Homefront: The Revolution Reviews
Deep Silver didn't need any more bad games under its belt, but if there is nothing else that can be said, it can be stated definitively that this is not as bad as Ride to Hell: Retribution. Some would call this a victory, and it's a noble effort to not throw away work that was already underway, yet that's part of the core problem. Homefront: The Revolution wasn't finished and released because gamers needed something great to play; it was completed and sold because some manager out there refused to let the work go to waste.
Despite the laudable patchwork by Dambuster Studios, it still can't save Homefront: The Revolution from being a disappointing affair
The game world is well done but the story is poor. Repetitive missions and poor stability adds to the complaints list.
A competent shooter marred by bad writing
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.
Jarring storylines, silent protagonists, and actual glitches that freeze the game.
When I look back at my pained time with Homefront: The Revolution, I can't help but shudder. I feel dirty even suggesting this game wasted its own potential; I can't be certain potential was lurking behind this shoddy façade to begin with. In fact, I'm not sure I've ever played a game as unpolished and trashy as Homefront: The Revolution.
Time waits for no man (or game in this case) although perhaps Dambusters wished it had stopped off for a ciggie break or two in the road to release. Homefront 2 isn't the finished article you see. NPCs walk into walls. Animations are janky. Everything's got an incomplete vibe, like Dambusters downed tools at lunch and disappeared down the pub for a not-so-swift pint. It's not beyond hope though, extensive patching could salvage a decent game out of this. My fear is that the damage is already well and truly done.
Homefront: The Revolution has bigger problems than its myriad of technical issues. Sure, the constantly freezing of the game to save is jarring, and the game as a whole is largely unpolished, but even when everything works it just isn't captivating in any way. Pass this up.
Homefront: The Revolution is ultimately plagued by far too many performance issues than should be considered acceptable. While the game shows promising flashes, it falls in the shadow of its predecessor by failing to create a memorable tale of an occupied America.
Despite the negative press around it, I came to Homefront- The Revolution with an open mind and fully prepared to not let review bias affect my impressions. Unfortunately, it appears that the complaints were valid; the game is spectacularly broken in a way that very few games can get away with and offers very little redeeming features to justify playing through it.
This was probably the most heartbreaking game I ever had to review because I know this game went through so much developmental hell to get released and it really does feel like they tried, but sadly, the end product is just too broken to recommend
Homefront: The Revolution is a red yawn
Poor AI severely limits the immersion of the game, rather sadistic and somewhat irritating main characters don't make it any easier to play either.
Homefront: The Revolution's development history is a troubled one, filled with financial issues, switching of studios, and team shake-ups. Considering this was a sequel already built on a faulty foundation, the signs did not bode well for this entry in the series. And indeed, the end product isn't a good one. The trouble with it is that it's not an entirely bad one either. For all the numerous faults, both on the creative and technical side, there's a good game hiding somewhere inside; a good game that simply can't overcome all the negatives weighing it down.
There is simply not a lot to like about Homefront: The Revolution. It is hard to divorce this game from the development hell it has been through, which is even acknowledged at the opening of the credits. Having gone from THQ, to Crytek, to now Deep Silver, this was a game plagued by development teams that stopped working before it was finished. Despite all of their work, the game does nothing worthwhile, and isn't something I would recommend to anyone.
Following the original title, this is one of the most bitterly disappointing games in a long, long time. It has been practically ruined by the horrific development hell it went through and the end product is a great example as to what can happen. Every time it seems Homefront: The Revolution is about to start getting good, its mountain of ugly issues re-emerges, reminding of the frustrating mess it truly is.
There was potential here, but it is lost in a sea of technical issues that are nearly impossible to look past.
There's no reason a story that imagines the United States seized by a foreign military power should be this uninteresting
Two times wasn't the charm this time. Homefront: The Revolution is different from its predecessor, but it makes almost the same mistakes. It will find its fans anyway, because the concept of a FPS set in an open urban environment is undoubtedly attractive. Personally, however, I would appreciate if the potential third entry in the series would try a different approach.
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