Yeah the fact he never finished the game and called another game better due to frame rate this guy needs everything 60fps or the company doesn't know what they're doing
Totally agree, this game is really stunning, not Uncharted or Battlefield, but definetly looks good! I think people say this because they expect every game to be like Witcher 3, Uncharted, PS4 exclusives, and Ubisoft titles! And they say it runs on Crytek, Crysis series is one of the best looking series made, but i think the complains are at bugs, repetivity, and poor face animations
The animations are janky and weird Models are weird and clunky (if you hide in one of those trashcans for example, after turning your head you will see your fucking body without a head While the engine is good looking the game always feels kinda low budget
The stupid shits must have a bad TV or be playing it on a pre-gen console then just hating on the game. I hate misguided hatred, it's the WORST in gaming!
While it's no Uncharted or Battlefield, it does look better than every Xbox 360 game ever made as it should, so people saying the graphics are bad are full of bs straight up. Every game has glitches, they used to be fun on PS2 so why do we care about a minor hiccup every now and then these days? "Oh I turned my head, and now my players body is headless! Oh no! Lmao 😂" that's how that would go for me. It's just goofy. I mean as long as the mechanics work and the gunplay is smooth, it's not even close to bad. Battlefield 2042 on the other hand, yeah that sucked for a while because everything was broken.
Well at least Jim Sterling was honest about giving up on the game. I remember back in 2010 the film critic for the daily mail claimed to have walked out in disgust halfway through Kick-Ass and then proceeded to complain about the film's ending.
It also implies that being unable to bear slogging through the rest of a game and giving up entirely isn't still a legit form. Of feedback. As long as its consistent unlike that kick ass review then it's fine
hey this game is on sale for 12 bucks, I want to just shoot stuff, loot and craft weapons. Will this work for me? I don't give a SHIT! about story or characters. I've already finished games like DOOM, Brutal DOOM, Wolfenstein (all of them) Bulletstorm, a ton of games you've reviewed.
I bought this game in 2019 and had a genuinely good time with it. Yeah, it's your typical open-world Far Cry clone, but what makes this one special is detailed level design and a guerilla feeling. The difficulty is designed for a hit'n'run playstyle, you wanna plan your attacks and get out of a battlefield as soon as possible. The game looks beautiful at night and does some real wonders with lighting. There are still bugs and glitches, but I've never encountered anything game-breaking and it still seems more polished than your average Bethesda/EA release. If they'd given it another year in the oven, it would've been great. You can see the passion the devs had for this game and the ambition they sadly couldn't achieve due to the production hell they went through.
I just started playing this after it set on my Steam library for a few years and I gotta say it's genuinely annoying. It comes after 10 or so minutes of cutscenes and basically no interaction from you, just other characters slowly discussing oh wowie kazowie we almost killed you lololol, just felt a little time waste-y. Aside from that, I really don't see the hate people shovel on it, looks great, plays fine, tried and true formula :D
It definitely was intentional. Because in the Aftermath Expansion Dlc you get reprimanded for speaking up with actual voiced diologue. Pretty cool attention to detail actually rarely seen in most games.
@@omnwaf2182 problem is put silent protagonist in a wrong game .. or put voiced protagonist in Role Playing games where they put 3 options of stupid lines..
well,in dlcs our character actually speaks and in the very first one where he reprises his appearance,one of the leaders responds with something like "Liked you more when your mouth was shut and you just followed orders."
[OD]Maggy The problem is that movie licensed games are mostly rushed out the door in order to be released around the same time as the movie it's advertising with less than a year of development time.
Seriously, this silent protagonist thing is ridiculous is shooters like this. You literally have people calling you, or interrogating you, talking to you, and your character sits there like a mute.
Finally a sensible review. Honestly, it boggles my mind the bad reviews people are giving this game. It looks pretty much like any other shooter, but with a more interesting open world and better graphics than most. It definitely looks like a bargain bin game, but the people who are calling it one of the worst ever are ridiculous.
This is exactly why gggmanlives is a better reviewer than what people at ign and GameSpot have. Coz the game is just generic as hell doesn't make it the worst game ever. I felt the same way about games like Lost Planet 3, Alien Rage etc. They all were good games but were treated as bad games only due to being generic or repetitive. Then no far cry or assassin's Creed should be rated high either. I like all these games but I understand why they all should be scored below 8.5 for these reasons, but a flat 5 or 6 is a fat lie.
5/10 isn't the worst game ever, it's mediocre, which this game is. On the other hand, giving it a 1/10, like Jim Sterling did in the review mentioned in the video, is just stupid. And this is the same guy who gave Fallout 4, that simplified Borderlands clone filled with bugs and repetitive quests, a 10/10.
Honestly, this game seemed more appealing than any recent CoD. The animation looks smooth and satisfying, the game looks pretty nice, the whole zone system seems at least a little unique, and the customization of your weapons is pretty neat. It's certainly nothing to write home about, but I have no idea how someone could give it less than a 5 or 6 out of 10.
Thank you for being honest and not jumping on the hate bandwagon. This game really is just mediocre/generic through and through. When I heard people saying its the worst game they have ever played, I was dumbfounded. I guess people have really short term memory anymore cause I can think of tons of games way worse than this. Your doing so many videos lately, take a break and go get a reuben you deserve it!
congrats on 50000 subs man! You totally deserve it. Your reviews are amazing and contains way more info about the game then ign and gamespot. Keep going and good luck in the future!
Review from 2019: Compare to other crappier games that are released during these three years, it's actually not that bad. Plus alot of the thing are patches so I played it without problem
Bovin Lee Phann Yeah, to put it in very basic terms I guess Idk I just feel like this analogy falls apart after looking into what both games truly offer (FC2 has all these mechanics to make your feel small and oppressed, like guns jamming and cars breaking down, and Homefront has... Cool weapon customization? I guess?)
Yeah, this is actually a decent game(if not experiencing bugs)no matter how mediocre it is. The people saying this is the worst game ever clearly haven't touched Big Rigs Racing. I do like that weapon switching mechanic though, would love to see that implemented in other games.
I ended up getting this game new on ebay for cheap. Ended up really liking the game. The shooting feels fine, the weapon transformation mechanic is neat and overall just a fun game to kill time with. Could it have been better? Yes but there is far worse out there tham this game.
It's like people forgot that Ride to Hell: Retribution or Alien: Colonial Marines exist. Those games are much worse than this. The main fault of this game is that it is dull as hell.
