Remember Homefront: The Revolution? The grey and brown semi-open world shooter launched near the end of May, but it already feels like the title's long been swept away into the forgotten annals of video game history. Still, it's kind of nice to know that developer Dambuster Studios hasn't abandoned the release just yet, as a new performance boosting patch is out now on PlayStation 4.
At launch, the game suffered from various technical issues, including a wildly unstable frame rate. According to Digital Foundry, however, the title now runs more smoothly thanks to the latest update. The publication points out that the frame rate has generally been upped on Sony's console, making for a less juddery experience - but it's still far from perfect.
"It's still prone to running as low as 17fps in its opening cut-scene, while gameplay outdoors operates between 20-30fps," the article states. "In these worst passages of play, we're looking at almost identical performance to how the title stood pre-patch. In short, there are still some profound bottlenecks the developer hasn't been able to address."
Not quite there, then, but we thought that we'd let you lot know all the same. Did you buy Homefront? Did you enjoy it? Is this patch good news? Take back what's yours in the comments section below.
[source eurogamer.net]
Comments 5
I bought it on release (stupid me) and though I enjoyed it for the first 10 hours or so, despite the awful framerate and autosave freezes, when I got to the zone with the huge progression halting bug, I obviously couldn't progress. Once that bug was patched I tried going back to the game, but I'd lost any kind of momentum I had and just couldn't bring myself to look past the glaring technical issues again. After deleting the game from my console I've barely even thought about the game, and though I'll probably go back to it during a severe game drought, I just can't face it yet.
Too little too late. With those post patch frame rates i will not waste my time even if offered free.
No matter how much horsepower you give developers, there's always gonna be someone who just can't get their game to run smoothly. I've been thinking about picking this one up, but only on PC, where I can mess with the graphics settings.
Bought it, sold it, may rent it down the line Lord knows, I loved the first title even though people gave it crap, but on this occasion I have to agree with the negativity.
So many great games were released in May so I never fell into the trapped of buying this absolute piece of garbage.
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