Analysis: How BAD Is Homefront Actually? - JarekTheGamingDragon

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  • @Jarekthegamingdragon
    @Jarekthegamingdragon  Před 4 lety +222

    This game was only 3 hours long but it felt like 10. Thanks to every one that watched me suffer over on twitch! If you want to hang out in the future, come give a follow! www.twitch.tv/jarek4gamingdragon
    EDIT: Yes, I mentioned Portland in this video. No, this is not your cue to give me your stupid uneducated hot take about how "rioters are destroying my city" while you live thousands of miles away. Piss off.

    • @ultraoverloadx9333
      @ultraoverloadx9333 Před 4 lety +1

      Oh dam

    • @spectex304
      @spectex304 Před 4 lety +1

      Try 35mm

    • @frankpurvis9189
      @frankpurvis9189 Před 4 lety +3

      Think you could do Beyond enemy lines?

    • @matthewfitzgerald7061
      @matthewfitzgerald7061 Před 4 lety +1

      the second one is even worse....

    • @dan_loeb
      @dan_loeb Před 4 lety +4

      @@matthewfitzgerald7061 second one has better single player, but far worse "multiplayer" first homefront's multiplayer is really it's only good spot

  • @BannerMirror501
    @BannerMirror501 Před 4 lety +1801

    Oh yeah it’s this game, I remember that the original enemy was supposed to be China. If you replace North Korea it makes a lot more sense.

    • @PvtHudson98
      @PvtHudson98 Před 4 lety +407

      Same with the Red Dawn remake, they changed China to North Korea to keep Chinese sales, but the “North Koreans” still used Chinese weapons, camouflage, uniforms, etc, etc.

    • @felisasininus1784
      @felisasininus1784 Před 4 lety +112

      China is neither capable of nor interested in taking any American territory.

    • @felisasininus1784
      @felisasininus1784 Před 4 lety +83

      Thus, I think it would only make more sense from the paranoid, warlike and fearmongering version of American viewpoint.

    • @felisasininus1784
      @felisasininus1784 Před 4 lety +31

      @@bigboydancannon4325 No. The subreddit I frequent is r/muricafuckyeah and I wear MAGA hats daily too.
      (..shhh... and I have a white hooded robe! with face holes!)

    • @felisasininus1784
      @felisasininus1784 Před 4 lety +71

      @@bigboydancannon4325 What does Marxism or Communism have to do with the idea that China isn't ever invading America?
      Besides the point that you might be a bit too nationalist and/or fond of the Orange Man?

  • @madcat789
    @madcat789 Před 4 lety +1294

    Me: Hey mom can we get Call of Duty?
    Mom: We have Call of Duty at home.
    The Call of Duty at home:

    • @SicSemperBeats
      @SicSemperBeats Před 4 lety +1

      lmaoooooo

    • @El_Sueno591
      @El_Sueno591 Před 4 lety +1

      madcat789 this is open world so far cry

    • @HunterBidensHandgun
      @HunterBidensHandgun Před 4 lety +7

      @@El_Sueno591 No it's not. The level design is exactly the same as COD. The second one is open world not this one

    • @El_Sueno591
      @El_Sueno591 Před 4 lety +1

      Nick B oh that you was talking about the 2 one

    • @mark0183
      @mark0183 Před 3 lety +10

      At home...
      Front

  • @Rainbowhawk1993
    @Rainbowhawk1993 Před 4 lety +1298

    “Homefront is one of the most generic shooters I’ve ever played. Don’t play it.”
    Me: “Too late.”

    • @sirfairplay9153
      @sirfairplay9153 Před 4 lety +5

      @Lucas Portasio i enjoyed it at the time

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth Před 4 lety +6

      Come on, why didn't you time travel 9 years into the past and tell me this?! Jk, I had fun with Homefront.

    • @therusher6232
      @therusher6232 Před 3 lety +8

      @Lucas Portasio the multiplayer was also amazing the only last gen 64 player battles

    • @Ramstein0121
      @Ramstein0121 Před 3 lety +10

      @Lucas Portasio I had a lot of fun too, maybe when we were younger we didn't have standards when it comes to video games, as long as it's fun it's a good game.

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 Před 3 lety

      Yeah.

  • @captainahab2711
    @captainahab2711 Před 4 lety +93

    First scene. Kid sees mom and pop shot, then loudly cries.
    Press E to jump in mass grave

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth Před 4 lety +4

      SHUT THAT KID UP

    • @madcourier6217
      @madcourier6217 Před 3 lety +1

      @@CaveyMoth *Cameron Mitchells Head Pops In* WOULD YOU CLOSE THOSE FUCKING DOORS!

