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'Homefront' Updated Impressions
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Posted by Donster on: 2010-06-11 17:16:22 245
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We look at a future devastated United States in our latest preview of THQ's upcoming first-person shooter.
By Randolph Ramsay, GameSpot AU
It's the year 2027, and a resurgent North Korea has invaded the United States of America. The North Korean army--a force numbering in the millions and backed by the world's most advanced weaponry--has taken over the West Coast and, by deliberately irradiating the Mississippi with nuclear waste, has created a gigantic radioactive strip across the middle of the nation, making it impossible for the enfeebled and disorganised US Army to muster a decent counterattack from the East Coast. Millions of Americans are left to fend for themselves, forced to live in sheltered communities that are heavily camouflaged from spying North Korean patrols. The only hope comes from a small but dedicated group of resistance fighters who have banded together to retake the nation, one town at a time.
This is the America that you'll be fighting to retake in Homefront, an upcoming first-person shooter from developer Kaos Studios, whose previous effort was the energy-resource-focused Frontlines: Fuel of War. Kaos and publisher THQ recently showed off more of the game's single-player side at an event in New York and went into plenty of detail about just how North Korea would be able to invade the US. But before we go in-depth into how the Hermit State could possibly have the resources and manpower to take on the world's only remaining superpower, we'll take a look at some of the new levels Kaos showed off from the game.
Read on...
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