other Homefront: The Revolution trailer [UPDATE 4-26-16]

[Night Hunter]

The latest trailer for Deep Silver's upcoming Red Dawn revival FPS Homefront: The Revolution takes a closer look at the game's tools of the trade—“the trade” being shooting dudes, blowing things up, and getting away in one piece.

Weapons are modular, meaning you'll be able to customize them on the fly to best suit whatever sort of large-scale bloodshed you're looking to inflict. Scavenging and crafting will also be an important part of gameplay, although I'll admit to being a bit baffled as to why the creation of an “improvised chemical device” in the middle of a firefight requires any particular amount of cash. Maybe (probably) there's more to the system than is immediately apparent in the video.

It looks pretty decent, but fairly conventional as shooters go, although a trailer can't easily show off things like quality AI, interesting maps, or well-built set pieces. The “hearts and minds” bit at the end is a bit out of place, though: Is there going to be a mini-game that has you building schools and distributing food to the poor? “Norks” is still as silly as ever, too. 

Our January hands-on with the game made it sound like good fun, though, even if most of that fun comes from being kind of a jerk to your fellow freedom fighters. Homefront: The Revolution comes out on May 17.

 

Source http://www.pcgamer.com/homefront-the-revolution-trailer-teaches-guerrilla-warfare-101/

[Night Hunter]

It's Homefront: The Revolution's civilian population that interests me most. There's potential to get inside the minds of an oppressed people and explore the dynamics between an armed resistance, collaborators and those just trying to get on with their lives. Whether The Revolution can exploit that potential remains to be seen, but NPCs promise to be more than decoration.

The new 'Ignite' trailer alludes to the Hearts and Minds mechanic—you need to inspire uprising throughout oppressed Yellow Zones before the Korean People's Army can be forced out. In the process, zones will transition from martial law to open rebellion. Blowing up KPA infrastructure seems a less than subtle way to win the admiration of the people, but hey, it would work on me.

 

Source http://www.pcgamer.com/homefront-the-revolution-trailer-demos-the-power-of-the-people/

[Thule]

Dang, that looks really cool.  The ability to modify weapons on the fly is a unique twist.  I might have to give this one a spin when it comes out in May.

[Night Hunter]

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