  • @Camo-un8ee
    @Camo-un8ee Před 4 lety +350

    My personal problem with homefront is the white phosphorus scene, it just doesn't commit to its tone and doesn't try to have a profound message

    • @captainahab2711
      @captainahab2711 Před 4 lety +90

      Then you play it in Spec Ops, and you're forced to accept the fact that we're the one who caused the suffering.
      Sometimes playing the bad thing and being given enough time to digest our actions as the player can go a long way

    • @Camo-un8ee
      @Camo-un8ee Před 4 lety +6

      @@captainahab2711 glad someone agrees

    • @Soonjai
      @Soonjai Před 4 lety +44

      @@captainahab2711 For me the white phosphorus scene in Spec Ops never worked because the game doesn't give you a choice there. The game forces you to use it and then tries to make you feel bad because you killed civilians instead of military. Sorry, but why should I as the player feel bad for something I never had a choice over. If however the game gave me the option to use the white phosphorus or attempt to fight my way through the "enemy" the conventional way I would have felt bad if I decided to use it.

    • @ArtificerOfSolus
      @ArtificerOfSolus Před 4 lety +61

      It may not change your opinion, but my interpretation of the white phosphorus scene in spec ops is that it, like much of the game, was supposed to be a dark mirror of that modern military style game. Just as in your typical ac-130 mission in CoD, you don't have a choice to not do it. The key difference here being that instead of the game telling you what a cool dude you are for raining death down on people who really can't do much to you from your eye-in-the-sky position, Spec Ops puts the genuinely horrific reality of such a thing in sharp clarity. When it criticizes you for doing it, it's as much a jab at the enjoyment we all got from playing those missions in CoD as it was for the specific instance in its own game. After all, we didn't have a problem with it in CoD when we didn't have to face the aftermath of our actions. Still though, the lack of choice is something that can still be criticized, but I think there's still something worthwhile in that scene.

    • @Soonjai
      @Soonjai Před 4 lety +5

      @@ArtificerOfSolus I do get that they are pretty much criticizing similar missions in other games, and in that regard the scene does indeed work because it shows you the aftermath, however if the intention was to show you the consequences of your actions the targets could have all been military instead, the commentary and critique on the enjoyment of these types of levels would have worked just as well. Make it a enemy camp down in that trench with filled with soldiers that have some time to kill and trying to enjoy some time, currently not being involved in guarding the camp.
      The real issue for me however is that you are forced to kill the civilians, no choice given. Don't force me to kill every dot that moves in that scene. There are people out there that could tell on their first playthrough that not everything they where shooting at where military targets due to the way the civilians are packed together in a way that would be highly unusual for soldiers. Granted I didn't notice that, but it still would be nice to know that it was my own bad decision to shoot at that crowd.

  • @lilfox1512
    @lilfox1512 Před 4 lety +548

    So what you're saying is that if you get to kick the baby, the game would be perfect.

  • @juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370

    "Guys, if you want the villains to be China, then make the villains China!"
    Yatzhee Croshaw.

    • @jay-zdenton6094
      @jay-zdenton6094 Před 4 lety +74

      That's what EA did with Battlefield 4. Yes, it was obviously banned in China, but it was still a success. A company with ten times the networth compared to THQ had bigger balls.

    • @juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370
      @juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370 Před 4 lety +31

      @@jay-zdenton6094 let that sink in. And worse, _EA Games_ did it.

    • @TooMuchSascha
      @TooMuchSascha Před 4 lety +17

      @@jay-zdenton6094 To be fair when you have more money you can take bigger losses

    • @jay-zdenton6094
      @jay-zdenton6094 Před 4 lety +20

      @@TooMuchSascha But it's almost always the big companies who play it safe. If anything companies like EA and Activision would rather risk bad PR if they'll make profit anyway (Project $10, lootboxes, Pay2Win schemes etc) than funding big budget games for smaller/niche audiences and merely break even or lose money.

    • @ArcturusOTE
      @ArcturusOTE Před 4 lety +11

      @@jay-zdenton6094 BF4 is not initially banned
      The ban was put in after the China Rising DLC was released

  • @orionSpacecraft
    @orionSpacecraft Před 3 lety +66

    9:50 Apparently, North Korea uses tiger tanks in 2026...

  • @stu2729
    @stu2729 Před 4 lety +260

    Can confirm, the multiplayer was really fun. My best experience with it has to be the "truck incident". I was playing the game, alone at like 2 a.m. I was climbing onto a roof with my sniper, when all of the sudden a fucking garbage truck came flying at me out of nowhere. Scared the shit out of me and I had to make screenshots to make sure I´m not hallucinating.

    • @afd19850
      @afd19850 Před 3 lety +10

      Yeah MP was good. For me this was one of those games I rented for a weekend, back when renting games from a physical store was a thing.

    • @MrAdamske
      @MrAdamske Před 3 lety +3

      I loved the MP too. Its still got a small player base on steam. I remember how matches usually devolved into a full on armor battle with everyone spawning tanks and heli's xD

    • @stu2729
      @stu2729 Před 3 lety +6

      @@MrAdamske Ppeople still play it on steam? I just need 3 multiplayer achievments and I´d have the game at 100%

  • @DBuilder
    @DBuilder Před 4 lety +339

    "The cliche of a baby screaming louder than anything: louder than gunfire, louder than people yelling...louder than GOD."

