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**Melissia**

Site and community forum:
http://www.homefront-game.com/
http://community.homefront-game.com/

Dev Diaries:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UwkzHWciik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5UaDZ_p7HY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNpS9Ovc6-c

Basic idea is NK conquers SK somehow, and become an imperialistic power, backed up by Russia and China, they launch a preemptive attack on the U.S. starting with a nuclear and EMP attack, decimating the country's command structure during an economic collapse of the U.S. economy. The single player focuses on the resistance afterwards, while the multiplayer focuses on the battles after the initial invasion, where the remaining U.S. forces struggle against the NK forces. The game's biggest MP feature is the BP function, where points are awarded for actions which support the team, which can be spent in-game on ammo, drones (both ground and aerial), AFVs, tanks, choppers, air support, etc. The community has some glimpses of gameplay, and it looks rather interesting. The biggest sP features are... well, go watch the first and third dev diaries, as that's not really what I'm interested in.

Didn't see a thread about it, so I figured might as well. Hoping for the best from the game, it's an interesting premise.

**SilverMK2**

Sounds cool, kind of a Red Dawn for the modern day. Though the premise is a bit... naff...

I like the BP aspect.

Edit: Haha, I just watched the trailer for it and it is actually by the guy who wrote Red Dawn

**Melissia**

Yep, hopefully he'll be able to competently switch from writing for a film to writing for for an interactive media.

**Kanluwen**

SilverMK2 wrote:Sounds cool, kind of a Red Dawn for the modern day. Though the premise is a bit... naff...

I like the BP aspect.

Edit: Haha, I just watched the trailer for it and it is actually by the guy who wrote Red Dawn

Red Dawn and Apocalypse Now.

I think you and I have another game to add to our multiplayer playlist

**VikingScott**

BP system has been in games I've played before. Works well.

**Kanluwen**

Melissia wrote:Yep, hopefully he'll be able to competently switch from writing for a film to writing for for an interactive media.

He wrote the storyline for "Medal of Honor: European Assault"(which is generally regarded as one of the better MOH games).

So should be good.

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VikingScott wrote:BP system has been in games I've played before. Works well.

One game in particular.

"Frontlines: Fuel of War".

Which, incidentally, was done by Kaos Studios...

**Melissia**

Yes, I heard a lot good about FFoW. This one should be like that but better, as Kaos has far more money. THQ is pushing Homefront to be their big FPS multiplayer franchise to compete with CoD, MoH, and Battlefield.

**Kanluwen**

Melissia wrote:Yes, I heard a lot good about FFoW. This one should be like that but better, as Kaos has far more money. THQ is pushing Homefront to be their big FPS multiplayer franchise to compete with CoD, MoH, and Battlefield.

I hope not. It'll bomb if they push exclusively the multiplayer aspect.

**Melissia**

Considering two of the three dev diary videos are on single player? Don't worry, it has a focus on both single and multi.

**djphranq**

yay another military shooter that I'll purchase and install but not play because I'm grinding in World of Warcraft.

**SilverMK2**

Kanluwen wrote:Red Dawn and Apocalypse Now.

I think you and I have another game to add to our multiplayer playlist

I love the smell of burning pixels in the morning

Go red bush!... erm... Wolverines!

**Kanluwen**

SilverMK2 wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:Red Dawn and Apocalypse Now.

I think you and I have another game to add to our multiplayer playlist

I love the smell of burning pixels in the morning

Go red bush!... erm... Wolverines!

Hehehehe. Hehehehehehe.

You must be unaware of the "controversial" reveal they did for Homefront at E3 a few years ago, huh

**SilverMK2**

Kanluwen wrote:You must be unaware of the "controversial" reveal they did for Homefront at E3 a few years ago, huh

I am indeed unaware. I don't really keep up with games news these days - this is the first I have heard of the game actually

You have a link to youtube or something?

**Slarg232**

Kanluwen wrote:
VikingScott wrote:BP system has been in games I've played before. Works well.

One game in particular.

"Frontlines: Fuel of War".

Which, incidentally, was done by Kaos Studios...

Don't even get me started on that glitchy peice of.....

Having said that, they did put alot of work into that game after its initial release that made it at least playable, and I do like the sound of Homefront, so I will be looking into this game.

**Kanluwen**

SilverMK2 wrote:
Kanluwen wrote:You must be unaware of the "controversial" reveal they did for Homefront at E3 a few years ago, huh

I am indeed unaware. I don't really keep up with games news these days - this is the first I have heard of the game actually

You have a link to youtube or something?

