. You can enjoy things more. I wanna get this game. I like far cry anyway so I think I will enjoy this. And I'm interested in the setting. The world looks great and the weapon customization looks great.
@@krykox6060 You wont regret it. try to get it on PC and install Reshade to make the game look better
Good game. I expected a disaster, but really enjoyed it.
@@TylerPlayzZz803 sadly I only have ps4 but I'm definitely gonna get it. Still thanks.
@@krykox6060 Tread lightly with the console versions, might still be annoyingly buggy
I played this game.
*Look at steam library*
Wait that says Frontline: fuel of war.
Eeeeey!
That game was fun as hell
Good game💪🏽
@@RedAssassin274 God, I miss Fuel of War...
Thanks for giving HTR some love! Game was a nightmare at launch, but the devs never gave up. They were highly active on the forums taking in feedback 24/7. Pretty sure Craig, their community manager, didn't sleep for months. They even released an HDR update for PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, and Digital Foundry rated it as a top 10 best looking game on them. After what they went through and following its development and post launch support so closely, it was awesome seeing the devs get some praise. Earned a sub!
I ironically loved the first game and this one. Campaign, while not making much sense, had its moments. What really made the first one for me was its multiplayer. Was like a perfect mix of CoD and Battlefield for me. Even read the book, Voice of Freedom (pretty great as well). So I followed the development of Homefront 2 heavily. Seeing Crytek takeover got me so hyped, but then it was bad news after bad news until we finally got its reveal trailer which sparked my hope again. Got to E3 and saw some gameplay which got me hyped. Then the run of bad news started again with Crytek going bankrupt, development halting, CUK and the title being sold to Deep Silver, no news for months, and another delay, etc. I spent a lot of time on the forums talking with devs, and one mentioned to me that they lost over a third of their team during the grievances and in the transition to Dambuster. Then news broke that it was being delayed again by a year. Release date had been pushed from early 2015 to mid 2016 after all the delays.
Game came out right as I finished highschool, and I played the love out of it. Fought through its poor performance and bugs on Xbox because the gameplay and weapon conversions were so damn fun. Didn't care at all if the conversions didn't make any sense. They have two most important things in game design: cool factor and fun factor. Loved their take on a KPA run Philadelphia. Each zone had a distinct style. Characters were surprisingly deep as well. Beet it on the maximum difficulty, and it fixed a lot of the poor AI moments, but the derp AI still had its moments. Characters get a little deeper as well in the DLC. Definitely worth playing, especially the last. First one leads up to the game. Second one ties off loose ends. Last one gives a fitting ending that the base game didn't quite get.
Sadly due to the delays, they also had to cut the coop content in half as well. Was supposed to launch with 12 missions with 12 extra planned as free DLC but that got cut to the original 12 being split at launch and as DLC. Coop mode took me by surprise. Missions are straight forward, but the amount of character customization for it is fun. Wanna run around as a lightweight sprinter and reenact your MW2 Commando Pro days? You can do that. Wanna gear up and be a one man bullet hose machine? You can do that. Wanna be a ninja and stealth your away around enemies? You can do that. The perk system was surprisingly deep, and you could combine it with your character's gear to maximize or mix play styles. Going back to that, they listened closely to the community as well regarding microtransactions. Initially, you were going to be able to purchase the crates with real money or by grinding in game. The mode is PvE so it didn't bother me much, but people complained about it following the beta so Dambuster removed the ability to purchase them and simply replaced the MTX system with a few starter packs (which were also added on to the special edition versions of the game). Pretty sure they ran Resistance Mode at a loss to make up for the initial missing content and poor launch.
Apparently there was also a third hidden mode that was possibly scrapped. I remember at the 2014 E3 demo, one of the devs hinted that his favorite mode hadn't been revealed yet, and that the others would kill him for spoiling it. At that time, we had gotten campaign gameplay at E3, and coop was already announced. Possibly could have been a PvP or a survival mode. My guess is a PvP as the Homefront 2 leaks leading up prior to HTR's reveal focused around MP, including gameplay showcasing a Domination like mode with HTR's pistol and Goliath on part of the map from the final DLC. No news ever came about from that mode, but with the absolute nightmare of a development, I assume it was scrapped.
