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This video game review takes a long hard look at Homefront, an invasion-based shooter that is near and dear to our hearts.When the film Red Dawn came out in 1984, it scared many of its viewers by giving them a glimpse of what an invasion on American so...
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Play.tm
Updated: 2012-01-25 06:57:56
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Let's get the multiplayer out of the way...
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I really don't want to trash Homefront. Whenever a genuinely bad game comes around, the natural impulse for many writers is unchain their inner critic -- typically a once-annually event worthy of some note -- and tear the wretched thing to shreds. Last...

Multiplayer mode has potential.

Shamefully derivative; silly story.
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Homefront is a game that would have made a massive splash if it came out a few years ago. It’s not a bad game by any means, but when it’s entering into a world dominated by Halo and Call of Duty, it’s not really clear if being a technically proficient...
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Admit it, the premise does seem silly at first. North Korea? Invading the United States? By land? Is this serious? Of course, it turns out that Homefront's author, John Milius - the guy that wrote and directed cult classic movie Red Dawn - wasn't ex...
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I've been excited for Homefront for a long time. Ever since it was revealed at E3 2009, I've been cheerleading pretty hard for this game. With a story penned by none other than the man behind Red Dawn, Homefront offered a truly visceral take on a specu...
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In Homefront’s future setting of 2027, North Korea has invaded and successfully occupied the United States of America, branding as “insurgents” any of the populace who voice dissent or show resistance against the new regime. Sound familiar? Clearly the...

As the FPS genre marches towards a Call of Dutified heat death, it seems success is based more on the strength of a brand than any semblance of innovative game design. Homefront is only adding to this growing mass of homogeneous goo but at the very lea...
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What exactly is it that you look for in a first person shooter? Is it a plethora of weapons with which to exterminate your opponents? Is it a good fighting mechanic? Is it a great story? Eye-popping graphics? Is it just multiplayer goodness? The...
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War on American soil isn't a foreign concept for first-person shooters, but few do it with the grim dedication of Homefront. Its chilling vision of life in occupied America is vividly illustrated through lengthy scenes that depict the brutality of mili...

Unflinching representation of military occupation, Some very memorable moments, Wellcrafted online multiplayer.

Very short campaign ends abruptly, Action feels overly familiar, Multiplayer makes no use of intriguing setting.

Homefront's engrossing vision of the future and gratifying competitive multiplayer outweigh its squandered potential and workaday game mechanics...
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ign.com
Updated: 2012-01-25 06:57:57
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First-person shooters are quickly becoming the reality show of video games. No, Jeff Probst isn't going to weasel his way into Call of Duty, but first-person shooters, like reality shows on television, are everywhere. Both are saturated categories full...

I liked Homefront a lot, and yet I acknowledge that the aspects of the game I like the most aren’t the most important in determining whether the game is great or not. Homefront is certainly one of the most unique shooters I’ve ever played, driven by an...
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Not that THQ will ever admit it, but we got the feeling a lot was riding on Homefront. The latest first-person shooter from the makers of Frontlines: Fuel of War, its hard-hitting subject matter, the fully featured online mode and the sheer amount of p...

Not that THQ will ever admit it, but we got the feeling a lot was riding on Homefront. The latest first-person shooter from the makers of Frontlines: Fuel of War, its hard-hitting subject matter, the fully featured online mode and the sheer amount of p...
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In a previous review, I wrote about a time when mascot games flooded the gaming market, with every publisher that took sides in the great Nintendo/Sega war of the early 90’s scrambling to out-mascot one another and cater to the current medi...
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1up.com
Updated: 2012-01-25 06:57:57
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Kaos Studios' Homefront is a game that has the unfortunate luck of being a first-person shooter in a post-Modern Warfare 2 world. It will inevitably draw comparisons to the Call of Duty franchise, and in many ways, Homefront won't live up to that stand...
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gaming-age.com Updated: 2014-03-21 03:29:59
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Recently, first person shooters all seem to be clones, so the developers of Homefront tried to change it up. In Homefront you control an American that has to fight a force that not only has invaded the U.S. but a force that has complete control of seem...
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