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth Před 4 lety +1

      [Hacks into the TriOptimum Corporate Network]

    • @ciggy_
      @ciggy_ Před 3 lety +2

      A baby’s laughter actually is perfectly tuned to a frequency that humans are naturally tuned too. So people would probably hear it

  • @ultraoverloadx9333
    @ultraoverloadx9333 Před 4 lety +388

    I remember playing this back on the 360, it's not that bad and it's sorta decent. But it did fell flat.

    • @gopnik9967
      @gopnik9967 Před 4 lety +16

      i had fun on multiplayer with it but was on 360 as well.

    • @HaloBro003
      @HaloBro003 Před 4 lety +21

      Same, the multiplayer was a blast and it really upsets me that it was shut down so early

    • @mrtimedoesntdie320
      @mrtimedoesntdie320 Před 3 lety +8

      Yeah I had a good amount of fun on it on 360. Also, Frontlines: Fuel of War

    • @christopherwinter2099
      @christopherwinter2099 Před 3 lety +3

      I've actually got it the 360 still got it last winter. If you still have it I can try and boot it back up.

    • @ultraoverloadx9333
      @ultraoverloadx9333 Před 3 lety +5

      @Fg 98There's always people like that, and I'm not really defending this game. Although personally I did had some fun, this game is basically what Jared said a bootleg cod that falls flat on it's face. But even trash can have some fun to it.

  • @burtbiggum499
    @burtbiggum499 Před 4 lety +89

    They seriously could have put daewoo pistols and rifles in this game and they didnt. What a missed opportunity.

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah. Maybe even some Japanese firearms that get used by the Korean backed police officers.

    • @QuickQuips
      @QuickQuips Před 3 lety +6

      Seriously. Far Cry 2 had a Daewoo shotgun iirc. It was as reliable as the car.

    • @brawler5760
      @brawler5760 Před 2 lety

      I know Daewoo are Korean, but North Korea has its own copy paste firearms. Daewoo’s South Korean.

    • @mlody969
      @mlody969 Před 4 měsíci

      Bro, Daewoo is South Korean

    • @burtbiggum499
      @burtbiggum499 Před 4 měsíci

      @@mlody969 When Korea invades America are you telling me they didnt unite Korea before hand?????

  • @command_unit7792
    @command_unit7792 Před 4 lety +110

    Yeah i can see a theme...2011 had alot of games with "3" in them....

    • @weirdeurasianboy8091
      @weirdeurasianboy8091 Před 4 lety +10

      Saints Row The Third wasn't mentioned 😭

    • @russelfay1887
      @russelfay1887 Před 4 lety +3

      Lenny Ynnel its not a first person shooter

    • @AchiragChiragg
      @AchiragChiragg Před 4 lety +6

      Yeah Uncharted 3 and Battlefield 3 are the ones I played the most.

    • @bimmer8602
      @bimmer8602 Před 3 lety +3

      I'm not a person who prefers a game that is least famous like a "hipster" would prefer, but Resistance 3 was really something special. Probably because it was the series I got into when I first got my ps3.

    • @MerlautJones
      @MerlautJones Před 3 lety +2

      @@bimmer8602 You didn't need a disclaimer for that. Resistance 3's one of my top five fps from 7th gen.

  • @typhonviserys8288
    @typhonviserys8288 Před 4 lety +34

    ::Sees the ravaged city skyline in the distance:: "Humanity asked for this."
    ::See the burnt out husk of a Burgerville:: "NOOOO!!! My Tillamook Cheeseburgers and Walla-Walla sweet onion rings!!!"

  • @gionataspiniella
    @gionataspiniella Před 4 lety +64

    I remember the over powered shotgun that came with the steelbox edition.
    It was hands down the best weapon in the game, could one shot at pretty much any range.

    • @Skiivin
      @Skiivin Před 4 lety +2

      The shotgun in Homefront 2 is similarly overpowered, you can one-shot dudes from across the street and stuff with it

    • @reign80
      @reign80 Před 4 lety

      Sounds fun, I need to buy Homefront 2.

    • @MozrowDrops
      @MozrowDrops Před 3 lety

      I have it in my Steam library, got all the dlc on sale too, but I've always had trouble getting into it, maybe it'll grow on me one day

  • @01oo011
    @01oo011 Před 4 lety +163

    Despite all the bad I still love this game. Still not sure what exactly happened with the bug (?) that let you unlock everything in multiplayer.

    • @storr5313
      @storr5313 Před 4 lety +1

      became lvl 100 in 2 days,by not playing at all

    • @storr5313
      @storr5313 Před 4 lety

      Yes,I forgot about that.

    • @dardar3596
      @dardar3596 Před 4 lety +7

      @@storr5313 he got you

    • @KaiFulci
      @KaiFulci Před 2 lety

      I liked it a lot for a three hour game. Don't think i'd ever play it again though.

  • @Ben-vu2op
    @Ben-vu2op Před 4 lety +141

    Home front: the revolution has a lot more. Interactivity to it, I think you’ll enjoy it far more. It’s less call of duty and more far cry esque

    • @raimobin45
      @raimobin45 Před 4 lety +6

      Right, gameplay is good enough. Everything else not.

