Homefront: The Revolution is locked in to hit shelves next month, and from my hour of hands-on time, it’s actually shaping up to be a sleeper hit. While my freelance peer John Robertson wasn’t a fan after his time with the game, I have to respectfully disagree with his take on Homefront: The Revolution and feel it’s worth highlighting why it’s worth keeping an eye on.
In no particular order, here’s 8 reasons why Homefront: The Revolution is shaping up to be more than a competent shooter.
There’s a reason why it’s subtitled ‘The Revolution’ and not slapped with the number ‘2’ as a title suffix. Homefront: The Revolution isn’t a sequel, and it’s not a prequel. In fact, when chatting with Dambuster Studios producer David Stenton, he confirmed that the only thing taken from the original Homefront game is the premise: North Korea invading North America. In other words, The Revolution is a reboot. Despite borrowing the premise, the fictionalised backstory of how the North Korean invasion comes to be is both reimagined and more compelling than the Red Dawn-style approach to the original game.
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In no particular order, here’s 8 reasons why Homefront: The Revolution is shaping up to be more than a competent shooter.
There’s a reason why it’s subtitled ‘The Revolution’ and not slapped with the number ‘2’ as a title suffix. Homefront: The Revolution isn’t a sequel, and it’s not a prequel. In fact, when chatting with Dambuster Studios producer David Stenton, he confirmed that the only thing taken from the original Homefront game is the premise: North Korea invading North America. In other words, The Revolution is a reboot. Despite borrowing the premise, the fictionalised backstory of how the North Korean invasion comes to be is both reimagined and more compelling than the Red Dawn-style approach to the original game.
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