Was Homefront Overhyped or Underrated?
‘Homefront’ was set to be THQ’s answer to Activision’s ‘Call of Duty’ and EA’s ‘Battlefield’ franchises. It was developed by a Kaos Studios, a developer which originally began life as a group of modders working on Battlefield 1942 modifications, so Kaos didn’t quite wear the same big boy pants as the likes of Infinity Ward, Treyarch and EA DICE. The first-person shooter sold a million units within ten days, so it wasn’t a complete failure. However, consumer and critical reaction was a lukewarm mix from bad to average and its online components were plagued with problems at launch. THQ has certainly created a recognizable franchise name, but is it one we can trust?