Basically: There's a scene in the campaign where the resistance hits a NK outpost with incendiary mortar shells. The NK soldiers are burning, and one of the NPCs tells you to "Put them out of their misery."

Another replies with "Don't waste your ammo. Let the fethers burn, it'll be an example to the rest of them."

People were freaking out about that.

**SilverMK2**

Haha, sounds cool.

**Kanluwen**

There's some vids on XBL that you can get from the game videos bit.

**SilverMK2**

Just watched all the videos - looks pretty cool (also saw the "let them cook" bit

).

Though I would love to see a game set in a future where America invades the UK and Dads Army is all that stands between the Americans and our strategic tea supplies (OK, so basically this game set in the UK vs the US

).

**djphranq**

SilverMK2 wrote:
Though I would love to see a game set in a future where America invades the UK and Dads Army is all that stands between the Americans and our strategic tea supplies (OK, so basically this game set in the UK vs the US ).

This sounds like a good movie premise... where's Michael Bay?!

**halonachos**

Reminds of Freedom Fighters, but looks like it will be better done.

**KamikazeCanuck**

halonachos wrote:Reminds of Freedom Fighters, but looks like it will be better done.

Love that Game. Wish they had done a sequel to that instead of Kane & Lynch.

Anyways Homefront looks interesting.

**Melissia**

Some basic info, from the community forum, courtesy of AngryAngus (red notes are mine)

AngryAngus wrote:(A fair bit of information has been left out. I will not add this information don't even bother ask me for it.)

This new information comes from a xbox 360 leak. The person who uploaded the video is not testing but his friend is testing HomeFront.

We dont know what happened to the OP of the youtube video. He took down the video then closed his account. (Don't bother look for it as you wont find it)

Also if you know the names of weapons/perks seen in the footage please dont post them until a dev posts if its okay to name them.

BRAND NEW INFO

Load Outs.

- Assault
- Smg
- Heavy
- Sniper
- Tactical
- Stealth, a possible unlocked class aside from these five, hinting at a wide variety of classes, perhaps with classes having specific abilities tied to them?

- There are going to be vehicle loadouts.

Person about to be sued

- NGHTSTLKRB

Vehicles

- Drones also confirmed. Land and air recon, a land assault one with an MMG, and an air assault one with rockets are all confirmed, the latter being unlocked early by Steam's preorder bonus.
- Humvee
- Light armor vehicle
- Heavy Tank
- Scout heli
- Attack heli

BP Info

- You can buy a UAV sweep for 400 BP

Miscellaneous

- Private matches are confirmed.
- Private parties are confirmed.

Beta information

- Currently Homefront is in alpha stage. It is being tested by THQ workers. Currently at time of writing there is no way to get into the alpha/beta for Homefront unless you work for THQ.
- Important Notice about alpha footage leak : The people seen in the footage were long time players of FFOW and by long i mean LONG.

Timeline.

- 2011: "North Koreas weapons program continues to intensify .... has surpassed 1000 missiles" This shows that North Korea is arming its self. Some countries also want the UN to put severe sanctions against North Korea.

- 2012: "This morning comes the news of Kim Jong Ils death" Kim Jong has died. "North Korea greets there new leader son of Kim Jong Ils son Kim Jong-un"

- 2013: "Kim Jong-un has united north and south Korea" This now forms the Greater Korean Republic.

- 2015: "Costs at the pump are ready to break the $20 price" This forces America to become destabilized.

- 2017: "Civil unrest has intensified with the demise of the US dollar" There are a lot of riots in america and the military has started to pull of Asia and other countries.

- 2018: "Under threat of annihilation by the Greater Korean Republic....Japan has surrendered" Japan now joins the Greater Korean Republic. Riots continue during 2018-2022.

- 2022: "The president ordered a freeze on bank withdraws." The US economy has completely failed.

- 2024: "Korean annexation continues to spread" Korea takes over many Asian countries (Someone want to comment on which ones as i cant tell from the picture in the video)

- 2025: "The Greater Korean Republic has launched its latest communication satellite claiming it will bring a message of peace" This satellite is really a EMP that knocks out near all electronics in America. The Greater Korean Republic begin the invasion. Greater Korean Republic takes over Hawaii and San Francisco.

