Homefront Has a 5-Hour Campaign. Sort of.

[Jaeriko]

I think Homefront is a pretty cool guy. eh has 5 huor campiagn and doesn't afraid of North Korean invaders.

 

[fgdfgdgd]

For everybody else, the game is about the same length as other, competing, FPS titles.

So... About five hours then.

Two and a half...If you played BFBC2...That pissed me off so much and then it had the nerve to cock tease a sequel when the game I played was enjoyable until I realised I've watched longer movies.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

I was going to get Homefront for the campaign. Guess that's not happening anymore.

 

[ThatDaveDude1]

I could care less about Homefront's multiplayer. I want this for its singleplayer, hell, I didn't even know it had multiplayer until I saw gameplay footage a few months ago.

You've got the screenwriter of Apocalypse Now working on what you promised was a deep and engaging story like no other on the market, don't fuck it up now.

*moves from 'preorder' pile to 'wait for the review' pile*

 

[Awexsome]

I don't want to judge immedietly... but I don't see how they're going to make the kind of big, epic story they were advertising in that kind of time without ending with a lead into a sequel.

I'll wait until the game comes out but I'm not getting it unless it gets some rave reviews or the multiplayer is one of the best around. I've heard some really good things about it too.

Having players earn points in game via their actions which they can then spend on various bonuses from airstrikes to perks to vehicles to weapons. Plus last I heard they had a system where the top players on enemy teams will have a type of "target" painted on them. The opposing team's commander giving individual players on the other team the heads up that: "Hey. This dude here is kicking ass. We'll give you some bonus points if you manage to take him out."

 

[mik1]

i think its time for this fps trend to die...

NOW!!!!!

 

[Vault101]

When did we start measuring the quality of a game by the length of its campaign anyway? Portal proved a long time ago that the time it takes to beat it is irrelevant to the value.

portal how ever was not a stand alone release

if your not into multiplayer or dont see it as a big thing then 5 hours is hardly worth the money

 

[theultimateend]

For everybody else, the game is about the same length as other, competing, FPS titles.

So... About five hours then.

My thoughts exactly.

"5 hours long? That's like 3 times longer than Halo 2...they should be bragging."

 

[danhere]

Considering how little goes into multiplayer development compared to single player development, and how barren most of the multiplayer servers tend to be, I don't really consider this to be sound reasoning. The FPS genre have adopted a lazy approach because people buy into it, rather than demanding a reasonably long single player campaign with some extensive storytelling. Shame shame.

 

[joe the janitor]

For everybody else, the game is about the same length as other, competing, FPS titles.

So... About five hours then.

LOL made me laugh

 

[duchaked]

Homefront, I'm trying to like you, I really am, but you are making this Really hard for me. If your campaign isn't up to scratch I'm not buying you for MP alone.

I'm with you on this one...I've really tried to throw support and interest behind this game from the beginning but...

Awwwwwww and the sad part is I didn't even care about the mulitplayer for this one. I wanted to see how the game pictured America and North Korea and how the story played out.

Being a fan of "Freedom Fighters" I was looking forward to this... NOW

IDK Im kinda hopeing Quality over length now

I remember Halo 3 ran kind of short but co-op/achievements made it great for a buncha replays, and MW2 was fun to go back and do on Veteran (STILL stuck on Contingency...only one left gah), more so than BO which I'm not sure I wanna try on vet

but hey if Homefront has high replayability (co-op or not...sighh oh you developers), it would be awesome and make up for it somewhat

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

And now I wonder (1) when the map pack will be released and (2) if it will be $10 or $15.

Neither. $17. They said "different from every modern shooter", silly.

Doh! Silly indeed!

So I guess the Special edition will be $75, the documentary will be Korean with English subtitles, and, in order to compete with Call of Duty, the Ultimate [i}Super[/i] Collector's Edition will come with a Hummer 3 and an inactive mine.

Nah, still to similar to other modern shooters. They're not releasing any special/limited/premium/collectors edition.

...

Not sure if that was a joke or not, because I don't think they are.

I honestly don't know if they really are, but it would be interesting to see how they try to pull it off without looking vaguely similar to every other modern shooter out there already.

It's great to strive to be different, but how about doing so by not being a modern shooter in the first place?!?
[sub]Just saying, space marines are starting look like fresh material to me again...[/sub]

 

[gphjr14]

In other words you have to die multiple times to extend the length of the game, yeah that makes a lot of sense. I guess I'll be waiting till its in the $40 range till I buy it. I'm more interested in the singleplayer anyways.

 

[Jumplion]

I was just saying sorry in case I offended you or you felt I was attacking you. Wouldn't want that.

Random thought, I know, but this conversation/news post actually reminded me of a conversation I had a while back about doing a video game based on the 6-day War with Israel and whatnot. It'd be controversial as all hell, but I'd honestly like to see it happen, or at least something similar. It's pretty similar (from what I understand of the war) to what this game is trying to do.

Again, random thought, I have no idea how I was reminded of that.

 

[duchaked]

For everybody else, the game is about the same length as other, competing, FPS titles.

So... About five hours then.

LOL made me laugh

me to ftw

I think Homefront is a pretty cool guy. eh has 5 huor campiagn and doesn't afraid of North Korean invaders.

also ftw xD

but I have noticed recently that I've been cutting through FPS campaigns like a knife through soft butter (even if I'm not all that boss at competitive MP). getting awful familiar and comfortable with it is what I'm saying :/

 

[Vault101]

Dammit I actually had high hopes for this title and it seems the case with bulletstorm too

I mean I dont want to spend that about of money on somthign ill finish in an afternoon I might as well spend $15 on a good movie

 

[Vault101]

I don't understand why people are bashing the game just for its length. Surely quality over quantity is a way better choice in design.

Edit: By the way, after some searching, I have found the magazine that revealed the length of its campaign and they also said other things about the game:

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=248775
If you read the front cover it says something quite interesting.

as I said before for that amount of money I might as well buy a really good movie wich will entertain me for an afternoon

the problem people have with lack of length is that you buy the game..finish it on the same day then you have to go buy another game, I mean for agame that boasted itself on story thats pretty annoying and how can that possibly be worth $80?

 

[Marik2]

a good single player fps campaign should last about 12 hours, Im so sick of fps games wanting to just be one long explosion instead of a journey, half life 2 was a journey and it was awesome

Agreed more shooters need to be that long and be an awesome journey.

 

[FoRtMinor44]

well the way i look at it is people have paid 60 bucks for stuff that didn't last longer than 5 minutes so if it's gonna be 5 hours i guess thats a win

 

[major28]

i love that they are defending themselves by saying "no it can be 10 hours" thats shorter than a large amount of ps2 games, you have better hardware now use it god dam it.