Homefront (360/PS3)

[MattIntellect]

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I'm definitely getting this game. It's not going to outsell Call of Duty, but I'm sure it will be a much better game instead of the run n' gun style that Call of Duty is.

[countryboy]

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I am highly intrigued by the story. Really anxious to see where they go with this.

[Klocker]

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was this multiplayer walkthrough (actual gameplay) posted yet? (off screen)

part one

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/multiplayer-walkthrough-homefront/709511

part two

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/multiplayer-walkthrough-homefront/709513

[SinisterAlex]

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The movement in this game looks too chunky for my liking. The throwing of grenades, c4, the animation spriniting and the HUD just looks cheap.

[Flawless]

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[Brettfavre032]

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This gaming is going to awesome. Looked at some of the gameplay and what not, It looks really solid. The main thing for me to like a FPS is all how it feels while you play. I like it to be smooth animations with gun sway, camera sway etc. Call of Duty, Battlefield, MoH, and Killzone all do a good job with this. But there are other factors in the game that draw me away from those games. I hope it has the feel and physics of battlefield but with better and smaller maps. Also i hope the health is accurate. (Doesn't take to much or to little).

Here are some of the confirmed stuff in the game such as guns, etc.

Buy what you want, when you want o Need an anti-vehicle weapon? No need to die and switch loadouts, just purchase it instantly on the d-pad.
o Want an airstrike or chopper? Instead of waiting for that kill streak which may never come, buy it when you want it.
o Tired of infantry? Use those BattlePoints & spawn directly in a vehicle for a quick change of pace!

· Enhanced Teamwork
o Trying to take a tough objective? Have one teammate call in an airstrike to clear the area, buy a Humvee & race in with a friend, & have a buddy rain hell from above with his Apache. Coordinate & dominate!
o BattlePoints promote “teamwork” when avenging the death of a fallen comrade, marking enemies with your recon drone, & by capturing team objectives!
o Far from the action? Use your BattlePoints & deploy a drone to quickly get to your teammates!

· Escalating intensity
o As the match progresses and players earn more BattlePoints, more vehicles, drones, and air strikes appear on the battlefield, leading to climactic large-scale battles at the end each game!
o Having to save money prohibits teammates from racing & fighting for vehicles off the spawn, then dominating with them early each round. No more sitting by a spawn point waiting, or seeing someone use a helicopter as a glorified taxi. Now, you earned it and you own it – time to make the best use of it!

· Spend -or- Save
o Choose to spend your Battlepoints on small but potent weapons like Drones, or save up for the big air strikes and vehicles. It’s a fine line & every purchase matters!
o Every life adds to your pool giving you more purchasing power, but they don’t carry over from game to game, so you need to spend wisely & timely!

Features of Home Front.

General Features.

- Homefront is released on all three platforms at the same time.
- There will be dedicated servers.
- PC will have clan support and support dx 9 - 10 - 11. Dx 11 will have special features.
- The game engine is a heavily modded Unreal engine.
- There is a game novel.
- THQ are publishing Home Front.
- Kaos Studios are developing the game and Digital Extremes are looking after the pc version.
- Matt Hardwood is doing the audio.


Singleplayer

- Single player will be written by John Millius (He made Conan <3)
- Single player will be a story driven experience.
- Cut senses will be rare if there are even any.
- The single player is set in 2027.
- You are a pilot working for the resistance.
- You are a "magnet" for action.
- Single player. Pretty much the first half of the game takes place in Montrose, Colorado and then after that we move into sort of the No Man’s Land between Colorado and the West Coast. I believe some of it takes place in Nevada, some of it takes place in the lowlands west of Colorado. You’ll get to see these big, more open environments where the Koreans don’t control it so much as it’s sort of in-between space. What’s interesting about those spaces is that they’re actually controlled by civilians, but civilians that have turned into survivalist gangs and who are antagonistic towards anyone who steps on their territory because, in the world of Homefront, resources are very valuable. Food, gas, anything. Anyone who has these resources fiercely protects them. They don’t care if you’re American or Korean. If you come on their land, they’ll shoot you. We get into some spaces like that and then, in the final mission, we get to San Francisco and we join that battle. (Taken from gamerzone)


