THQ: Homefront Is Not a 71

[The Wykydtron]

They're right, Homefront is definately not a 71... It's more of a 50, 55 tops...

Pro Tip for the next game you guys make: Make it longer than 4-5 hours, try to elevate it beyond a mediocre CoD clone and make better characters, cuz i thought the most interesting character in that game was the Korean Sentry Towers

 

[Danpascooch]

Yes it is, THQ.

71 isn't bad.

WHY ARE REVIEWS NOW BASICALLY ON A SCALE OF 7-10?

Anything below a 7 is somehow shit-on-a-stick.

I'm guessing it's because school grades go by basically that scale, where once you go below 65 (or 6.5 in this case) you get an F, and it doesn't really matter how far below 65 you are

 

[googleback]

I give it a 5. pretentious crap trying to be an amazing story. its as lazy as they come.

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

WHY ARE REVIEWS NOW BASICALLY ON A SCALE OF 7-10?

Because that's the way it is and that's what we're used to.

Because for every game reviewed by major publications there's a certain required level of technical quality that a given "7" demonstrates.

OT: Doesn't look to be a 71, I'll give it that.

 

[samsonguy920]

Sounds like someone is trying to make his serious disappointment sound reasonable. And will he actually listen to suggestions and constructive criticism? Considering the laziness that went into that shit game, I doubt it. Time to move on.

 

[Dioxide20]

They "captured" my imagination to the point were I will be willing to spend $20 on this game. I know this seems harsh, but THQ has yet to prove themselves in the FPS genre, and they toted this game as if it were the sequel to COD or Battlefield 2. Everything their employees have been saying have just annoyed me to no end, and they have no amazing FPS to back themselves up with.

 

[CharrHearted]

Maybe when you work on games with a storyline that wasn't written with the waste used from a monkies backside and then dappened onto a wall by a downsyndromic chimpanzee, I would give it a proper rating.

I don't pay 50 pounds for multiplayer THQ, no matter how bad you want it to be, I will only pay for your multiplayer crap if it costed on a scale of 1-20 pounds.


Edit: Homefront is... art? -insert laughed from father grigori-

 

[PrototypeC]

I certainly hope Bilson keeps his job, because THQ is all too happy to axe anyone who doesn't immediately give them monetary return; but beyond that I'm not sure this bothers me at all. 71 seems about right to me. Of course, I feel like every game ever made deserves harsher critics lest the industry become bloated and too easily satisfied (like it currently is).

 

[BoredDragon]

Ya its totally art. All 4 hours of stereotypes, easily predictable plot, and ripping off of Modern Warfare. I'm kidding of coarse about that last one, its not completely like MW. MW had an interesting story.

There's a name for people who dismiss other's opinions as being irrelevant its called:

a tool

 

[BoredDragon]

I certainly hope Bilson keeps his job, because THQ is all too happy to axe anyone who doesn't immediately give them monetary return; but beyond that I'm not sure this bothers me at all. 71 seems about right to me. Of course, I feel like every game ever made deserves harsher critics lest the industry become bloated and too easily satisfied (like it currently is).

Dude, the game was 4 hours long, packed was stereotypes, and the plot they were so proud of was laughably predictable. So don't worry, it actually deserves less than 71.

I was playing Crisis 2 about the same time as Homefront, so its mediocrity was even more obvious when compared to a legitimately fun game.

 

[BoredDragon]

I thought the most interesting character in that game was the Korean Sentry Towers

rofl why did we have to kill them? They were just doing their job D:

 

[Canid117]

THQ let me just say that you are not going to convince people that the game is good by saying "NO! YOU'RE WRONG! IT IS AN AMAZING WORK OF ART!"

 

[BoredDragon]

Another point about the originality; all the crap Korea put the poor americans through, and all those shocking scenes which were deliberately constructed to hit us with the shock&awe stick...

I learned about those things in fifth grade world history. I might even go so far as to say the whole game was -in order- taken from my history book section on the germans in world war 2.

ha, I knew I wasn't the only one who noticed

 

[klasbo]

"You can't apply math to art."

Clearly this must mean that 71 > 100.
Homefront must be the best game ever.

 

[BoredDragon]

Not worthy of note even by the abysmally low standards of video games.

What is this low standards of video games you speak of?

 

[WanderingFool]

I would give Homefront an 80, not great *cough*singleplayer*caugh*, but its still fun MP wise.

It wasn't until you nurfed the online play. Way to go in dumbing it down.

What did they do, exactly?

Probably easiest way to put it...
Prepatch - Like Call of Duty in hardcore mode
Postpatch - Like regular Call of Duty

Originally, people would die after a few bullets, but a lot of people complained. They nurfed the snipers (which were overpowered anyway), but they did something else that nurfed the rest of the guns. Not sure if it is lower damage or increased player health or what, but it isn't like it was prepatch.

Well, that explains why a supposed .50 sniper cant kill in one chest shot...

 

[PrototypeC]

Dude, the game was 4 hours long, packed was stereotypes, and the plot they were so proud of was laughably predictable. So don't worry, it actually deserves less than 71. I was playing Crisis 2 about the same time as Homefront, so its mediocrity was even more obvious when compared to a legitimately fun game.

I don't really care about Homefront. I was just trying to stay nice so people wouldn't hound me for my opinion, or this thread turn into cheap shots at the game. To be fair, I don't like Crysis 2 either.

<spoiler=If you like the game dont let anyone tell you otherwise to sabotage your fun but here's my opinion>No, I don't think the game is all that good, and they couldn't see Art with a telescope. They can say what they like about the message, but if they truly believe that North Korea is "terrifyingly close" to not only trying, but actually succeeding at invading the U.S., then they're reading too many Cold War-era novels and not watching enough World News. Somehow the common citizen or soldier in the U.S. is also a natural hero with a heart of gold.

Reality is terrifying enough without trying to convince me that everyone from North Korea hates me personally and that they love making piles of dead bodies.

 

[duchaked]

oookay...get over it THQ lol
and yes, Homefront has a pretty darn good story and premise that gets it in conversation (not THQ mind you, I actually forgot who made/published the game)

but as for the review score...based on the gameplay it IS just average. very average
like Call of Duty except some control issues (bumping into teammates/getting stuck on 'em) really got annoying
but the whole not being a super soldier and fighting as a resistance...that felt good, real good. even small stuff like remote controlling the Goliath (much to my surprise) and launching grenades at soldiers under the Golden Gate Bridge from a helicopter (after meeting up with actual US Soldiers...that was a thrilling sight until the choppas all got shot down) were delightfully fun