Homefront: The Revolution would have been a heartwarming success story. A game that’s been passed around more than a rugby ball thanks to liquidations, developer changes, and general problems is rarely ever a piece of art. Judging by some of the reviews for the open-world successor to last-generation’s Homefront, it’s a victim of its own turmoil.
Buggy and uninspired, even the most accepting of critics have found it hard to be positive about Homefront: The Revolution. Here are some of best reviews we could round up from the web (we never received a review copy and we are too poor to buy a retail version):
“I could call the game bad for all its faults, but it doesn’t even feel fair to call the game bad. It is a traditional game, featuring all the things typical games of its type feature. Glitches aside, there’s little here that would convince me to tell you not to play it. I didn’t enjoy most of my time with it, but I wasn’t miserable either. There’s nothing wrong with being Ethan Brady, but you could have been Benjamin Walker.”
Riley Macleod, Kotaku – FULL REVIEW
“The guns feel fine; the lone vehicle (a motorcycle) is easy to control. But there’s never a moment that feels like it’s reaching for something more than a check-the-boxes open-world shooter. A successful insurgency swings the people in its favor with fancy ideals and arguments for why things can be better. The real city of Philadelphia knows this all too well. But Homefront’s Philadelphia likely would have laid down for the British rather than suffer through another collection mission.”
Russ Frushtick, Polygon – FULL REVIEW
“…Homefront definitely needs some help. Its substantial story campaign is impressively rich and its shooting can be tense and fun, but half-baked stealth, an unfulfilling story, and a vast menagerie of technical inadequacies drag the overall experience into disappointing mediocrity.”
Scott Butterworth, Gamespot – Full Review
“On the technical side, Homefront barely gets a passing grade. NPCs got stuck in spaces and refused to let me pass, I ran into several hard crashes, and my framerate was always sub-60 even on low settings—plus I experienced bouts of irritating stuttering throughout. My GTX Titan is looking longer in the tooth after the announcement of the GTX 1080, but I didn’t expect so much trouble at 2560×1080 and 1920×1080. Homefront was playable, but not up to my standards, and not for any discernable reason—The Division, for example, both runs better and looks better on my PC.”
Tyler Wilder, PC Gamer – FULL REVIEW
“Simply put, Homefront: The Revolution is outclassed in its bracket by every other big-budget game released this generation. And that’s without getting into how shockingly shit the PC version is.
This game made me feel unwell, it bored me to tears, and it irritated the piss out of me.”
Jim Sterling, The Jimquisition – FULL REVIEW
“In short, the stars of Homefront: The Revolution are also its most disappointing aspect. Dambuster studios has tried to create a resistance that’s embattled, determined and charismatic in the face of an oppressive regime. Instead, it’s made one that’s obnoxious and small minded. Homefront: The Revolution mistakes pettiness and nastiness for gravitas and emotional depth, to the detriment of the game as a whole.”
Johnny Chiodini, Eurogamer – FULL REVIEW
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