Gold - Homefront [Mar 04, 2011, 11:12 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
THQ announces that Homefront is gold, and Kaos Studios' now-complete first-person shooter is on track to meet its promised release dates of March 15 in North America and Europe, March 17 in Australia, and March 18 in the U.K. Word is: "In advance of release, THQ is preparing hundreds of dedicated servers in multiple locations across the globe to support Homefront's epic multiplayer mode." Here's a bit on the game:
2027. A once proud America has fallen, her infrastructure shattered and military in disarray. Crippled by a devastating EMP strike the USA is powerless to resist the ever expanding occupation of a savage, nuclear armed Greater Korean Republic.
Abandoned by her former allies, the United States is a bleak landscape of walled towns and abandoned suburbs. This is a police state where high school stadiums have become detention centers, and shopping malls shelter armored attack vehicles. A once-free people are now prisoners... or collaborators... or revolutionaries.
The story is really weird. North Korea manages to take over South Korea, China, Japan, and other countries, before invading the USA. If they somehow invented a super powerful technology before doing so (Nanobots! Super mech walkers! Deflector shields!), then it would make more sense.. but the info so far suggests they just got.... really angry. Anger is power!
Well, so long as the in-game story isn't stupid I can get over a somewhat stupid premise. It's plausible enough to not totally insult your intelligence, and honestly, the only people we can really fight are from the Middle East, and not only has that gotten boring but they have zero chance of a full-scale US invasion.
The idea of a modern war on home turf is an interesting one to play - has a certain impact and gives level designers so many interesting opportunities. But it's just not very plausible right now without bending reality a decent amount.
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