Homefront: The Revolution

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  1. SuperkenGaming
    May 20, 2016
    6
    Homefront The Revolution
    A broken misuse of a great ip
    Homefront The Revolution is an open world first person shooter set in an alternate universe where north Korea establish control over the united states… And as the name suggest, it’s up to you to spark a revolution in the city of Philadelphia Despite this game technically being an open world, this unfortunately is actually a bunch    Homefront The Revolution
    A broken misuse of a great ip
    Homefront The Revolution is an open world first person shooter set in an alternate universe where north Korea establish control over the united states…
    And as the name suggest, it’s up to you to spark a revolution in the city of Philadelphia
    Despite this game technically being an open world, this unfortunately is actually a bunch of hub levels separated by travel points..
    This is not one massive map...
    And that’s a shame, because Deep Silver mistakenly decided to ditch the linear first person shooter style this game originally was to jump into the saturated market of open worlds,
    And you’re going to jump into a saturated market, where 9/10 AAA games are unique or flat out copying ubisoft, you better make sure that your open world or ubisoft clone world is worth existing in…
    This one isn’t
    There are 2 different zone types, a red and yellow.. red means anything goes..
    yellow means there are civilians, and you need to be stealthy and destroy Korean property to get the citizens to up rise…
    The yellow zone liberating is required for the story…
    And the objective much like the rest of the game feels very copy and paste…
    Even down to the location you need to get to in each zone…
    You can tell the developers tried to mix things up.
    sarcasm.
    It’s just an ugly, brown, lazy, boring and lifeless world with assassins creed style liberation points…
    You can take control over vantage points in the city to unlock safe houses to respawn at if you die as well as shops to buy weapons and upgrade your gear…
    Weapon customization is pretty standard,
    but you can equip scopes and modifications on the fly, turning your 3 weapons into 9
    the weapons are easily the best part of the game...
    Liberating the entire map will add about 8 hours to the 12 hour main campaign…
    And this 12 hour campaign much like the world just feels lazy...
    You feel like an errand boy rather than a hero…
    You do fetch quests and baby sit.
    And you get frustrated at the broken game not continuing a mission right, or hard crashing 10 times in a row or just due to the combat…
    The combat in this game feels completely unsatisfying, and the difficulty of this survival open world feels frustrating even on the easiest difficulty thanks to an inefficient hit detection system…
    you don’t feel wounded when you’re about to die which in a typical fps you would get an indication aside from a bloodied screen like a slowed character or limping effect as a cue to take cover and heal up…
    nothing like that exists here, which will have you dying seemingly out of nowhere…
    You also have to rely on med packs, which for some reason can’t be crafted while explosives can...
    makes no sense and also frustrating since health does not replenish itself…
    But if you’re not a fan of hard crashes or have just given up on the frustrating single player, you can play with a friend in resistance mode
    which will be fun for like 5 minutes, you can customize your character with a variety of options like male or female until you’ve suffered long enough to unlock helmets to hide your generic face
    There are 2 modes in resistance mode..
    Attack or defend...
    The best part is, neither of these modes are competitive...
    They are both 4 player co-op modes where you either defend a position from enemies or you invade to complete on objective...
    of course either of these modes could turn into a killzone style competitive mode, but that would take too much effort.
    I give Homefront the Revolution
    a 5.5/10    … Expand
  2. ashermadan
    May 17, 2016
    7
    There's no way this game is 1/10 as other people are saying. The title has this one annoying stuttering issue which only happens during loading missions. It's easily 7/10 from the few hours I've spent with it so far.
  3. beanofwar
    May 18, 2016
    5
    This game is literally Far Cry 3 re-skinned to an urban/military theme. The running, shooting, and climbing mechanics, and the "stealth" and melee aspects are Exactly from Far Cry 3. They took an existing engine/game, added a new map, and new skins, and a new story.

    Stealth is a joke. Enemies can see you through walls. Otherwise, if you liked Far Cry 3, maybe you'll like this. But    This game is literally Far Cry 3 re-skinned to an urban/military theme. The running, shooting, and climbing mechanics, and the "stealth" and melee aspects are Exactly from Far Cry 3. They took an existing engine/game, added a new map, and new skins, and a new story.

