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Join the Homefront's Resistance Movement

Not in MY back yard, no sir!

Feb. 10 2011

Posted by: Brad

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Well, it looks awesome.  Now it's up to the gunplay feeling good or not as to whether I'll like it.  I hope they release a demo.

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@Nictel:  Thanks bud.
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I think what's most ironically funny is that they keep talking about the involvement of that writer from Apocalypse Now, and apart from the setting and specifics, from what he said in the trailer this could just as easily be a tale of the Vietnam War. South Vietnamese makeshift soldiers rising up against their oppressors or something like that... 
Also, North Korea may be a backwards country, but it's completely fanatical nature makes for a great fictional modern-day oppressor, even if realistically it couldn't invade any modern capitalist country. Stop complaining people, please!

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Is this for real? Are people actually taking this shit seriously? ITS A VIDEO GAME. 
 
Sons I am disappoint.

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The funny thing is modern warfare 2 did the same plot and no one bitched about it... and that was a stupid plot. So what's the difference?

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Edited By Funkydupe

People are commenting on it, not bitching about it. If the game is fun I bet people'll play it no matter who is invading who. Gameplay looks decent from the brief look we're allowed through this trailer. The armor worn by the troopers reminds me of Battlefield 2142 and Fuel of War. 

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@andmm said:
" The funny thing is modern warfare 2 did the same plot and no one bitched about it... and that was a stupid plot. So what's the difference? "
What this guy said. Also... it is almost 30 years to that point. Nobody belived 9/11 ever would happen but it did. Supend your disbelief people and just enjoy the ride. The game looks kind of cool.
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This is why i hate Americans...

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People find this premise to outlandish, yet they thought the story of MW2 was totally believable? Dude, what?

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This is inaccurate... the Americans aren't fat enough.

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seems kind of cool

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Edited By Tonic7

Huh. I wasn't aware that this was a first person shooter. For some odd reason, I thought it was third person. Oh well. 
 
And yes, the idea of North Korea invading the United States is, indeed, farcical. Just go with it, people!

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There is a White Castle in this game. How can this not be excellent?

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Depending on review scores and user feedback, I'll get this around releasetime. Hopefully there's gonna be an MP demo.

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This is definitely more unrealistic than a Russian land invasion (which, as I recall, didn't even really work that well in MW2 anyways). A lot more unrealistic. North Korea is basically just China's own little crazy pocket nation (kind of like Israel is for the US, sorta). And the Chinese still haven't really forgiven Japan for WWII. Which means China would probably be an ally in a fight like this, as it'd give them any excuse to destroy Japan. 
 
Also, China is heavily invested both in the US government and economy. So yeah, they'd have our backs in this even if Europe wanted to sit around and wait. 
 
That said (and I think I forgot to say this last time I posted about the game), I'm still hoping this game will be good, because I'd love to play it. I really don't care about the real-world feasibility of the premise, as long as it's a good game. 
 
Also, if United Korea managed to actually take over the country, then this would be a 2nd Revoluton.
 
The question is, who'd be our France this time? (slight joke, since France won our first one)

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Edited By briangodsoe

It's written by the guy who wrote Red Dawn. It's completely outlandish and a little stupid and that will probably be reasons to enjoy the story. It's going to be a dumb action movie you play.  
 
At least it looks more coherent then MW2 was. 

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@Scodiac: What do you mean by 10 bucks cheaper?  Was the price 60$ originally?  Damn I'm liking the deal even if it isn't 10$ off.
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We could wipe North Korea off the planet with conventional weapons, how the hell did they last long enough in a war to pull this off.

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So you play as an Insurgent Terrorist waging war against a peaceful freedom loving nation who wishes to spread their beautiful communisms.


DISGUSTING.

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Their logo (Kaos Studios) is something out of 3DO status lol  !! I get a very Delta Force feel from this game, which is to say that it makes good trailers, but plays horribly.

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Edited By Jazz_Lafayette

We shall fight them on the beaches, we shall fight them in the hills, AND WE SHALL FIGHT THEM AT THE LOCAL WHITE CASTLE!

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@Gap said:
"This is inaccurate... the Americans aren't fat enough. "

LOL
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 I love what brad put for the sub-heading.
 
EDIT: I can't believe I just realized this but.....WHERE THE EFF IS EUROPE DURING ALL OF THIS?! Too busy?

