XBox Game Review: Homefront

My Rating: 6.5/10

Despite the nagging voice in the back of my head that this game would be all hype, I was looking forward to this game so much that I pre-ordered it anyway. Bad idea.

The story was interesting — Both North and South Korea join up with Japan to make a super-army that invades the United States. Having grown up in the Red Dawn era, the story inspired a touch of fear in me; however, this was quickly flamed out.

Game-play was rather sloppy. Auto-aim only worked for enemies that were really close so perhaps the PC version is better.

The graphics were not worth mentioning. Many of the same objects were re-used throughout the entire game.

The one good surprise was the multi-player mode. Though not terribly extensive, the game-play was enjoyable. Regardless, I decided not to invest in multi-player mode and also did not play this game back through for the achievements. Instead, I took it to GameStop to trade in for Crysis 2 for as much money as possible before the inevitable price-drop that is soon to arrive.