    Stealth is a joke. Enemies can see you through walls.
    Otherwise, if you liked Far Cry 3, maybe you'll like this. But I don't recommend it....    … Expand
  4. AgentBJ09
    May 19, 2016
    7
    In terms of how the series has changed since the original Homefront, The Revolution is a much needed step up, and away, from the COD mimicry we got first time around.

    The Day One copy I played thanks to a Redbox rental had a noticeable stutter/hangup every time I used the resupply cabinet, and the collision detection for climbing is dodgy when it comes to unmarked ledges, both of which    In terms of how the series has changed since the original Homefront, The Revolution is a much needed step up, and away, from the COD mimicry we got first time around.

    The Day One copy I played thanks to a Redbox rental had a noticeable stutter/hangup every time I used the resupply cabinet, and the collision detection for climbing is dodgy when it comes to unmarked ledges, both of which need fixing, along with the other issues I noticed during my seven hours of play.

    Otherwise, Dambuster Studios took enough inspiration from FarCry and HItman to make skulking around Philly as a wanted man and active guerrilla working to take back his home click. Sneaking onto an enemy base, picking off enemies without making a sound, running for cover when spotted and using distractions all work as well as they did in FarCry, so old hats will recognize a lot of tactics in this game.

    The story has a Red Dawn feel to it with how the Resistance takes shelter in familiar, once homely, places around the city, with the overall goal of finding the face of the revolution being what propells much of the Main Quest. The characters up to now seem like attempts to follow in the footsteps of Wolfenstein: The New Order, and in some ways, it works. Though the doctor is the most on edge, 'go easy on the fighting' character early on, and although I didn't get far beyond the first Goliath fight, I'm anticipating no future betrayal from him or any of my current allies.

    What I love most about Homefront so far though: The weapons and how versatile each one can be.

    Those familiar with Deus Ex: Mankind Divided's gameplay trailers up to now no doubt saw the on-the-fly weapon customization menu that game will have. The Revolution does the same, and two variants of each weapon besides the Rocket Launcher are available to buy, along with a collection of attachments for each weapon, which can also be hot swapped.

    That said, because of the technical issues, be sure to rent this game before you buy it. If you can. Or wait for a sale at $40.    … Expand
  5. SchroederRock
    May 17, 2016
    5
    Talk about a "whoops". After changing hands mid-production, Homefront: The Revolution just ended up falling flat. What I saw a couple years ago, a promising platform for mayhem in a Korean-militarized United States, has not come to fruition in the least bit. I'm guessing the original creators folded on Homefront when they realized it was a lost cause. The concept is awesome, theTalk about a "whoops". After changing hands mid-production, Homefront: The Revolution just ended up falling flat. What I saw a couple years ago, a promising platform for mayhem in a Korean-militarized United States, has not come to fruition in the least bit. I'm guessing the original creators folded on Homefront when they realized it was a lost cause. The concept is awesome, the execution is anything but.… Expand
  6. Reignagain
    May 28, 2016
    5
    Riddled with MANY technical problems, low framerate, annoying characters, bad lip sync and interesting but ultimately just an ok story... the only redeeming grace about this game is the game play and how you can swap weapon modifications on the fly. However this mechanic is not enough to carry this game and its issues. Only people that would like this game are the type of people that enjoyRiddled with MANY technical problems, low framerate, annoying characters, bad lip sync and interesting but ultimately just an ok story... the only redeeming grace about this game is the game play and how you can swap weapon modifications on the fly. However this mechanic is not enough to carry this game and its issues. Only people that would like this game are the type of people that enjoy mindless shooters like call of duty campaigns. But, even those are more polished and deliver a cheap thrill (which I admit take a guilty pleasure from but not from this game). If there ever is an sequel (which is unlikely) I hope that it will not suffer from the developmental problems this game had which results in its 5 out of 10 rating from me… Expand
  7. CenkAlp
    Sep 2, 2018
    5
    Hikaye = 5
    Oynanış = 4
    Grafikler = 7
    Sesler = 6
    Keyif = 5
    Atmosfer = 6
    Süre = 5
  8. gamingisgreat
    Feb 10, 2017
    6
    Homefront The Revolution is a game that gets a lot of unfair hate.

