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[Twin Tails]

Quick Look: Homefront: The Revolution
VIDEO ON MAY 18, 2016 06:00 AM

 

[Death Metalist]

This is better than Doom & UC4.

 

[Felix Lighter]

I just played Doom on my Rift and it was awesome. It was also the first time I started to feel queasy in VR. I played the first 3 Doom 2 maps and that was all I could handle. I'll have to munch on some ginger before trying it again.

 

[Antiwhippy]

I just played Doom on my Rift and it was awesome. It was also the first time I started to feel queasy in VR. I played the first 3 Doom 2 maps and that was all I could handle. I'll have to munch on some ginger before trying it again.

Wait, does it have native VR support?

 

[Felix Lighter]

Wait, does it have native VR support?

You will need this:

http://rotatingpenguin.com/gz3doom/

Brad played some on UPF. He's more of a man than I am. He seemed unfazed, but I was definitely on the verge of getting ill.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Ah, you meant the original one. Though you were talking about the 2016 version.

This is why I kinda dislike this trend of sorta reboots just using the original name. Must be a nightmare for sorting systems.

 

[Salty Catfish]

Quick Look: Homefront: The Revolution
VIDEO ON MAY 18, 2016 06:00 AM

Gonna be interesting to see what Austin's review is like. Everything he's written for GB so far has been pretty positive (4-5 stars) and it sounds like this one is an absolute misery.

 

[Twin Tails]

Gonna be interesting to see what Austin's review is like. Everything he's written for GB so far has been pretty positive (4-5 stars) and it sounds like this one is an absolute misery.

I hope it is Austin explaining the game while Vinny plays it. Could be a fun one.

 

[KillerDark]

The more I play Uncharted 4 the less I actually like it...

The gameplay loop is SUPER repetitive. Climb from A to B... Surprise! The bad guys got to B before you... Gunfight.... Climb some more... Get to C... Surprise! The bad guys got to C before you... AGAIN...More gunfight... Rince and repeat for 15 hours.

Mixed in with super slow story exposition chapters.

The set pieces are still really fucking impressive and fun but the game in general is nothing to go crazy about...

I have like 80% of the game done right now so I'm gonna finish it for sure but at this point I just want to get rid of it so I can switch to DOOM.

That has been my problem with the other Uncharted games... Glad I held off on 4 cause it sounds like I would have been disappointed.

 

[stump sock]

I mean the cool news is that the new devs kept the Homefront name true to brand

 

[broncobuster]

I hope it is Austin explaining the game while Vinny plays it. Could be a fun one.

Accurate to Philly.

 

[avengers23]

Quick Look: Homefront: The Revolution
VIDEO ON MAY 18, 2016 06:00 AM

What will the avatar have to hide in this time?

 

[TharpDaddy]

Homefront is one of those games that I have no idea how it got a sequel.

 

[stump sock]

Homefront is one of those games that I have no idea how it got a sequel.

I'm sorry, I bought a copy of it off amazon for $2.99, I helped I think

 

[Felix Lighter]

It's even weirder because both Crytek and ultimately Deep Silver said, we need that Homefront name to sell an FPS. In my mind, the name is an anchor.

 

[Antiwhippy]

It sold over a million.

 

[Dineren]

You will need this:

http://rotatingpenguin.com/gz3doom/

Brad played some on UPF. He's more of a man than I am. He seemed unfazed, but I was definitely on the verge of getting ill.

I played through the first few levels of the original Doom and had pretty much the same experience. It's the only thing that has bothered me in VR. I want to try again with a controller and see if it was just because I was flinging the mouse around too fast.

Still worth it even with a little motion sickness though.

 

[MassiveNights]

Homefront was a big release at the time, it was fucking terrible though.

 

[Salarians]

But where's Brink 2?

 

[BUNTING1243]

you know what was a really good game? frontlines fuel of war. shame kaos got wrapped up in Danny Bilson's dream of beating call of duty

 

[alr1ght]

Nobody asked for more Homefront.

I will be your CEO.

 

[TacticalHotdog]

I kinda liked Homefront's MP because of its lineage with the developers who made Desert Combat and Battlefield 2. The way it came together was an absolute mess and it seems like the franchise is cursed

But where's Brink 2?

It's called Dirty Bomb

 

[Archaix]

Homefront was a big release at the time, it was fucking terrible though.

Was it really though? It was received mostly as a joke well before it came out, reviews were bad, and it bombed pretty hard, THQ didn't exactly need help but they took a huge stock hit after it was released.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Did it bomb? I was always under the impression that it sold well.

 

[Jintor]

Was it really though? It was received mostly as a joke well before it came out, reviews were bad, and it bombed pretty hard, THQ didn't exactly need help but they took a huge stock hit after it was released.

THQ wanted it to be one, certainly.

 

[Salty Catfish]

It sold over a million.

Even higher than that -- 2.6 mil. Not surprising they tried to cash in a sequel, even if it was obvious it was a bad idea with the first game's reception.

 

[Tagyhag]

Homefront is one of those games that I have no idea how it got a sequel.

It had an interesting premise, and I like being backed against the wall for once, but yeah the campaign was mediocre at its very best.

 

[ThreePiMatt]

Confession time! I kind of liked the multiplayer in Homefront. I liked the way the weapons felt, thought the vehicle purchase system was pretty good, I liked the weird bounty thing they did. Single player was pretty "meh" though.

