Somehow the North Koreans have returned and invade America. Or more likely, the devs wanted an Indo-Pacific power invading America without offending said Indo-Pacific power.
Yes because an army where most soldiers are supplied 1950’s equipment and given less than 2000 calories a day can invade the US mainland. That does not take away from how cool this game is, it’s a neat concept!
Even if they are united, it will not address the issue of food shortages. They have the land to start farms. The problem lies in their budget plan. They spend money on the military instead of self-sufficiency
Well, they say art imitates life and America is declining in economics,education,finances,and even common sense not to mention Americans are some of the unhealthiest and depressed people out here. All empires have collapsed and went the same way in started...through war and bloodshed.All Imma say is...stay ready so you don't gotta get ready.
Actually, that entire premised sparked a fan theory of my own about Homefront: The Revolution. None of the occupying soldiers in the HF:TR use proper tactics, and while some may say that games don't really use actual squad tactics, my belief is that the Greater Korean Republic is in heavy decline. That is why a very incompetent resistance is able to get things like SAMs and actually beat them. Essentially, the Greater Korean Republic has to institute mass conscription to keep a huge country like the US occupied, but even then they can't properly do it. That is why the Greater Korean Republic, even with the world's best technology, cannot occupy a country who's resistance kills a mayor on live TV, and still somehow garners support.
@@mil0xcy or they wanted to echo the complete unexpected superpower ascendency (a Rome like scenario where a quite unexpexted contender becomes a superpower)
I remember enjoying this game a lot as a kid and was actually scared of North Korea until I realized later doing research that North Korea is still stuck in the mid 20th century and South Korea is one of our biggest allies who also hates the North
They aren't doing good either,they recently had to shrink their army squad size because of declining birth rates,also they have one of the highest household debt rate in the world.
Something weird about this game is how it says that Kim jong il dies In 2012. If y’all don’t know Kim jong Il died in December 20 2011 which was 24 days after this game released.
I love how all of the enemy soldiers immediately shout and jump into the open as soon as you come close to them. It's a time honoured tactic that I believe is called: "Yell and then get shot in the face several times." Which has helped countless video game armies lose wars against what amounts to the efforts of one pissed off guy, through the generations.
Other than the fact that NK would've overstretched their logistics the moment they stepped outside the Korean peninsula, let alone have the manpower to administer their new territories, this is a very interesting idea.
They really can do anything after invading the South, though. Then Japan, and then all neighboring countries. The logistics won't be the problem, they can sabotage or god knows whatever they do to acquire more resources to start invade US. The problem would be their people's loyalty in those invaded countries.
@@HafifSyukra No, the real problem would be (unified) Korea building an army capable of defeating the US army in its own turf, a navy capable of transporting and supplying that army across the pacific and defeating both the largest navy and airforce in the world to do that with a country less than a third the population and less than a 16th the GDP with no experience or capability to do operations or power projection capabilities on that scale. This is like Resident Evil monsters where 1 160 pound guy gets bitten by a critter and becomes an 800 pound monstrosity able to take antitank rockets to the face like a temporary inconvenience. *It's fantasy*. Hell, even China doing it might be a stretch, because invading the CONUS from another continent is like invading Russia during winter. The logistics alone make it damn near impossible, even without a strong opposing army.
I mean, the intro say they somewhat conquered hawaii Its a pretty strategic AA nest and good starting base to invade USA Im sure a small nuke would decimated hawaii and make it ready for north korea no problem
Originally China was meant to be the antagonist, as it made more sense, but publishers wouldn’t allow it because they wouldn’t be able sell the game in the Chinese market.
I like how Americans think they are unbeatable etc, but in real life cannot win in Vietnam or against some villagers from Afghanistan hiding in a cave lol
@@xXOxIdEXx and what do you think happened to the other world powers doing the same thing? France couldn't hold vietnam either. Afghanistan: every world power has tried and couldn't hold it. Iraq: same thing The difference is that those wars were modern powers trying conventional warfare against guerilla warfare. You cannot win against guerilla warfare with conventional warfare. US War of Independence/Revolutionary War: US wins against Greqt Britain using guerilla warfare against GB's conventional warfare at the time. In actual conventional warfare, the powers would win because that is what their armies are trained to do.
Yeah I think this dev team had potential tbh, this game wasn't the hot steaming pile of garbage everyone says it is. Obviously its not an AAA game and the writing and VA could be better but its not too bad.
