Crytek teams with THQ for new Homefront title

looking forward to it :)

Posted:A year ago

Its a shame the Kaos team did not get a chance to take the franchise to the next level.
I though the game was good, well done and nicely setup though it was a little short for the single player.
It has some shortcomings like most games but honestly it was a solid title and they deserved the chance to keep working at it

Posted:A year ago

I haven't played either but considering the general clamour around Crysis 2's singleplayer and the general disappointment around Homefront's singleplayer.... If they can marry the franchise to the quality of game Crytek can produce (along with the tech) then i think they will have a very strong game - obviously, sales might be impacted by people unhappy with their previous purchase.... which might complicate matters.

Posted:A year ago

Kaos Studios was based in New York. All that NY rent and all those NY salaries played a role in THQ's decision I'm sure. Crytek is a talented developer, but I hope this doesn't come at the expense of the future of the Crysis IP.

Posted:A year ago

I would guess Crysis 3 is safe, what I worry about more is this may be at the expense of Crytek UK getting a crack at Timesplitters 4.

Posted:A year ago

Excited to see the results of this partnership. Btw, how big is Crytek? They are working in a lot of franchises at the same time. Some for Microsoft, THQ and EA. Isnt this too much?

Posted:A year ago

How big is Crytek? Staff counts are listed on the studio pages on our website. The current tally is 629.

Posted:A year ago

Point taken, everyone. Sorry if I failed to look at things from every angle. I guess it's the fact that I was actually rather impressed with what Kaos had accomplished with Homefront and thought they deserved another chance, that's all.

Edited 1 times. Last edit by Zidaya Zenovka on 20th September 2011 9:54pm

Posted:A year ago

What about the Crytek engine Zidders?
Crytek is more than a FPS developer.

Posted:A year ago

Also it is not a team of 600 people, it is several teams of 100 or so people I guess, as evidensed by the fact that they are working on multiple games and an engine at once. As for Crysis being humdrum, you are entitled to that opinion, but they don't need to make you as an individual happy, as they made a lot others happy with it. It's like people knocking MW. I personally don't like CoD but I figure it's not made for me so it doesn't matter. Loved crysis 2 though.

Posted:A year ago

I am having a great deal of trouble processing this information

Posted:A year ago

Homefront looked to me like that one-of-a-kind game that you should never sequel. Then again, The Avengers looked like a really good game and they canned it. I wonder what's up on THQ suit's minds.

Posted:A year ago

Homefront was/is a decent game overall, but the focus SHOULD have been more on the single player campaign, characters and story, as there were a few memorable moments that would have been even better had more time been spent fleshing things out.

I hope Crytek can use some of the Kaos team that worked on the original and whip up something deeper and a lot more interesting along the lines of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Metro 2033 games as opposed to another great looking but brain-dead action FPS...

We shall see, I guess...

Posted:A year ago

Although zombie brains seem to be the flavour of the charts atm. Yummm brains

Posted:A year ago

THQ and Crytek seem to be growing a lot past year(s).
i was positively surprised by Homefront. The setting was nice and it felt like more than just a cod clone.
THQ is appearing a lot more on my radar than in the past.
Good luck at the Crytek team.

Posted:A year ago

Hopefully THQ in the contact meeting didn't throw down a copy of modern warfare 2 followed up be "Copy that!"

Anyways, sad that Kaos couldn't take the game further.

Posted:A year ago

Both titles sucked ass.

Posted:A year ago