 

[Lijik]

This is better than Doom & UC4.

gutted theres no Uncle Sam Space Jam breakdown

 

[Jintor]

Confession time! I kind of liked the multiplayer in Homefront. I liked the way the weapons felt, thought the vehicle purchase system was pretty good, I liked the weird bounty thing they did. Single player was pretty "meh" though.

yeah me too.

got buried tho

 

[TurboButts]

you know what was a really good game? frontlines fuel of war. shame kaos got wrapped up in Danny Bilson's dream of beating call of duty

You shouldn't tell lies, its not nice. Someone might believe you and go out and pick up a copy

 

[Twin Tails]

https://twitter.com/DOOM/status/732745068109533184

 

[Curufinwe]

If they don't do a QL for Rugby League Live 3 it will be a crying shame.

 

[Megasoum]

I clicked on a random "Best of Giantbomb" video and landed on a E3 conference montage....


Man... I'm getting fucking HYPED for E3 right here.

 

[Curufinwe]

Was less of an issue in the Remaster. The fight in the cruise ship theater was still a clusterfuck tho. A death trap that I had to retry quite a bit.

The sandstorm with the snipers and rocket launcher dudes drove me nuts in U3 on Normal.

On the remaster it seemed more manageable even though I was playing on Hard.

So far (11 chapters done) U4 is smooth sailing on Moderate. Second time I'll just go straight to Crushing.

 

[Salarians]

I think I'm more excited for the mixlr drive than E3 itself. I wonder who Jeff will get to join him this year...

HOT THE POINT UPDATE: Kish was on scene at that Mass Effect ride thing and is apparently doing a video on it.

 

[BUNTING1243]

You shouldn't tell lies, its not nice. Someone might believe you and go out and pick up a copy

i mean granted i was like twelve but i remember you could shoot guys helmets and they would fly off their head really dumb and the walls were destructible. i was pretty into it

i remember it came out right next to Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, which I was also really excited about. maybe I was just a dumb kid.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

This is better than Doom & UC4.

Oh man this is gooood

 

[Salty Catfish]

How about World of Fishing? It ticks off every box: free-to-play, fishing, MMO. We need Team Chod Rig to take a look once Jeff is back.

 

[TurboButts]

I remember almost smashing my controller when the...

Spoiler

fire people (???)

first showed up in Uncharted 3. I thought "whelp, I'm just not gonna be able to finish this game."

Never felt anything near that in U4.

 

[BUNTING1243]

the thing that bothered me about uncharted 2 and 3's supernatural stuff was that they never committed to any of it.

like, i'm down to get weird with that kinda stuff, but they always stepped back from it at the last minute in a really weird way. so it just became an inconviencnce to the gameplay and a cheap narrative trick?

also remember when they killed scully and immediately retconned it? or how chloe and that other guy just disappear. uncharted 3 was really cool with set-pieces and the desert stuff but was sort of a mess otherwise

 

[stump sock]

https://twitter.com/DOOM/status/732745068109533184

haha nice

 

[Death Metalist]

I think I'm more excited for the mixlr drive than E3 itself. I wonder who Jeff will get to join him this year...

HOT THE POINT UPDATE: Kish was on scene at that Mass Effect ride thing and is apparently doing a video on it.

https://twitter.com/DOOM/status/732745068109533184

 

[CrazyDude]

the thing that bothered me about uncharted 2 and 3's supernatural stuff was that they never committed to any of it.

like, i'm down to get weird with that kinda stuff, but they always stepped back from it at the last minute in a really weird way. so it just became an inconviencnce to the gameplay and a cheap narrative trick?

also remember when they killed scully and immediately retconned it? or how chloe and that other guy just disappear. uncharted 3 was really cool with set-pieces and the desert stuff but was sort of a mess otherwise

UC4 spoilers

Spoiler

Which is why I like Uncharted 4. I think it developed the lost city the best and it's downfall was made more interesting even without supernatural elements.

 

[BUNTING1243]

UC4 spoilers

Spoiler

Which is why I like Uncharted 4. I think it developed the lost city the best and it's downfall was made more interesting even without supernatural elements.

Spoiler

it's the only game where the lost city actually had an interesting story for me, also the only one where you actually explored it without being shot at constantly. I really dug that.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

https://twitter.com/DOOM/status/732745068109533184

i wonder if they spoke highly of it or not

 

[TurboButts]

i mean granted i was like twelve but i remember you could shoot guys helmets and they would fly off their head really dumb and the walls were destructible. i was pretty into it

i remember it came out right next to Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, which I was also really excited about. maybe I was just a dumb kid.

I don't remember which one Turning Point was, but man you're reminding me that I put up with some bad shooters in those early PS3/360 years. Frontline, Blacksite: Area 51, Timeshift, Clive Barker's Jericho, Turok, Legendary, Kane & Lynch, Saboteur. What the heck was going on back then?

 

[BUNTING1243]

I don't remember which one Turning Point was, but man you're reminding me that I put up with some bad shooters in those early PS3/360 years. Frontline, Blacksite: Area 51, Timeshift, Clive Barker's Jericho, Turok, Legendary, Kane & Lynch, Saboteur. What the heck was going on back then?

can't forget darkest days either!

i kinda miss that era. i think the cost of making a game like that now has effectively killed that tier of shooters.

say what you will about all of those games (they were all varying degrees of bad) but at least they all had really weird and cool premises. or were just different.

 

[Lunar FC]

I just played Doom on my Rift and it was awesome. It was also the first time I started to feel queasy in VR. I played the first 3 Doom 2 maps and that was all I could handle. I'll have to munch on some ginger before trying it again.

I tried playing HL2, and nearly threw up. :/

 

[Ketch]

Giant Bomb #23 | Dunk it Dunk it Dunk it Dunk it Space Jam.