There's still some hope for a Homefront 3. THQ Nordic owns the Homefront title and Dambuster after Nordic bought Deep Silver. Didn't get any news for a few years until 2018 or 2019 when it was announced that Dambuster would be taking over development of Dead Island 2. That game has been a hell of its own, but Homefront: The Revolution had a brilliant an dynamic melee system. Loved kicking guards off of ledges and tackling enemies to the ground. I didn't even realize your could kick the KPA off of ledges until I played one of the coop missions. Walked up to assassinate him, and I just "THIS........IS.............SPARTA!!!!" him into a pit. So they can definitely do a melee focused zombie game right. But it seems like THQ Nordic may be sitting on Homefront right now. Not sure what Dambuster was doing for the two to three years leading up them taking over DI2 though.
I recall playing this with my friend and laughing our asses off at the bad AI. Still fun popcorn times.
Hope you enjoy the DLC! I'd say the first one has metro vibes, the second one is just 'more of the same' and the third one is the best content in the game and a good ending to the story.
For the game as a whole, I've described is as the best 7/10 game I've ever played
How many Kims do you get to turn into chunky salsa?
Haven't seen any comments mentionning it, but you can play all the levels of TimeSplitters 2 now, someone datamined the cheat code that unlocks the rest of the levels.
Hey now, I actually liked Far Cry 5. Or at least the gameplay part. The ending was bullshit tho.
Yea where did he get 3 nukes
@@fr3etrial314 The nukes didn't belong to the Father, world war 3 broke out and Montana got nuked in the process
@@petermaguire4825 Ok I can disprove this, if you stay you are nuked but if you leave no nukes drop
@@fr3etrial314 Hey, it doesn't suppose to make sense, it showed in Farcry 5 and more so in farcry new dawn. Just think of it as weed magic and everything make sense (not)
I loved far cry 5s end
When I was like 12 I thought this was part of the Metro series
When I was 12 I thought that kirby was a pokemon.
Christ you're incredibly reasonable. I like how you acknowledge that the bugs and glitches existed at launch despite not having a lot of problems at its current state. I find that some people who play a game like Cyberpunk or Mass Effect Andromeda and (through some miracle) don't encounter many bugs completely ignore everyone else's experience with the game because they didn't have to struggle through it. You have earned a sub my man.
I just bought it & the season pass on sale for $6 & started playing it on my Series X and it’s so Amazing! I’d dare say one of the most underrated Open-World style games ever made IMO. I remember getting it when it first launched yrs ago and only played a handful and stopped bc of the issues, but now yrs later with the updates and DLC it’s something to behold. I loved the original game as well and the MP for it. Holding out hope that Dambuster Studios makes a sequel after Dead Island 2. 🤘
When I heard this game was being released I immediately thought of the first homefront's multiplayer cause I enjoyed the hell out of that.
September supposedly NVIDIA will showcase their 3000 series cards.
Augusta 31
It's gon' be real hot, bois.
Cavey Möth god damn it I’ll be a peasant again.
I have some news from the future...
"Just slap a new upper onto a pistol and magically you have an SMG..."
- MechTech Systems
Pistol carbine conversion kits do not turn semi auto pistols into full auto smgs. You need a new lower for that.
@@Jarekthegamingdragon Give 'em a minute, its not quite legal in every state yet. ;)
It has nothing to do with being legal. It physically is impossible to make a semi auto, full auto without modifying or replacing the lower.
@@Jarekthegamingdragon nooo my video game logic
I redownloaded this game after watching your video. I actually played it, some years ago when it was released, and while it crashed and had bugs, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm from Philly, so I was hype to see and play a game set in my city for a change. They definitely changed most of the city structure, but it feels more Philly than Philly itself. Thanks for speaking mostly positive about the game; it's one of my favorites. I ended up beating it a few times - the City Hall mission is worth replaying, methinks, for the accuracy of the building itself and how much fun it was. Great video, man! Subscribed.