Multiplayer

- A major feature of Home front is Battle Points. Refer to http://community.homefront- game.com/blog-post/battle-points for information on it.
- Multiplayer will have ranks.
- You play as US or GKR military in MP.
- Matches will have 32 players.
- Vehicles, drones, weapons etc can be bought via Battle Points.
- The in game HUD is changing daily do not worry if you currently dislike it.
- Muliplayer will be set during the early days of the invasion.
- Only PC will have helicoptor cockpits!
- Wookie seeking rocket launchers have been confirmed. (http://community.homefront-game.com/forums/topic/602) This is a joke!
- Hardcore mode is not confirmed.
- Spectators mode is confirmed.
- VOIP has been confirmed.
- PC admins can mod there servers and kick people etc.
- DPad or arrow keys will be used for purchasing your BP equipment.
- DLC is already planned.
- Dedicated servers are a go!

Classes

- All classes can be customized.
- Assault
- Smg
- Heavy
- Sniper
- Tacticle
- Stealth
- There are going to be vehicle loadouts.

Weapons

Assault Rifles

- M16 Rifle - The primary infantry rifle during the Vietnam war. Limted to semi-automatic operation but has greater accuracy, range and damage then the M4. Unlocked at level 24.

- M4 Rifle - The main battle rifle for the US Armed Forces. High rate-of-fire and low recoil make it a balanced choice for outdoor and close-quarters combat. Unlocked at level 0.

- Scar-L Rifle - A lightweight, modular rifle developed to meet the needs of SOCOM. It features a burt fire mode that delivers three rounds for each trigger pull. Unlocked at level 5.

- T3AK Rifle - A chinese-manufactured assault rifle based on the AK - 47. Is slower firing then the M4 or ACR, but deals considerably more damage at medium ranges. Unlocked at level 38.

- ACR Rifle - Incorporates several features from other modern rifles into one platform. Leads the M4 in sheer damage, but has greater recoil. Unlocked at level 14.

- XM10 Rifle - Under development until the project lost its funding in the economic collapse of 2018. A number of prototypes have found their way onto the field. Unlocked at level 46.

Machine Guns

- M249 LMG - Primary LMG of the U.S. Armed Forces. The box magazine holds 100 rounds of linked ammunition. Difficult to control due to high recoil. Unlocked at level 0.

- Scar-H LMG - The MG variant of the SCAR comes equipped with a high-capacity 75-round twin drum magazine and a verticle foregrip with intergrated bipod. Unlocked at level 30.

- PWS Diablo SMG - Has similar ergonomics to the M4, but is lighter and shorter. Its vertical foregrip makes it the perfect tool for close-quarters combat. Unlocked at level 0.

- Super V SMG - Uses an asymmetrical system to reduce recoil. Allows operators to put more rounds on-target at close range. Extended 26-round magazine comes standard. Unlocked at level 9.

Sniper Rifles

- M110 Sniper - Semi-automatic sniper rifle that features a 3x scope and detachable 10-round magazine. Chambered for 7.62mm. Effective at long range. Unlocked at level 0.

- M200 Sniper - Bolt-action sniper rifle. Magazine holds five custom-tooled cartridges. Effective at extreme range. Has 4x thermal optics and a laser rangefinder. Unlocked at level 18.

Pistols

- M9 - Unlocked at level 0.

Attachments

- You can attach these to your weapons. They are unlocked via kills.

- Mk1 ACOG Scope
- Mk2 ACOG Scope
- Mk3 ACOG Scope
- AirBurst Launcher
- EMP Launcher
- Grenade Launcher
- Mk1 Holo Scope - Unlocked by 5 kills.
- Mk2 Holo Scope
- Mk3 Holo Scope
- Mk1 Red Dot Sight
- Mk2 Red Dot Sight
- Mk3 Red Dot Sight
- Shotgun
- Silencer


Weapon Camo

- You can apply camos to your guns.

- Jigsaw - Orange
- Frost - Blue


Explosives

- This is your secondary explosive. Your primary is a grenade. You can equip one.

- C4
- EMP Grenade
- Flashbang
- White Phosphorus


Purchase slot 1 and 2

- These are your purchase slots. You can have 2 per class. So you could make a drone class and so on.

