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This doesn't really inspire confidence, though to be fair it will probably be better than the first one.

 

[kurahador]

First Homefront game was shit though.....

Different developer.

I wonder if this will be something like Freedom Fighters.

 

[Goodacre0081]

open world, co-op, no cross-gen: thumbs up

yet another military FPS

Spoiler

I suspect

: thumbs down

 

[BurnOutBrighter]

ah the valuable Homefront IP

Yeah this looks like an excuse to make a completely different game (way more sci fi elements). Don't know why they used the name, not like the first one inspired any confidence in the IP.

 

[Xando]

Open World, interesting

 

[Joeki11a]

That guy was Glenn Becks son

 

[x-Lundz-x]

Co-op campaign? Yes please.

 

[Curufinwe]

I've actually been to Philly quite a lot so this sounds interesting.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I've never played Homefront, is it good?

Imagine a CoD that takes itself very seriously and then remove the well done set pieces. Also it's unpolished, runs at an uncapped framerate (but sits around 30fps) and has lots of screen tearing. That's Homefront.

 

[SpyGuy239]

Wow that's was a pretty awesome trailer.

Was that in game or CGI?

There is a PC version. RIGHT? nvm Thread title says there is

 

[Nerokis]

New developer + open world + graphics almost give this the feel of a new IP. I'm intrigued.

 

[Harlock]

Maybe is like a Call of Duty with the Crysis semi-open world aspects. Can be ok to good.

 

[CryptiK]

What the fuck Crytek? Do you even know what Homefront was supposed to be? It was supposed to be a Battlefield Clone but better god damn it.

 

[Blackthorn]

This is truly the generation of rainy near future.

Can someone just get it over with and make a Blade Runner game, fuck.

 

[Caramello]

1. Killzone: Second Son

That is spot on.

 

[Majukun]

What a weird combo, Deep Silver and Crytek?

What EA, MS dont have faith in this?

deep silver bought the rights from thq

 

[EmpReb]

Is it free to play? I thought crytrek said they weren't making any retail priced games anymore (or maybe I'm Mis-remembering)

It's called free to play doesn't pay bills unless you a Moba game.

 

[Adam Blue]

Different developer.

I wonder if this will be something like Freedom Fighters.

I wouldn't even blame the original developer....THQ said higher-ups purposely effed up the original vision to be more in line with CoD.

RIP in piece Kaos.

But, despite Haze, this current developer could do some good.

And good news about Deep Silver. Developers are being smart about avoiding publishers who do long-term damage. (Crytek actually bought the rights, if I remember correctly - but probably saw how DS handled SRIV and Metro)

 

[ekim]

More appropriate than ever:

 

[Majukun]

You are right. It is not good design. It is BEST design.

 

[Daemul]

Everything's coming up 2015.

Expect delays then

 

[alienator]

So, homefront, a game amongst the most mediocre games i played previous gen, now mixed with a deep silver logo, which gives me flashbacks to all their horrible buggy games,... i dont really see why i should be excited for this ;p

 

[Kaan]

That guy was Glenn Becks son

HaHa! Nice...

 

[Cornbread78]

Boooo.

Well, if it's like Resistance 2's co-opp, which was multi-player, then Hell yeah! That experience is still the Platinum standard for FPS co-op in games...

 

[dr_rus]

Everything-was-open-world.png

Dammit ekim!

 

[Osahi]

I rather liked Homefront. It was short, but fun, despite it's massive shortcomings.

It's an interesting universe, and open world sounds very tempting... Happy more and more shooters are breaking away from the COD-mold... Looking forward to gameplay on E3

 

[JaseC]

deep silver bought the rights from thq

Crytek bought Homefront. You're thinking of the Metro series (or Saints Row).

 

[DarkJedi24]

Looks more interesting than I thought it was going to be. However it is being made by Crytek, and the last game that Free Radical made before going under was Haze. Not exactly a promising combination.

 

[UtterlyPerplexed]

Mediocre trailer. But as everyone has already said, the Freedom Fighters-like open-world thing could do very well for what may otherwise have just been a forgettable right-wing fantasist shooter.

As if fucking North Korea can ever realistically unite with South Korea under Pyongyang, let alone successfully invade and occupy the one nation on Earth with the highest grossing military spending and absurd weapons arsenal than the next five or so nations on the military spending chart combined. Utterly absurd premise.

 

[Rez Raider]

Looking pretty good from the trailer alone, E3 is getting closer!

 

[Dmax3901]

While obviously not gameplay, all this trailer made me think is how influential both Saving Private Ryan, and Half Life 2 were/are.

