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Homefront: The revolution Early impressions thread
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Aztechnology
Member
Same thing I thought. His reviews are really too long, but if you skip his stupid skit bits it's generally decent criticism. Trying to watch his stream though, I couldn't even get past 5 minutes. I was skipping around a bit and he started flexing and talking about "Bazooka" Joe during a cut-scene. So I just closed it.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Going by that description, a 7/10 sounds extremely generous. Especially given that critics are generally being harsher this gen.
I mean, bad movement in an FPS?! That already sounds terrible.
I wonder how he get decent video reviews playing games like this, like seriously even the greatest game of all time cannot really be enjoyed in such atmosphere, his stream is bad.
Technically the visuals seem pretty good actually. It's just the art direction that makes it look kind of bland, but given the setting it seems fitting. That's about all the good things I've seen. I mean I actually really want this game to be surprisingly decent because I'm interested in the premise.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Yeah, I like his proper reviews a lot, but this is just awful. I guess maybe the younger audience likes the streamer to act like a childish shouting idiot?
Twitch was a core audience which would stop watching if, for example, you didn't talk during cut scenes. It's all about engagement. His reviews are more thoughtful.
Triggerhappytel
Member
That's fair enough and I never watch Twitch content, but couldn't he comment on the game, or listen to what's going on and give his take on it? I mean, they are literally pissing around and acting like children. As an adult, I have zero desire to watch that.
Bornstellar
Member
Maybe consider that this is how he plays games when thinking about the proper reviews.
Triggerhappytel
Member
I'm sure this is overacting for the audience. I doubt he plays all of his games like this, and besides in proper reviews he generally backs up his points with footage and well-reasoned arguments.
Hamster Plugin
Member
The donation message sounds and subscriber notification music are ridiculously annoying on that stream. I can deal with some pop-up messages because he's making money that way but when you have Star Wars music and random metal playing all the damn time it gets annoying very quickly.
Otherwise I didn't see a problem with the way he played, but god damn those extra sounds.
Otherwise I didn't see a problem with the way he played, but god damn those extra sounds.
the_batman
Banned
damn. always sucks when devs work on games for years for it to turn out bad.
Kralamoonard
Member
Really unfortunate for the devs, but it does sound like a bad for everyone involved all around.
If you were to make this type of game last gen or even the gen before, on a similar relative budget (i.e. It would obviously be lower), then I'd say they'd be able to recover, and it wouldn't bomb as hard, but releasing a title like this (that IMO looks AA but has AAA production values at times) in 2016 is just asking for a bomba.
It's unfortunate that development costs have skyrocketed this high this gen, and the market changes have meant we are seeing less AAA titles than ever, at least ones that are taking risks. There's just no room for games like these in the market anymore.
Of course I maybe talking total crap, but it's the way I see it with the 'hype' and exposure of this game, and similar ones to it (look at Murdered Soul Suspect a couple of years ago which studio ended up shutting down).
If you were to make this type of game last gen or even the gen before, on a similar relative budget (i.e. It would obviously be lower), then I'd say they'd be able to recover, and it wouldn't bomb as hard, but releasing a title like this (that IMO looks AA but has AAA production values at times) in 2016 is just asking for a bomba.
It's unfortunate that development costs have skyrocketed this high this gen, and the market changes have meant we are seeing less AAA titles than ever, at least ones that are taking risks. There's just no room for games like these in the market anymore.
Of course I maybe talking total crap, but it's the way I see it with the 'hype' and exposure of this game, and similar ones to it (look at Murdered Soul Suspect a couple of years ago which studio ended up shutting down).
Most kids and teens come back from school and put a twitch stream on to have some background noise while using Snapchat or something like that on their phone. The twitch streamers know that. They also know they need donations/subs to make a living out of this, so they need to activate their viewers. That's why there's always a ringtone or something when a viewer pays money or subscribes. That way the new subscriber gets awarded with the streamer's attention and potential new subscribers/donors feel the desire to get the same attention.
It's basically like a two-sided circus show.
Jimnymebob
Member
Is this the game that there was a thread about on here a few weeks back about it having a
Easter egg?
If it is, I'm more curious about that than the game itself.
playable TimeSplitters
If it is, I'm more curious about that than the game itself.
JumPeRJumPzZ
Banned
Sounds like the public beta/alpa whatever they had months ago on Xbox.
Rated-Rsuperstar
Member
This game is gonna get thrashed in reviews. I expect 5s across the board. That said, I don't play games based off other peoples opinions and will still be getting it next week. Other then the premise which is absurd I still think the game looks interesting.