    The game is a direct sequel to the original,just with a different group of resistance fighters.This is an open-world FPS set in Philadelphia,while the original was linear.the shooting feels better in this one,and there is a fun crafting system allowing you to build molotovs and explosives.You can also recruit AI    Homefront The Revolution is a game that gets a lot of unfair hate.

    The game is a direct sequel to the original,just with a different group of resistance fighters.This is an open-world FPS set in Philadelphia,while the original was linear.the shooting feels better in this one,and there is a fun crafting system allowing you to build molotovs and explosives.You can also recruit AI teammates,which helps even if the AI is retarded.The game also has 4-player co-op online

    The graphics are decent,but the framerate needs serious work.

    The sound design and soundtrack are mediocre.

    Overall,Homefront The Revolution is a game I can recommend for €20 or less.It is unfairly criticised which is a shame because while it isn't mind-blowing,it's still a relatively fun game.    … Expand
  9. Posmen0e
    Sep 16, 2016
    7
    I don't get the hate for this. It does something for me no other game has really done in 2016 and that's this: It's fun!
    It takes itself so seriously and it's hilarious for it. I haven't experienced the game breaking glitches or slow fps that others are getting. (I bought this game on release day.) So I can't tell you if patches have fixed it as I never experienced it. It does freeze for    I don't get the hate for this. It does something for me no other game has really done in 2016 and that's this: It's fun!
    It takes itself so seriously and it's hilarious for it. I haven't experienced the game breaking glitches or slow fps that others are getting. (I bought this game on release day.) So I can't tell you if patches have fixed it as I never experienced it. It does freeze for about 3 seconds upon auto saving though.

    I have to say I really like the gun customization as it's something no other game has done in the way this game does it. (That I know of anyway.) How it works is you buy say, The Battle Rifle, you can then buy a Sniper upgrade, what this does, is that on the fly during a battle you can click he RB and select the sniper, you then remove the Battle Rifle body and transform it into a sniper. It's very cool being able to change to new guns and gun parts during a fight and it feels fast and awesome when you do.

    I do have gripes with the game though, as I mentioned it does freeze during auto save which is very annoying if you forget to sell or buy something at a vender as it saves every time you use it. Silencers seem to do nothing, as in I was Sniping head-shots from a distance but as soon as a guard went down every other guard immediately knew where I was and that was very annoying when trying to take over strong holds.

    Pick this game up if you can find it cheap if you're unsure of it but I had a great time with it. I've currently played for more than 15 hours which is more than I can say for alot of other games in recent years. So borrow it from a friend or buy it cheap, you will get alot of fun from this.    … Expand
  10. Dragonfly44
    Sep 8, 2018
    7
    I enjoyed it a little, but it's probably not a good thing if a game makes you feel ashamed for liking it even just a little. Rating - 71%
  11. Bruninho1997
    Oct 13, 2021
    7
    Os gráficos são muito bons, jogabilidade muito boa, mas cheio de bugs e coisas estranhas acontecendo a todo instante. A história achei bem fraquinha também.
  12. goodgriff33
    Dec 24, 2022
    7
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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 4 out of 12
  1. The Digital Fix
    Jun 30, 2016
    40
    The setting is decent, the atmosphere can be good in an intimidating way but as it’s a first-person shooter with awful combat and an even worse frame rate it’s impossible to recommend.
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  2. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Jun 20, 2016
    60
    Fun, if often frustrating, but far from the revolution we were hoping for. [July 2016, p.80]
  3. MondoXbox
    Jun 12, 2016
    60
    Homefront: The Revolution feels like a huge missed opportunity, lacking in every area from world design to gameplay mechanics to AI. Probably the troubled development took its toll at the end.
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