@@DoctorDeath147 The backstory for the sequel is even more ridiculous. The DPRK leading the Digital Revolution, Kim il-Sung resigning and ultimately being taken over by Korean Steve Jobs, the Soviet Union surviving to the 21st Century, the War on Terror still occurring, John McCain becoming President, etc.
People are missing the point, it’s not that North Korea is invading our United States. In this world the US as a country was declining and dealing with massive civil unrest and economic strife. An EMP took out the infrastructure for a brief time and the North Koreans (who have spent like a decade building an empire similar to the Landmass of Imperial WW2 Japan) got lucky with a first strike. The only have like 1/3rd of the country occupied before it reached a stalemate with the US armed forces. It’s still unrealistic and laughable but the game attempted to amend this with some lore that the intro actually explains. A unified totalitarian state with a large army got lucky when the US was crippled.
@@thedetective3477 Apparently it was originally going to be China, but for real life reasons, regarding China not wanting to be viewed negatively, they had to make it North Korea instead. The same thing happened with the reboot of Red Dawn
I love how they gloss over how North Korea managed to overtake and unify South Korea, seems like an extremely unrealistic thing to happen, be it by force or diplomacy..
Yeah I read the prequel book which explains alot of things such as the economic strife the USA was going through and huge budget cuts which cut down the standard of living for most citizens, the GKR was going through a boom with lots of manufacturing coming through them
China : You wanna make money? Devs : Yes. China : Then change the enemy setting. You know. North Korea. Devs : Kinda ridiculous to me...... China : You said somethin? Devs : Nope! Nothing. (PS) holy shyit, Why did I get so many likes???
They didn't invade South Korea. It's explained Kim Jong-Un unified North and South Korea into the Greater Korean Republic which then executed missions to weaken countries for invasion. They sabotaged one of Japans nuclear power plants causing it to explode which paved the way for Korean annexation. What they did to Southeast Asian countries I don't think is ever explained but most likely very similar operations.
@@TheFacelessStoryMaker Even with this sabotage, Japan still has a formidable army and if we were to consider what Japan did in WW2 they would not surrender (Not in the way shown in the game)
This mission was actually really hard in comparison to other missions as the other missions had you taking on squads as guerrillas but this mission had you in an army, fighting another army
They would still be a communist regime since the north took over so wouldn’t the greater Korean republic apply the same things in the north to the south?
Originally you were supposed to fight the Chinese not the Koreans but due to possible backlash by the Chinese Ministry of Culture and the reality of economic interdependence between America and China that made the Chinese "not that scary," it was instead changed to the Koreans Edit: Seriously you two in this reply thread why you gotta argue about china and shit?
Played the hell out of this game when it came out. So underrated. The tone and atmosphere of the game are just excellent, and gameplay was solid. But it existed at a time when only COD and a little BF were allowed to do near-real-world settings in shooters, which is super unfortunate.
If memory serves, basically the same thing happened to this game during development that happened to the Red Dawn remake: China was planned to be the invading force, but because that would almost certainly result in the game/movie being banned in China, they went with a bonkers 'North Korea takes over most of southeast Asia and also becomes a global superpower' storyline.
@@jean8252 "Military supermen", lol, we have enough weapons to blow the world up 10 times, we just aren't animals. If our goal was to destroy them, we would've destroyed them.
I love how Homefront, the remake of red dawn, and Olympus has fallen made the bad guys North Koreans as if they have the means to even invade rhode island.
People are out here talking about how it's impossible for NK to invade the US, but the original enemy of the game was supposed to be China. The game makes more sense when you see it that way.
Even China can't invade the U.S but at least they are a far more plausible enemy than Korea which has been a subject of occupation for nearly it's entire existence and is reliant on trade for it's industry to prosper.
Be careful all the America haters are going to spawn out of no where and claim North Korea can beat America because they left the Middle the east even though only 5k died in that ten year frame and they killed millions lol.
For anyone wondering, the ORIGINAL enemies of this game were going to actually be the Chinese. But because they really wanted to sell this game in China, they had to change it to North Korea and make the story so unbelievably stupid like this. However despite the story being absolute ass I've heard a ton of people say the multiplayer was actually very good and fun.