I played through that game last year and I still appreciate how realistic the nighttime darkness was, to the point where I started taking screenshots of all the places I saw that made me go "woah"
The first minute of this video says it all. Glad to be your subscriber for the sake of reviews besides AngryJoe. Love your impartial reviews delivered in a sweet Aussie voice..... I will make sure i will give this game a try if i could lay my hands on it in a discount sale.... Thanks.... :)
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Looks very good, and the weapon customization is pretty badass, with the on-the-go disassembly and re-assembly.
The base game was alright and i completely agree with all your points, but what was a shock to me about this game is that the story DLC really fixed the story and gameplay, and made the main character talk, which really improved the game im not kidding 😅 but overall i didn't hate the game, i brought it when it was on sale for cheap and treated it as an achievement farm 😅
Jeeze Triple G, from when I first came on board when you had a couple thousand, to 50k. You deserve it man, and I'm glad you've always kept that original spunk that drew me to your reviews. Here's to another 50k, my good man. I'll toast a Reuben to that.
love your videos because you dont stick to the general opinion.You should do a review of Call of Juarez Gunslinger.It is one of the best fps games i ever played.And on humble bundle is on sale for 1 buck
Eh, if you check Eurogamer for example, you'll see that certain journos are particularly angry because bad guys are Communist Asians and because resistance members are calling them "Norks"... not even kidding, it is apparently bad and racist to insult your murderous totalitarian conquerors if they're Asian and marxist. Which is why they went particularly hard on this game for same things that are often ignored in case of Ubisoft's open world stuff for example. "Your North Korean adversaries in Homefront: The Revolution are referred to as Norks. Given the more common colloquial use of that particular term, it'd be funny if it weren't so unpleasant: in Homefront: The Revolution the word Norks is used solely to refer to people from North Korea in a pejorative fashion, which is the very definition of a racial slur. I must have heard the word Norks hundreds of times during my playthrough and every instance was more painful than the last." From EG review. My mate who played the game says that you can hear Black and Asian american NPCs using same slur, it being aimed at hated conquerors, but EG avoids mentioning this as do other sites that whined about supposed racism and offensive politics.
A tyrannical, authoritarian autocracy that employs a totalitarian caste system that goes against literally everything Marx stood for? Socialism 'from above' and socialism 'from below' is virtually the difference between a monarchy and a democracy. I suppose it's worth pointing out I'm not a Marxist myself.
I saw this game for sale on the Xbox marketplace last night for $1.99, so I figured why not - and it’s probably the best game I could’ve paid for with that amount of money. I’ve never played this game or the prequel, but I’ve been a huge fan of deep silver since the first dead island, I had no idea this game was developed by them as well. Awesome review, I’m digging it so far many many years later 🔥
The original had a waaaaay better story. It was written by the guy who made Red Dawn (1984) and the only complaint I had against the story is that it was too short. I kinda want you to do a review of it just for the story alone. I would say do the online as well but after THQ went under the severs went down. Still would love to hear your review on the original game!
You are the man, a serius and perfect review made by a professional, and not just a "gimmick review" to catch views and likes. Seriusely, you are the only reviewer I trust :)
I like the orginal Homefront. I even beat it on the hardest difficulty. Twice. It's a watered-down Call of Duty commie paranoia circlejerk written by John Milius, what's there not to like? Aside from its many glaring flaws, that is.
The Avid Gamer Yeah, it reached a 7/10 for me at the time on account of the (now defunct) multiplayer, which was actually quite good. Too bad servers are down and bot matches are a thing of the past.
Supposedly that was a load of bunk. As much as it had been touted John Millius had little to do with the game in the end, and more to do with novel that came out with the game.
Eh, I don't think a game critic is at all entitled to finish a game if they find it unplayable in one sense or another. Games aren't like movies that are done in a couple hours whether they're good or not, so quitting a bad game early is an entirely understandable position. That being said, from what I've seen of the game, Jim's rating of 1/10 isn't an objectively justifiable rating, since there are some good ideas in the game from what I've seen in the previews.
If you read his review it's obvious he barely spent any time with the game. He quit the game because of a bug, which can literally be fixed by just reloading a save file, the game autosaves every minute so you're not losing much progress. 1/10 implies a game is literally broken, which is a lie. This just an average shooting game, far from a broken game.
I enjoyed it. Also Nork is a slang term for North Koreans. I believe it was used by American troops in the Korean War. It's like calling Germans Krauts or Brits Tommies.
Jim Sterling's Jimquisitions are worth watching, but his [everything else] is mostly masturbatory. I do appreciate the amount of effort you put into your own videos, and the sheer volume of your content
Markiplier. He's a billionaire literally just for pretending to be scared. AND pretending to cry twice a week about how lucky he is. Damn right, he's lucky. Some of us have to actually work for a living.
Sterling since he prides himself as a "professional reviewer" Markipler on his worst day is just a guy who shrieks on youtube and at least cares about his fans and is actually a nice guy.
At least sterling is funny some of the time. I've only ever read his reviews. But that one where he's getting sued or something for "slander" on a game he gave a terrible review for, that shit is hilarious.
Glad to see honest independent reviewers like you. I figured it was a generic game and not 'the worst game ever' others have said so thanks for clearing that up.
Intergalactic Human Empire they are there, I got stuck inside walls several times during play. If you are planning to get the gamw, dont do it. It is entirely forgettable, and for a large part just really really bland and boring.
@@nocooldudes7614 yeah totally playable except for the massive framerates issue that is still there and they missed a few dozen bugs and they forgot to fix the shit story but besides that they really fixed it.
I liked H:TR. My only really bad gripe with it was those constant klaxon alarms when you got identified. In a way it did feel like Far Cry in a city, however I would rather capture points in H:TR. Basically because I hated climbing up those vomit inducing towers in Far Cry. Gun play was red hot in H:TR and it went on forever. The graphics were occasionally freakishly good.
If saying this is the worst game ever made, let me just let pop in some fucking Aliens Colonel Marines,, Ride To Hell, every single Unity based zombie shooter ever released onto Early access, every single wave based unity game to ever be released onto Early Access, games by Digital Suicide, Driver 3, and all the games AVGN reviewed for the past 18 years, THEN we can talk about bad video games..
+Павел Мастрюков Yeah but it's so implausible. They can barely sustain their own countries economy let alone leading a massive scale invasion on America without any of America's allies intervening. Just a really unrealistic scenario in comparison to other enemy types they could have gone with.