 

[EatChildren]

Folk should remember that a name is name only. No matter what you thought of Homefront, a game is defined by the people who make it, and Homefront 2's development has basically sweet dick all to do with Homefront. Entirely new team. Entirely new publisher. Entirely new game design concept. The only similarities are in the name, and the general premise.

 

[Soyongdori]

Folk should remember that a name is name only. No matter what you thought of Homefront, a game is defined by the people who make it, and Homefront 2's development has basically sweet dick all to do with Homefront. Entirely new team. Entirely new publisher. Entirely new game design concept. The only similarities are in the name, and the general premise.

Exactly

 

[Confidence Man]

Hopefully it's like a new-gen Mercenaries.

 

[wapplew]

That's totally the dad from KZ Shadow Fall

Totally feel the same.
Someone make a comparison picture please.

 

[Bruticuz]

We all know it will look like watchdogs when it comes out, dont we ?
Crytek does not need to redeem itself its Homefront as a title that does.

 

[90TilInfinity]

"The city of Philadelphia is an asymmetric battlefield. The KPA have far superior technology and they can take out anyone they want to if you go up against them. The answer is you must use guerrilla tactics."

Players aren't nearly as well equipped as the KPA, so to take them on you have to make clever used of the environment, the Crytek designer explains. This means staging ambushes and using hit-and-run tactics. It means gathering items and other materials to create weapons and tools that you can use in your fight against the KPA, including IEDs (improvised explosive devices) and distraction tools.

"The more things you do to hamper or dent the KPA, no matter how small that seems, these are all things that contribute to getting people out on the streets," Salim said. "If you can get people out in the streets, there's a lot more stuff that will happen; there are a lot more distractions for you to use. The KPA will have their focus on the people in the streets uprising, and you can go in and do more damage."

I'm intrigued.

Getting Freedom Fighters vibes from these previews/descriptions.

 

[Virtua Ben]

Hm, seems like this could be interesting. Of course, I thought that way for the last game too.

And how in the world did North Korea get all this advanced tech? They're rocking gear from the 70's right now.

 

[H4r4kiri]

More appropriate than ever:

And i really dont like it !!

 

[level44]

Folk should remember that a name is name only. No matter what you thought of Homefront, a game is defined by the people who make it, and Homefront 2's development has basically sweet dick all to do with Homefront. Entirely new team. Entirely new publisher. Entirely new game design concept. The only similarities are in the name, and the general premise.

True, but they should have dropped the name.

 

[Tobor]

More appropriate than ever:

As it should be.

This game went from "who gives a fuck?" to being on my radar simply by being open world.

 

[AndyD]

This sounds like FPS version of Freedom Fighters.

Lets hope they can nail the encounter and tactical elements.

If its half as good as Freedom Fighters it will be excellent. I loved that game.

 

[Razyl]

Open-World? Guerilla tactics? Recruiting fighters?

Sounds like an Freedom Fighters 2, if somebody remembers the IO game.

 

[Bunta]

Folk should remember that a name is name only. No matter what you thought of Homefront, a game is defined by the people who make it, and Homefront 2's development has basically sweet dick all to do with Homefront. Entirely new team. Entirely new publisher. Entirely new game design concept. The only similarities are in the name, and the general premise.

Yep. It'll be interesting to see what they do with it.

 

[Lunar15]

Folk should remember that a name is name only. No matter what you thought of Homefront, a game is defined by the people who make it, and Homefront 2's development has basically sweet dick all to do with Homefront. Entirely new team. Entirely new publisher. Entirely new game design concept. The only similarities are in the name, and the general premise.

It's crazy to me that piggybacking on existing IP can be considered helpful even when the original game was considered a flop.

 

[darkhunger]

Folk should remember that a name is name only. No matter what you thought of Homefront, a game is defined by the people who make it, and Homefront 2's development has basically sweet dick all to do with Homefront. Entirely new team. Entirely new publisher. Entirely new game design concept. The only similarities are in the name, and the general premise.

Not to mention its a different team/studio from the one that does Crysis. So people should stop with the comparisons.

It's crazy to me that piggybacking on existing IP can be considered helpful even when the original game was considered a flop.

The best part about the IP, the background story/setting, is getting carried over, so at least there's that.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

All hair besides stubble is too hard for crytek.

 

[Soyongdori]

It's crazy to me that piggybacking on existing IP can be considered helpful even when the original game was considered a flop.

The first game was a commercial success despite the fact that the game was well below average.

 

[Lord of Castamere]

Looks interesting.
Hopefully the mutiplayer is CrysisxBattlefield this time instead of CODxBattlefield.

I'll keep my eye on in. I'm assuming Microsoft has the stage demo.

 

[Xando]

Open-World? Guerilla tactics? Recruiting fighters?

Sounds like an Freedom Fighters 2, if somebody remembers the IO game.

Man, i loved that game.