----The Story----
In Crysis 2 aliens attack the world...blah blah...nothing really exciting.
In Homefront the story is much more important, after the initial video sequence you kinda can't wait anymore to start killing your enemies. the story plays a few years in the future where (the re-united) Korea invades the USA, it starts with you being arrested by korean soldiers....you end up handcuffed in a bus where you can't do anything but look out of the window while being driven through the destroyed city. you see how people are deported, beaten to death, in one scene a couple is executed by soldiers while their little kid stands besides them and have to watch it....really heavy stuff, but for me a good game needs to involve the player emotionally. at the end of the sequence the bus is rammed off the street and you are freed by the resistance.....while getting away you of course kill a korean soldier, so now you are a part of the resistance.
--- The Gameplay---
Crysis 2 runs more stable, in Homefront there are sometimes lags, but luckily only in the video sequences and not in battles, while Crysis 2 runs absolutely smooth (but I have seen a bug where a helicopter stands like glued into the air without the rotor moving).
the controls are as in every standard FPS, in Crysis 2 you just have a few extra keys for the suit control.
--- The Graphics ---
For most people the most important, for me not that much actually.
The new Cryengine is simply unbeatable at the moment, super slick graphics and extremely detailed textures, and of course loads of blooming:
Honefront is far away from being that perfect, it reminds me a little of S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Fear2:
it's clear that Crysis 2 is the absolute winner when it comes to graphics quality, but still I am not really satisfied with it: for me it all looks too slick and beautiful, even dirt looks like it was polished, takes away the atmosphere for me.
--- Conclusion ---
Hard to say which one is the better game because even when both are FPS games they are not the same category. for me Crysis 2 is almost like an arcade game, while Homefront goes more into the RPG direction.
Actually it's good to have both, because Crysis 2 is much fun because of the astonishing graphics performance while Homefront points with the grim story.
both a 7-8/10 for me.
imo the best part of the whole series is still the good old original Far Cry. Crysis 2 has surely a lot of cool effects and stuff, but it can not compete with the top dog CoD Black Ops at all. it's a nice game, but nothing you would play twice.