Well, the first game in the series explained things a bit better. This is an alternate future where North and South Korea are united again. The idea being that somehow the South Korean money and tech got blended up with the North Korean totalitarianism. The end result was a new, scary world superpower that grew over decades. THEN you can take the scenario of THIS game (the sequel to the previous game) and see that it makes more sense. However. They have decided all of a sudden to rename the bad guys as "Norks" and have ignored the cool "fake" history from the first game. So yeah, they had a good idea for the story of the first game (even if far fetched, it was a "cool" what if if you like military fiction/scenarios) and then had some decent additional concepts for this game, but it seems they decided to keep things as simple as possible, thus hurting the quality of the overall lore concept. Hope I made some sense. :)
+The Weekend Slice You made perfect sense dude, but even with the first game the whole idea of the two Koreas reuniting was dumb. I mean they're mortal enemies that have been fighting for decades that decide to join together for other reason than to take down the US, when the South is backed by the US economically? On top of that, the UN not even noticing? You could argue that it was alternate timelines but the bottom line is that it doesn't make any of the scenarios in either game any less plausible. The mere idea of having North Korea as a massive military superpower is shut down when you consider how fucked they'd be if they actually got into a war with the US and its allies. Yes, russians and the Chinese are cliche villians in military shooters, but the reason they're used so often is because its far more of a plausible scenario, despite how tired it is. But yeah, I see what you're saying dude. Personally, I agree with Gggman. The enemy of this game should have been Skynet. XD
Second video in a row with some sort of namedropping in a negative way...Stay classy because i find this very annoying and if this is going to be something that is in most of your videos then i'll just unsubscribe...Nothing wrong with calling people out on bullshit but in this case they actually had solid reasons for the disliking of the game.
It's a laughable concept with lackluster game design just like the first game. I find it laughable that they were under delusion that anybody wanted a sequel for it.
OMG so many people have said those game would have been better as a terminator game and i absolutely agree! Good review as well. Captured what i felt about the game.
0:24 I've played original game and I like open world shooters, so I was actually exited for Homefront 2. Original Homefront actually sold decent amount of copies.
A Terminator game, that was exactly what I was thinking when I saw the trailer for this game. I would want an open world game set in the Terminator future, being a Techcom soldier or maybe even a reprogramed T-800, destroying Skynet camps FarCry style, taking side quests from guys like Kyle Reese, John Connor etc. Fighting in guerrilla warfare, exploring the post-Judgement Day wasteland, hiding in the ruins from HK's by using stealth mechanics. That's a dream terminator game.
Funny that you said it would make a great terminator game. Because I just watched your review of that new terminator shooter, and I actually said that it looked almost identical to this, in terms of the mechanics, the look, the feel and the aesthetic.
Actually I played the original Homefront and I really enjoyed it. Sure, it was average, but I absolutely loved it. Even a year ago when I played it on Steam, it had populated servers. I'm going to try and see if it's still active this weekend.
Same, it's everything wrong with current fps games, but somehow I enjoyed it. I liked the story (somehow). I don't know how to explain why I enjoyed it, because every other game that has done the same thing, I absolutely hated.
I had lots of issues with H:TR. First was how hard it was in a new map, until you took an area or building. Then I had sound problems from about fifteen hours in. Then at twenty-four hours, it was game over because it crashed on a save, and I could not play on. ...However H:TR was fully satisfying. Like the reviewer says in this video, it looks like a futuristic game. For me that was one of its strong points. I loved being in it. Quite regularly, the lighting and graphics were top class. ..Secondly, the weapons rocked....I got on fine with the story....I was gutted when it came to game-breaking bug close. It's pure unadulterated gun-fun.
"If this is the worst game you've ever played then you need to play more games." That's how I felt when you said that Dying Light was the worst game of whatever year it came out. Opinions and all, but damn that opinion was the heaviest I've ever disagreed with someone. Love your videos, but JESUS you were hard on that game.
Played this on the Xbox One and then the Series X. REALLY big difference in performance. Plus it has the entire Timesplitters 2 game as an easter egg. Also to say that no one played the original...there was a really big multiplayer base when it came out.
One thing that everyone needs to remenber: the game runs much better on the PC version. It's playable; you can have fun playing it. Playing on the consoles, like a many people did, with super massive fps drops and shit (in a version that already runs at 30fps), is another story. So, those that are playing on PC (including the reviewer), don't try to assume things and criticize people that only played on consoles and had a very bad "experience" (I'm not talking about that Jim, because for what I did see, he played on the PC.) Let's be fair with the game, but be fair with people that only played on the consoles, too.
Nice video. I'm glad that someone made it clear: that this isn't the worst game ever. I have it for the Ps4, and it's not the best game I've played by any means, it's buggy state was really frustrating at times, especially. But The thing is, it was still fun to play through. Could be due to the fact that I like freedom fighting / liberation games in general. :)
I got this game for like 2 or 3$ on xbox 1 when it was on sale. Yes it's extremely generic and neutral, but not all games need to innovate. Even though most if not all of the games mechanics were done before multiple times, the game manages to pull them off just fine. And that's probably the best way I can describe the game. "JUST FINE" I enjoyed playing it. And if you get it on sale for cheap, it will more then justify the money spent. It's generic schlock at it's best(or maybe at it's nutralest?)
I was one of the weirdos that actually kinda liked the original Homefront. I don't play many FPSes so maybe that is why it being a generic one didn't phase me. I just really got enamored with the concept because it sounds really cool. I definitely want to check out the sequel sometime, sad to hear that it seems worse than the original though. You'd think with how crappy the first did they would try to work on improving things.
This is going to be the guy I'll go to for game reviews because he keeps it real;Unlike other game analysts who sugar coats it and you go out and buy the game and it sucks and you yelling "I could've waited for the bargain bin" that way you don't feel like you ripped off.
On my PC this games performance deteriorates the further I progress into the campaign. The first hour or so of game play looked very promising because I was running the game at 4K, all high settings and getting a frame rate between 70 and 80 fps. It was after about 3 hours of play that I first started to see frame rate drops below 60 fps. After another few hours of game play the frame rate was in the 40 fps region and now the frame rate is always around 30 fps. Being accurate while aiming down the sights is now starting to become difficult due to the input lag that is created by a 30 fps frame rate.
Yeah, I pretty much agree with you for the most part on this game. I've rented the game, because I did want to see how bad it is, and in all honesty it wasn't that bad. It was just so by the numbers and it really didn't have anything of it's own that would make the game interesting. I can say that I can understand why some people would give up on this game, at the very beginning the frame-rate was so bad that I almost felt sick. Anyway the one thing I do have to disagree with you with the game is just as buggy as any Fallout game. In my playthrough I have witness 10 times more Bugs in the 20 hours of me playing this game over the 80 hours I have played in Fallout 4. There was so many bugs and insane ones, that I actually made a 21 minute compilation video of 1/3rd of the bugs I witness. Anyway great review as always, and I look forward to your next review. P.s. I personally I'm a fan of Jim Sterling, but I fully respect those who don't feel the same way.
