Homefront: The Revolution

Not the disaster many had anticipated, but also fundamentally flawed.

It's always buggy in Philadelphia.

Homefront: The Revolution could have been something better with its weapon customization and unique environments, but it fails on the technical front.

Amber waves of pain.

I had high expectations from Homefront The Revolution but in the end Deep Silver and Dambuster Studios pushed out a half baked open world shooter that no one will care about in a week or two.

While full of potential with a robust weapons system, Homefront: The Revolution falters in its execution with widespread technical glitches and repetitive missions that make this one hard to recommend.

Though its world has some great aesthetic devices and a cool concept, ultimately all of Homefront: The Revolution’s elements feel repetitive, unpolished, or downright unnecessary. Over the length of its campaign it fails to deliver a satisfying - or even fully functional - shooter experience.

The co-op action can be fun, but the rest of the game is just as dull and miserable as life in occupied America is portrayed.

Homefront: The Revolution has a handful of good ideas, and some of them are actually executed well. But none of that matters when the game constantly runs at 25 FPS (PS4) and the gun controls are truly abysmal. The Revolution is a quasi-reboot to 2011’s Homefront, with developer Deep Silver Dambusters finally shipping out a title that has been handled by several studios. And it shows. Glitches and other performance problems are littered throughout an atmospheric but ugly Philadelphia as you take control of a Resistance fighter pushing back North Korean occupation. The narrative starts with a b...

In an alternate history, Homefront: The Revolution makes up for the shortcomings of its predecessor, building on its Red Dawn inspirations to engaging effect. However, what Homefront: The Revolution actually is and what it aspires to be are never one in the same. The story has some interesting ideas, but the gameplay is reptitive and hardly worth the 15-hour investment. Homefront: The Revolution may be more substantial than its predecessor but it’s no better in terms of quality, which is a shame considering the franchise's potential.

The more challenging objectives, such as assaulting an enemy stronghold filled with well trained and well equipped soldiers, appear to offer more of a challenge on the surface but more often than not, they don't. You can run straight into the stronghold avoiding all the enemies, turn a wheel and claim it for the Resistance, resulting in all of the enemies disappearing without a trace.

Homefront: The Revolution has bigger problems than its myriad of technical issues. Sure, the constant freezing of the game to save is jarring, and the game as a whole is largely unpolished, but even when everything works it just isn't captivating in any way. Pass this up.