Click To Unmute

Want us to remember this setting for all your devices?

Sign up or Sign in now!

Please use a html5 video capable browser to watch videos.
This video has an invalid file format.
00:00:00
Sorry, but you can't access this content!
Please enter your date of birth to view this video

By clicking 'enter', you agree to Giant Bomb's
Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

The North Korean Invasion Begins In Homefront

Damn that Captain Price! He EMPed the power grid again!

Jun. 11 2010

Posted by: Matt

In This Episode:

Homefront

139 Comments

Avatar image for deactivated-5f00787182625
deactivated-5f00787182625

3325

Forum Posts

604

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 3

User Lists: 0

I like the concept. I hope it doesn't suck.

Avatar image for darkknightbob
darkknightbob

115

Forum Posts

2

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 0

Edited By darkknightbob
@Vager: everyone bought into the ridicuous premise of COD 6, but yeah this is pretty impausible. People hate america but invading an entire country and killing citizens etc?
 
I think this might be a fun game though, if you treat it like a red alert style of storyline but still. No way am I buying into this kind of premise lol.
 
They will have to be VERY good at telling a story.
Avatar image for jahandar
Jahandar

44

Forum Posts

77

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By Jahandar

It's going to take a lot of disbelief suspension to swallow this premise.

Avatar image for vager
vager

1677

Forum Posts

736

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 25

Edited By vager

Clearly North Korea can take out the South with weapons from the 1950s. 
Cool trailer but, man is it ever hard to believe that it even has a small chance of happening. 

Avatar image for kagekage
kagekage

722

Forum Posts

25

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By kagekage
@Clembo said:
" I like the fact the story is Tom Clancey on steroids. "
I could not have said it any better my friend.
Avatar image for magikgimp
MagikGimp

792

Forum Posts

8

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By MagikGimp

Now that's an excellent video trailer, very well done.

Avatar image for baconbits33
baconbits33

1215

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By baconbits33

Yeah..... no I lived in South Korea, they would never give in without one hell of a fight, plus there's also the fact that South Korea has a far better trained and equipped military than the North could ever have. For god-sakes North Korea's main tank is one that was used in WWII, plus US Forces in South Korea obviously have Patriot missiles too, so the threat of a nuclear attack is very low. And the Japanese surrendering to the Koreans? HELL NO! Man I have never met so much hatred between two nationalities in my life, seriously the Japanese and Koreans hate each other, and if you know their past you will understand why.... Plus the Japanese have been threatening to do something about North Korea for a long time....

Avatar image for fynne
fynne

320

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By fynne

Everything I've read about NK is that they are even worse off than the Iraqis were and that country fell in about 2 weeks.  NK has nothing but cold war era weapons and can't even feed themselves, let alone launch a ground war against SK, one of the most advanced nations on Earth.  Plus the US has a large force there.

Avatar image for blood_for_the_blood_god
Blood_for_the_blood_God

302

Forum Posts

4480

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 6

@edge426: seconded
Avatar image for clembo
Clembo

351

Forum Posts

70

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 8

Edited By Clembo

I like the fact the story is Tom Clancey on steroids.

Avatar image for edge426
edge426

157

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By edge426

wolverines!!!

Avatar image for colinjw
colinjw

254

Forum Posts

194

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By colinjw

The set up is pretty bad ass.

Avatar image for mrklorox
MrKlorox

11220

Forum Posts

1071

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By MrKlorox

Sweet. Might be cool. KAOS studios has some Battlefield experience so this could be pretty good.

Avatar image for tehmaxxorz
TEHMAXXORZ

1190

Forum Posts

4491

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 2

Edited By TEHMAXXORZ

Firstly, this is just a game... So just count to 10 and calm down. 
Secondly, a number of unexplained things could of happened. 
Russia and China could have looked the other way and offer secret funding to North Korea; Russia and China could have even given technology and kit to the North Koreans. 
Thirdly, you have to think that it's just a game, look at Fallout 3 - or even the entire Fallout series - we have no evidence that radiation can do stuff like turning somebody into a 20 foot giant and I didn't hear all this crap about Fallout 3!

Avatar image for slyely
slyely

159

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

Edited By slyely

Kinda hope the game is good. I like the idea used here, no matter how far-fetched it may be. Off hand I can't think of any war fps that is solely based on American soil, and using current events to gain an emotional response seems to have worked (from looking at some of the posts here).

Avatar image for pop
Pop

2769

Forum Posts

4697

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 8

Edited By Pop

So this is what GB got in the mail of the greater korean republic, that video is perfectly made, I called that number and heard the message it was awesome, now idk what to say about this game :D. I was hoping for Freedom fighters 2 :D.

Avatar image for gateht
gateht

86

Forum Posts

252

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By gateht

To anyone who thinks the Politics is implausible, remember this: it's a GAME, people!