- 2026: "US military scattered" This is due to communications being down and the surprise of the attack.

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 modding tools.
- PC will have clan support and support dx 9 - 10 - 11. Dx 11 will have special features.
- Release date is March 8th-11th 2011 depending on your area.
- The game engine is a heavily modded Unreal engine.
- There will be a 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 is going to be story driven.
- 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.
- Weapons will have various attachments

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 also like singleplayer be set in real locations of America.
- Ground control is a confirmed game mode. Refer to http://community.homefront-game.com/blog-post/ground-control for information on it.
- Female avatars have been teased but not confirmed.
- At this time PC will only have cockpits.
- Wookie seeking rocket launchers have been confirmed. (http://community.homefront-game.com/forums/topic/602)
- Hardcore mode is not confirmed.
- Spectators is not confirmed but will most likely be add'd.
- VOIP has not been confirmed.
- PC admins can mod there servers and kick people etc
- Servers will be reigion locked along with games.
- DPad will be used for quick buying with BP. Other purchasable objects will be in a menu.

Miscellaneous

- Pc specs to be released during January.
- Check the Steam store for PC specs.

Weapons we know about
- M4 -The standard US Army assault rifle. A well rounded gun with low recoil.
- M16 - The classic American assault rifle. Single-shot only, but high damage, making it very accurate and effective at long range.
- M110 - The new sniper rifle of the US army. It features a five shot magazine with high rate of fire and can eliminate distant targets with ease.
- M200 - A new sniper rifle. 7 round magazine in real life.
- M249 - The standard LMG of the US army. It features a high rate of fire, high damage, and a large box magazine but can be hard to control.
- Scar - The new assault rifle of choice for the US special forces. It uses a three round burst to decimate targets at medium range. Could be 20 or 30 shot magazine.
- Beretta M9 - A widely used pistol by armies all around the world. Contains a 15 shot magazine in real life. Unsure about magazine in game.
- Bushmaster ACR - A assault rifle made in the US. Has low recoil and is versatile. Contains a 30 shot magazine in real life. - Two different attachments seen for this weapon, a red dot sight and an acog scope.
- QBZ - 03 - A Chinese assault rifle. Has 30 shot magazine in real life.
- Heckler & Koch HK416 - HK416 is a modified version of the M4. It has low recoil and a 30 shot magazine.
- Armbrust ATW -
- Panzerfaust 3 -

Articles about Homefront

- Head to http://community.homefront-game.com/forums/topic/149 for articles about homefront.

Homefront videos

- All five informative videos can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/HomefrontGame

Homefront fan sites

- Head to http://community.homefront-game.com/forums/topic/401 for a list of fan sites.

Information about Singer player characters

- Head to http://community.homefront-game.com/forums/topic/688 for a list of characters and information on them

**djphranq**

Melissia wrote:Some basic info, from the community forum, courtesy of AngryAngus (red notes are mine)

AngryAngus wrote:(A fair bit of information has been left out. I will not add this information don't even bother ask me for it.)

This new information comes from a xbox 360 leak. The person who uploaded the video is not testing but his friend is testing HomeFront.

We dont know what happened to the OP of the youtube video. He took down the video then closed his account. (Don't bother look for it as you wont find it)

Also if you know the names of weapons/perks seen in the footage please dont post them until a dev posts if its okay to name them.

BRAND NEW INFO

Load Outs.

- Assault
- Smg
- Heavy
- Sniper
- Tactical
- Stealth, a possible unlocked class aside from these five, hinting at a wide variety of classes, perhaps with classes having specific abilities tied to them?

- There are going to be vehicle loadouts.

Person about to be sued

- NGHTSTLKRB

Vehicles

- Drones also confirmed. Land and air recon, a land assault one with an MMG, and an air assault one with rockets are all confirmed, the latter being unlocked early by Steam's preorder bonus.
- Humvee
- Light armor vehicle
- Heavy Tank
- Scout heli
- Attack heli

BP Info

- You can buy a UAV sweep for 400 BP

Miscellaneous

- Private matches are confirmed.
- Private parties are confirmed.

Beta information

- Currently Homefront is in alpha stage. It is being tested by THQ workers. Currently at time of writing there is no way to get into the alpha/beta for Homefront unless you work for THQ.
- Important Notice about alpha footage leak : The people seen in the footage were long time players of FFOW and by long i mean LONG.

Timeline.