    • @acewolfgang276
      @acewolfgang276 Před 4 lety +12

      @@raimobin45 although the gunplay still isn't that good

    • @StarkeRealm
      @StarkeRealm Před 4 lety +13

      @@acewolfgang276 Revolution's gunplay is actually pretty decent with one major caveat. You really need to go for precision damage. The KPA body armor soaks bullets, so you really need the headshot damage multiplier. It also suffers from Far Cry syndrome, where you can get a consistent loadout, and then stick with it for the rest of the game with minor tweaks, causing combat to become very repetitive.

    • @acewolfgang276
      @acewolfgang276 Před 3 lety +3

      @@DelcoAirsoft That I agree with. It's a shame we won't get anymore Homefronts, I feel like Homefront The Revolution was a step in the right direction. Not a lot of games where you fighting superior forces on home soil.

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 Před 3 lety +1

      @@acewolfgang276 Yeah. Do hope we can get a game with the theme of fighting on home soil.

  • @gast128
    @gast128 Před 4 lety +168

    The single player campaign contains many bad habits of modern fps: heavily scripted; checkpoints; cutscene spam; dumb ai; rail sections and stupid story. The game was short but I was glad it was over. Surprisingly its successor was quite good though that one got tanked by the public.

    • @fallthefox699
      @fallthefox699 Před 4 lety +11

      cause it was too hard for most of the public i loved the hard 2 and 3 shot death in homefront the revolution

    • @noah899100
      @noah899100 Před 4 lety +1

      Fall The Fox same it kicked my ass in a couple of outposts or w.e they’re called but it was fun nonetheless

    • @raimobin45
      @raimobin45 Před 4 lety +5

      I guess people did not like the story at all, with the plot being worse than the first one. Also, I was majorly against the resistance as it was portrayed, with there beinb no change in normal world even when you liberate outposts and like. The only redeeming aspect was graphics, good enough gameplay but also the great option of playing two levels of Timesplitters in a minigame format which was just awesome.
      Honestly, I enjoyed it more than Homefront:The Revolution.

    • @that_deadeyegamer7920
      @that_deadeyegamer7920 Před 3 lety +1

      @@fallthefox699 that's definitely not why. It was because of the performance issues from the launch

    • @madcourier6217
      @madcourier6217 Před 3 lety +7

      I think the revolution tanked because it was a buggy piece of shit when it came out...

  • @leljdam3189
    @leljdam3189 Před 4 lety +39

    The multiplayer was actually more like star wars battlefront
    you did objectives to get score to spawn in higher tier things, like tanks and stuff

  • @quma2590
    @quma2590 Před 4 lety +20

    I heard north koreans were originally chinese, which would explain the prologue.

  • @cursedhawkins1305
    @cursedhawkins1305 Před 4 lety +24

    Honestly when I think about Homefront I remember back when I was playing Freedom Fighters because that's in my opinion a game that does the "america gets invaded by foreign power" justice and you can even see your character evolve as the story progresses showing the passage of time from day 1 which you even get to see from the start of the game unlike in Homefront where its after day 1 of the invasion.

  • @Randomguy0011
    @Randomguy0011 Před 4 lety +59

    I bought Homefront when it originally came out, I really liked the aesthetic of the story and I always loved playing the multiplayer. I unfortunately do agree with most of the points though.

  • @godisforever7263
    @godisforever7263 Před 4 lety +73

    Bruh when you mentioned battlefield 3 and rage I got nostalgic for some reason

    • @KillerOrca
      @KillerOrca Před 4 lety +2

      Cause both of those were freaking awesome.

    • @godisforever7263
      @godisforever7263 Před 4 lety

      @@KillerOrca and don't forget battlefield 2 and battlefield 1924 the classic games

    • @KillerOrca
      @KillerOrca Před 4 lety +1

      @@godisforever7263 Those didn't come out the same year as Homefront though so. Those were earlier.

    • @godisforever7263
      @godisforever7263 Před 4 lety

      @@KillerOrca yep ik I am gonna download those games again and play again with myself

    • @nikolajpopovs3844
      @nikolajpopovs3844 Před 3 lety

      @@godisforever7263 its actually 1942, not 1924

  • @taintsmacker4008
    @taintsmacker4008 Před 3 lety +17

    I've been aware of the game's shortcomings for a long time, but I still really enjoyed the game when I played it. Multi-player was a lot of fun to me as well. Didn't like that you had to have a MP pass to progress last rank 8. If you own the game, multi-player should never be pay-walled. Also. Really love the Spec-Ops: The Line comparisons. One of my all time favorites.

  • @Craigmt12
    @Craigmt12 Před 4 lety +28

    Played this on PS3 when it was released. Didn’t think it was horrendous, thought the story was an interesting concept, but poorly executed. I remember trading it in shortly after. There was so many second hand copies available soon after release which sort of says it all.
    Never checked out the sequel, only hear bad things about that.

    • @cashkotz
      @cashkotz Před 3 lety +2

      the sequel is ok in my opinion, not terrible but really not a title that you have to play. got in on sale for a few bucks and don't regret buying it

    • @mlody969
      @mlody969 Před 4 měsíci

      Sequel is pretty good

  • @nomoreheros374
    @nomoreheros374 Před 4 lety +12

    "Iam from Portland Oregon". Thats the perfect setting for the game.

