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The developers at Kaos have made my month by revealing that two of the major sources of inspiration they drew on for their upcoming America-under-siege shooter Homefront were Valve’s industry defining Half-Life series and Alfonso Cuaron’s brilliant film Children of Men. Thankfully they didn't mention Woody Allen or Bob Dylan for some reason, because my head would have honestly exploded with mash-up delight.
"Half-Life and Half-Life 2 are definitely the two big influences on the work that we've done," Kaos senior single-player designer Zach Wilson recently told CVG. "A lot of first-person shooters don't just let you walk through the world and appreciate the world. That's something that Half-Life 2 does really well.”
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In addition to expressing the exact feelings that numerous gamers, including myself, have towards Half-Life, Wilson went on to say that while the team drew on HL for its design prowess, they looked towards the gritty, semi post-apocalyptic Children of Men for thematic and stylistic tones.
"In addition, we looked a lot at the work that John Milius did as an inspiration and we looked a lot at Children Of Men - which was a big inspiration thematically. I'm sure you can see that in parts of the game. We wanted to create a consistent world that is evocative and makes sense."
Wilson also revealed that Homefront’s story campaign lasts about eight hours on a typical playthrough but can last a bit longer, since “there’s a varying level of challenge depending on the skill of the player.”
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In a time when gamers are often to treated four-to-six hour single-player campaigns in their shooters, this is definitely good news. As for the game being something of a Half-Life meets Children of Men meets Red Dawn? I was excited about Homefront before, but it just jumped several spaces on my most anticipated games of 2011. What about you? And feel free to turn this into a discussion solely about how amazing Children of Men is. Seriously, I won't mind.
Source: CVG
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GeekTakes
This game looks great. Homefront was a definite buy for me after I saw the trailer with that huge six wheeled tank drone burst out of the garage and started mowing down the enemy. So awesome!
I think I'm one of the few people that was playing Frontlines: Fuel of War on XBOXLive up until the middle of last year. I also really enjoyed the story for this game. The gameplay was fantastic. So many different weapons, and you could carry all of them at once. IMO, the most innovative part of the game were the drones. Flying the little remote control helicopter and raining down mini rockets of death on the enemy never got boring. And capturing and holding the strategic points was a very interesting aspect of the campaign.
Anyone that hasn't played Frontlines: Fuel of War, do yourself a favor and pick it up used at a gamestop or whoever sells used games near you. The last I saw it was between 5 and 7 dollars. You'll have a good time, and it'll get you ready for Homefront.
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DarkKirby2500
The thing with most "shooters" now a days the the story is pretty much BSed most of the time with emphasis on "looking cool" and action above everything else (no character development, BARELY enough story to give things a reason to happen) similar to that of an action movie. Similar to an action movie it's rarely ever that long because the creators run of out ideas on how to keep things active and have no real talent on making the story itself actually engaging. Then relying on multiplayer to really make most of the sales and "make the game long".
Great for fans of multiplayer, crappy for fans of single player. As many American gamers I hear say games don't need a good story and it's all about the action, Half Life 2 is legendary for a reason.
Cryptomaster420
8+hour campaign = 4-6 hour normal playthrough for me lolz but it looks really good im a big fan of valves Half life series and this looks something i may get in the next 2 months
Tim_1138
This is more of a "be feedback's question of the week" question, but it is a little late for that thread, and I just thought of it. After watching the last Sessler's soapbox, I am curious to hear what Adam thinks about the upcoming Homefront. I know it is not a direct adaptation of Red Dawn, but it certainly takes a lot of inspiration from other media. The creators have even stated recently that it is inspired by Children of Men. Is there more hope for indirect video game adaptations, as opposed to directed or licensed ones?
NOhara24
Half life 2 as a big influence? Does that mean I'm playing a silent protagonist that crowbars the invading Koreans to death? If not, I'm not buying this game.
deleted_376A971C-FB2C-4E2C-B850-6F38074C92ED
first time i herd about this game i was already marking it on my get list just for the fact that i loved freedom fighters on the PS2.I'm looking foreword t o the 8 hour thing too.I'm playing halo reach(bumming it from a friend)and i'm pushing about 4 hours now and its almost beat.I'm one of the few people that don't play online much so this single player thing is great!just hope they'll support locale malti too.
fernzire
a new standard for shooters i hope. intellectual plots. children of men!!!
DPsx72
HL1 was MUCH better, played it a couple times and still have the discs. I'm glad it wasn't installed during the Steam fiasco or that dud program would have found that too.
CamperHunter1
Good sources to draw inspiration from (well, I've never seen children of men, but Half-life is easily my favorite FPS, and very high up on my all-time list). Didn't pay this game any mind before, might start looking into it now.
Crankr
Campaign length is only something you can gloat about if it's diverse all the way through. Hope they take that hint from HL
Shadowmars
Seen Children of Men 4 times. Great every time. (car battery to the face)
straightupyo84
and um....first? Wow I've never been first lmao
straightupyo84
Children of Men is an amazing movie! The long takes without switching cameras, the excellent set design, the wonderful charecters. It is just amazing. Watch that, play Half-Life 2 and listen to Radiohead's OK Computer and you will have an awesome sci-fi night.
camaro72toy ShowHide(4 Replies)
8 hours you say? cool, let me know when the other 19 out of 20 parts of the game are done. These days, anything less than at least a 40 hour single player campain is unacceptable. Wow, these scam artists really are just out for my money. Who in there right mind would pay 60 dollars to pass a game in one night? not me.
BobitoZ
I like the idea of a visceral world and that they are tipping there hat to HL2, but. Logistically the games premise makes no since.
When you compare military might, you compare North vs. South.
With minimal search I found a sight that compares military power. North Korea was ranked 20th and South Korea was ranked 12th. To put that into perspective, US. was 1st and Mexico was 19th.
Aliens attacking and/or zombies taking over seems more believable.
V_Translanka
Children of Men was alright, but during the epic long camera shot they break the 4th wall! lol...think that'll make it into the game? Probably good odds....
Apsalus07
I hope they still have the same music composer on board as they had for their previous game (Frontlines Fuel of War) and I hope they've kept the remote control drones or made them even better.
top8cat
This is one of the rare few games where the more I hear about it the more interested I become. Even if everyone else seems to ignore it because of its low profile.(Borderlands for example)
A-Bittersweet-Life
"A lot of first-person shooters don't just let you walk through the world and appreciate the world..."
I can't count how many times I've died online in Killzone 2 from being dazzled by the burst of light and the shadows the muzzle flash from a gun creates.
DPsx72 ShowHide(7 Replies)
What the hell is Children of men? Never heard of it. HL2 probably would have been fantastic if not for the Steam virus, that BS messed the game up pretty bad.
If I'm going to bother with a console shooter it's going to be Bulletstorm or DNF.
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