History YMMV / HomeFront

** Not to mention what happens when the Resistance base is attacked. There are a large number of children in it. The KPA KILL ALL OF THEM.

* HarsherInHindsight: Old newspaper articles in the game talk about the GKR deliberately destroying a Japanese nuclear power plant. Homefront had the unfortunate timing of being released right in the middle of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan--in Japan, it was released during the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accidents that resulted from the tsunami.

* CriticalDissonance: 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).

* UnfortunateImplications: The North Korean forces are treated as effectively CommieNazis, but the atrocities committed by their forces may be TruthInTelevision. To balance things out a bit, later levels have you killing xenophobic Korean-hating Americans in addition to having a Korean American teammate from the beginning.
** Creator/ChristopherHitchens noted on his own trip to NorthKorea that this is basically TruthInTelevision, given NorthKorea's extremely racist propaganda.
--->'''Hitchens:''' [[http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2010/02/a_nation_of_racist_dwarfs.html Unlike previous racist dictatorships, the North Korean one has actually succeeded in producing a sort of new species. Starving and stunted dwarves, living in the dark, kept in perpetual ignorance and fear, brainwashed into the hatred of others, regimented and coerced and inculcated with a death cult: This horror show is in our future, and is so ghastly that our own darling leaders dare not face it and can only peep through their fingers at what is coming.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: The writers of ''Homefront'' actually predicted the actual cause as well as the time of Kim Jong-Il's death more or less right (arguably they were only off by a couple of weeks). So far they were wrong about Kim Jong-Un being a dangerously competent and charismatic EvilGenius, but the decade is still young.
** They were also right in predicting Kim Jong-Un's ability to manhandle the Generals opposed to him and more or less re-assert his control over the previously dysfunctional and uncontrollable military.
* InferredHolocaust: Judging by some of the gameplay videos, backstory, and trailers, it appears that the Greater Korean Republic army kills everyone indiscriminately when they invaded the United States. Their occupied Asian states like Japan probably suffered the same fate as well.
** Of course, like the Imperial Japan expansion, there are going to be quislings in the occupied United States who want to save their own asses or get themselves out of the bad economic situation.

* ParanoiaFuel:
** A majority of the events in this game could actually happen in real life. In fact, Kim Jong-II 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 conquerer that he is in this game.

* ParanoiaFuel: A majority of the events in this game could actually happen in real life.
** In fact, Kim Jong-II 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.
*** Well good news, he seems to be more or less like his dad in terms of running things (ie not well)

* WhatAnIdiot: The Nobel committee give Kim-Jong Um a Nobel Peace Prize for peacefully reuniting Korea. Five years later, the Greater Korean Republic invades Japan.

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: A substantial portion of articles have been written about the game being racist against Asians because the North Koreans have invaded the USA. Ironically, a fifth of the game is devoted to killing racists against Asians.

** The Nobel Peace Prize has actually been a [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18382_the-6-most-baffling-nobel-prizes-ever-awarded.html meaningless joke]] for a while. Arafat won it for deciding to retire from genocide, Al Gore won it for "environmentalism" despite being a notorious polluter, and Obama won it for... what exactly?

* EmotionalTorque: ''The VERY first level'' where the two KPA soldiers kill the screaming child's parents and possibly him pretty much convinces the player to kill every single KPA soldier ever.

* Inferred Holocaust: Judging by some of the gameplay videos, backstory, and trailers, it appears that the Greater Korean Republic army kills everyone indiscriminately when they invaded the United States. Their occupied Asian states like Japan probably suffered the same fate as well.

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: A substantial portion of articles have been written about the game being racist against Asians because the North Koreans have invaded the USA. Ironically, a fifth of the game is devoted to killing racists against Asians.

* VillainSue: Kim Jong-Un. On one hand, he manages to take a backwater, underdeveloped pariah of a nation and uses it to gain control of South Korea (presumably in a sufficiently subversive, non-violent manner that he credibly gets the Nobel Peace Prize for doing so), takes over several major neighboring nations, and build up the Korean army to the point that it's able to successfully take over the United States. On the surface, this looks like [[TheDraka Draka]]-level hypercompetency. And that part about reunifying Korea non-violently under his rule? Yeah, he does that in one year.\\

* CompleteMonster: Kim Jong-un. Launching a large-scale war onto the US, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths overnight, the Mississippi River being irradiated, and the land west of the Mississippi being subject to his nation's rule. With virtually every major event in the game, another [[MoralEventHorizon irredeemable crime]] gets added to his every-increasing list, such as the very first level where the KPA kill a screaming child's parents and possibly the child as well, to the mass graves where all of the re-education subjects were systematically executed lay, to bombarding Montrose after your actions against them, and to destroying a Resistance, killing everyone, many of which are children, doubling as two crimes done at once, he just becomes more and more of a monster as the series progresses.