Nice to get a grounded viewpoint on the game, so to speak. And yup, raising my hand as a player of Homefront (The Single-player). One of the rare occasions where "Play a Call of Duty instead" would be most likely considered unanimously agreed advice. Never touched the multiplayer though, where I hear most of the merit was found. With the extremely rocky development this game had; being handed to Crytek UK to work on by THQ, then the IP moving to Crytek after THQ went bust, then Crytek UK hitting reported employment issues during financial difficulties for Crytek such as held-off wages, then Crytek selling off the IP to Deep Silver and closing down Crytek UK, to which most moved to Dambuster Studios to resume work on the game, it was apparent to me this sequel nobody asked for was not gonna sail in ship-shape. But I simply couldn't find much in the way of information on the game that isn't people tearing the game a new arsehole (Like the aforementioned Jimquisitionist, who didn't take the time to sharpen the blade, so to speak), trying to find anything worth a song of praise for it or numerous observations on the performance & optimisation (Most of which were poor). And you do make a good point; it's like the perfect Terminator: Future War game that could've happened. Shame nobody seized such an opportunity! Should this game get some due optimisation treatment (Not counting on a significant effort for it, as I'd reckon Dambuster & Deep Silver are just glad to have it out & done with so they can work on something else) and take a dive in price, it might make a good "Pretend this is Terminator" experience. And a side-note, it seems to be established fact that a number of Timesplitters 2 levels can be found & played in Homefront: The Revolution, so if you want a taste of Timesplitters 2 on PC without emulation or 8th-gen consoles, now you can. At the end of the day though, I've got plenty of other games to spend my time & money on (New-Doom namely!), and I can't see myself doing anything more than tinkering with the inventory and just getting bored with it. But it's certainly no Ride to Hell: Retribution or Sonic '06 (Or Sonic Boom if you wanna give that ol' "Achieved" with CryEngine joke another crack).
I'm glad to see that some other people enjoyed this game. I remember getting it for ps4 and the frame rate was SO bad, I gave up, for about a week... but the story and setting stuck with me so I went back and played through the whole story and a lot of side content, and really liked it.
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"if this is the worst game you've ever played, then you need to play more games"
lol dsp should watch this
He said what he said for clickbait and it worked.
Fuck DSP. He practically ruined the reputation of this IP and Deep Silver with that video. I *hate* dsp. Scumbag Manchild.
Yeah the fact he never finished the game and called another game better due to frame rate this guy needs everything 60fps or the company doesn't know what they're doing
Also his weapon of choice was the fucking firework gun then he complained that it wasn't good enough but never bothered to just use the assault rifle
@@youtuberobbedmeofmyname No, he did not ruined it, the devs did, you Scumbag Manchild.
I fail to see how someone can call graphics like this "bad".
Not the best, but way above "ok" let alone "bad".
Totally agree, this game is really stunning, not Uncharted or Battlefield, but definetly looks good! I think people say this because they expect every game to be like Witcher 3, Uncharted, PS4 exclusives, and Ubisoft titles! And they say it runs on Crytek, Crysis series is one of the best looking series made, but i think the complains are at bugs, repetivity, and poor face animations
The animations are janky and weird
Models are weird and clunky (if you hide in one of those trashcans for example, after turning your head you will see your fucking body without a head
While the engine is good looking the game always feels kinda low budget
The stupid shits must have a bad TV or be playing it on a pre-gen console then just hating on the game. I hate misguided hatred, it's the WORST in gaming!
@@Jrdotanyou look worse then the models be quiet
While it's no Uncharted or Battlefield, it does look better than every Xbox 360 game ever made as it should, so people saying the graphics are bad are full of bs straight up. Every game has glitches, they used to be fun on PS2 so why do we care about a minor hiccup every now and then these days?
"Oh I turned my head, and now my players body is headless! Oh no! Lmao 😂" that's how that would go for me. It's just goofy. I mean as long as the mechanics work and the gunplay is smooth, it's not even close to bad. Battlefield 2042 on the other hand, yeah that sucked for a while because everything was broken.
Well at least Jim Sterling was honest about giving up on the game. I remember back in 2010 the film critic for the daily mail claimed to have walked out in disgust halfway through Kick-Ass and then proceeded to complain about the film's ending.
It also implies that being unable to bear slogging through the rest of a game and giving up entirely isn't still a legit form. Of feedback.
As long as its consistent unlike that kick ass review then it's fine
pergproductions Yeeeeaaaaaah stop trying to defend Jim Sterling. He’s a piece of shit.
Kullen64
Jim Sterling is the best
Dynamic Penguin Nice troll.
Wait, what was wrong with Kick-Ass?
Congrats on this being rated the most helpful review on Steam.
Cool!
hey this game is on sale for 12 bucks, I want to just shoot stuff, loot and craft weapons. Will this work for me? I don't give a SHIT! about story or characters. I've already finished games like DOOM, Brutal DOOM, Wolfenstein (all of them) Bulletstorm, a ton of games you've reviewed.
I bought this game in 2019 and had a genuinely good time with it. Yeah, it's your typical open-world Far Cry clone, but what makes this one special is detailed level design and a guerilla feeling. The difficulty is designed for a hit'n'run playstyle, you wanna plan your attacks and get out of a battlefield as soon as possible. The game looks beautiful at night and does some real wonders with lighting. There are still bugs and glitches, but I've never encountered anything game-breaking and it still seems more polished than your average Bethesda/EA release. If they'd given it another year in the oven, it would've been great. You can see the passion the devs had for this game and the ambition they sadly couldn't achieve due to the production hell they went through.
The idea of a silent protagonist being killed for not speaking up is kind of brilliant. Don't think the developer did that on purpose though.
I just started playing this after it set on my Steam library for a few years and I gotta say it's genuinely annoying. It comes after 10 or so minutes of cutscenes and basically no interaction from you, just other characters slowly discussing oh wowie kazowie we almost killed you lololol, just felt a little time waste-y. Aside from that, I really don't see the hate people shovel on it, looks great, plays fine, tried and true formula :D
@@drownsinkoolaid4203 That's why i hate the silent protagonist idea
It definitely was intentional. Because in the Aftermath Expansion Dlc you get reprimanded for speaking up with actual voiced diologue. Pretty cool attention to detail actually rarely seen in most games.
