Home Front First Impressions

Went to Gamestop at midnight and got my copy.

This is no COD killer like I've heard and it is no BC2 killer either.
The game is fun but it seems to me to play like BC2 but without some of the fun.

I played Team Death Match first and continually got spawn raped so I switched to Ground War. It's fun yes, and at times I did much better than I do on BC2 but there are butt loads of snipers.
Taking objectives feels right. There seems to be a sense that you don't know where the enemy is and that plays out when you get shot in the ass. To me the game seems to be saying to play it in a more tactical way rather than just run n gun.

The text is really small so I can't read anything so if you have an HD tv you'll be happy.
I hate the HUMVEE! When you spawn in it you spawn as the driver so there is no way to shoot. Nobody seems to ever spawn in it so you just drive around until you get blown up.

Stayed up until 5:00 this morning so I am tired and some of this may seem random but I just wanted to post some impressions.

I know it only just came out but this already leaves a bitter taste.

I knew it. I will rent it still though.

i dont think this is anything too conclusive, i mean it just came out 12 hours ago..

Forgot about combat drones!
At times they seem to be everywhere and they are absolutely deadly.

Don't get me wrong, the game IS fun and I think it has great possibilities. I can't wait until some more of us play so we can get a better picture of how it works.

It's a GIANT suck fest!!! RAWRRRRRRRRRRR


I dont know....

I've been reading reviews on it, and so far I'm not gonna rush to get it. The same reviews were accurate about MoH, so.....

i havent ordered it yet so im going to wait until DL reveals all.

Does the game lag?

Just finished the SP, and while it's ok, it's really short. I have a strong feeling a sequel or a number of expansion packs will expand the game even further.

i have a gaming rig, and even so, the game lags and seems to stall at certain moments. I don't know if it's a hardware or software issue really, but even on medium, I get hiccups here and there.

I've yet to play online, but so far my first impression of the game is that it's ok. It's no CoD or BF killer, but it's a refreshing change. Hipfiring will get you killed more than it will save you, so taking cover is essential. I can see that this game is more oriented to clan matches since teamwork is vital to your success. There's potential in this game, and like any new title, the developers need to iron out all the wrinkles and balance everything as feedback starts to come back to them. We'll see.

Hmmmmmm not sounding to positive........

Im rather enjoying it.

I played the SP to familiarize myself with the game GM, and besides it's not like I said I wasn't going to be playing MP.

Speaking of which, I've just completed a few rounds of Ground Control, and currently, it feels like Rush, except in order to advance you have to either take all three objectives or defend each objective. From what I can tell, unless you're playing with a clan, you'll lose if you're the assaulting team. Simply because it's so much easier to defend rather than assault.

Sniper rifles are ALL OHK to the chest from what I can tell, and the current point bleed, if you can call it that, to win a round is way too fast.

Granted the enemy held the points for the entirety of the match, but even so. Battlefield doesn't end so damn quickly, even if the enemy has all the flags.

Death comes so abruptly, and 90% of the time, it's from Snipers. AR's are pretty much the cream of the crop, no point to use an LMG due to how inherently inaccurate they are from the pull and seem to take longer to ADS.

Though burst fire with an LMG is essential to hit anything that isnt 15 ft from you, they do drop enemy players rather quickly. I dare say you die even quicker in this game than you would in MoH (And you died really fast in MoH).

Many weapons seem to have laser point accuracy, of course that's with short controlled bursts, but since many weapons seem to hit stupidly hard, I almost feel like I'm playing BF Vietnam all over again, minus the aggravation of being on maps that are choke point heavy such as Vantage point.

In short, there needs to be a lot of tweaks to balance the game. Texas unfortunately was correct that this is a Snipers wet dream, and even upon death, it happens so quickly and even though there is a death cam, it's really hard to actually counter said player without having to go sniper yourself.

My summary thus far, unless you're playing with a bunch of friends, this game is not for the casual player. team work and communication is a must have, lone wolfing it will not help you, and the lack of being able to "spawn" on a friend only exasperates some of the issues of having to run all the way back into the fray.

The game has potential, and I am hoping that as the game gets older, the issues will get better. So don't be afraid to rent this mind you, but as with all games, it's still got some rough edges to smooth out.

The sniper thing is worrisome.....for many obvious reasons.