    • @Jarekthegamingdragon
      @Jarekthegamingdragon  Před 4 lety +4

      Homefront would be a lot more realistic of a game if american citizens were fighting their own government.

  • @HKgunner
    @HKgunner Před 3 lety +6

    9:50 I want to know what lore explanation they have for North Koreans having a WWII Tiger Tank chilling at the Hoover Dam

  • @EpicGamerino
    @EpicGamerino Před 4 lety +62

    I loved the demo multiplayer for this when I was a kid

    • @irobot661
      @irobot661 Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah I think I unlocked everything allowed before the beta ended back in the day.

    • @huhhuh364
      @huhhuh364 Před 4 lety +3

      Jumbo Sherman the good old days of loving poorly made shooters as a kid

    • @crustypaladin
      @crustypaladin Před 3 lety

      Craig... is that you?

    • @Tbal_96
      @Tbal_96 Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah same all I played was the beta

  • @holylettuce4730
    @holylettuce4730 Před 4 lety +41

    Dude I loved this game when it first came out. It wasn’t great but it was a nice mash up of cod and battlefield. Honestly that was it’s downfall but I still enjoyed it.

    • @HunterBidensHandgun
      @HunterBidensHandgun Před 4 lety

      The multiplayer seemed cool

    • @MerlautJones
      @MerlautJones Před 3 lety +1

      No, I think that helped. I think the problem was its lack of content compared to CoD & Battlefield. That team needed more time & budget.

  • @ErebosGR
    @ErebosGR Před 4 lety +10

    9:12 I somehow doubt that only 2 tanker trucks could hold enough fuel for at least 7 helis and dozens of humvees and TANKS.

    • @acewolfgang276
      @acewolfgang276 Před 4 lety +4

      It's 3 actually, but yeah even as a kid I always wondered how they were able to fill up that arsenal. The tanks alone would suck em dry.

    • @CaveyMoth
      @CaveyMoth Před 4 lety +4

      The whole campaign felt like a fool's errand. Help some trucks get from point A to B... Might as well play Big Rigs.

  • @jackrpeterson
    @jackrpeterson Před 4 lety +1

    I was literally looking for an analysis of this game from you just last night lmao, glad you finally did it!

  • @tman7042
    @tman7042 Před 4 lety +7

    I used to play the multiplayer a lot when I was younger, and man was it awesome. Glad I got to play it when the game was still alive

  • @SpotCam
    @SpotCam Před 4 lety +4

    Love these analysis videos!! keep up the great videos x

  • @Agito56
    @Agito56 Před 3 lety +2

    Love your videos! As another person from Portland, I’m glad you brought up BV and made me miss it lol.

  • @systemhalodark
    @systemhalodark Před 2 lety +2

    Ah yes, the story of a country with 25M inhabitants conquering one with 310M out of nowhere in a hypothetical 2013. This almost makes Red Dawn look believable by comparison.

  • @codzab084
    @codzab084 Před 4 lety +9

    Shout out to burgerville!

  • @TheTwinkelminkelson
    @TheTwinkelminkelson Před 4 lety +6

    I really enjoyed the multiplayer for this game. It genuinely WAS some weird middle ground between CoD and Battlefield, and honestly it really worked. I'd even say it actually did both their jobs kinda better, in some cases...
    It felt really balanced yet rewarding to rack up points to get special weapons or spawn vehicles, without it turning battles into a landslide the way killstreaks often would. And since you spawn your own vehicles you don't have to wait for a helicopter or something to spawn only for your teammate to take it.
    Plus it was simultaneously very close quarters combat, meaning you were always in the action, but also very spacious and wide open so you never felt funneled or claustrophobic. It's a shame the title didn't take off. I think they were really onto something.

    • @stefansimonovic9747
      @stefansimonovic9747 Před 3 lety

      Same man. The MP was great. That’s the problem with analyzing games ten years later that can also be judged on their multiplayer as well - obviously, he couldn’t try Homefronts MP

  • @SensitiveHomie310
    @SensitiveHomie310 Před 3 lety

    This is my first video watching you and your intro gave me goosebumps. You don't know how long it's been since I've heard that beautiful sound.

  • @diehard6953
    @diehard6953 Před 3 lety +3

    Hey Jarek, I know you have so many games to play, but can you play "They're Alive!" The game was released in 2009 or 08, but the game literally Slavic They live - the game.
    The game is a massive homage to it, and you will love it.

  • @jensi479
    @jensi479 Před 4 lety +3

    I had no idea you were in Oregon! Great video as always btw Jarek 😉

  • @AdrianRodriguez-ko3ic
    @AdrianRodriguez-ko3ic Před 3 lety +3

    I really enjoyed the legendary game OST in the background. Nice choice for music!

    • @christopherregan1654
      @christopherregan1654 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah, "Legendary" had an awesome rock soundtrack that just pumped you up when you were fighting mythical monsters and Black Order soldiers.

  • @mr.cringemachine9258
    @mr.cringemachine9258 Před 2 lety +5

    I loved this game when playing on console it's so much fun. I even liked the campaign.