@@omnwaf2182 problem is put silent protagonist in a wrong game .. or put voiced protagonist in Role Playing games where they put 3 options of stupid lines..
well,in dlcs our character actually speaks and in the very first one where he reprises his appearance,one of the leaders responds with something like "Liked you more when your mouth was shut and you just followed orders."
damn you melted Jim sterling
funny cos he has praised him in earlier vids
I did?
Gggmanlives
didnt you praise him for calling out publisher bullshit before? i dont remember which video it was from
barfyman362
I doubt it. I'm not a big fan of his.
Yeah he did, he did praised the Jimquisition's and like you said "calling out publisher bullshit" but in the comments he was again criticising him.
Crytek must have a bone to pick with North Korea. They're the bad guys in every single game they've made. (To be fair, it's North Korea after all.)
Perhaps they are contracted by NATO to make simulations to train super soldiers to fight the North Koreans, using some advanced MKULTRA.
@Nightmare Vision Goggles Exactly.
:(
They arent the bad guys in FarCry 1
Maybe they want that Chinese money
I played the original a ton! loved the multiplayer, so much so, I even bought the OnLive version!
When are we doing a collab?
Gggmanlives I'm so glad you asked sonny jim! :) I'd be up for that! :)
Let's chat on Skype?
Gggmanlives
Sure, Drop me a PM and I'll give you my username, that or just do a search for my real name on Skype :D
Not often when someone other than some Randy asks when a collab is happening.
A diss on Jim Sterling and DSP before even the 1 minute, mmm amazing work Sonny Jim.
No, it isn't.
@@angelshark64yes, it is cry more they both are mid 😂😂
We need a good Terminator game! Take notes developers!
Too bad. the last one (Terminator Salvation) screw everything up.
That was a movie licensed game, of course it was shit.
Rushed and made by developers who have little to no idea what they are doing
[OD]Maggy The problem is that movie licensed games are mostly rushed out the door in order to be released around the same time as the movie it's advertising with less than a year of development time.
Amen... we need a modern Future Shock game
Seriously, this silent protagonist thing is ridiculous is shooters like this. You literally have people calling you, or interrogating you, talking to you, and your character sits there like a mute.
The silent protagonist in DOOM does make more sense though
Finally a sensible review. Honestly, it boggles my mind the bad reviews people are giving this game. It looks pretty much like any other shooter, but with a more interesting open world and better graphics than most. It definitely looks like a bargain bin game, but the people who are calling it one of the worst ever are ridiculous.
It got better with subsequent patches for tech issues and later DLC. Worth getting if on sale.
This is exactly why gggmanlives is a better reviewer than what people at ign and GameSpot have. Coz the game is just generic as hell doesn't make it the worst game ever. I felt the same way about games like Lost Planet 3, Alien Rage etc. They all were good games but were treated as bad games only due to being generic or repetitive. Then no far cry or assassin's Creed should be rated high either. I like all these games but I understand why they all should be scored below 8.5 for these reasons, but a flat 5 or 6 is a fat lie.
Thank you ign was telling truth at the same their lying
+clone commander grey I'm sorry, can u repeat it in other words? I didn't understand u.
they gave it a 5/10 thats aint no good review
5/10 isn't the worst game ever, it's mediocre, which this game is. On the other hand, giving it a 1/10, like Jim Sterling did in the review mentioned in the video, is just stupid. And this is the same guy who gave Fallout 4, that simplified Borderlands clone filled with bugs and repetitive quests, a 10/10.
Honestly, this game seemed more appealing than any recent CoD. The animation looks smooth and satisfying, the game looks pretty nice, the whole zone system seems at least a little unique, and the customization of your weapons is pretty neat. It's certainly nothing to write home about, but I have no idea how someone could give it less than a 5 or 6 out of 10.
Thank you for being honest and not jumping on the hate bandwagon. This game really is just mediocre/generic through and through. When I heard people saying its the worst game they have ever played, I was dumbfounded. I guess people have really short term memory anymore cause I can think of tons of games way worse than this. Your doing so many videos lately, take a break and go get a reuben you deserve it!
MindJack is the worst game I have ever played.
Warz is the worst game I have played.
Big rigs and ride to hell are games that I feel deserve the title of "Worst game ever".
MultiCool55
most likely yeah.
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius for the Ps2 is the worst game I've ever played
congrats on 50000 subs man! You totally deserve it. Your reviews are amazing and contains way more info about the game then ign and gamespot. Keep going and good luck in the future!
Thanks!
@@Gggmanlives look at you now. Almost at 600k.
Review from 2019: Compare to other crappier games that are released during these three years, it's actually not that bad. Plus alot of the thing are patches so I played it without problem
Absolutely. It's honestly kinda like Far Cry 2 - a rather repetitive open world shooter that's saved by killer atmosphere.
I actually really liked this game
Bovin Lee Phann Yeah, to put it in very basic terms I guess
Idk I just feel like this analogy falls apart after looking into what both games truly offer (FC2 has all these mechanics to make your feel small and oppressed, like guns jamming and cars breaking down, and Homefront has... Cool weapon customization? I guess?)
most fluid work to date mate, very cohesive video without the usual nonsense, your format gets better every time, keep it up.
Finally, an honest review from a *real* gamer, and not some corporate sellout (IGN I'm looking at you). Thumb GGG.
Who the fuck would say that this is the worst game they ever played?
*search results include DSP*
I'm out.
Yeah, this is actually a decent game(if not experiencing bugs)no matter how mediocre it is. The people saying this is the worst game ever clearly haven't touched Big Rigs Racing.
I do like that weapon switching mechanic though, would love to see that implemented in other games.
I ended up getting this game new on ebay for cheap. Ended up really liking the game. The shooting feels fine, the weapon transformation mechanic is neat and overall just a fun game to kill time with. Could it have been better? Yes but there is far worse out there tham this game.
It's like people forgot that Ride to Hell: Retribution or Alien: Colonial Marines exist. Those games are much worse than this. The main fault of this game is that it is dull as hell.
It was very fun to play fo me.
I couldn't stand Ride to hell for 10 mins! I was just like ... Clicking Exe file, start the game, WTF then quit right away!
Four years later. Well how about we compare this to fallout 76 and starwar battlefront 2 (on release)
I played through that game last year and I still appreciate how realistic the nighttime darkness was, to the point where I started taking screenshots of all the places I saw that made me go "woah"
a honest review
The first minute of this video says it all. Glad to be your subscriber for the sake of reviews besides AngryJoe. Love your impartial reviews delivered in a sweet Aussie voice.....
I will make sure i will give this game a try if i could lay my hands on it in a discount sale....
Thanks.... :)
Looks very good, and the weapon customization is pretty badass, with the on-the-go disassembly and re-assembly.
