Homefront 2 is "certainly the plan"

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 9 March, 2011

Dev teases "third gameplay layer" for sequel.

Homefront launches next week, but maker Kaos Studios has revealed a sequel is part of its plan – success permitting.

And success certainly looks likely. The near-future first-person shooter is the most pre-ordered game in publisher THQ's history in the US, and Eurogamer understands pre-orders are healthy in the UK, too.

While outspoken core games boss Danny Bilson doesn't expect Homefront to match Call of Duty, Medal of Honor and Battlefield's phenomenal sales figures, Kaos and THQ have been plotting a sequel for longer than you might have thought, Kaos creative director and general manager David Votypka told Eurogamer.

"We've been talking about it for quite a while," he said. "THQ and Kaos have always looked at it as a franchise. Assuming it does well, that's certainly the plan – to move on to future Homefront products."

So, what can gamers expect from Homefront 2?

In Homefront, players join a small resistance force that fights back against a fictional Korean invasion of the US. Votypka told Eurogamer future Homefront products will retain that central theme and be "about fighting for things that are dear to you".

Going further, Votypka teased one mechanic – closely linked to the gameplay – he's keen to implement with the sequel.

"I can't talk too much about it," he said, "but I will say that in Homefront we have some great in-game storytelling moments and we have our combat moments. I'd like to add a third gameplay layer to that. A really gameplay centric layer. I'll leave it at that."

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Comments (27) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • ShiversDan #1 1 year ago

    Would like to see a review of the first one first!

  • InfiniteFury #2 1 year ago

    Every time I see something about this game I read it as Homeworld and a little piece of me dies.

    Looks good though.

  • StolenGlory #3 1 year ago

    Ensure the first game isn't shit and THEN we'll talk.

  • CaptainQuint #4 1 year ago

    Starting to root for these guys a bit, to be honest. They're either brilliant all deluded. The former would be preferred.

  • Murton #5 1 year ago

    So we have a storytelling moments, or cutscenes as they're more commonly known
    We have our combat moments, or set pieces as they're more commonly known
    And we have a third, more gameplay centric layer to look forward to in the sequel

    Anyone else expecting QTEs?

  • Cronan #6 1 year ago

    Single player campaign is five hours long, apparently

  • kinky_mong #7 1 year ago

    So sick of sequels being planned before the first game's even out, it's pathetic.

    How exactly is it pathetic? It makes perfect sense for any business* to start planning what their doing next. In this case the game is finished and waiting for release, so do you expect everyone to sit in an office twiddling their thumbs while they wait for the first week's sales figures?

    *And every game developer is a business, no matter how big or small.

  • geeza2020 #8 1 year ago

    I can see how this might appeal to certain Americans and their chest thumping macho "protecting the stars and stripes" crew of morons, but outside of that I cant see who this mediocre looking fps is going to sell to. It just doesnt look like theres a single new feature on show here that isnt already in either Battlefied or CoD.

    edit - i've been negged for saying the exact same thing as Spekkeh. wtf? Americans invading Eurogamer?
    Edited by geeza2020 at 09/03/11 @ 16:39

  • Jolly_Armadillo #9 1 year ago

    Can someone please some up for me what's in the video? I can't watch it..

  • spekkeh #10 1 year ago

    Kaos and THQ have been plotting a sequel for longer than you might have thought

    Erm, not really, from the outset it was abundantly clear that this was a (dare I say somewhat cynical) attempt by THQ to get something of that very large modern warfare FPS pie. I fully expect yearly updates.

    Personally I don't see anything that CoD or Battlefield hasn't already done, so I'm not interested.

  • spekkeh #11 1 year ago

    Can someone please some up for me what's in the video? I can't watch it..

    Basically the singleplayer is an extended version of the America bits in MW2, and the MP is more Battlefield like where you can earn in-game money to buy the vehicles instead of timed releases, even though in the end, that's almost the same.

    This movie is a lot more insightful incidentally
    http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/v...
    (where naturally you have to substitute the North Koreans for Chinese going up America's rancid funhole)
    Edited by spekkeh at 09/03/11 @ 15:55

  • space_ace #12 1 year ago

    if we can play from the Korean side in the next one, it would be great. 감사함니다

  • darkmorgado #13 1 year ago

    "in Homefront we have some great in-game storytelling moments and we have our combat moments. I'd like to add a third gameplay layer to that. A really gameplay centric layer. I'll leave it at that."

    BLOCK PUZZLES!!!!!

  • darkmorgado #14 1 year ago

    Just once I would like to play a game where America is the Evil Empire invading people's countries to grab their resources.

    You know, like in real life.

  • Murton #15 1 year ago

    "if we can play from the Korean side in the next one, it would be great."

    Don't hold your breath, games where you can play "bad guys" are very few and far between, shooters where you play "bad guys" are almost unheard of. Even the likes of GTA and Saints Row where you play criminals has dressed the main characters up as anti-heroes rather than villains.

    Shame though, because shooters don't have much room left for innovation so playing with different settings is pretty much all that's left and playing as a part of something evil is pretty much completely unexplored.

  • geeza2020 #16 1 year ago

    @TheDellBingo - well from that video, it seems that you're the one who doesnt know what they're talking about. Nothing in that video showed me anything other than bland modern military rubbish thats everywhere in games at the moment.

  • andywilkie35 #17 1 year ago

    Can't see it being a problem making a sequel - after all, it won't take them long to knock out another 5 hour campaign.

  • Arry2007uk #18 1 year ago

    It seems common now for developers to have decided on a sequel prior to the game's release.

  • spekkeh #19 1 year ago

    Agree with SirFuzzyDunlop, rollercoaster FPS games shouldn't last longer than 8 hours max or it will seriously outstay it's welcome. I thought MW2 was paced pretty nicely, short but very sweet. (the story of course was absolute pants)

  • darkmorgado #20 1 year ago

    Yeah the multiplayer just looks like the same old boring military stuff that COD and Battlefield have been doing for years now. Nothing original at all.

  • DRUNK3N-_-DRAGON #21 1 year ago

    sequel?, more like the 2nd half of the 1st games campaign that they probably chopped in the first place lol...

  • Tryhard #22 1 year ago

    Fingers crossed these guys deliver with a good,long lasting,well supported MP mode.I need something to fill in the gap from Bad Company 2, hit 50 rank and just having laughs now,till BF3 is released.

  • ExplodingClown #23 1 year ago

    Banking on a sequel before the first game has turned a measurable profit means the inevitable 'to be continued' ending gains a measure of bitter irony if the game doesn't sell and sinks the developer.

  • inutaihanyou #24 1 year ago

    I'm not an evil imperialist, my country just has a lot of game developers. :/

    Also, KAOS said they were exploring other locations for sequels, which is what i want to see similarly.

  • DAN.E.B #25 1 year ago

    Is this where I can find the other five hours of the campain?

  • geeza2020 #26 1 year ago

    TheDellBingo - Yeah thats the way to nurture discussion, hurling insults like calling people mongoloids and idiots and blind. More people might be your friends if you stop insulting everyone. But then I suppose you wouldnt be a shut-in obsessing over Homefront 2.

  • man.the.king #27 1 year ago

    @darkmorgado

    "Just once I would like to play a game where America is the Evil Empire invading people's countries to grab their resources.
    You know, like in real life. "

    And then there would be scandals in Faux News and whatever right-wing news channel there is in the UK about how game developers are allowing/teaching people to play the role of "teh-rurr-rasts" or "in-sirr-gents" :)
    Edited by man.the.king at 10/03/11 @ 17:56