Tuesday, September 20th 2011
Homefront Sequel to be Given the Crytek High Quality Graphics Treatment
Homefront creator KAOS studios shut its doors in the summer, leaving the sequel without a developer - and players of the cliffhanger ending of the first game well, hanging. However, publisher THQ has hired Crysis 2 developer Crytek to develop the sequel (Homefront 2?) which is expected to be out in 2014 for PC and console platforms. This is perhaps unsurprising, as Crytek recently made a very impressive DX11 upgrade for Crysis 2, as reported by TechPowerUp (with video) so this appointment is likely to make the next Homefront visually exciting at least and will do its bit to help keep up the graphics quality of games written for the PC. I'm looking forward to their high quality DX11 graphics that will push our PC's to the limits and once more give us a reason for upgrading to the latest hardware. They now just need to concentrate on making the gameplay as good as those graphics.
Danny Bilson, EVP Core Games, THQ:
Source:
HEXUS
Selecting Crytek to take Homefront forward underscores our strategy of working with the industry's best talent. Homefront's unique setting and storyline captivated gamers the world over. With Crytek's industry leading technology and legendary experience in the FPS genre, we're supremely confident that the next Homefront will deliver that AAA-quality experience that players demand.And Cevat Yerli, Founder, CEO and President of Crytek:
We see Homefront as a really strong universe that has a lot of potential and that has been expertly created and marketed by THQ. We believe that bringing our level of quality, creativity and production values to the next Homefront title creates an opportunity for both THQ and Crytek to deliver a truly blockbuster game. It's really important to us that THQ has the faith in giving us a lot of creative freedom over one of its most important properties to allow us to bring the Homefront world to life in a new and innovative way.
19 Comments on Homefront Sequel to be Given the Crytek High Quality Graphics Treatment
Not too sure if I'm excited about Crytek deving the sequel though.
"Maximum 'Merica"
Multiplayer was good too. Never had I played a game which utilized UAV weaponry so well. But the trouble was it attracted a lot of MW people. They all tried to play it like MW when HF wasn't meant to be. Its more closer to BF gameplay than MW with more of a focus on using your unmanned vehicles well. Ton of people raged about snipers and such but never could figure out how to use their tools to get them. So Kaos tweaks it (nerfed the heck out of it), then MP gets ruined. Turns more into a MW rambofest.
Honestly I gave up on HF after the first patch. Game was so ruined that I just stayed in BC2. Hopefully Crytek can make it really happen the way it should have been.
basically PC gamers hardly noticed it
theres a few really good articles on the web, showing just how useless and screwed up that DX11 patch is.