The base game was alright and i completely agree with all your points, but what was a shock to me about this game is that the story DLC really fixed the story and gameplay, and made the main character talk, which really improved the game im not kidding 😅 but overall i didn't hate the game, i brought it when it was on sale for cheap and treated it as an achievement farm 😅
Jeeze Triple G, from when I first came on board when you had a couple thousand, to 50k. You deserve it man, and I'm glad you've always kept that original spunk that drew me to your reviews. Here's to another 50k, my good man. I'll toast a Reuben to that.
Thanks For the Review Gggmanlives
Gman: 6:39
A few years later: Terminator Resistance comes out.
love your videos because you dont stick to the general opinion.You should do a review of Call of Juarez Gunslinger.It is one of the best fps games i ever played.And on humble bundle is on sale for 1 buck
same. Gunslinger has the best shooting mechanics in any fps ever imho
Yeah great game. Wonder why ubisoft wont stop milking farcry and assassin creed and focus on something like this.
Nice! Always a good day when I see a new video from you!
Eh, if you check Eurogamer for example, you'll see that certain journos are particularly angry because bad guys are Communist Asians and because resistance members are calling them "Norks"... not even kidding, it is apparently bad and racist to insult your murderous totalitarian conquerors if they're Asian and marxist. Which is why they went particularly hard on this game for same things that are often ignored in case of Ubisoft's open world stuff for example.
"Your North Korean adversaries in Homefront: The Revolution are referred to as Norks. Given the more common colloquial use of that particular term, it'd be funny if it weren't so unpleasant: in Homefront: The Revolution the word Norks is used solely to refer to people from North Korea in a pejorative fashion, which is the very definition of a racial slur. I must have heard the word Norks hundreds of times during my playthrough and every instance was more painful than the last."
From EG review. My mate who played the game says that you can hear Black and Asian american NPCs using same slur, it being aimed at hated conquerors, but EG avoids mentioning this as do other sites that whined about supposed racism and offensive politics.
If you think North Korea is Marxist, you're out of your goddamn mind.
@@warmlycalculated390 how would you describe an insular nation in which the state alone holds the entire means of production?
A tyrannical, authoritarian autocracy that employs a totalitarian caste system that goes against literally everything Marx stood for? Socialism 'from above' and socialism 'from below' is virtually the difference between a monarchy and a democracy. I suppose it's worth pointing out I'm not a Marxist myself.
@@warmlycalculated390 that's an incredibly verbose way of saying "but it wasn't reeeeeeeeal socialism"
Correct, just like saying Anarcho-Capitalism isn't reeeeeeeeal Anarchism. Well done.
I saw this game for sale on the Xbox marketplace last night for $1.99, so I figured why not - and it’s probably the best game I could’ve paid for with that amount of money. I’ve never played this game or the prequel, but I’ve been a huge fan of deep silver since the first dead island, I had no idea this game was developed by them as well. Awesome review, I’m digging it so far many many years later 🔥
1:40 now i`ve seen it all.
You never met anyone who played the 1st homefront? Well now you have because I played it all the way through.
OH SHIT
+BILL NYE
Same. I _hated_ the campaign; I was really looking forward to that game, and it burned me.
ContraWolf Played it halfway, lost interest. Played the multi-player for about a week or 2, lost interest, played CoD.
ContraWolf same here. i actually liked it.
ContraWolf I've played it too!
It may have been better if they switched out North Korea with red China or just break down and make a Terminator game
KEEP THE FREQUENT UPLOADS COMING MAN, YOU'RE BECOMING ONE OF MY FAVORITE RUclipsRS
I appreciate how frequent your reviews are.
The original had a waaaaay better story. It was written by the guy who made Red Dawn (1984) and the only complaint I had against the story is that it was too short. I kinda want you to do a review of it just for the story alone. I would say do the online as well but after THQ went under the severs went down. Still would love to hear your review on the original game!
You are the man, a serius and perfect review made by a professional, and not just a "gimmick review" to catch views and likes.
Seriusely, you are the only reviewer I trust :)
I like the orginal Homefront. I even beat it on the hardest difficulty. Twice. It's a watered-down Call of Duty commie paranoia circlejerk written by John Milius, what's there not to like? Aside from its many glaring flaws, that is.
The Avid Gamer
Yeah, it reached a 7/10 for me at the time on account of the (now defunct) multiplayer, which was actually quite good. Too bad servers are down and bot matches are a thing of the past.
Supposedly that was a load of bunk. As much as it had been touted John Millius had little to do with the game in the end, and more to do with novel that came out with the game.
ZakeGaming
Apparently he was "story supervisor", whatever that means.
we have guys that still play on xbox 360 multiplayer on private matches!! gamer tag is NYBADBOY
Ghost John Milius is a legend.
Thank you for using my suggestion. Even though you most likely already started playing this game, thanks for reviewing it, I wanted to see it.
Eh, I don't think a game critic is at all entitled to finish a game if they find it unplayable in one sense or another. Games aren't like movies that are done in a couple hours whether they're good or not, so quitting a bad game early is an entirely understandable position. That being said, from what I've seen of the game, Jim's rating of 1/10 isn't an objectively justifiable rating, since there are some good ideas in the game from what I've seen in the previews.
If you read his review it's obvious he barely spent any time with the game. He quit the game because of a bug, which can literally be fixed by just reloading a save file, the game autosaves every minute so you're not losing much progress.
1/10 implies a game is literally broken, which is a lie. This just an average shooting game, far from a broken game.
Gggmanlives
Yeah, I like Jim Sterling, but he can get a bit over-dramatic sometimes.
Most articulate reviewer on RUclips!
I enjoyed it.
Also Nork is a slang term for North Koreans. I believe it was used by American troops in the Korean War. It's like calling Germans Krauts or Brits Tommies.
'this would be a great Terminator game'
Teyon Studio: **cough**
Jim Sterling's Jimquisitions are worth watching, but his [everything else] is mostly masturbatory. I do appreciate the amount of effort you put into your own videos, and the sheer volume of your content
Blaze It Bill Before the BF1 reveal, I'd never even heard of this channel. How does that happen
I always see you on the videogamertv comments
Kobby Yeah, I like that gang, they're funny
man this guy makes the best reviews.
A dull game is worse than a trainwreck. This is the most *nothing* game I've seen in a while.
I'd rather have spectacularly bad games, myself.
Something like Ride to Hell Retribution is so bad it's funny. So you kind of end up enjoying it.
How about the 2 Timesplitters levels in it?
Dongulator Me too!
In my opinion this game was really fun to play and i liked the city your in, the story and the characters.
Who's worse: Sterling or Markplier?
The world needs to know Gman!
