E3: Homefront Comments by Tom Bramwell
Defending the US from occupation.
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ChthonicEcho
02/06/09 @ 07:39
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A genuine yank game. More 'save your country from communists!' nonsense.
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Der_tolle_Emil
02/06/09 @ 08:01
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Not sure what to think of the setting/story. North Korea launching nuclear weapons and missiles and then this. I know it's just a game but still, sometimes I don't think it would hurt to at least pay a little attention to the real world as well.
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So it's a FPS version of World in Conflict where the Soviets are replaced by North Korea with Crysis-esque weapons.
Would be more interesting IMO to have the setting somewhere else for a change (Europe?) - in fact the missions i enjoyed most in WIC were of the NATO kind. And let's hope they deliver what they say - not another Console -> PC port. I'm getting sick of this worrying trend. I guess we'll find out in a couple of... years.... EDIT: Actually a Korean invasion into -insert modern asian country here- --- now that would be something different (and SLIGHTLY more realistic)
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metalangel
02/06/09 @ 09:36
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Frontlines was great, but I'm a bit worried for this. Apart from the story being complete gibberish, designing the engine so wherever you look things explode towards you seems a bit pointless. I love chaos (no pun intended) as much as the next man in my action games, but it's often more dramatic when something crashes AWAY from you, y'know?
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@ Eraysor
I agree from a gameplay point of view - my NATO preference was more based on the variety of arsenal of weapons/vehicles & maps in those missions, particularly the one where you had to clear a picturesque village in the french riviera of enemy troops... Nice! (no pun) But i can't think of any game that played out modern urban warfare in say Tokyo or Hong Kong for example... |
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M_of_the_sys
02/06/09 @ 12:30
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I like the pin and pass technique. I always try this in COD4 but it never does much. More of this kind of stuff will most certainly have me interested though.
The drama engine sounds interesting. I hate when things happen and you're looking the wrong way, only to turn and see a cloud of smoke, wondering what just happened. |
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i'm more freaked out by the improbable physics:
the "drama engine". "The way that works is, basically, wherever you are in that scenario, you blow up that Jeep and that wreckage is going to track towards the player," says Daly. "You're not always going to be in the same spot, so if you're 10 metres to the left and you blow that thing up you're still going to have to dodge it within a couple of seconds." Would the truck not react to the explosion, propelling it in a realistic fashion?! NewtonianPhysicsFAIL |
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"What an absurd premise; North Korea invading the United States. An alien invasion from Mars would be less improbable!"
And much more entertaining - Especially if you could play the Martians! Come to think of it, why the hell hasn't anyone done a decent alien invasion game from the point of view of the invading scum. And, no, Destroy All Humans does NOT count!
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