Homefront

HazardO · 7 Mar 2011 at 14:06

I've just pre-ordered this from a well known UK retailer, but selected a digital download option.
(The reason I no longer get mail order is because of a copy of COD5 which took 2 months to get to me after the release date when I'd pre-ordered it). The digital download option comes with a free copy of metro2033, the hard copy doesn't.

The digital download service for this company is actually located in France, not the UK (e.g: continental europe).

My serial key and download instructions will be mailed to me on "15/03/2011 00:00 British Time". The UK release is the 18th. I wonder if this means I can just use the serial key to "activate a game on steam" on the 15th??

No TF2 hat though

Hzza · 7 Mar 2011 at 14:11

KNiVES said:
This has the potential to be a totally unexpected sleeper hit. It reminds me of Half Life 2 so much, and that is never a bad thing.

This is pretty much my thoughts, I'll probably wait until its cheap(er) and some people I know have played it.

Really do want it to be good though!

aastii · 7 Mar 2011 at 16:44

It looks like yet another awful, awful CoD rehash, only (and I didn't think this would be possible) worse :eek:

Gimpymoo · 7 Mar 2011 at 17:41

aastii said:
It looks like yet another awful, awful CoD rehash, only (and I didn't think this would be possible) worse

Knowing the developers previous work I would disagree.

powelly · 7 Mar 2011 at 17:42

holy batman thread revival, game looks crap

aastii · 7 Mar 2011 at 17:43

powelly2010 said:
holy batman thread revival, game looks crap

lol sorry, I saw the other homefront thread, saw this was the original and assumed that this would have been more active

pieplough · 7 Mar 2011 at 17:56

Looks like a cheesy battlefield rip off.

Tefal · 7 Mar 2011 at 17:58

Gimpymoo said:
Knowing the developers previous work I would disagree.

Didn't Frontlines: Fuel of War fail miserably?

I imagine the publisher will be on their back to make a more mainstream game if that was the case.

the_munkeh · 7 Mar 2011 at 18:01

Having watched the "Homefront - Large Scale Warfare Dev Diary " video, I was left thinking ooh they have taken all the good bf/bc2 elements put them into COD. It should work. But it just doesn't excite me.

aastii · 7 Mar 2011 at 18:02

the_munkeh said:
Having watched the "Homefront - Large Scale Warfare Dev Diary " video, I was left thinking ooh they have taken all the good bf/bc2 elements put them into COD. It should work. But it just doesn't excite me.

Isn't that what was tried with MoH, and look how that turned out

PapaLazaru · 7 Mar 2011 at 18:07

aastii said:
Isn't that what was tried with MoH, and look how that turned out

I enjoyed MoH. Thought it was quite underrated.

aastii · 7 Mar 2011 at 18:10

PapaLazaru said:
I enjoyed MoH. Thought it was quite underrated.

I thought the single player was exceptional, but the multiplayer was just awful, and I mean it is the sort of thing that should just be swept under the carpet and forgotten about

dbmzk1 · 7 Mar 2011 at 18:15

Must say this is looking pretty decent, though as their last effort was not that great I'm going to wait for a demo or reviews before getting too interested in it!

Zbornak · 8 Mar 2011 at 16:48

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/292449/news/homefront-campaign-is-five-hours-long/

5 hour campaign. Seems like their looking up to Call of Duty! According to this article it received a very favourable review from OPM.

Neil79 · 8 Mar 2011 at 16:59

5hrs isn't good enough for a full game at full price!. £20 or so yes

Streeteh · 8 Mar 2011 at 17:04

dnc316 said:
5 hour campaign

And instantly my interest is lost. Is it impossible to get a decent length single player FPS these days?

ic1male · 8 Mar 2011 at 17:22

I can see it dropping to half price by the end of April if that's the case.

Evilsod · 8 Mar 2011 at 17:36

Streeteh said:
And instantly my interest is lost. Is it impossible to get a decent length single player FPS these days?

When they clearly expect people to buy it for the MP they don't have to put much effort into SP really...

Still, i suspect the majority of the SP is similar to Black Ops in the sense that a break in shooting things longer than the length of time it took to move beyond where you just finished shooting things was incredibly rare.

Harvey616 · 8 Mar 2011 at 18:14

Looks brilliant, they really have paid a lot of attention to the PC community

Streeteh · 8 Mar 2011 at 18:15

Evilsod said:
When they clearly expect people to buy it for the MP

Thing is, a huge emphasis on the development of this game was the story. The story is basically irrelevant in the MP, so you'd be forgiven for thinking a large amount of attention is being put into the SP.