  • @NebLleb
    @NebLleb Před 4 lety +7

    Hey, at least it's not Call of Juarez The Cartel and F3AR- *HEUGH*

  • @alphariusomegon3965
    @alphariusomegon3965 Před 4 lety +8

    I actually enjoyed this game back when I had it

  • @krunoslavkovacec1842
    @krunoslavkovacec1842 Před 4 lety +5

    Check out the game Darkwatch. It is amazing. A hidden gem from 2005

  • @ghashrat
    @ghashrat Před 3 lety +1

    Man, been watching your stuff for a while. Didn’t realize you were in Portland until now. Cool to see local you tubers lol.

  • @Sporkmater
    @Sporkmater Před 2 lety +2

    The multi player is what made it a fun game to play. The mechanics on the base capture mode made it really fun. For example, it is a best of three for base captures. If you lost the first round, the game starts into the second round without interruptions. Also if give the feel of following a retreating enemy into the second round. Because the new set of bases are closer to the losing teams players it allows that team to have a chance to rally.

  • @gammafourteen8843
    @gammafourteen8843 Před 4 lety +3

    well, at least we have a game that has similar concept in the story, it called Freedom Fighters and it's fun to play

  • @olivierrodriguesneto5995
    @olivierrodriguesneto5995 Před 4 lety +4

    Guess it's time to play revolution...

  • @AlexanderVonMalachi
    @AlexanderVonMalachi Před 4 lety +2

    I've completed the campaign two times: first when I, uh, borrowed the game from my internet friend after it got released, and then when I bought a copy of it on Steam years later. It was decent, even somewhat enjoyable, at least this time the enemy wasn't my country. Also, white phosphorus mortar rounds in the mission. Which game was released first Spec Ops or Homefront?

  • @raimobin45
    @raimobin45 Před 4 lety

    Hey, Jarek.
    Loved your take on Homefront games and as just a caution regarding the second one, it is the only game that I know that made Jon from Many A True Nerd curse aloud apart from RE6!

  • @captainaustria3379
    @captainaustria3379 Před 2 lety +4

    Speaking of the intro on rails, I think CoD 4 MW did it right, the scene where you get kidnapped by the terrorists and drive through the city to you execution, seeing all the medd that's going on around you, hearing that speech of the terrorist leader is just well done imo!

  • @Otterman214
    @Otterman214 Před 3 lety +6

    *Jarek:* _How bad is Homefront?_
    *Fox News Reporter:* _Its so bad that people are burning the Disc of _*_Homefront_*_ in their Home Front!_

  • @Derginator
    @Derginator Před 4 lety

    I remember playing the multiplayer back when it came out. It was pretty good I remember that after a couple months it was like run these load outs or lose and there was always some dude annihilating people. I also remember really annoying spots you could get to on certain maps as one of the teams that were impossible to get to if you were on the other team.

  • @SunLevi
    @SunLevi Před 4 lety +2

    Never played the game but I remember back in high school I had a friend who said he really enjoyed the multiplayer. He played it a lot.

  • @lost8257
    @lost8257 Před 4 lety +7

    The only experience I've had with the series, is the book that was released. The book was good, figured the games might be as well, but never got around to playing them.

  • @Bennep214
    @Bennep214 Před 4 lety +3

    Children of men inspiration 👌

  • @kevinespada3421
    @kevinespada3421 Před 4 lety +2

    I've found Homefront's Story to be very farfetched, like North Korea becoming a superpower out of nowhere, taking over South Korea so easily and UN ignoring NK's actions on Asia.

    • @LaRavachole
      @LaRavachole Před 4 lety

      It's an alt reality where apparently South Korea wanted to unify with the North and from what I could gather, from within they're still a Republic but with the North's militaristic, nationalistic and authoritarian views, specially within conquered territory.

    • @kevinespada3421
      @kevinespada3421 Před 4 lety +1

      @@LaRavachole True. But I was looking at it in a realistic view.

    • @LaRavachole
      @LaRavachole Před 4 lety

      @@kevinespada3421 That's alright, just wanted to point out how the game tried to convey it's own version of history. There are readables, newspapers and documents in the game that go more in depth about some aspects but it's definitively quite stretched.

    • @kevinespada3421
      @kevinespada3421 Před 4 lety +1

      @@LaRavachole It could make more sense if it was China taking over the U.S and North Korea was backing up Chinese Army.

  • @vcfreek
    @vcfreek Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks for the video, Jarek!!

  • @Rrgr5
    @Rrgr5 Před 4 lety +6

    The problems with this game setting: US being invaded by foreigners for practically no reason.
    Same with Red Dawn (the original and the remake), the plot is so badly written that you don't even know why the hell they invaded and why should they. The only games that I know that got it almost right was COD Ghosts and BF BC2, Latin America federation invading the US or a International coalition would be plausible given the circumstances, and it's not like it was a unilateral war, the US did invade those countries in the game too, would be awesome if we had both perspectives of the war which actually weren't kind for either side in the game but... You all know how COD and BF are, even so... they are way better than Homefront in every aspect.

