Homefront: The Revolution

This game has some of the least likeable characters that I've ever seen. It's a decent Farcry style game. But.
The real reason to play this game is for the HD TimeSplitters2 port.
Full game code. RC+Q, RC+Q, E, RC+2, LC+1, LC+G, RC+R, RC+R, LC+T, RC+X

Pro gaming tips on getting the most out of your Homefront: The Revolution experience:
1. Buy at a steep discount
2. Download Timesplitters 2 Redux
3. Run Timesplitters 2 Redux installer IMPORTANT: Make sure "Remove Homefront Game Files" is checked
4. Install Timesplitters 2 Redux
5. Game on

I honestly couldn't care less about Homefront: The Revolution, but the game contains an easter egg in the form of playable TimeSplitters 2. Normally it's just two story levels available from an arcade machine in-game, but either with cheats or with mods (TS2Redux) you can play the whole full version of TimeSplitters 2 natively on PC, with mouse and keyboard support. Story, Arcade, Challenges and all that. The mod also allows you to launch TS2 directly, skipping the Homefront menus, or even to remove Homefront files, leaving only TimeSplitters 2 installed.
So my recommendation is for "TimeSplitters 2 Redux", which is a great and funny console FPS. This "easter egg" alone makes buying Homefront: The Revolution worth it, especially at a discount.

This game includes a full port of the 2002 game "Timesplitters 2" remastered in 4k. The full content can be unlocked by downloading the Timesplitters 2 Redux installer (a mod for the game) from the project's GitHub, which will allow you to immediately access all of Timesplitters 2 and party like it's 2002 all over again.
I bought the game simply for this. I haven't actually played Homefront: The Revolution, I bought the game specifically to recapture nostalgia from more than a dozen years ago which still holds up today.
Thank you, Free Radical, for making this happen.

Not as bad as people say. At times the writing can be weak, and mechanically it's like a stripped down version of Far Cry. But the gunplay and player movement are solid. Enemy AI is servicable, and the story does have it's strong points. It does have a minimalist "crafting" system, which I personally like, but it's not complex enough where it takes you out of the action and bogs you down in some attempt at a crafting minigame, but does allow basic upgrades to weapons and player abilities, which is a nice touch.

If I may go a little off track... as someone who has a friend or two in the game journalism world, allegedly lot of the early reviews on this were from "certain" reviews with "certain" political biases were calling this the worst shooter ever made because they had a problem with the player killing authoritarian communists. Or they may have received money from groups tied to a "certain" country (not North Korea). Ultimately speculation, but i've seen some interesting info.

Anyway, the game itself is fine. Could have been much better if it had a bigger budget. Like a said, a poor man's far cry. 3.5/5 If it's under $10, give it a shot,

Crazy how this PC Port of Timesplitters 2 has so much bloatware, thankfully i can get rid of that and just play the game.

Considering i got this for £4 on humble. my expectations were low.
It's just a bit sad to me it's essentially a far cry clone.
if you can buy on a large discount like me i'd say it's worth the money. but at full price. probably not.
I wish steam had a mixed option for reviews.
6/10