Drones

- Helicopter Attack Drone - Costs 800 BP. Fires 2 missiles every 4 - 5 seconds.
- RQ-10 Parrot - Recon Drone - 250 BP - A battery powered, remote-control quadricopter. Cameras relay targeting info to teammates. Unlocked at level 1.
- MQ50 MG Wolverine- Assault Drone - 500 BP -A battery powered, multi-terrain tracked drone. The assault variant is equipped with a machine gun. Unlocked at level 1.
- MQ60 AT Rhino - Anti-tank Drone - 400 BP - A battery powered, multi-terrain tracked drone. The anti-tank variant has two modes of fire: unguided and lock on. Unlocked at level 20.

Air-strikes

- Cluster bomb - 2000 BP - A single-use, UCAV guided cluster bomb. High-altitude dispersal creates large area of effect. Unlocked at level 44.
- White Phosphorus - 1300 BP - Single-use, UCAV-launched white phosphorus guided missile. Unlocked at level 19.
- Hellfire - 1100 BP - Two UCAV-launched air-to-surface precision guided missiles. Unlocked at level 8.

Launchers

- RPG Launcher - 250 BP - Disposable dumbfire rocket-propelled grenade launcher. Comes equipped with high-explosive warheads. Unlocked at level 1.
- Proximity Launcher - 250 BP - Dumbfire rocket launcher that uses a sophisticated distance sensor to trigger detonation when near a enemy vehicle. Unlocked at level 1.

Equipment

- Flak Jacket - 300 BP - Body armor consisting of hard ceramic plates in a synthetic fiber vest. Can be purchased once per life. Unlocked at level 1.
- Personal UAV Sweep - No info yet
- Ammo resupply - No info yet
- Thermal goggles - No info yet


Abilities

- You can pick any abilities you want but the total perk value can be no more than a total of 4.

- Nearly all information here made by Kangaru. Credit him for Abilities.

Infantry Abilities

- Tactical Reload(1) - Faster reload speed
- Quickdraw(1) - Quicker speed into aiming down sight
- Drone Be Gone!(1) - Faster drone speed
- My Buddy!(1)
- Now That's a Knife(1)
- Straight From The hip(2) - Reduced weapon deviation when shooting from the hip
- Thick Skin(2) - Increased drone health
- Penny Puncher(2) - Equipped special weapons cost less
- Ghost(2)
- Steady Aim(2)
- Blast Wave(2)
- Utility Belt(2)
- Grave Robber(2)
- Fist Full(3) - Extra grenades
- Grizzled(3) - Increased XP gain
- Boomer(3)
- Crater-to-Order(3)

Vehicle Abilities

- There is a passive repair perk


Ingame appearance

- Ingame appearance is based off classes.

Vehicles





- Humvee - 400 BPs (Level 7)
- Light Armor Vehicle (LAV) Piranha – 1400 BPs (Level 10)
- M1A3 Abrams – 2000 BPs (Level 15)
- AH-700 Scout – 2400 BPs (Level 22)
- AH-64 Apache – 3200 BPs (Level 30)
- You can spawn in vehicles


BP Info

- Each game mode has different BP rewards
- Ground control
- You get 250 BP for capping any objective
- You get 130 BP for a kill
- You get 70 BP per assist and objective defense
- You get 30 BP for avenging a teammate
- Team death match
- You get 150 BP for a kill
- You get 70 BP per assist
- You get 30 BP for avenging a teammate


Gamemodes


Battle Commander
- The Battle Commander itself is an AI that assigns certain star-based threat levels to all players in a BC match.
- At three killstreak you get an easy to see golden name above you
- The more kills you get after that alert the enemies of your postion via radar
- Until soon every enemy has your position
- You then get a permanent red diamond
- When you die it all resets
- You get bonuses if you have alot of skulls but the enemy team sees you as a thread
- If your in a drone or vehicle etc you get bonuses catered to that vehicle/drone
- If your drone/vehicle dies your skulls go away


Other Gamemodes.
- Team Deathmatch
- Ground Control
- Battle Commander Team Deathmatch
- Battle Commander Ground Control

Maps


- Crossroads - Large map along an ruined Interstate highway and overpass.
- Cul de sac - Small map in the occupied streets of suburbia.
- Farm - Large map. Wage war within farm lands, bridges, and creeks.
- Suburb - Small/Med Xbox 360 exclusive suburban map.
- More to come out soon

