Homefront

The problem with gazing into a crystal ball and making bold predictions is the out-and-out risk. We did that with Homefront, pretty much calling it as a game of the year contender before it had even come out – we'd played a good wedge of the campaign,...

Homefront is very much the military shooter equivalent of a packet of liquorice allsorts - a very mixed bag. The single-player game present a gritty and engaging premise on one hand, but one that's dogged by issues and overly short. The multiplayer...

After playing Homefront I cannot help but feel bad for Kaos Studios (the developer) because you can tell a lot of love and work was put into it. The problem is that when you put all of that aside there is, sadly, almost nothing special about this...

Homefront can best be summed up by its opening (which is nice, because that means you don’t have to play much of the game). You’re kidnapped and tossed aboard a bus, at which point you get to witness the ugly carnage of Korea’s invasion right in...

It is the year 2027 and the economically crippled USA has been invaded by Korea and the citizens are literally fighting for their lives.This battle-ravaged scene is the backdrop for new first person shooter Homefront from Kaos Studios.Players assume the...

It’s a task in itself when reviewing a military FPS not to draw inevitable comparisons with other such titles in the genre. There’s a vast shadow emanating from Activision HQ these days that first person shooters in particular find themselves cowering...

I really don't want to trash Homefront. Whenever a genuinely bad game comes around, the natural impulse for many writers is unchain their inner critic -- typically a once-annually event worthy of some note -- and tear the wretched thing to shreds....

War brings out the worst in us all. This valuable morsel of information from one of Homefront’s leading characters sets the tone for the latest shooter from developer Kaos Studios (Frontlines: Fuel of War). In the near (fictitious) future, a highly...