Avatar image for kmv_007
kmv_007

52

Forum Posts

26

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 4

User Lists: 3

Edited By kmv_007

KAOS Studios comes up with good, original ideas for games, but their execution so far has been subpar.  I really wanted to like Frontlines, but it ran so horribly on my computer - it's by far the worst implementation of Unreal Engine 3 I've seen on my computer.  I'm looking forward to seeing more on Homefront.
 
Good luck to you, KAOS.

Avatar image for red12b
Red12b

9363

Forum Posts

1084

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 6

Edited By Red12b

THAT'S FUCKING AWESOME!

Avatar image for fluxwavez
FluxWaveZ

19845

Forum Posts

19798

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 6

Edited By FluxWaveZ
@sephirm87 said:
" @Ragdrazi: China and NK are basically the same country.  It's like the mob.  China is the legitimate front. "
Indeed.
Avatar image for dom
Dom

446

Forum Posts

842

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 3

Edited By Dom

... what?

Avatar image for timfreilly
TimFReilly

104

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 1

Edited By TimFReilly

So corny! hahaha

Avatar image for joker_777
Joker_777

326

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Joker_777

Wait, where is home?

Avatar image for slaneesh
Slaneesh

870

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By Slaneesh

i highly doubt china would allow this.

Avatar image for fokedondestrucity
fokedondestrucity

2

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Actually you're not that far off. The game is written by John Milius, who co-wrote Apocalypse Now, and written and directed Red Dawn. 

Avatar image for jadeskye
Jadeskye

4392

Forum Posts

2125

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 6

Edited By Jadeskye

I can't wait for the politics of this game to be explained. I shall laugh my ass off.

Avatar image for nomin
Nomin

1004

Forum Posts

245

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 11

User Lists: 9

Edited By Nomin

Way to wring the recent tragedy of Cheonan into some asinine half-baked narrative of a FPS shooter. That hits a new low on this side of callous marketing directive a la Kuma/War on THQ's part.  
 
BTW, The unified Korea will be a democratic country, if it ever comes to pass.

Avatar image for ragdrazi
Ragdrazi

2258

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Ragdrazi
@sephirm87 said:

" @Ragdrazi: China and NK are basically the same country.  It's like the mob.  China is the legitimate front. "

If you say so. But China is not going to allow the invasion of a country that is 700 billion dollars in debt to it, especially given the fact that it's rise to first world power is built on the backs of American consumers.
Avatar image for jauntyhat
JauntyHat

379

Forum Posts

1812

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By JauntyHat

Okay I have to admit, No matter how impossible the subject matter, that trailer was AWESOME!!

Avatar image for sephirm87
sephirm87

243

Forum Posts

60

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Edited By sephirm87
@Ragdrazi:
China and NK are basically the same country.  It's like the mob.  China is the legitimate front.
Avatar image for mayu_zane
Mayu_Zane

710

Forum Posts

1285

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 8

Edited By Mayu_Zane

I'm just going to let Rule of Cool overrule any sense of realism for the poor excuse of a plot. If the game's fun enough I couldn't care less if it was about the US being invaded by giant space fleas from nowhere.

Avatar image for yukoasho
yukoasho

2247

Forum Posts

6076

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 6

User Lists: 7

Edited By yukoasho

@ Nasar7 Shit, at least the Russians are militarily capable of the invasion.
 
Not to say this game won't be awesome, but it's so far-fetched.

Avatar image for nasar7
Nasar7

3236

Forum Posts

647

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 5

Edited By Nasar7

This is silly. Same as the Russian bent with MW2/BFBC2.

Avatar image for yukoasho
yukoasho

2247

Forum Posts

6076

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 6

User Lists: 7

Edited By yukoasho
@CylonAndrew:  Not only that, but modern Japan has a heavy US military presence on Okinawa.
Avatar image for el33tpanda
El33tPanda

182

Forum Posts

327

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 6

Edited By El33tPanda

Ahh, dear leader, wlcome to our country

Avatar image for cylonandrew
CylonAndrew

119

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 0

Edited By CylonAndrew

They cant feed their own people, they have no allies, their industrial capacity is expedentally less then south Korea, their military technology is that  of the 1950's-1960's, and their missles are unreliable.
 
In comparison, Japan had sucessfully industrialised before WW1, which allowed them to build a navy, supply a large army, plus they had colonies before WW2. Oh, and the Japanese could feed their own people and they controled Korea. This aint happening folks.

Avatar image for jb16
JB16

825

Forum Posts

90

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 11

Edited By JB16

Are you kidding me? North Korea, the most isolated country in the world with an army barely equipped well enough to throw rocks across the 38th parallel is actually powerful enough to pull a ww2 Japan and take over most of Asia while at the same time attack the US. 
 