- 2011: "North Koreas weapons program continues to intensify .... has surpassed 1000 missiles" This shows that North Korea is arming its self. Some countries also want the UN to put severe sanctions against North Korea.

- 2012: "This morning comes the news of Kim Jong Ils death" Kim Jong has died. "North Korea greets there new leader son of Kim Jong Ils son Kim Jong-un"

- 2013: "Kim Jong-un has united north and south Korea" This now forms the Greater Korean Republic.

- 2015: "Costs at the pump are ready to break the $20 price" This forces America to become destabilized.

- 2017: "Civil unrest has intensified with the demise of the US dollar" There are a lot of riots in america and the military has started to pull of Asia and other countries.

- 2018: "Under threat of annihilation by the Greater Korean Republic....Japan has surrendered" Japan now joins the Greater Korean Republic. Riots continue during 2018-2022.

- 2022: "The president ordered a freeze on bank withdraws." The US economy has completely failed.

- 2024: "Korean annexation continues to spread" Korea takes over many Asian countries (Someone want to comment on which ones as i cant tell from the picture in the video)

- 2025: "The Greater Korean Republic has launched its latest communication satellite claiming it will bring a message of peace" This satellite is really a EMP that knocks out near all electronics in America. The Greater Korean Republic begin the invasion. Greater Korean Republic takes over Hawaii and San Francisco.

- 2026: "US military scattered" This is due to communications being down and the surprise of the attack.

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 modding tools.
- PC will have clan support and support dx 9 - 10 - 11. Dx 11 will have special features.
- Release date is March 8th-11th 2011 depending on your area.
- The game engine is a heavily modded Unreal engine.
- There will be a 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 is going to be story driven.
- 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.
- Weapons will have various attachments

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 also like singleplayer be set in real locations of America.
- Ground control is a confirmed game mode. Refer to http://community.homefront-game.com/blog-post/ground-control for information on it.
- Female avatars have been teased but not confirmed.
- At this time PC will only have cockpits.
- Wookie seeking rocket launchers have been confirmed. (http://community.homefront-game.com/forums/topic/602)
- Hardcore mode is not confirmed.
- Spectators is not confirmed but will most likely be add'd.
- VOIP has not been confirmed.
- PC admins can mod there servers and kick people etc
- Servers will be reigion locked along with games.
- DPad will be used for quick buying with BP. Other purchasable objects will be in a menu.

Miscellaneous

- Pc specs to be released during January.
- Check the Steam store for PC specs.

Weapons we know about
- M4 -The standard US Army assault rifle. A well rounded gun with low recoil.
- M16 - The classic American assault rifle. Single-shot only, but high damage, making it very accurate and effective at long range.
- M110 - The new sniper rifle of the US army. It features a five shot magazine with high rate of fire and can eliminate distant targets with ease.
- M200 - A new sniper rifle. 7 round magazine in real life.
- M249 - The standard LMG of the US army. It features a high rate of fire, high damage, and a large box magazine but can be hard to control.
- Scar - The new assault rifle of choice for the US special forces. It uses a three round burst to decimate targets at medium range. Could be 20 or 30 shot magazine.
- Beretta M9 - A widely used pistol by armies all around the world. Contains a 15 shot magazine in real life. Unsure about magazine in game.
- Bushmaster ACR - A assault rifle made in the US. Has low recoil and is versatile. Contains a 30 shot magazine in real life. - Two different attachments seen for this weapon, a red dot sight and an acog scope.
- QBZ - 03 - A Chinese assault rifle. Has 30 shot magazine in real life.
- Heckler & Koch HK416 - HK416 is a modified version of the M4. It has low recoil and a 30 shot magazine.
- Armbrust ATW -
- Panzerfaust 3 -

Articles about Homefront

- Head to http://community.homefront-game.com/forums/topic/149 for articles about homefront.

Homefront videos

- All five informative videos can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/HomefrontGame

Homefront fan sites

- Head to http://community.homefront-game.com/forums/topic/401 for a list of fan sites.

Information about Singer player characters

- Head to http://community.homefront-game.com/forums/topic/688 for a list of characters and information on them

Holy crap... I think I just jizzed in my pants right now... sounds like its gonna be great.

- Scar - The new assault rifle of choice for the US special forces. It uses a three round burst to decimate targets at medium range. Could be 20 or 30 shot magazine.

VERY VERY EXCITED FOR THIS... I LOVE SCAR... three round bursts have a special place in my heart.