Wait the story takes place in Philadelphia... damn it's a great recreation! Looks exactly like real life
This game got awful reviews primarily because of the technical state it released in...yet Cyberpunk gets 10/10 scores. Example of how mainstream video game "journalism" is a biased joke
The worst part of this game is finishing it, once you beat it, you can't continue to play in your open world. Just like Fallout 3.
What? I’m pretty sure you can last time I checked
I don't like that either. At least Fallout 3 got Broken Steel, but still gotta avoid the last mission in New Vegas & Saints Row 1.
With the DLC Broken Steel you can. Still badly written tho.
I think that a definitive ending makes objectively more sense from many perspectives. And makes your choices weight much more
The expansions are ok and at least it finishes the story.
nice for mentioning FEAR in context with the AI. Had the same thought a few seconds ago. While graphics are getting better and better, the AI still remains the same for over 10 years, which is really sad imo.
The AI isn't even that good, they're just specifically designed for whatever room they were put in at that moment. It makes them *appear to be* really good.
I came to hear about homefront, i left craving timesplitter 2 remastered
Another great video jarek, thank you!
Boy have I got good news for you. You might’ve heard already but one of the devs revealed that timesplitters 2 is fully playable within homefront, he just forgot the code to unlock it. someone else just reverse engineered it so if you google it you’ll be able to find it easily. I’m going through the game for the first time just to unlock timesplitters 2 for myself.
I LOVE this game, total guilty pleasure. Im gutted I missed the stream.
He’ll be streaming the DLCs next week so we’ll have that to look forward to
The campaign was lackluster, but the mechanics were fun and the concept was cool. Not a bad game imo
i remember finding the TimeSplitters 2 easter egg completely by accident
I've knew what TimeSplitters was, but never played it
I beat both of the levels and though to myself "Why have I never played this game, its sick"
Im born and raised in South Philadelphia. So I was excited to play it and I loved it! I think that had alot to do with it. There's just no explanation I can describe in words, the feeling of playing a game based on a real life environment that you know so well. And they did a great job creating Philly.
The concept of mc givering guns out of parts allowing you to pretty much carry up to nine guns on your person alone warrants looking into it. It is beautiful.
Oh, and melee takedowns.
I played this and all the expansions and I really enjoyed it. I agree with what you said about the oppressive atmosphere. The world has such a great look. The DLCs are even better than the base game. They are tense and all action. I really loved the experience. Then I finally got around to the reviews and most seemed like they never gave this game a chance. This is another reason I ignore reviews.
Closest things we'll have to an urban far cry. That alone makes it good in my books.
Not knowing anything about Homefront, did I expect you to slaughter this game based on the title. What a pleasant surprise.
I absolutely loved the first Homefront, the multiplayer was very fun & the campaign was enjoyable. Never played the revolution unfortunately.
Can u imagine if the enemy AI was as good as fear games?
F.E.A.R games? The first one has a very aggressive gameplay and IA.
@@ilikebeingbronixD do u think that would it would have help the game if, if the had both of those ?
@@williejohnson1732 I think it would make it better, I liked Homefront.
FEAR AI won't work in open world environments. That AI was programmed for more linear levels with depending on map design.
@@gamingjunkie707 ok
Here's a question; if the game is actually pretty good and fun now, does it not make it that much worse that it was so broken on launch? Like, it's not the players fault if a game launches and is broken, *then* becomes good later. If it could've been that good, why couldn't it have been released in that state to begin with? It almost doesn't matter if a game is fixed into becoming good later, not when first impressions were already so negative and folks have moved on. I don't like using the 'oh I wish people would give it a chance now it's actually really good' as a defence, as its not the players fault they didn't like the game they bought on launch. It just makes the game more frustrating, tbh.
That's just a thought I had watching this. Great video, and nice Blazers cap, by the way :)
I think it comes to problematic development cycle and deadlines. You know that game development takes time, and since the publishers didn't want people to forget about this game, they just have to release it as is. I think it's the same as other games with buggy releases.
You actually make an interesting point. While I agree that "it's good now" should never be used to wash away a bad launch from a company such as... Let's say, Bethesda, I do think that whenever we are dealing with a game from someone that put a lot of love and dedication, I believe that the benefit of doubt is worth it. After all, at the end of the day, a game being "fixed" means another great game out there in the wild.
