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Hi Friends,

I've been replaying Homefront lately. Its a great game, but has a very short storyline.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/55100/Homefront/

What I like most:

  • intense firefights, giant explosions
  • good storyline
  • genuinely horrifying atmosphere with mass graves, rubble everywhere, a horrifying police state with North Koreans occupying the US. It's not hard to feel like a resistance fighter protecting your homeland
  • linear gameplay with a balance of brute force and tactics, skewed towards making things go boom
  • not set too far in the future, no giant humanoid mech robots
  • abundant ammo
  • runs on Linux with no stupid sign-ins or subscriptions beyond Steam

I've done some poking around online and it sounds like Ghost Recon: Wildlands hits a few of those points and might suit me.

I can search for alternatives myself, but I'm really looking for some recommendations from real people

Hardware requirements shouldn't be an issue, and I don't object to slightly older games either, especially if they're just old enough that I can scoop up the game and DLC in one bundle.

Other games I liked:

  • Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl
  • Blood and Bacon
  • Crysis

I appreciate any recommendations you give me.

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[–] njordomir@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You got me interested now. 5-10 years ago I drove out to Seattle and set up camp outside of Bozeman, MT for the night to save on hotel costs. Slept on top of my car under the open star filled sky. I still think Montana is one of my top 5 most beautiful states. I'm curious to see it represented in a video game.

5 years ago or so I also stayed in Montrose, CO where much of Homefront takes place. They captured the vibe fairly well.

[–] glitching@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

I envy you - I wish I could wipe my memory and replay it for the first time

"keep your rifle by your side..."