Markiplier. He's a billionaire literally just for pretending to be scared. AND pretending to cry twice a week about how lucky he is. Damn right, he's lucky. Some of us have to actually work for a living.
Sterling since he prides himself as a "professional reviewer"
Markipler on his worst day is just a guy who shrieks on youtube and at least cares about his fans and is actually a nice guy.
And GGG has to play these games to review them, i dont think its easy
At least sterling is funny some of the time. I've only ever read his reviews. But that one where he's getting sued or something for "slander" on a game he gave a terrible review for, that shit is hilarious.
"Sonny" Jim Sterling got ROASTED
Glad to see honest independent reviewers like you. I figured it was a generic game and not 'the worst game ever' others have said so thanks for clearing that up.
Wait, but what about the bugs everyone else was reporting?
Intergalactic Human Empire they are there, I got stuck inside walls several times during play.
If you are planning to get the gamw, dont do it. It is entirely forgettable, and for a large part just really really bland and boring.
They fixed alot of bugs, it's playable and some of the dlcs are cool.
@@nocooldudes7614 yeah totally playable except for the massive framerates issue that is still there and they missed a few dozen bugs and they forgot to fix the shit story but besides that they really fixed it.
I liked H:TR. My only really bad gripe with it was those constant klaxon alarms when you got identified. In a way it did feel like Far Cry in a city, however I would rather capture points in H:TR. Basically because I hated climbing up those vomit inducing towers in Far Cry. Gun play was red hot in H:TR and it went on forever. The graphics were occasionally freakishly good.
Nork is the mil term for North Koreans
Fingers crossed for terminator resistance, remastered all polished and shine more than a T800 Shiny helmet.
If saying this is the worst game ever made, let me just let pop in some fucking Aliens Colonel Marines,, Ride To Hell, every single Unity based zombie shooter ever released onto Early access, every single wave based unity game to ever be released onto Early Access, games by Digital Suicide, Driver 3, and all the games AVGN reviewed for the past 18 years, THEN we can talk about bad video games..
Dang , you make such awesome reviews!!
10/10 Far Cry 4 with Asians.
I been watching your channel for like 3 weeks now finally subscribed
This whole scenario is BS. ive tried to suspend my disbelief so many times but I just can't. North korea? really ??
A least it's original.
+Павел Мастрюков Yeah but it's so implausible. They can barely sustain their own countries economy let alone leading a massive scale invasion on America without any of America's allies intervening. Just a really unrealistic scenario in comparison to other enemy types they could have gone with.
Call it an alternative history.
Well, the first game in the series explained things a bit better. This is an alternate future where North and South Korea are united again. The idea being that somehow the South Korean money and tech got blended up with the North Korean totalitarianism. The end result was a new, scary world superpower that grew over decades.
THEN you can take the scenario of THIS game (the sequel to the previous game) and see that it makes more sense.
However. They have decided all of a sudden to rename the bad guys as "Norks" and have ignored the cool "fake" history from the first game.
So yeah, they had a good idea for the story of the first game (even if far fetched, it was a "cool" what if if you like military fiction/scenarios) and then had some decent additional concepts for this game, but it seems they decided to keep things as simple as possible, thus hurting the quality of the overall lore concept.
Hope I made some sense. :)
+The Weekend Slice You made perfect sense dude, but even with the first game the whole idea of the two Koreas reuniting was dumb. I mean they're mortal enemies that have been fighting for decades that decide to join together for other reason than to take down the US, when the South is backed by the US economically? On top of that, the UN not even noticing? You could argue that it was alternate timelines but the bottom line is that it doesn't make any of the scenarios in either game any less plausible.
The mere idea of having North Korea as a massive military superpower is shut down when you consider how fucked they'd be if they actually got into a war with the US and its allies. Yes, russians and the Chinese are cliche villians in military shooters, but the reason they're used so often is because its far more of a plausible scenario, despite how tired it is.
But yeah, I see what you're saying dude. Personally, I agree with Gggman. The enemy of this game should have been Skynet. XD
Awesome Honest Review as always.my 60$ saved because of this review. Thank you very much
Second video in a row with some sort of namedropping in a negative way...Stay classy because i find this very annoying and if this is going to be something that is in most of your videos then i'll just unsubscribe...Nothing wrong with calling people out on bullshit but in this case they actually had solid reasons for the disliking of the game.
Sterling's review is well deserving of a criticism.
I'm sorry that you had to hear your idol being mentioned in less than positive light tho
What "right wing politics" are you blabbing about mate?
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@Yorwak Kaheen mostly just sneers at social justice warriors as far as I can remember.
Second time? When was the first?
I love your reviews man
It's a laughable concept with lackluster game design just like the first game. I find it laughable that they were under delusion that anybody wanted a sequel for it.
damn you say laughable a lot
+kodeth it's rather laughable how laughably much he says laughable.
I'm glad Crytek gave the all clear for that community team to make Timesplitters Rewind, they seem to be more dedicated than Crytek currently are.
OMG so many people have said those game would have been better as a terminator game and i absolutely agree! Good review as well. Captured what i felt about the game.
Best game review channel ever!
Grats on 50k!
And now I want a god damn open world Terminator game. Thanks Gggman.
0:24 I've played original game and I like open world shooters, so I was actually exited for Homefront 2. Original Homefront actually sold decent amount of copies.
A Terminator game, that was exactly what I was thinking when I saw the trailer for this game. I would want an open world game set in the Terminator future, being a Techcom soldier or maybe even a reprogramed T-800, destroying Skynet camps FarCry style, taking side quests from guys like Kyle Reese, John Connor etc. Fighting in guerrilla warfare, exploring the post-Judgement Day wasteland, hiding in the ruins from HK's by using stealth mechanics. That's a dream terminator game.
Funny that you said it would make a great terminator game. Because I just watched your review of that new terminator shooter, and I actually said that it looked almost identical to this, in terms of the mechanics, the look, the feel and the aesthetic.
Actually I played the original Homefront and I really enjoyed it. Sure, it was average, but I absolutely loved it. Even a year ago when I played it on Steam, it had populated servers. I'm going to try and see if it's still active this weekend.
Same, it's everything wrong with current fps games, but somehow I enjoyed it. I liked the story (somehow). I don't know how to explain why I enjoyed it, because every other game that has done the same thing, I absolutely hated.
Another excellent review. Your opening summed it up perfectly. How does the first game warrant a sequel when nobody even cared about the first?