Anyway, have a pleasant day buddy!
I never said it was the players' fault. I even said it deserved the review scores for the awful launch but it certainly wasn't the dev's fault either in this case.
Love this game, only game with balls released that year. A decent sequel to a cool ass game
you just sold me on this game with the weapons, i didnt know things got that interesting
i played this game very recently as i couldnt get the original Homefront to run, i went with the 2nd best option.
graphics were very nice, gunplay is nice, the gunmodding was a pleasant surprise and also very cool - the only (big) BAD thing for me is the very repetitive gameplay which gets boring fast.
oh, and riding bikes is horrible.
4:55 I play on a launch day PS4 and my copy had no major issues. There was a hilarious glitch where a KPA soldier I killed completely stretched out and turned into a weird mess of pixel spaghetti once as well as the usual minor hiccups like frame rate drops, clipping and a two second softlock after liberating an outpost but it never crashed on me once.
I think the idea of Homefront is great. A Red Dawn situation. The original Homefront looked good enough and was very linear. The weapons were fun. And takes you too much by the hand.
The second Homefront, The Revolution is open world, beautiful and has great atmosphere. Yes the AI is a little dense. But when they're on you're case, they come hard. And when they swarm you, you can die fast if you don't know what you're doing. I learned to love to use the RC cars with fire and explosives.
Two years ago I played this game over half through than left it. In the last weeks I picked it up again and am playing it the fourth time through now. So fun. I even downloaded the DLCs.
The DLCs also add a lot more story and character to the game especially in your main character. I would recommend them!
The DLC's are masterpieces compared to the main game. Give a nice background to the main story also a satisfying conclusion.
BTW The timespiltters easter egg is a FULL GAME I repeat A FULL REMASTERED PORT, there is just easter eggs that haven't been solved yet but the whole game is in there, its even been modded together to make the full game playable just need to find out how to crack the eggs!
Thank you Jarek, for doing God's work spreading the good word about this game
You sir, just sold me on trying out this game. Comparing it to the modern far cry games pretty much made me decide to give it a go... that and the weapon system looks fun.
I picked it up for $11 a couple years ago and was satisfied, I genuinely think it has some of the best hip firing mechanics in a game.
Just picked it up for 4 bucks from a local gamestore and currently im having fun but once my wifi is on I’ll probably enjoy it more when i can actually get consistent frames on my ps4 pro
As someone who enjoyed it, my only gripe was length. The DLC, which I tried a year after completing, changed my opinion further. The DLC feel like extensions, both before and after the story. One DLC leads into the campaign, one takes place right after, one at the very end of the story. I think I am forgetting one but hey, you are gunna enjoy the dlc, trust me.
It’s a shame how this game launched, cause it is quite good
this game is good because the devs went back to it, stuck at it and made it great. now it's a good game with a good multiplayer coop, it's not grindy or dull and i found the SP to be fairly atmospheric. Not a bad game on any platform.
I loved this game, even though everyone hated it
Games made purely for the money will either crash and burn, or make loads of money.
But a game made from passion will always succeed in some capacity.
When a studio is in a bind, there's one two things that can save them: luck or a passion project.
As soon as money becomes your end, and not a means to an end, you've lost the plot.
Played Homefront: TR three times, and never found Timesplitters levels.
RE: characters. Sam Burnett is really will animated.
Good luck with the expansions. I found all three played very well, until the last fight where it got difficult in all three.
EDIT: forgot to mention H:TR is also CPU intensive in places too, so it might not always be your 980 Ti. (If you run MSI Afterburner (not for overclocking), it will monitor and OSD resource loads. Takes a bit of setting up, like you have to click what you want OSD to display. Although you probably already know about it.)
My cpu is an amd 3700x. My 980ti is 5 years old. It's definitely my 980ti lol
@@Jarekthegamingdragon Excellent. … I first played H:TR on a four core i5-4690, and the CPU tanked it in places to 40fps. H:TR was considerably better when I upgraded to i7-4790K (which is hyperthreading version of my previous i5. Then I played H:TR on 8700K, and it played better still.) … Ref: the expansions. I possibly remember 'Beyond the Walls' the most, because it's gorgeous.