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errhhhh no

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Edited By funsohng

The very fact North Korea won over South Korea makes this game incredibly offensive to my eyes.
 
@andmm said:

" The funny thing is modern warfare 2 did the same plot and no one bitched about it... and that was a stupid plot. So what's the difference? "

Just about every sane people didn't like the plot of MW2....
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@Funkydupe said:

" People are commenting on it, not bitching about it. If the game is fun I bet people'll play it no matter who is invading who.

Yeah, I personally don't care what's happening if the game's fun.
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@tyemry said:
" WOLVERINES! "
RELEVANT!
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 Wolverines > Spartans
 Wolverines > Spartans
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Good luck to them. The shooter genre is so cluttered right now, I hope they can carve an audience for themselves.

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@Scodiac said:
"North Korea used some sort of EMP mega bomb before their invasion. Anyway, the steam pre-order makes me want to buy this. I was thinking rental on console but getting Metro 2033 for free and getting the game 10 bucks cheaper... Steam you've got me again.  "

yep EMP ownz all y'all 
 
i like Red Dawn so that's why i'm looking forward to this game.
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@Godlyawesomeguy said:
"  I love what brad put for the sub-heading.  EDIT: I can't believe I just realized this but.....WHERE THE EFF IS EUROPE DURING ALL OF THIS?! Too busy? "
Dude, we got 5 week vacations to attend to. No time for wars!
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God I hate it when games pretend that the US is under some serious threat.

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That's dumb. But I dig it.

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1:11
 
Sentry down!

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Brought to you by White Castle.
 
 
I still find it hard to take this game seriously.

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@creamypies: i bet both russia and iran would join korea and whos left then? and later russia would attack korea and they would go on a nuke frenzy
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@funsohng:  What are you talking about North Korea never won over South Korea, they are still two separate countries
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You guys bitch about everything.

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@LackingSaint said:
" God I hate it when games pretend that the US is under some serious threat. "
Why? its just fiction. Its an interesting premise 
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@Davvyk said:
" @LackingSaint said:
" God I hate it when games pretend that the US is under some serious threat. "
Why? its just fiction. Its an interesting premise  "
I think my thing is, there are totally horrible decimations of countries going on right now, and have been throughout time, and it seems to me like they just sat down and said "Right so. What do most people feel most attached to? Modern day America? Right so that's under threat. Don't ask how." They're taking the plot pretty seriously for such a non-sensical story.
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@SammydesinasNL said:
" How did everything get so disgusting and detrited in only 2 years? "
Have you ever seen a WWII movie...Look what France or Belgium, or Russia looked like.  This is Germany after the allies crossed into it...that's like a few months of destruction. This is all before predator drones, daisy cutter bombs, bunker busters, and massive C17 bombers. 
 
  
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I could go for some White Castle now.

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Nothing gets my juices flowing quite like hearing an air raid siren.   And a classic communist invasion premise?  WOLVERINES!
 
I'll have to check this game out.

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I just think they are covering what seems to be a very generic FPS with a somewhat alternative story, that isn't really alternative at all. Also is it just me or is the voice-over in this trailer laughably half-assed? It seems like someone took their bad-shit insano-story just a tad to seriously :P

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Even the White Castle in there?
Oh boy, this game's gonna rock my socks off!

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will there be an option to play as a korean?

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@Tesla: The writer/director or Red Dawn is involved in this game somehow.
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@IcySandman:  By $10 dollars cheaper I meant, than the console version which will be 60 bucks. I'm loving the deal.
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@plague102 said:
" @funsohng:  What are you talking about North Korea never won over South Korea, they are still two separate countries "
Under the game scenario, North Korea apparently annexed South Korea, attacked Japan, then rest of South East Asia.
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@giyanks22 said:
" @SammydesinasNL said:
" How did everything get so disgusting and detrited in only 2 years? "
Have you ever seen a WWII movie...Look what France or Belgium, or Russia looked like.  This is Germany after the allies crossed into it...that's like a few months of destruction. This is all before predator drones, daisy cutter bombs, bunker busters, and massive C17 bombers. 
 
  
"

Yeah, but I fought the idea was that the US was overrun because most of it's forces were abroad. Oh, and bunker busters wouldn't be affected against civilian areas (and the C-17 isn't a bomber).