Shimmying along a makeshift walkway halfway up a building and using a pair of bolt cutters to get through an access panel is genuinely satisfying, even if your ultimate goal is a hacking puzzle you've performed numerous times already. The Revolution's level design not only gives each zone its own identity, but helps transform objectives into mini platforming puzzles, at points reminiscent of Half Life 2's City 17. In a game that's all about capturing different flavours of outpost - hack this thing here, kill everyone in this location here - that's hugely important. While your activities in each sector are largely the same every time, the varying atmosphere and layout helps keep things from going stale. The benefit of structuring the city this way is that each zone feels distinct. Digital Foundry will be along in the near future with a closer look at all versions. We reviewed Homefront: The Revolution on PC, though Deep Silver did give us access to PS4 and Xbox One versions, both of which look to have performance issues. The yellow zones form Philadelphia's population centres, each one just waiting to be stirred into open rebellion. Red zones are restricted areas swarming with guards and not much else, creating a buffer around the far more interesting yellow zones. Shying away from being a true open world, Philadelphia is carved into a series of zones. Most importantly, it's a city that knows its own limits - no pun intended.
It feels more populated and vibrant than The Division's New York, while a series of ramshackle walkways installed by the resistance make it genuinely fun to traverse. Sketchy setup aside, it's a city worth taking Homefront's representation of Philadelphia is genuinely praiseworthy. Weapon customisation is really well implemented. You play as the resistance's newest recruit in Philadelphia, rising through the ranks to help take the city back. A small band of fighters is ready to do what's necessary - even dressing up like Avril Lavigne fans - to liberate the masses, which is where you come in. North Korean forces - the KPA - obligingly invade in order to help keep the peace, only to turn into a dictatorial occupying force.īleak as things seem, hope remains. With massive debts, a crippled infrastructure and, presumably, no warranty, America is in a spot of bother. In time, pretty much everything in America - from consumer technology to military equipment - is North Korean made, so you can imagine how much of a pain it is when they flip a secret kill switch and turn all that technology off in one go. In the not-too distant future, North Korea starts selling really great electronics and the United States can't get enough. The premise of Homefront: The Revolution is typically nonsensical, hinging around the world's most convoluted invasion plan.
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