EDIT: Sorry, am not explaining myself properly. I vaguely seem to remember you saying on a vid you had something like an i7 - 2700K, and waiting to upgrade. (Very vague though - can't remember details.) Didn't know you had upgraded. Meant no disrespect.
My old cpu was an i7 3820. I totally redid my pc a year ago with the exception of my gpu.
@@Jarekthegamingdragon With reference to games like H:TR, good games that didn't review well. I really liked Sniper Ghost Warrior 3. .. It is a game that gets either hate or total praise, with no apparent middle ground. (Great guns and great graphics too.)
SGW3 can feel a little lonely as there are no other vehicles travelling the roads. There is a time of day bug, where if you die you end up at midnight. However you can sleep to change time. The last bug I had was tools needed re-equipping. Like F to throw grenades or use silencer repair tool. The bug would mean you press F and nothing happens until you re-equip it. There is a multiplayer bug where you lose MP progress if you play a bit of single player. However I never touched MP myself.
I got totally into SGW3. I also played the two previous games many times and loved those. SGW3 going open world worried me, since I was used to the linear previous games. SGW3 stunned me though, and the open world worked brilliantly. The tension when taking out facilities and not wanting to die so you didn't have to restart, was immersive.
Not sure SGW3 would be a game to stream though. People might think it's not a good game, and not join you. Up to you. Just giving you my genuine impression. …. (EDIT: If you buy it, get the Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Season Pass Edition. That's for the All Terrain Vehicle, and the TAC33-A rifle to start. Cheap keys on Ebay.)
The multiplayer for the original Homefront was really damn good.
The Resistance Radio that you find scattered throughout the game.
It really drags you into the world just by listening to it.
A friend of mine found about this on PS4 and recommended it. It sounded awesome for a more stealth-focused shooter. I love exploring the yellow district and messing with the North Korean soldiers and tanks, and going to war in the red districts. Only thing I really despise is that, like every other Deep Silver-published title, sometimes enemy AI just show up out of nowhere, right as you turn around. It sounds okay in theory, adding extra challenge to keep you on your toes, but it becomes infuriating when you're already being overrun trying to complete objectives in a red district. Just a firsthand example.
Still a more believable story than that of Call of Duty: Ghosts
oh shut up
It do be like that tho
So here's the thing COD Ghost was an actual good game the story was ok But you still can have fun with it this story just killed a character in a shitty way Ghost doesn't so i mean Cod ghosts story is better
I will say it's one of those kind of sandbox shooters that's not totally bad. But not completely good either. Yes, it can be kinda bad with the AI, unlike FEAR which shows that developers cared about their games combat system at least back then, but that doesn't mean it's a bad game. And the guns are crazy because the game's plot made it so the american resistance is using various weapon parts, both stock and handmade, since the KPA weapons had biometric security devices installed so that they couldn't be used against them.
Still, it's an okay game since most bugs were patched eventually.
And the DLC was also coo, but it makes wish we got a proper sequel and not just another cliffhanger.
If Im honest, I thought the first home front had a fantastic multiplayer.
Recently found your channel and I’ve LOVED all the gems you’ve been going through with this series! Keep up the great work you deserve more subscribers
Just like all my "Ride or Die" chicks, this game left me sad, alone and chugging $1 Monday Margerita's at AppleBees.
Thanks for the review. Really helpful.
When it initially released I was a student with no savings and potato pc. I tried pirating it to at least see if it launches, and it didn't. That was all. Now I have a decent pc, a stable income, and time to play, so I've been buying games left and right and eventually getting to them.
Definitely picking this up when it's on sale. The dlcs are way too overpriced to get them without a discount.
I love that weapon conversion, it reminds me of what some military do with having a marksman upper on hand for their M4
I'm playing it among other games and I'm enjoying it. There's been a few "bad" games that I've really enjoyed. A review is generally just the opinion of that reviewer, yes the game may be technically bad but I'm glad I ignored all the negativity around it and gave it a shot.
I like how you analyze games. It really makes it easier to decide if I wanna play it or not.