They need to implement some smoke grenades or something, because right now, trying to cap some of the locations is just a royal pain in the ass.

Snipers had the same issuse in MoH on MP, it really ruined the MP for me.

I played with a group of 3 earlier and we absolutely destroyed Ground Control. The only time I really raged at snipers was on TDM. Don't play TDM. It's the biggest campfest I've ever seen in a game.

Until people start getting ghost, UAV Sweep is the best streak ever.

I've been running ACR w/holo, UAV, hellfire, quick reload, quick ADS, and some blue perk I can't remember.

Semi auto snipers are OHK to the chest up to a certain distance, but seeing as most of the action in the game usually is within this distance limitation, it's almost impossible to counter them. Without any means to create cover, two snipers can lock down an entire section of the map if they're good. Aerial artillery seems to be the only means to supplant them besides counter sniping yourself.

The game is a little more realistic in how little it takes for you to go down, but god damn, the learning curve seems to be a bit high. Snipers, I hate them so. I believe it took 7 guys to finally kill this bastard, and seeing how he was prone or only had his head peaking over a cement wall, it was a real pain to kill him. I miss the dynamic destruction engine of BC2, sniper hiding behind that wall? no problem, just blow the wall and him up with a rocket, tin fence blocking your shot? No worries, shoot through it. Homefront seems to lack this, the biggest being if there's an enemy soldier hiding behind a wall,tough luck. It makes the freaking bush wookies a lot harder to eliminate, because you HAVE to be in line of sight of them, and if you're in line of sight of them, so are they.

So far Ive only played SP but I have to say...I was making fun of it the entire time.

The gameplay was alright but the story was just bad. I dont know how to expand on this besides just being bad. lol

I tried the M110 and didn't get a single OHK from anything other than a headshot. It took 3 shots on more than one occasion to bring people down. This is from medium distance, btw.

Then I don't know what's going on, because I sure as hell have been getting OHK at medium distance that was NOT headshots.

Perhaps I've been lucky and it's simply that they've been wounded. But it doesn't change the fact that there is a crap ton of snipers everywhere you go.

I don't know man, I've been killed by a few snipers, but never twice in a row. Are you skirting the edges of the map? Games like this require that if you don't want to die.


Plan of attack = rush B from spawn -> rush spawn flag -> skirt around to enemy spawn flag. It's also sometimes better to let the enemy team win round 2, because the team that gets pushed back has a huge initial advantage when the map moves.

Yeah, I tend to try and be very sneaky as a sniper, and even if I'm not, I try my absolute best to take the routes less traveled.

I'll chalk this up to just being inexperienced in this game. Hopefully the longer I play and get used to the game, I'll become a better player. I know I did terrible at BC2 when I first started due to not knowing the maps.

I'm haveing trouble finding matches, it seems as if there is something wrong with the servers.

Drones and helis are annoying. Tons of things in the sky all the time, I hit a heli with an rpg and didn't take it down, I didn't see the impact but I got hit markers and he continued to kill me.

I didn't have too much trouble with snipers but I only played about 3 rounds because I couldn't find a match.

Ugh the infamous thq servers already fucking up? Man..

Infamous THQ serves? Fuck they might as well be the same servers as BC2! Because EA dice servers sucked monkey balls forever! THe first couple weeks where constant dashboarding, and just not working! Then the lag, rubber banding, rubber knifing.... So HAHA to anyone that bashes the servers! It's been one day!

I agree with ante. I used the Siper rifle and its not 1 hit kill to the chest. It took me 2 shots sometime 3 if I hit the leg or someting. THe only one hit kills I got where head shots!

Drones and helos are pretty easy to take out. The gun on the hummer will destry the little bird. Drone flyers are easilt killed with an AR.

I had some great games late last night so hopefully they get their servers straightened out because I had some hella fun last night.

DRGN LRD 1213 wrote:Infamous THQ serves? Fuck they might as well be the same servers as BC2! Because EA dice servers sucked monkey balls forever! THe first couple weeks where constant dashboarding, and just not working! Then the lag, rubber banding, rubber knifing.... So HAHA to anyone that bashes the servers! It's been one day!

Have you played any multiplayer THQ game? If it was anyone else i'd say give it time and they'll fix it.

I don;t think so.


Well I'll give it time. Multiplayer is fun and worth giving them a chance before I bash it.