** ChristopherHitchens noted on his own trip to NorthKorea that this is basically TruthInTelevision, given NorthKorea's extremely racist propaganda.

* MoralEventHorizon: The North Koreans cross it in the opening level and keep going.

** If you had any sympathy for the North Koreans after the opening level, it was lost by the time you find [[spoiler: a mass grave where all of the re-education subjects were systematically executed and put into a gigantic pile to be forgotten.]] Did we mention you had to [[spoiler: lay down in the corpses to hide from them]]?

* VillainSue: Kim Jong-Un. On one hand, he manages to take a backwater, underdeveloped pariah of a nation and uses it to gain control of South Korean (presumably in a sufficiently subversive, non-violent manner that he credibly gets the Nobel Peace Prize for doing so), takes over several major neighboring nations, and build up the Korean army to the point that it's able to successfully take over the United States. On the surface, this looks like [[TheDraka Draka]]-level hypercompetency. And that part about reunifying Korea non-violently under his rule? Yeah, he does that in one year.\\

On the other hand, there are mitigating factors. The United States (as well as other major world powers) had been weakened by a global economic crisis. In the case of the U.S., the situation was so bad that the states were given autonomy and were just a few steps away from civil war. The Asian Bird Flu epidemic only made things worse. One in-game newspaper article notes that when Canada closed its borders to the U.S. (thus requiring a visa to enter), there were also new laws requiring permits for food, materials, medicine, and other supplies. The implication is that a lot of people were trying to leave the country--and this is all before the GKR fried almost every non-hardened piece of electronic hardware in North America with an EMP.\\

The {{Irony}} is that the real life's Kim Jong-Un's rule is the complete opposite of the events that lead up to the game's plot: reports are, he's driving the nation even more into the ground, with a new famine on the rise and droves of soldiers are running to the borders due to lack of food even for the military. And rather than the world looking the other way, they're cracking down hard on North Korea; even China, their biggest ally, is willing to let the nation hang.

On the other hand, there are mitigating factors. The United States (as well as other major world powers) had been weakened by a global economic crisis. In the case of the U.S., the situation was so bad that the states were given autonomy and were just a few steps away from civil war. The Asian Bird Flu epidemic only made things worse. One in-game newspaper article notes that when Canada closed its borders to the U.S. (thus requiring a visa to enter), there were also new laws requiring permits for food, materials, medicine, and other supplies. The implication is that a lot of people were trying to leave the country--and this is all before the GKR fried almost every non-hardened piece of electronic hardware in North America with an EMP.
** Somewhat funny is that the real life's Kim Jong-un's rule is the complete oppostive of the events that lead up to the game's plot. Reports are he's driving the nation even more into the ground with a new famine on the rise and drove of solders are running to the boarders due to not even the militarily is getting food. And rather than the world look the other way they're cracking down hard on North Korea even China there biggest allied is willing to let the nation hang.

On the other hand, there are mitigating factors. The United States (as well as other major world powers) had been weakened by a global economic crisis. In the case of the U.S., the situation was so bad that the states were given autonomy and were just a few steps away from civil war. The Asian Bird Flu epidemic only made things worse. One in-game newspaper article notes that when Canada closed its borders to the U.S. (thus requiring a visa to enter), there were also new laws requiring permits for food, materials, medicine, and other supplies. The implication is that a lot of people were trying to leave the country--and this is all before the GKR fried almost every non-hardened piece of electronic hardware in North America with an EMP.

* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/homefront/images/thumb/7/72/Kim.jpg/180px-Kim.jpg This]] is Kim Jong-Un in ''Homefront.'' [[http://pikigeek.com/files/2011/03/kju.jpg This]] is Kim Jong-Un in Real Life.
* HollywoodTactics: Usually averted; shortly after Jacobs' rescue by the Resistance, the cell comes across KPA infantry on the ground, with an MG on the second floor, which is more or less right out of the playbook. [[spoiler:After Arnie betrays the cell, the KPA keeps Hopper and Connor pinned down on the ground with an MG, while troops move to flank on the second floor.]] Basically, if Jacobs couldn't WalkItOff, he'd be dead.
** A dev diary makes a point of noting how the Resistance always operates in cells, so if one is compromised, they won't jeopardize the rest. This is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_cell a strategic decision with a long and effective history]], most noticeable in the WW2 French Resistance.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: If you ''really'' hate the GKR, the survivalists would love to put a smile on your face.
** Which is probably why they wrote the survivalists also doing equally bad things to Asian-Americans and trying to do the same to your ActionGirl sidekick plus...well... ''you.''