Honestly I enjoyed this game it felt more like a causal shooter than anything in my personal opinion, glad to see that someone finally did a video over it and didn't straight up toss it in a dumpster to burn
I think people calling this one of the worst games ever haven’t played many bad games. It’s not perfect by any means but it’s a fun ride. Despite its bad press I hope for a sequel.
I want another urban Far Cry game. I loved waging guerilla warfare in a decrepit urban sandbox.
I really have to owe you a thanks with an incredible amount of gratitude. The reviews on this thing are not the greatest, and that was what was really holding me back from getting it in this year's sale for like $8. I do enjoy open world games and don't care for less than average quality (as some others do). I was just really worried that everything would be boring, a lackluster amount of enemies, and combat not being good enough to fill in where other parts of it are sounding like they're failing from reviews. This definitely changed my view with the lack of doom and gloom towards it. Much appreciated! 🍉
Damn this game would really benefit from a modding community, actually if your game flops then just make mod tools for the community and it will increase its longevity.
I played the original Homefront and really enjoyed it, half tempted to try Revolution. My brother played it and said it was pretty decent
I just found your channel and am I glad I did 👌🏽🙌🏼 I love the far cry series (3 being my favorite game of all time) but Far Cry 5 is amazing in my opinion. The Seed family is a big reason why I enjoyed it a LOT, everything else is great tbh. Great video man surely I’m gonna give Homefront a go
I think you gave a fair statement to the game saying that don't just bash the game everywhere if it's just not your type of game.
Legendary theme in the background, very nice 🔥🔥🔥
Considering what happened behind the scenes in development, and the patches that fixed a ton after release, it's surprisingly good.
Dont get me wrong, the story and diolauge leave much to be desired, but the gameplay is pretty fun and unique. I hope theres another installment and I hope the docs for it get things right
This is one of my favourite games of all time it's not the story or the gameplay it's just the atmosphere does it for me
Honestly, I might actually give this game a shot because of this video.
This game looks like it would be a killer game of made with 2020 technology
The biggest weakness with HFTR from a design perspective is the way NPCs spawn and despawn. It is a fundamental problem, and one the devs were never able to fix. There's not enough persistence. You see an APC driving down the road. Run around the block, and it's gone. NPCs spawn in front of you at times. Then despawn in the middle of a chase. It's one of those "Once you see it, you can't unsee it" things. There's a sense of instability to the world. It doesn't feel solid because stuff is appearing and disappearing all the time. However, despite this, there is a lot to like about HFTR. The atmosphere is on point. (The rain effects are best in class, frankly.) The world is interesting to explore, with fun challenges to get inside buildings to take them over. And a lot of its design ideas turned up in games like Far Cry 5. What's most odd about HFTR is that it's a Crytek game. It is the missing game between Crysis 3 and Hunt. People wanted a sandbox singleplayer FPS from Crytek. This is that game, issues and all. I feel like it's a good, uneven game that could be a truly GREAT game if the studio went back and reworked it. Fixed the tech issues. Restored the cut content from the story. (There's a pretty major plotline point involving the doctor that was removed.) On the plus side, we did get DLC wrapping up the story as best they could.
DUDE brothers in arm please, it was ahead of its time
I really dont get how many call this a horrible game(like it myself for the most part and is playing it right now as i got it cheap)
Of course a few things really annoys me in the game,but it is better than alot of other releases nowadays!!
Try it if u have the chance(dont pay full price is recomended)
I guess it is from person to person how u feel about games as usuall.
Thanks for this video!!
It was fun to run around and cause chaos in, especially the prison sector, I loved playing it when I was little
I remember a mission is just searching for an item in a room thats hidden in marked ceiling panels, this is not an established mechanic, this is not mentioned, the marks are not clear, and there are multiple potential spots even outside the room
I kept commenting suggesting you play this, saying it was like a far cry version of homefront, so glad you finally got around to it. Been anticipating this for a while
update codes have been found to unlock everything for time spliters 2 in the game now
For $2.19 this game is awesome. You can hire a.i to fight with you, up to four, and it costs nothing. Every patrol I do, I bring a squad, and try to keep them alive. The role playing capabilites are high. If you like 360 shooters like blacksite area 51, the original homefront, or even old halo, give this a go! And the graphics are stunning for a six year old game