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Homefront: The Revolution review thread
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GravityInsanity
Member
Guys does anyone notice IGN didn't do a Review-In-Progress?
-MD-
Member
70 is super generous, that game was atrocious.
brickarts295
Member
I am patting myself in the back for taking this game out of my Gamefly queue now I get to enjoy Valkyria Chronicles until Mirrors Edge.
I'm pretty sure IGN would be happy to review every game as a 7.1, then stealthily update the final review score with whatever direction the wind is blowing.
Why would they? Those are typically designed around games where codes aren't out until the day of release, which isn't the case here.
It was always the same lead developer- the name and corporate owner of the studio changed once (from Crytek to Deep Silver). Sad about the low reviews, they are great people.
I remember really enjoying the multiplayer for the very short time it was active.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Not really. Battleborn was available on May 3 and IGN reviewed it that week, with the first "review in progress" score coming on May 2.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
I assume this is a situation where you know the game is fucked when you ship it, but there is no time and/or resources left to salvage it.
GravityInsanity
Member
Because it's an online focused multiplayer game. Games which are heavily MP focused or always online seem to get them too.
drotahorror
Member
Why would you want to watch anyone play this? Did you have interest in it?
it was changed twice (from THQ to Crytek and then to Deep Silver)
Huh.... Review in progress is generally for multiplayer focused games i.e battle born. Home front is generally a single player experience.
THQ was the initial publisher, but the developer was always Crytek UK/ Dambuster Studios.
Jesus
oh i see .. i though the project started even before Crytek acquired Free Radical
Piston Hyundai
Member
At the very least, you know there's a bunch of people at the studio who are glad that the product of almost five years of work is finally out the door.
Now make a fucking Timesplitters.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Unlikely devs and more likely pub. Sometimes you have to just let things go.
Ouch, indeed
They really need Saints Row to be done soon.
I guess if the game is in such a state that it would take too many hours to make something passable out of it, then yeah, but it's commercial suicide.
Pub or not, it will tar the devs regardless of who's choice it was to push it out the door.
Burgess_101
Member
Why do we always have to play as the good guy?
GGNKovalski
Member
With everything this game has been through, I can't say I'm shocked.
Garrett Hawke
Member
There's a difference between "playing as the bad guy" and "playing a racist fuck that the game tries to make feel empowering and justified"
Their last two original titles were this and Haze. You really want them to make a Timesplitters?
KainXVIII
Member
Racist?
Burgess_101
Member
I don't see the difference. So you can be bad but not too bad?
daninthemix
Member
This line from Jim's review puzzles me a little: "From what I was able to withstand, The Revolution offers nothing literally any other open-world FPS cant."
- because there aren't many open-world FPS games! And it's a genre I really would like to see more of.
In fact besides Far Cry what other open world FPS games are there?
- because there aren't many open-world FPS games! And it's a genre I really would like to see more of.
In fact besides Far Cry what other open world FPS games are there?
Given that in the game the USA has been invaded by North Korea, I find all these allegations regarding the games supposed racism, absurd - of course the characters are going to be racist towards those oppressing them
Triggerhappytel
Member
Releasing this in the same month as Uncharted 4, Doom and Overwatch seems like a terrible idea. They'd have been better delaying until June or July when things are a bit quieter, and it would give them more time to iron out the rough edges.
Piston Hyundai
Member
I'll play a bad Timesplitters game before I write them off.
Garrett Hawke
Member
No, but the game design should reflect that. Note how Spec Ops has you playing as "the bad guy" but the game design which initially starts as quite satisfying works in tandem with the story to reveal the depravity. and you can be utterly evil in games like The Sims or Black and White - but the tone and presentation of these titles makes being evil campy and fun.
there are certain acts which people find uncomfortable to replicate, even in videogames, and some perspectives that are unimaginable to interface with, such as racism or rape. For example, I doubt many would be interested in a game where you played as a white male and the game design specifically encouraged you to target and brutalise racial minorities and then rewards you for it because it would be unpleasant to interface with, and it would make you question both the developers' intentions and the viewpoints of the people who would enjoy such a product.
Likewise, glamorising or glorifying racism in a game that specifically empowers the player and is marketed like your typical dude bro power fantasy shooter is irresponsible.
Read Eurogamer's review
Well you have to deal with the traitors, they were dealt with in every war, on all sides, so there is some realism here.
It does sound a lot like what actually happened in some of the bigger wars throughout history.
(Side A occupy a town and then side B takes it and anyone who was working with Side A is then dealt with if discovered to put it bluntly.)
Am I missing something?
That seems like how people would deal with individuals who sold them out. It isn't nice but it seems pretty likely.
Characters committing reprehensible acts doesn't make for a reprehensible game. It could actually be interesting if it's done well enough. That there is, like is often the case, no side that is entirely virtuous in a war.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Sigh few Philadelphia games we get at that ....
Burgess_101
Member
Just because it is an uncomfortable subject doesn't mean it is a bad thing and something it should be criticised for. I haven't played it so I don't know the tone of the game, I don't know if it is supposed to be some kind of statement towards something.
I think we will have to agree to disagree.