Mad Season
Banned
Collateral22
Member
Does it run at 20fps OP?
JigglesBunny
Banned
I played my buddy's PS4 copy last night.
My impressions are expressed in these GIFs.
Interpret as you will.
My impressions are expressed in these GIFs.
Interpret as you will.
Gameplay:
Graphics:
Story:
Performance:
rob305
Member
Hmmmmm I liked the first one. Have this one on my radar, but going to wait for video reviews to see if i'm going to like the game. Far cry formula sounds good to me, love that stuff.
Will probably get it after I finish Quantum Break and Ratchet & Clank, unless the game is complete trash
Will probably get it after I finish Quantum Break and Ratchet & Clank, unless the game is complete trash
superNESjoe
Member
Will you review GunWorld 2 like this?
So its bad on all fronts?
Just watched a bit of the angry joe vid. I honestly got bored watching more than 5 seconds of gameplay before scanning to another section....and being bored again. I had this pre ordered for cheap and even then, it does not look like its worth it.
How could I play this after I finish up uncharted 4? I mean almost every game is lacklustre in comparison to that masterpiece ( so far ) so I have to be very careful what I play after to cleanse my pallet. I always find after I play a game that is SO SO good its almost like a bad breakup where I have to settle for something else just because I have to.
Cornbread78
Member
LOL, even the OT maker dumped this title awhile ago, lol. Looks like it will go into the abyss.
I was wondering why there was no hype behind it, but I guess these early impressions speak for itself...
I was wondering why there was no hype behind it, but I guess these early impressions speak for itself...
JigglesBunny
Banned
Damn. Wish it had been better, because open world shooter with decent interiors to seemlessly run into and bunker down, escape or hide, is something I really enjoy. Think the latter half of all STALKER games
GavinUK86
Member
Gotta act like a monkey for that organ grinder to get that Twitch money.
I've been excited for this because I actually enjoyed the first. I've played about an hour of it on PC and PS4 a month or so ago and it was pretty good on PC, not great on console. It's going to bomb though because of when it's releasing. It needed to come out during a dry spell in a few months.
Piku_Ringo
Banned
Is there matchmaking for coop? I can't see many of my "friends" getting this game so would probably try coop with randoms.
All reviews should follow this format.
Forerunner
Member
That's how the first one was. It wasn't good and it wasn't bad, just bleh.
This poor studio has been on such a roller-coaster ride in recent years:
- As Free Radical Design: failure of Haze, cancellation of Star Wars: Battlefront III, going into administration and most staff depart, purchased by Crytek in 2009 and renamed Crytek-UK
- As Crytek-UK: runs into financial problems in 2014 after developing multiplayer component of Crysis 2 and 3 (neither of which were particularly successful) and the Xbox 360 version of Warface (which no one played), Crytek parent misses wage and bonus payments to staff leading to further staff departures, Crytek sells studio and Homefront IP to Koch Media/Deep Silver and most of the staff is laid off, remaining staff transferred to newly-formed Dambuster Studios.
- As Dambuster Studios: releasing a truly mediocre-looking Homefront title that no one really wants in the same month as Uncharted, DOOM, and Overwatch
I certainly hope that everyone at Dambusters has their resumes updated accordingly.
- As Free Radical Design: failure of Haze, cancellation of Star Wars: Battlefront III, going into administration and most staff depart, purchased by Crytek in 2009 and renamed Crytek-UK
- As Crytek-UK: runs into financial problems in 2014 after developing multiplayer component of Crysis 2 and 3 (neither of which were particularly successful) and the Xbox 360 version of Warface (which no one played), Crytek parent misses wage and bonus payments to staff leading to further staff departures, Crytek sells studio and Homefront IP to Koch Media/Deep Silver and most of the staff is laid off, remaining staff transferred to newly-formed Dambuster Studios.
- As Dambuster Studios: releasing a truly mediocre-looking Homefront title that no one really wants in the same month as Uncharted, DOOM, and Overwatch
I certainly hope that everyone at Dambusters has their resumes updated accordingly.
MGHA
Member
The one thing that would have warranted a purchase.
Day 1 to day none.
Broadbandito
Member
to people asking what happened -> Cryengine on consoles happened. Angry Joe's stream last night looked pretty decent actually (he was on pc). I would not buy this game on console at all.
giancarlo123x
Banned
I thought this was releasing next year.