Homefront multiplayer: Fresh enough to dethrone CoD?

CVG: I could have been a contender.

I could have been a hero of the frontline; a gung-ho beast whose clattering assault rifle was the last thing that ever flashed in my enemy's eyes.

I could have been a legendary marksman, perched on high in my sniper's nest, popping craniums from distance like a surgeon of the battlefield.

But I am neither of those things. I'm tits-down in a mossy, dank cement pipe, grit in my face and woodlice wriggling in my hair. I'm panic-stricken, but I've dodged the heat of the battle, instead rather pathetically sheltering on the outskirts of warfare.

[SasanovaS1987]

no

[DingDangDoo]

Did Fuel Of War do anything to COD ?

Homefront wont either. Dont listen to the hype, The game will be terrible.

[Phenix_Rising]

Frontlines came out a few months after COD4, COD wasn't nearly as popular as it is now until COD4 so it's hard to say. If a Frontlines 2 was released around the same time as WaW it would be a better judgment. Frontlines must have done something to COD as people still play it on XBL every day, and I'm one of them.

What's sad is a small studio such as Kaos with a low budget game like Frontlines can have dedicated server and support 50 players on XBL with very little lag. Yet a multimillion dollar publisher backing up COD studios can't even run 16 players without lag, and still to this day after all the money they made, still not have dedicated servers.

[DirtyLary]

trolling trolling trolling rawhide!

[DingDangDoo]

Not Trolling, Its bound to be an updated Fuel Of War, And that game was shitty.

So you go out and spend £40 on it, It will be £3.99 in Tesco 6 months down the line, Just like Fuel Of War was.

[jizzyjones]

Fresh? No Dethrone COD? No

[jaosobno]

The game itself looks terrible, I wouldn't count on this crap becoming a hit.

Plus I'm really sick of this Team America vs Russians/Koreans/Germans/Arabs crap, it got old loooong time ago.

[MidnytRain]

Here we go, people calling games crap before they're even released. Ugh.. So mainstream..

[Marked]

I'm cynical and condescending Ugh... I'm mainstream too..

Its not hard to see a pile of crap after you've stepped in one several times.

Hope floats and so does some crap!

[MidnytRain]

@Marked
There is nothing wrong with not having an interest in an upcoming game. But it just doesn't make sense to say it's BAD when you haven't played it. That's like saying a movie sucks based on trailers and sneak-peaks before you even see it. Some people said Borderlands would flop. Some people said Batman: Arkham Asylum would flop. I'm not all too surprised to see that both of those games did well commercially and critically, despite of the negative pre-release comments from people who hadn't played it.

[galgor]

It won't. This is a new IP vs an established +$1 billion yearly selling franchise.

[radphil]

It doesn't seem fresh tbh.

It just sounds like Frontlines in a different perspective.

[Solbadguy]

Not a good way to start off by having console exclusive content. At least MW was the same on all platforms to begin with.

[theEx1Le]

wasn't there a "delay" getting MW1's dlc to ps3 or something like that? I dunno coz i had it on the 360 at the time but recall one of my friends saying it was ages after the xbox got it that the ps3 got it.

[Solbadguy]

Guess I'm wrong. I probably forgot cause it was a long time ago or that It wasn't being talked about as much back then on N4G or both.

[MARKUS_MAX1MUS]

short answer: No

Long Answer: No, but who gives a fuck? COD is the new kids corner on xbox live. Id rather play this even though it probably wont be as good as the hype it will be better than any COD game.

[LunaticBrandon]

Can we please just stop? Nothing is going to dethrone CoD, unfortunately.

[Ashby_JC]

Not gonna dethrone it in sales.

But in other areas I see it having advantages.

Im interested in the game and will rent for sure and gauge the level of sales as to warrant a purchase.

If it can get like 500k in sales thats good enough to get a followin in MP.

Im curious about the chat system. As I feel BFBC2 let me down in that dept.

[Shackdaddy836]

Its not going to dethrone it. I would give that job either to Crysis 2 or BF3. Both seem like they have the ability and the hype.

This game looks really fun though. I like the different aspects (escalating technology as the game progresses, etc)