**GalacticDefender**

Sounds way better than COD. I hope it's as post-apoc as it sounds.

**Amaya**

North Korea taking over South Korea and attacking the US is the best idea he could come up with?

North Korea would get rolled over by SK. They don't have a chance against the SK + US.

**Slarg232**

Amaya wrote:North Korea taking over South Korea and attacking the US is the best idea he could come up with?

North Korea would get rolled over by SK. They don't have a chance against the SK + US.

And the United States didn't have a chance against Britain back in the Revolutionary War.

Upsets happen. And this is a work of fiction.

**Soladrin**

Multiplayer just sounds like Battlefield copy, with some weird points system that sounds like it won't be fun.

All the special features they were naming have already been done in battlefield, except for the points thingy.

**Melissia**

Both SCAR versions are confirmed. The SCAR-L is an assault rifle with three round burst. The SCAR-H is a fully automatic light machinegun.

Believe me, multiplayer isn't like battlefield, and it's better for it (I honestly don't know why people think the BF series is somehow god's gift to the FPS genre).

Currently, there's four gamemodes.

Team Deathmatch
Ground Control (a modified capture point game similar to Frontlines Fuel of War's titular gamemode)
Battle Commander Team Deathmatch
Battle Commander Ground Control

Battle Commander is an AI similar to The Director in L4D which assigns targets to members of a team depending on who is doing best. Basically, if you get a killstreak, you'll get a slight buff somewhere-- but two people on the enemy team will know where you are and get bonus points for killing you. But say you kill some more, and get a higher killstreak. Well, you get a furhter buff, but more people on the enemy team will know where you are on the minimap. It goes all the way up to five stars, almost like some sort of weird crossover with GTA, until you are a powerful force of destruction but the entire enemy team knows where you are at any given time, and the person who kills you gains a massive boost in points.

These points are used to purchase launchers, extra ammo, flak jackets, drones, vehicles, UAV sweeps, and so on and so forth, so there's a huge incentive to obey these assassination missions, and none of the buffs are excessive.

It looks nothing like the BF game I should note. I recommend you watch this trailer:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/multiplayer-walkthrough-homefront/709512
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/multiplayer-walkthrough-homefront/709514

**Soladrin**

Melissia wrote:Both SCAR versions are confirmed. The SCAR-L is an assault rifle with three round burst. The SCAR-H is a fully automatic light machinegun.

Believe me, multiplayer isn't like battlefield, and it's better for it (I honestly don't know why people think the BF series is somehow god's gift to the FPS genre).

Currently, there's four gamemodes.

Team Deathmatch
Ground Control (a modified capture point game similar to Frontlines Fuel of War's titular gamemode)
Battle Commander Team Deathmatch
Battle Commander Ground Control

Battle Commander is an AI similar to The Director in L4D which assigns targets to members of a team depending on who is doing best. Basically, if you get a killstreak, you'll get a slight buff somewhere-- but two people on the enemy team will know where you are and get bonus points for killing you. But say you kill some more, and get a higher killstreak. Well, you get a furhter buff, but more people on the enemy team will know where you are on the minimap. It goes all the way up to five stars, almost like some sort of weird crossover with GTA, until you are a powerful force of destruction but the entire enemy team knows where you are at any given time, and the person who kills you gains a massive boost in points.

These points are used to purchase launchers, extra ammo, flak jackets, drones, vehicles, UAV sweeps, and so on and so forth, so there's a huge incentive to obey these assassination missions, and none of the buffs are excessive.

It looks nothing like the BF game I should note. I recommend you watch this trailer:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/multiplayer-walkthrough-homefront/709512
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/multiplayer-walkthrough-homefront/709514

I love BF, it's the first online shooter that I played competitively in Clan. (back with BF1942, desert combat mod)

**chaos0xomega**

I think BF is great and underappreciated. It's CoD that people seem to cream themselves over.

While the game looks interesting the story is kinda, meh. Despite the story writers pedigree, it seems almost campy, overdone, mediocre, etc. etc. etc. Parts of it also seem rather... implausible. From what little I could gather on the backstory/the timeline, I could come up with a million and one more interesting and more reasonable ways for North Korea to invade the US. Despite claims that social, economic and political dynamics were analyzed and extrapolated upon, it appears a bare minimum of research was done....

Besides that, the graphics look fairly below-average, almost last-gen. Really, the only thing that does intrigue me is the multiplayer gameplay.