A few weeks before the release my friend asked me if I was spicking up Homefront, I replied with a straight  "no" 
 I knew this game was going to be bad, that's the reason I gave him.
You wanna know how I knew?
It's from the same people who made Frontlines Fuel of War.
I hated this game with a burning passion. Now Homefront has taught me THQ can and should not make a first person shooter.
 
So did anyone else have this gut feeling?  I know I can't be the only one.

i didnt think it would be  good because it didnt look good.  i had a gut feeling of "average"

So I'm guessing you haven't played it then?

Yeah, THQ is the first sign of "meh". The other is that it's a cheap ass COD clone. Heck, even expensive ass COD clones such as Crysis 2 suck ass. They just cannot walk the walk, no matter how hard they try.

Are you psychic?

You're all the internet kings.

Yeah, didn't like what i was seeing either. They already cut down the prices for the console versions by 20 bucks, so i'm glad i dodged this bullet. Give it a couple of weeks and it's going to be in the bargain bin. 
I feel sorry for all who preordered it.

" Yeah, THQ is the first sign of "meh". The other is that it's a cheap ass COD clone. Heck, even expensive ass COD clones such as Crysis 2 suck ass. They just cannot walk the walk, no matter how hard they try. "

Huh, I liked the multiplayer, I don't know why but it just appeals to me (And my aging computer)

a game trying to follow in Freedom Fighters's footsteps while cloning Call of Duty is a fucking fiasco  
 
however, @Twitchey:   i dont like your logic , because A) Frontlines was a fine ass shooter for an IP of an up and coming studio, and B) THQ made S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Metro 2033 so.. yes they should keep making FPS games.

THQ should of been a flag for shitty game (fps). They are trying to copy battlefield(which is perfected in its genre)and COD (which is perfect for its genre). Of coarse its gunna be a flop because its not the ORIGINAL. Why companies try and duplicate something and try to make something better thats already been perfected is beyond me.

" Yeah, THQ is the first sign of "meh""

"The other is that it's a cheap ass COD clone."

True. Kaos Studios doesn't have the greatest track record. Like Frontlines, Homefront seems like a lot of great ideas that never mold into a great game. I do really want to check it out. THQ did produce 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand. They should just have Kaos make a sequel to that. 

But they also made Desert Combat for 1942!

" @Grissefar said:

" Yeah, THQ is the first sign of "meh". The other is that it's a cheap ass COD clone. Heck, even expensive ass COD clones such as Crysis 2 suck ass. They just cannot walk the walk, no matter how hard they try. "

How can you Know Crysis 2 is gonna suck if its not even out yet.  "

" Yeah, THQ is the first sign of "meh". The other is that it's a cheap ass COD clone. Heck, even expensive ass COD clones such as Crysis 2 suck ass. They just cannot walk the walk, no matter how hard they try. "

" @The_Laughing_Man said:

" @Grissefar said:

" Yeah, THQ is the first sign of "meh". The other is that it's a cheap ass COD clone. Heck, even expensive ass COD clones such as Crysis 2 suck ass. They just cannot walk the walk, no matter how hard they try. "

How can you Know Crysis 2 is gonna suck if its not even out yet.  "

There's a demo out which I think is a good indication of what's to come. "

3 stars means bad?

I was never going to get it, but it kinda scares me how much metacritic controls the industry now. I'm still kind of interested in the new Red Faction though. 

I knew that it would be bad when I saw it being advertised everywhere. My thoughts were confirmed when I saw a van outside GDC coated with Homefront and a televisions setup. My initial reaction was "why do they have Call of Duty playing in a Homefront truck?"
 
Ok, so I didn't really think that. But I really wished that I had as I was leaving. It would have been way funnier.

This thread is crucial to the existence of Giantbomb.

Kaos knows their multiplayer (heck people from the team were part of making Desert Combat for Battlefield 1942) but single player is something they have to work on or just leave alone.

" A few weeks before the release my friend asked me if I was spicking up Homefront, I replied with a straight  "no"   I knew this game was going to be bad, that's the reason I gave him. You wanna know how I knew? It's from the same people who made Frontlines Fuel of War. I hated this game with a burning passion. Now Homefront has taught me THQ can and should not make a first person shooter. So did anyone else have this gut feeling?  I know I can't be the only one. "

Hate to burst everyones bubble but saying that this game is trying to rip off cod and shit is pretty dumb. Kaos studios (before they were kaos obviously) created Desert Combat which basically created the foundation for all the modern military shooters we have today. Desert Combat --> BF2 ---> Cod4 and beyond.
 
I hate sounding like an old man but I wish people knew their history and where shit comes from.

Bad? That's a tad over doing it. It's no where near being a "bad" game. 
  
Darkest of Days? That's a bad game. Homefront is worth playing.

I don't try to spick anything. 

" Bad? That's a tad over doing it. It's no where near being a "bad" game. 
  
Darkest of Days? That's a bad game. Homefront is worth playing. "

yeah but Darkest of Days was hard to take seriously in every respect. Homefront is trying to but the campaign is so backwards and awful in its execution that that's what's makes it a "bad" game

I thought the idea was good since I enjoyed Freedom fighters on gamecube but this looked like crap from the start. I just rented this game from redbox for a wopping $2 and am regretting it as i put maybe an hour into it on veteran and already finished 5 levels without more then a few deaths. The controls are like every other FPS, shooting has a damn auto aim function which makes things to easy. sprinting is slow as shit, enemies can shoot through anything while you cant shoot through anything but a very open space with nothing in your way.. including a white picket fence. Your enemies also never miss which makes things just take forever. I hate this game with a passion and i hope another one of these NEVER show up. To many shitty games are coming out. This is a crap game that is being used to sponsor companies and products like Hooters, TigerDirect, Nos, FullThrottle *Blue demon* and Fender. They are not little pieces of paper on the ground but rather actual buildings with the names Everywhere or billboards or soda machines that are full color and have no damage to them while everything around them are blown to shit.