Miscellaneous

- Pc specs to be released during January.
- Steam specs are wrong.
- Private matches are confirmed.
- Private parties are confirmed.
- The closed alpha is now over.
- Unsure what is happening to Mod tools.
- There is a killcam
- Drones can be taken out with a single melee attack.
- The maps were Farm (Large), Cul de Sac (Small/Med), and the Xbox exclusive map Suburb (Small/Med).
- Knife range is 1-2 Feet
- The bottom left features a square mini map with score, time limit, and if you are winning or losing.
- The bottom right shows your ammo, bp selections and grenade counter.

[countryboy]

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with each new trailer and new information, I become more and more anxious to play this game. It may not have all the credentials of a Call of Duty or even Battlefield, but damn if the story doesn't pull me in.

Cannot freakin' wait.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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I love the fact you have to level up a bit in order to call in the good air strikes. That is one thing I always hated about the COD series was the fact that as long as you got the kill streak, you were able to call in any kind of strike you wanted, despite you were a level 1.

2 Sniper rifles only kind of bad though........

Over all i think this game will be a blast to play.

[orthostud23]

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This game wasnt even on my radar til about 2-3 nights ago. I have been watching all I can on youtube about the MP and the most intersting mode IMO seems to be the Battle Commander mode. I like how they are giving you an incentive to follow orders and work as a team. Nothing irks me more than playing a team game and no one says a word. I also like that you have to earn the things you can purchase with your battle points.

What I would like to know is if you are capturing a point can you be in a vehicle or do you have to be on foot?? I also cant find anything on communications. Is it 4 man squads like BF or can you hear everyone. I personally hope I can hear other people because as we know if you go into a squad on BF more than likely no one is speaking.

This game is going to get a purchase from me!!

[CaptainZombie]

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This game wasnt even on my radar til about 2-3 nights ago. I have been watching all I can on youtube about the MP and the most intersting mode IMO seems to be the Battle Commander mode. I like how they are giving you an incentive to follow orders and work as a team. Nothing irks me more than playing a team game and no one says a word. I also like that you have to earn the things you can purchase with your battle points.

What I would like to know is if you are capturing a point can you be in a vehicle or do you have to be on foot?? I also cant find anything on communications. Is it 4 man squads like BF or can you hear everyone. I personally hope I can hear other people because as we know if you go into a squad on BF more than likely no one is speaking.

This game is going to get a purchase from me!!

This game does look fantastic and I like the Red Dawn similarities.

[DaveDQ]

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This game wasnt even on my radar til about 2-3 nights ago. I have been watching all I can on youtube about the MP and the most intersting mode IMO seems to be the Battle Commander mode. I like how they are giving you an incentive to follow orders and work as a team. Nothing irks me more than playing a team game and no one says a word. I also like that you have to earn the things you can purchase with your battle points.

What I would like to know is if you are capturing a point can you be in a vehicle or do you have to be on foot?? I also cant find anything on communications. Is it 4 man squads like BF or can you hear everyone. I personally hope I can hear other people because as we know if you go into a squad on BF more than likely no one is speaking.

This game is going to get a purchase from me!!

I'm interested in seeing how it plays out. i'd follow orders if my roles was well mapped out and I knew what we were trying to do. Most of the time you get on and people are trying to rack up kills.

I've always wanted to have one specific responsibility and do it. I often wonder how many out there are truly interested in teaming up and vocally communicating according to responsibility and role.

[goh]

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Just a heads up,if you pre-order the PC version on Steam you get Metro 2033 for free.

[brett the jet favre]

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Just pre-orderd mine a couple days ago, cant wait for this, and The Show!

[ndhalogod]

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The more I read about this, the more intrigued I get. Any word if a demo is forthcoming? The only thing that concerns me is that the game runs on a modded Unreal engine.

In the past, I have found the Unreal engine sluggish and inferior to others but would love to be wrong here. And I think a demo would give me enough insight to know one way or another.

[PVarck31]

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If anyone was on the fence before, this might sway you a bit.

http://tinyurl.com/4ely3mj

I wonder if its good quality?