November 16, 2023 - Day 320 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 339

Game: Homefront: The Revolution

Platform: Steam
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Installation Date: Sep 11, 2022
Unplayed: 431d (1y2m5d)
Playtime: 29m

Homefront: The Revolution is an open-world FPS reboot of 2011's Homefront, a game I reviewed on the 5th of January.

The setting is much the same; a unified Korea has invaded the United States, and you find yourself as a member of the resistance seeking to fight back against a superior military force.

It was only when I started playing it that it started to feel familiar.

Of my 29 minutes playtime, about half of that was just watching things happen on screen.

The biggest problem though is that it's not a game that's aged well. The game mechanics themselves seem totally fine, it's an issue of timing.

Right now, while Israel's government commits war crimes against innocent Palestinians while claiming self defence against Hamas, and the war by Russia against Ukraine continues, and with an ascendent US fascist movement painting themselves as the resistance, this game does not feel like a game.

When I play a game, it's partially to escape from the world, not to remind me of it, and Homefront: The Revolution does exactly that, so it all feels a bit:

2: Meh

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