    • @brycezen1896
      @brycezen1896 Před 4 lety +2

      Any game that uses a Latin America super power spawns from Red Dawn the original. Which was the fact the USSR was able to take over Latin America, along with most of Europe and Asia. Due to Food Shortages in Latin America they decide to go to war with the US. It’s not the best concept ever but it’s better than those two games combined. It takes real world fears aka the Domino Effect and shows the what if of it.

    • @Rrgr5
      @Rrgr5 Před 4 lety +1

      @@brycezen1896 @Bryce zen the original Red Dawn movie also didn't makes a lot of sense because the invasions just lack the motivation and a cohesive plot, because you know... Famine? How? Would be ok if somehow the famine was provoked by the US in a war or something like that, but ok, I'm asking too much of a cold war propaganda piece, but I agree with you, the ambiance of Red Dawn was way better made, from the middle to the end of the movie you really get that fell of a guerrilla war against a ocupation force in America way better than the Homefront series and COD ghosts or BF BC2, but I rather take a cohesive war/invasion plot.

    • @craigsmith6039
      @craigsmith6039 Před 3 lety

      It could work if it was an isekai a la Shield Hero or the new Jumanji movies

  • @TheEngwall
    @TheEngwall Před 4 lety +12

    Homefront: The Revolution was WAY better!

  • @alexyo3927
    @alexyo3927 Před 3 lety +1

    They had a bug when it first came out that if your game crashed while loading a multiplayer you last all of your progress, back to level 1

  • @epicgamer2396
    @epicgamer2396 Před rokem

    What moment were you referring to in spec ops ?
    Is it the one with them bodies and the guy screaming about how they are killers now ?

  • @Joe-yr1em
    @Joe-yr1em Před 2 lety +3

    This was definitely a game where I was more in love with the idea than the actual product. I actually enjoyed playing the game but finished the story in half a day 😅 and the multi-player was actually pretty fun but the guns definitely felt so unreal and a bit boring. So many missed opportunities. Just wanted to shoot NK soldiers from the roof of a Burger King with my Daewoo carbine 😅 is that too hard to ask for

  • @maxwellvindman7212
    @maxwellvindman7212 Před rokem

    I loved how the only humvee in the last mission had “armor peircing ammo” and flares. Also yeah, I had to really think to remember conor’s name. Also, technically it has two shotguns, however the acr under barrel may also be an 870.

  • @topofthemorning4959
    @topofthemorning4959 Před 2 lety

    Didn’t know you were in the pnw! Cool to know that one of my favorite CZcamsrs is near me

  • @thepopeturtle39
    @thepopeturtle39 Před 4 lety

    Fuck yea ,Burgerville! Good video. I’m never gonna play this game but I got a few questions. Does north korea take over all of america or just mainly the west coast? Do we know any of the devolpment plans for this game?(Even though it was probably just for money) thanks!

  • @jadenbowers4607
    @jadenbowers4607 Před 3 lety

    How do you feel about homefront the revolution? I had fun with it wondering what your opinion of it was

  • @Juancho-05
    @Juancho-05 Před 2 lety

    XDeviant is literally Homefront 2 with a big twist, it’s the future and you fight for absolutely no reason

  • @CrazyNickOO7
    @CrazyNickOO7 Před 3 lety

    I played multiplayer and it was the games saving grace. Really enjoyed the mix of CoD and Battlefield. I remember they had this point system where during the match you’d earn points and use those for UAVs or even spawn into a tank or helicopter. Fun memories

  • @fadedgam3r
    @fadedgam3r Před 3 lety +2

    *i remember finishing this game in 6hrs on my first day with it back in the days*

  • @RainingMetal
    @RainingMetal Před 3 lety

    I saw a video showing off gameplay of this game. It was basically NPCs busting down doors.

  • @RallyFumo
    @RallyFumo Před 3 lety +2

    Oh word? You're from Portland OR? I used to live there. Burgerville rep!

  • @glucosaminecondroitan9135

    There are collectible newspapers in this game. Every time i would go looking for them, npcs would yell at me for taking too long. Why would the devs put collectibles in a game if they didn't want you to collect them.

  • @Matkovic99
    @Matkovic99 Před 3 lety +1

    I remember the multiplayer for Homefront was the sole reason I and my friends got it and it was decently fun and kept me happy before BF3 came out. Probably put like 200 hours into the multiplayer on 360? The customization system was decent, pretty similar to black ops. I remember the gunplay was pretty good on multiplayer and was really different from single player, especially in the recoil department, all the mechanics were nerfed in the single player.
    Ironically this and Spec Ops: The Line both have a white phosphorus scene but the only moral dilemma in Homefront is whether or not you shoot the soldiers you drop WP on or let them burn lol...at least Homefront tried?

  • @kickconnection83
    @kickconnection83 Před 2 měsíci

    "Clown closet." That is perfect.

  • @enclavesoldier769
    @enclavesoldier769 Před 3 lety +2

    The campaign was alright, but my god i wish you could experience the multiplayer as it was. There was a great balance, the maps were actually very well designed and never felt boring, and the battlepoint system made every match rewarding. The vehicles were quite amazing because the were powerful but not overpowered, and were well earned by not being so easy to earn.