And where's China in all this? What they just let NK annex half of Asia and destabilize the whole region? Do you honestly think China would let NK start a war with it's BIGGEST FUCKING TRADE PARTNER!?!?!
 
WTF is this bullshit! God can a developer actually make a realistic military story that doesn't sound like it was written by Tom Clancy high on shrooms?

Avatar image for mistermouse
MisterMouse

3608

Forum Posts

272

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 5

User Lists: 5

Edited By MisterMouse

cool trailer. not sure about the probability though

Avatar image for turambar
Turambar

8283

Forum Posts

114

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By Turambar
@jim_dandy said:
" "North Korea has one of the largest armies in the world. It has an estimated active duty military force of up to 1.2 million personnel, compared to about 680,000 in the South. Military spending is estimated at as much as a quarter of GNP, with up to 20% of men ages 17-54 in the regular armed forces. North Korean forces have a substantial numerical advantage over the South (around 2 to 1) in several key categories of offensive weapons--tanks, long-range artillery, and armored personnel carriers. The North has one of the world's largest special operations forces, designed for insertion behind the lines in wartime."
 
- US Department of State "
North Korea is also politically isolated while multiple world powers and all the local powers of the East Asia region are invested in it South Korea operating as it is.  If this was a one on one fight, sure.  But it definitly isn't. 
Avatar image for turambar
Turambar

8283

Forum Posts

114

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By Turambar
@DystopiaX said:
" @warmonked said:

" I don't think I can get over the ridiculousness of North Korean invading anyone. "

In the future. It's explained pretty well, actually. Basically they invade a lot of asian countries as well, and they have Korea, Japan, etc. Japan especially makes them an economic powerhouse. Also, they think that the US will never recover from the current recession (in game fiction. In reality, it is getting better) "
And how did they invade South Korea successfully?  Sorry, but there is absolutely no chance for that to happen under the current world conditions.  Far too many local powerhouses are invested in the existence of a productive South Korea.  You can claim the US is completely militarily paralyzed via an economic down turn.  That in itself is already an almost impossible scenario.  When you try to claim China, Japan, and Russia are all more than happy to let North Korea "unite" the peninsula, trying to play that entire scenario off based on current events and thus implying this is taking place in our world does not work.  This does not follow the poli sci and foreign relations rules of our world.
 
While the Russian invasion of the US in MW2 was also fairly unprobable when someone actually takes a moment to think about it, at least they placed that story line within a world slightly different from ours, and thus suspension of disbelief is actually possible.
Avatar image for meatsim
MeatSim

11201

Forum Posts

150

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 23

Edited By MeatSim

Korea become more technology advance then us, wat?

Avatar image for benderosity
Benderosity

15

Forum Posts

1

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 1

Edited By Benderosity

I could get into this

Avatar image for advertisement
Advertisement

323

Forum Posts

81

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By Advertisement

00:57 is a parody of this  

Avatar image for solidlife
solidlife

910

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 2

Edited By solidlife

 o snap

Avatar image for deactivated-5b079cb81b70c
deactivated-5b079cb81b70c

96

Forum Posts

55

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 3

Seriously dude? North Korea takes over the world? As a Korean-American, I'm glad to see developers start to show some interest in that region, but this plot is retarded as hell. I guess the US stopped giving a shit about a completely Communist Korean peninsula (like hell) and China and Russia decided to let this new Korea just annex the entire Pacific.
 
There's good storytelling, then there's just idiotic bullshit.

Avatar image for yelix
Yelix

386

Forum Posts

583

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 4

Edited By Yelix
@mr_shoeless:  Well, if it makes you feel any better, the game was announced slightly over a year ago with the same premise. This incident just happened to occur, giving them a chance to add some topicality.
Avatar image for blitzer
Blitzer

431

Forum Posts

408

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 4

Edited By Blitzer

Cool story, but if the gameplay is bad...fail.

Avatar image for mano521
mano521

1259

Forum Posts

0

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 0

User Lists: 0

Edited By mano521

seems interesting. but ill need gameplay 

Avatar image for pj
PJ

1195

Forum Posts

705

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 1

User Lists: 3

Edited By PJ

I'm optimistic. Kaos did a good job whit the feel of the shooting in Frontlines: Fuel of War but the rest of the game wasn't all that good. Hopefully they will improve on that for Homefront.

Avatar image for wintermute
wintermute

443

Forum Posts

694

Wiki Points

0

Followers

Reviews: 2

User Lists: 15

Edited By wintermute

I really don't care for them using the real incident that happened in South Korea as a part of their video game marketing campaign. It just happened so recently that it's in very poor taste for them to do this. I now have no intention of getting this game because I do not wish to support this behavior.