Analysts: THQ Stock Drops Due To Homefront Scores

LOL! This information was on the news station I listen to during the day. Was funny hearing about it on an AM station that usually sticks current events. This isn't surprising to me. I had a feeling this game was going to blow chunks when I first started seeing gameplay videos.

I honestly think the Battlefield series is the only one that has a chance because it has almost the same brand recognition as COD.

Last edited by PasteNuggs on 3/15/2011 10:17:04 PM

All I really knew of the Homefront game was that it had a dude with a bandana over his eyes. I'm all thinking. "dude, your bandana is over your eyes. How the heck are you gonna shoot dupes like that?"
Anyway, the game doesn't look like anything special. Perhaps these analysts didn't get the memo that gamers already chalked this "me too" game up to just another milker in a crowded market with superior competition.

Come on THQ hang in there, at least until Darksiders 2 comes out.

yeah, man, that's what Homefront needed, more telekensis powers =p

speaking of kenshi, WTF is he not in the mortal kombat reboot?
he was one of my favorite characters from deception!

Yeah that's a cod description if I ever heard one.

I saw him in the background fighting against Frost and Sareena while playing the MK Demo just now.

Talking about Kenshi, heh.

Damn, I had high hopes for Homefront.

Oh well, guess I'll be picking it up once the used price drops to under $25 & there's a buy 2-get 1 free sale along with it.

I just hope we can still rely on a critic's evaluation of quality in the coming years. It seems as games grow more complex in design the more difficult it may be to quantitate it's elements and weigh those things properly. It seems strange to me that for an industry that's so influenced by critical acclaim that there isn't (or maybe there is?) a more organized appreciation and understanding of the medium at the academic level. Wouldn't it be nice if videogame critics were "schooled" in good game design within an academic body that empirically critiques the interactive medium? We have lots of film study classes in universities, so why not games?
I get tired of reading really poor reviews, written by critics who seem to have their values all misplaced.
Basically, it just sucks to think that a bug multi-million dollar game's success could be contingent through the eyes of a select few of individuals that may have proved that they can write, but may not have proved that they can accurately critique a medium that may possibly contain content that exceeds their understanding or ability to even sense or recognize the whole of the product's assets. Wasn't GT5's review consensus a virtual product raping by many critics? Anyway, I'm not saying Homefront should've been rated higher, it just seems to me this media power held by critics is pretty heavy. I just hope we can always trust them.

Honestly after playing the black ops demo I have no faith in reviews when it comes to shooters. None whatsoever. Black ops was getting 9's, I loaded up call of duty classics after playing the black ops demo, classics has better graphics, hands down.

Do reviewers get drunk before they review shooters because they know nothing new is about to happen? Granted their are those slim few fps games that are different, but the majority deserves a 7-7.5.

This is the score I was expecting for homefront and I thought it sounded more interesting than most military shooter sp campaigns. So my interest in it has not changed one bit, as for THQ and their investors, they need to start paying attention. They shouldn't have expected homefront to sell 15 million copies just because cod does.

I do not consider that a whine. It is a valid statement based on fact. For all the shit talking Crytek was doing I expected better.

This is, again, a perfect example of how a good shooter doesn't sell well simply because it doesn't have Call of Duty on the cover. Had it been named Call of Duty: Homefront, we'd have seen a complete blowout in terms of sales numbers.

Sure, the graphics might not be on par with CoD and it might have an engine different to CoD, but CoD's graphics aren't THAT much better and CoD's engine, while good, cannot touch the wonders of Frostbite 2 nor the Uncharted 2 engine. Seriously, why do Black Ops (88/100) and MW2 (94/100) have higher scores when Homefront is similar but different enough to stand out a little? I smell a conspiracy.

The story of Homefront is certainly far more interesting than anything CoD has offered, and yet even though Modern Warfare 2 and Homefront have a very similar single player campaign runtime, Homefront has more points deducted for it!! Consistency, people, come on!!!

Now for the multiplayer. Killstreaks are in this game as well, but this game uses Battle Points as currency to buy better weapons and vehicles. CoD has no vehicles at all, and currency wasn't introduced til Black Ops!!

Now, if Homefront's controls were iffy or not tight enough, or if the AI didn't react to bullets and shots as well as CoD, I would understand the lower reviews, but no one has mentioned it!!! No one!!!

So, Homefront is considered a lesser game simply because it doesn't have Call of Duty on the cover, the campaign is a half hour shorter than MW2, and the graphics aren't as pretty looking. The multiplayer looks far more fun, the story in the campaign is far more interesting and it does nearly everything else almost as well as CoD!!!

I feel so sorry for THQ. They put so much hype and buzz behind what was meant to be a great game, but reviewers are too busy playing Call of Duty to notice. Can't wait for the day Activision finally hits saturation point for this franchise and it finally goes under. T'will be the day the folks at PSXExtreme rejoice as they enjoy their rounds of Killzone 3, Resistence 3 and Battlefield 3!!

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I like when people criticize reviewers' scores and they haven't played the games themselves. Too bad reviews aren't done by gameplay vids and demos, huh? And what will you do if Ben doesn't rate Homefront higher than the 8.8(88 average is too high, in your opinion, right?) he gave Black Ops?

That being said, I've only had a chance to play an hour of Homefront but I've enjoyed the hell out of it. Powerful stuff story-wise and gameplay is solid.

sounds like thq brought a medicore game to an already crowded genre and paid the price.

4 hours in? So going by all the reviews I've read, you should have another hour or less before you finish the main campaign. $10 an hour is to much to pay for a single player experience I was looking forward to. I'll buy the game later, but for now I'll play something else.

I'm tired of FPS.

I haven't gotten that far with the Black Ops campaign..Kinda gave up and went back on Bad Company 2, I find the MP is much less stressful and more enjoyable!

I've been enjoying Homefront so far. I couldn't get on to the servers to try out the MP but the campaign isn't too bad. I did like the shout out to "Red Dawn" in in part of the second mission.

Well I for one think the game looks interesting and on that alone have, as we speak, got the game whizzing towards me via Royal Mail (yes I'm in the UK =]).

I'm not too dependent on critics reviews because everyone has their own tastes and like many of you have said, just because it's not COD doesn't mean it's crap! After all since when has COD been the FPS that everything has to be judged by?

I don't comment often, even though I've had an account for over a year, I'll have to make more of an effort. I read all the articles though, good job guys. Best PS(insert console here) review site and without bias!

The multiplayer's good fun!