Homefront The Revolution: Aftermath DLC (Xbox One)

More DLC that very few people even played, but this one gives good news. It's a continuation of the story, which means we're less likely to get a sequel!

Whats crazy, is that the two DLC's for Homefront: The Revolution have both been enjoyable, far more so than the actual game. Another huge improvement is that Brady talks in this one, making you question why they chose to have a silent protagonist throughout at all.

This starts out with the revolution wanting to kill Walker, even though "the whole revolution depends on him" in the original story. That's how finicky the revolution actually is. Walker is reading speeches the KPA are telling him to, about stopping the revolution. Your allies don't even think, "hang on, maybe they're forcing him to read this?", "No, are you stupid?! KILL HIM NOW!". They don't think, they act, even if it's stupid.

Again, we have a short story, only four missions and I could never tell when a new one started. They just sort of blended into one big mission, it meant the story actually flowed along nicely. The revolution immediately revoke their plans to kill Walker, once you tell them to use their tiny brains and say maybe there's a chance he's being forced into it and you're gonna try and rescue him.

After trying to rescue Walker throughout the original game, we practically never saw him again, whereas we're actually trying to rescue him here, instead of just saying we need to rescue him. We have stealth and gun battles, as well as a rescue mission, it's a really nice variation. The final fight seemed to be an endless wave of enemies, while you had to fight a Goliath at the same time. It was challenging, which was fine, but when the only way to kill a Goliath is with equipment and explore weapons and you're not given any, it's pretty much impossible to finish it. I ended having to restart the whole DLC and prepare myself for the Goliath in advance, just to get it done.

In conclusion, I admire that they actually continued and added to the story, rather than some piece of shit cash in. With one more DLC to play, I'm actually looking forward to it after the previous two, and I'm now left to believe we won't get a sequel, which leaves me with a huge smile! :)

3.2/5