History YMMV / HomeFront

* MemeticMutation: Since Japan is replacing every reference to Korea with a "Northern Country", {{Canada|Eh}} is apparently the greatest threat in the known world.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Kim Jong Un]] takes over UsefulNotes/NorthKorea after his father's death, uniting the country with South Korea to form the [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny Greater Korean Republic]] and ruling over its people with an iron fist. He would also forcibly annex numerous countries throughout Asia before setting his sights on the United States of America, launching an invasion to take over the country. Under his rule, he {{brainwash}}es his subjects into worshipping him; those who refuse to submit are sent to [[POWCamp re-education camps]] where they are systematically killed, with mass graves containing thousands of corpses.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What some reviews said about the game's single player, arguing that the entire occupied US thing could had been explored in greater detail, along with more character development, but was nudged aside for [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare C]][[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps O]][[VideoGame/CallOfDuty D]] style gameplay and game mechanics, putting the campaign into SoOkayItsAverage territory. They were much more positive about the multiplayer, though. It becomes an even more egregious offense with the release of ''VideoGame/HomefrontTheRevolution'', which sees a complete ContinuityReboot of the game instead of a proper sequel to the original story.

* AcceptablePoliticalTargets: North Koreans, survivalists, and ultra-patriots, to name a few. For North Korea, this was actually an EnforcedTrope - originally the game was going to have the much more plausible scenario of China invading, but it was feared that this would get it banned there.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Compared to its contemporaries, ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' and ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'', ''Homefront'' is an ''extremely'' dark and depressing game (the introduction scene in the first level doesn't help). The main characters are {{anti hero}}es at best, the villains are among the worst monsters you encounter in any kind of game, and watching what happens in the game tends to provoke nihilism rather than attachment.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Compared to its contemporaries, ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' and ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'', ''Homefront'' is an ''extremely'' dark and depressing game (the introduction scene in the first level doesn't help). The main characters are {{anti hero}}es at best, and the villains are among the worst monsters you encounter any kind of game, and watching what happens in the game tends to provoke nihilism rather than attachment.

* CriticProof: The game only got mixed reviews from the critics, which contributed to a 20% drop in THQ stocks. The game is THQ's most pre-ordered game, selling 375,000 copies on the first day (pretty impressive for a new IP by a game company that's not Activision or EA games), topped the UK charts until ''Crysis 2'' came out and is still in the top ten, and recently surpassed one million units in sales worldwide (all in one week). However due to cost it didn't make that much in terms of net profit.

** ''Film/TheInterview'' has North Korea beating the war drums and threatening terrorist attacks even on foreign film festivals that dared mention the movie. Whether or not they would be a legitimate threat it's enough for experts to be concerned.
** There's a variant of the bird flu from Asia that is claiming a large number of lives. Come 2020 with the [[UsefulNotes/CoronavirusDisease2019Pandemic COVID-19 pandemic]].

** The United States in the game is depicted as a broken-down shell of its former self with riots and civil unrest as well as an economic crisis and a widespread pandemic of the bird flu. Ten years after its release, eerily similar events have occurred in real life such as the chaos and destruction related to the Black Lives Matter movement in numerous American cities and a recession caused by the pandemic.

** In the storyline, Kim Jong-il dies in 2012. The real life Kim Jong-il died in 2011, nine months after the game's release and just 14 days before 2012. Sounds creepy enough…

** Incidentally, diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea, while already very poor, have worsened due to this pandemic.
** The United States in the game is depicted as a broken-down shell of its former self with riots and civil unrest as well as an economic crisis and a widespread pandemic of the bird flu. Ten years after its release, eerily similar events have occurred in real life such as the chaos and destruction related to Black Lives Matter in numerous American cities and a recession caused by the coronavirus.

* CriticProof: The game only got mixed reviews from the critics, which contributed to a 20% drop in THQ stocks. The game is THQ's most pre-ordered game, selling 375,000 copies on the first day (pretty impressive for a new IP by a game company that's not Activision or EA games), topped the UK charts until Crysis 2 came out and is still in the top ten, and recently surpassed one million units in sales worldwide (all in one week). However due to cost it didn't make that much in terms of net profit.
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Compared to its contemporaries, ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' and ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'', ''Homefront'' is an ''extremely'' dark and depressing game (the introduction scene in the first level doesn't help). The main characters are {{anti hero}}es at best, and the villains are among the worst monsters you encounter any kind of game, and watching what happens in the game tends to provoke nihilism rather than attachment.

** In the storyline, Kim Jong Il dies in 2012. The real life Kim Jong II died in 2011, nine months after the game's release. Sounds creepy enough…

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What some reviews said about the game's single player, arguing that the entire occupied US thing could had been explored in greater detail, along with more character development, but was nudged aside for [[VideoGame/ModernWarfare C]][[VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps O]][[VideoGame/CallOfDuty D]] style gameplay and game mechanics, putting the campaign into SoOkayItsAverage territory. They were much more positive about the multiplayer, though.
** It becomes an even more egregious offense with the release of ''VideoGame/HomefrontTheRevolution'', which sees a complete ContinuityReboot of the game instead of a proper sequel to the original story.

* ParanoiaFuel: A majority of the events in this game could actually happen in real life. In fact, Kim Jong-Il died on December 17, 2011--so very close to the date of his death in ''Homefront''[='=]s timeline. Just like in ''Homefront'', Kim Jong-Un succeeded him. Cue a MassOhCrap from ''Homefront''[='=]s fans. However, he seems to be more or less like his dad in terms of running things (not particularly well) instead of the brilliant conqueror that he is in this game.

* AcceptablePoliticalTargets: North Koreans, survivalists, and ultra-patriots, to name a few.

** In the storyline, Kim Jong Il dies in 2012. The real life Kim Jong died nine months after the game's release. Sounds creepy enough…
** The Arab Spring, picking up when the game was released, has resulted with Iranians and Saudis trying to exert influence on key countries (Bahrain being one). Wikileaks reveals of Saudis pushing for a war with Iran, and the worsening relations between Iran and the West also took place around the same period. The world even came close to a war between America and Iran after the death of Qassim Suleimani with UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump almost ordering airstrikes on radar and missile facilities until he backed off at the last minute.

* HarsherInHindsight: The game has chillingly prophetic thanks to several real-life events in the coming years happening very similarly to the backstory.

** In the storyline, Kim Jong Il dies in 2012. He actually died on December 17, 2011. Sounds creepy enough…

** The United States in the game is depicted as a broken-down shell of its former self with riots and civil unrest as well as an economic crisis and a widespread pandemic of the bird flu. Nearly ten years after its release, eerily similar events have occurred in real life such as the chaos and destruction related to Black Lives Matter in numerous American cities and a recession caused by the coronavirus.

* SpiritualAdaptation: Crosses over a bit with HilariousInHindsight, as the game came out first, but this game could easily pass for an adaptation of ''Film/RedDawn2012''. It also helps that the writer John Milius also wrote the movie and the game.