I had lots of issues with H:TR. First was how hard it was in a new map, until you took an area or building. Then I had sound problems from about fifteen hours in. Then at twenty-four hours, it was game over because it crashed on a save, and I could not play on. ...However H:TR was fully satisfying. Like the reviewer says in this video, it looks like a futuristic game. For me that was one of its strong points. I loved being in it. Quite regularly, the lighting and graphics were top class. ..Secondly, the weapons rocked....I got on fine with the story....I was gutted when it came to game-breaking bug close. It's pure unadulterated gun-fun.
another great review sonny jim
Just a question but do you plan to do a review of Hard Reset Redux or a short video explaining what Redux does better/worst than the original?
I will review the Redux version.
"If this is the worst game you've ever played then you need to play more games." That's how I felt when you said that Dying Light was the worst game of whatever year it came out. Opinions and all, but damn that opinion was the heaviest I've ever disagreed with someone. Love your videos, but JESUS you were hard on that game.
finaly a honest and fair review
Aw man, I would kill for a Future Wars game like this. The right theme can turn cookie cutter gameplay into something worth playing.
Great review as always.
Played this on the Xbox One and then the Series X. REALLY big difference in performance. Plus it has the entire Timesplitters 2 game as an easter egg. Also to say that no one played the original...there was a really big multiplayer base when it came out.
One thing that everyone needs to remenber: the game runs much better on the PC version. It's playable; you can have fun playing it.
Playing on the consoles, like a many people did, with super massive fps drops and shit (in a version that already runs at 30fps), is another story.
So, those that are playing on PC (including the reviewer), don't try to assume things and criticize people that only played on consoles and had a very bad "experience" (I'm not talking about that Jim, because for what I did see, he played on the PC.)
Let's be fair with the game, but be fair with people that only played on the consoles, too.
I agree, hence why I title my video PC review and not PS4/Xbox One Review as well.
Nice video. I'm glad that someone made it clear: that this isn't the worst game ever. I have it for the Ps4, and it's not the best game I've played by any means, it's buggy state was really frustrating at times, especially. But The thing is, it was still fun to play through. Could be due to the fact that I like freedom fighting / liberation games in general. :)
Wow you actually made me want to buy this game! great vid too!
Great review. Thanks for your work.
Great review. I'm going to try out this game
hey ggg i love you're awesome and make great reviews :D
Great review. I didn't even know that this game exists.
TheVanillatech
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I got this game for like 2 or 3$ on xbox 1 when it was on sale. Yes it's extremely generic and neutral, but not all games need to innovate. Even though most if not all of the games mechanics were done before multiple times, the game manages to pull them off just fine. And that's probably the best way I can describe the game. "JUST FINE" I enjoyed playing it. And if you get it on sale for cheap, it will more then justify the money spent. It's generic schlock at it's best(or maybe at it's nutralest?)
I was one of the weirdos that actually kinda liked the original Homefront. I don't play many FPSes so maybe that is why it being a generic one didn't phase me. I just really got enamored with the concept because it sounds really cool. I definitely want to check out the sequel sometime, sad to hear that it seems worse than the original though. You'd think with how crappy the first did they would try to work on improving things.
This is going to be the guy I'll go to for game reviews because he keeps it real;Unlike other game analysts who sugar coats it and you go out and buy the game and it sucks and you yelling "I could've waited for the bargain bin" that way you don't feel like you ripped off.
On my PC this games performance deteriorates the further I progress into the campaign. The first hour or so of game play looked very promising because I was running the game at 4K, all high settings and getting a frame rate between 70 and 80 fps. It was after about 3 hours of play that I first started to see frame rate drops below 60 fps. After another few hours of game play the frame rate was in the 40 fps region and now the frame rate is always around 30 fps. Being accurate while aiming down the sights is now starting to become difficult due to the input lag that is created by a 30 fps frame rate.
Loved the review, keep it up! ^^
Yeah, I pretty much agree with you for the most part on this game. I've rented the game, because I did want to see how bad it is, and in all honesty it wasn't that bad. It was just so by the numbers and it really didn't have anything of it's own that would make the game interesting. I can say that I can understand why some people would give up on this game, at the very beginning the frame-rate was so bad that I almost felt sick. Anyway the one thing I do have to disagree with you with the game is just as buggy as any Fallout game. In my playthrough I have witness 10 times more Bugs in the 20 hours of me playing this game over the 80 hours I have played in Fallout 4. There was so many bugs and insane ones, that I actually made a 21 minute compilation video of 1/3rd of the bugs I witness. Anyway great review as always, and I look forward to your next review.
P.s. I personally I'm a fan of Jim Sterling, but I fully respect those who don't feel the same way.
Nice to get a grounded viewpoint on the game, so to speak. And yup, raising my hand as a player of Homefront (The Single-player). One of the rare occasions where "Play a Call of Duty instead" would be most likely considered unanimously agreed advice. Never touched the multiplayer though, where I hear most of the merit was found.
With the extremely rocky development this game had; being handed to Crytek UK to work on by THQ, then the IP moving to Crytek after THQ went bust, then Crytek UK hitting reported employment issues during financial difficulties for Crytek such as held-off wages, then Crytek selling off the IP to Deep Silver and closing down Crytek UK, to which most moved to Dambuster Studios to resume work on the game, it was apparent to me this sequel nobody asked for was not gonna sail in ship-shape.
But I simply couldn't find much in the way of information on the game that isn't people tearing the game a new arsehole (Like the aforementioned Jimquisitionist, who didn't take the time to sharpen the blade, so to speak), trying to find anything worth a song of praise for it or numerous observations on the performance & optimisation (Most of which were poor).
And you do make a good point; it's like the perfect Terminator: Future War game that could've happened. Shame nobody seized such an opportunity!
Should this game get some due optimisation treatment (Not counting on a significant effort for it, as I'd reckon Dambuster & Deep Silver are just glad to have it out & done with so they can work on something else) and take a dive in price, it might make a good "Pretend this is Terminator" experience.
And a side-note, it seems to be established fact that a number of Timesplitters 2 levels can be found & played in Homefront: The Revolution, so if you want a taste of Timesplitters 2 on PC without emulation or 8th-gen consoles, now you can.
At the end of the day though, I've got plenty of other games to spend my time & money on (New-Doom namely!), and I can't see myself doing anything more than tinkering with the inventory and just getting bored with it.
But it's certainly no Ride to Hell: Retribution or Sonic '06 (Or Sonic Boom if you wanna give that ol' "Achieved" with CryEngine joke another crack).
a no bullshit review like it should be
I'm glad to see that some other people enjoyed this game. I remember getting it for ps4 and the frame rate was SO bad, I gave up, for about a week... but the story and setting stuck with me so I went back and played through the whole story and a lot of side content, and really liked it.