  • @buildershed
    @buildershed Před 3 lety

    So, is the reboot from 2016 going to get analyzed too? Just wondering.

  • @blue-db5ni
    @blue-db5ni Před 3 lety

    *hears legendary main menu theme* ahh I see ur a man of culture ad well

  • @NetizenNo
    @NetizenNo Před 3 lety +1

    Hey Jarek I like your content. Can you make a video on Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and its two expansions?

  • @UglyPolarBear
    @UglyPolarBear Před 3 lety +1

    I played the multiplayer and it was exactly a COD + Battlefield experience. The maps were just a bit bigger then COD maps but not as big as battlefield maps. The movements were like battlefield and the guns felt like COD. I thought it was fun. I think the game modes were different as well which made it fun and a ‘new’ experience vs COD or BF.

  • @marknunez4354
    @marknunez4354 Před 3 lety

    yeah i go to the east coast end i here about things like cookout, bojangles, and white castle and people react like ive never been to a mcdonalds

  • @TheFacelessStoryMaker
    @TheFacelessStoryMaker Před 9 měsíci +1

    The Multiplayer was so damn good which is a shame when only one part is good not both campaign and multiplayer.

  • @NoExplosionsMcgee
    @NoExplosionsMcgee Před 2 lety +1

    Man, the multiplayer for this game was fun as hell.

  • @devintariel3769
    @devintariel3769 Před 3 lety +1

    Only 2 things I like in this game: 1. Lake Tahoe (with oil tankers?) 2. Time Has Come Today

  • @oblivionwalker8613
    @oblivionwalker8613 Před 3 lety

    I love the rant about chains, or lack thereof, in Portland. It's so true! But then we get cool things like Pizza Schmizza or Dutch Bros (though technically they're from Grant's Pass, but still a PNW original.) Greetings from SE PDX! :D

  • @mpspc4bristol
    @mpspc4bristol Před 3 lety +1

    I wonder how 2 tractor-trailers would fuel an entire division's worth of military vehicles further than a day....? Ah, nostalgic bad single-player story writing.

  • @toufusoup
    @toufusoup Před 4 lety

    Oh man, this game. I played it back when it first came out and I did have pretty much the same opinion on the Singleplayer but it’s one of those Resistance 2 situations where the SP was ass but the MP was really fun...if you could get into a lobby. The lobby system was really buggy and you’d just be stuck matchmaking for past 3-5 minutes only to be kicked out. The fact me and my brother almost made it to max level showed just how much we no-lifed this game lol

  • @austinbernard7223
    @austinbernard7223 Před 4 lety +1

    I only played homefront because at the time I was obsessed with Red dawn and apparently the game was a spin-off on that movie

  • @battlion507
    @battlion507 Před 4 lety

    Hey jarek. Have you played the Doom Guncaster mod? Cuz your dragon reminds me of Cygnus.

  • @unseamingstew0185
    @unseamingstew0185 Před 3 lety

    So i just found you and i love the retro reviews. Its alot of games i played as a kid. You should try Advent Rising. I loved this game wanna my favorite all time.

  • @TacticalOtter2
    @TacticalOtter2 Před 3 lety

    Love that desktop background ;D

  • @sablebranwen2539
    @sablebranwen2539 Před 2 lety

    I actually live in the real Montrose Colorado. That is not my town. Devs probably saw it on a map and were like, "oh, hey, that looks like a place!" and just left it at that.

  • @schuhhuerde7393
    @schuhhuerde7393 Před 3 lety +1

    Tiger Tank in the loading screen at 9:51 lol

  • @sebs-shenanigans
    @sebs-shenanigans Před 4 lety

    Hey Jarek! What microphone are you using?
    Is that Audiotechnica AT 2020?

  • @mosinmanyum1403
    @mosinmanyum1403 Před 3 lety

    i know you'll hate me but have you done an analysis of Predator: Concrete Jungle? i feel the frustration you might get (or had) with this title will make life feel more.... peaceful

  • @TheA53ford
    @TheA53ford Před 4 lety +2

    Wasn't Homefront: The Revolution better? Or did that somehow go below the already low set bar? Because I remember playing it and it felt better, a bit Crysis like in my opinion. Think they even explained that we couldn't use Korean weapons due to a biometric lock or something.

    • @brawler5760
      @brawler5760 Před 2 lety

      I think the KPA even had their own fictional weapons, yeah its a dumb explanation, but at least it’s something. And imo, The Revolution was WAY better, if you can get past the bugs.

    • @TheA53ford
      @TheA53ford Před 2 lety

      @@brawler5760 yeah I snagged it on sale recently and beat it

  • @ianfinrir8724
    @ianfinrir8724 Před rokem

    I remember one review for the game saying "If these guys are fighting for their country, nobody told them."

  • @ididntwantachannel1
    @ididntwantachannel1 Před 3 lety +1

    lets not forget that the ONLY shotgun in the game was locked behind a $5.99 paywall for multiplayer. Thats right, a single shotgun acting as a DLC