I remember this game's single player campaign wasn't anything to write home about but its multiplayer was so much fun. Battlefield-esque gameplay with large maps and drive-able vehicles and kill streaks you'd buy using points gained during matches. I remember dominating matches at times. Camos also were unlocked not based on how many kills you got but how long of a kill streak you got with a gun so only the best players had the coolest camos.
Fun fact: Instead Of North Korea, China is originally supposed to be antagonist. In Real Life, North Korea annexed Southeast Asia(except Laos, Timor Leste and Brunei), makes Japan as Their puppet, occupied United States, and Unified with South Korea is impossible because Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia can rivals North Korea in terms of military and also Vietnam is also allies with North Korea, North Korea try to make Japan surrender to them is result of North Korea's Tragic Downfall due to Military Technology of Japan, United States eats North Korea's Military alive, and North Korea tried to Unified with South Korea is result of Civil War
Amazing how the opening montage is correct about predicting a lot of things that have come to pass. Fuel prices, global pandemic. US economy in the crapper. Scary. It is funny that they use Kim’s name but won’t show any clips of him. Just like that Seth Rogan James Francis movie, the interview
@@DaidoujiGaming If you actually watch the first trailer that came out, you‘ll notice the actor playing Kim Jong-un is much skinnier and doesn’t even look like him. The reason for this is because the only available photos of him at the time were when he was a teenager. By the time this trailer came out, contemporary photos of Kim Jong-un were released, hence why the actor here more closely resembles him.
Its strange when you see that the timeline of this game is actually kinda close to what the world is rn. "Asian bird flu" (covid), increased fuel prices and the UN refusing to join in on combat and the use of an EMP to wipe out a country from space which is very talked about subject.
Look how close it came towards predicting Kim Jong il's death. Kim Jong il passed away in December 2011 less than a month away from 2012 the year he dies in the game's timeline.
Yep. The humongously North Korean Navy snuck by the Seventh Fleet, Hawaii, and the West Coast fleet to conduct a landing larger than D-Day. Yeah, it could happen.
If I had a nickel for every time North Korea took invaded the US in a different timeline I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.
@@AFGuidesHD I was honestly thinking about that for several minutes afterwards. If you're not taking fire for more than 5 seconds, you've obviously found cover, so at that point, why stretch out the waiting game for no reason? It really streamlines the gameplay, but just makes the weirdness of regenerating health bars all the more obvious.
This game was severely underrated. Especially the multiplayer. CoD likes to take credit for “scorestreaks”, but this is the game that actually created it. They had a freaking white phosphorus airstrike score streak. Absolutely epic.
The Remake of Red Dawn was originally supposed to have the Chinese as the invading force until China complained. The release of that movie was delayed as they had to edit reshoot scenes to change everything to North Korea.
I personally refused to have anything to do with this game although it did look pretty cool because the company bent the knee to China before the expression "bend the knee" had even entered the vernacular. The enemy was SUPPOSED to be CHINA, but the company CAVED. No cash for cowards!
@@dabo5078 Then we shall see. Literally. War with at least two major powers, which might not include us, is not only inevitable, in historical terms, it's actually overdue. And I do play Fallout.
@@dabo5078 in reality it's unlikely a nuclear war would result in a world like fallout. Some areas would definitely be in anarchy but it wouldn't be long before nations get back on their feet and restore order
@@dabo5078 you clearly underestimate how effective a military police state is at crackdowns which considering the fallout universe's America was basically already a police state in all but name would happen quick
I remember a red dawn remake came out around the same time and tried to also have us believe the North Korean army could possibly pull that off. But that movie was originally going to have China as the enemy, and since China owns Hollywood, they had that changed to NK
I don't want US being invaded for any Asian power or any other power. Long Live to the land of Liberty, the world still needs you. Be strong forever. Greetings from Colombia.
I was OBSESSED with this game! Got up to I think rank 73 in multiplayer, had hundreds of hours and would have hit max rank had I not taken a break. If only HF2 hadn't been such shit. I wanted a continuation of this story and the multiplayer was basically Conquest/Rush from Battlefield but honestly STILL felt revolutionary! We didn't even get multiplayer in the second game... 😑
Remember the first mission in advanced warfare where the North invaded the South. These games aren't just entertainment but they reflect what could potentially happen in the real world. But now with china having entered the picture and Russia especially, we are at risk. A lot of it is politics and these games are giving us clues
I am really sad that pretty much every battle in every FPS shooter that takes place in SF happens to be on the bridge. There’s a whole city there that apparently devs don’t care about. Anyway, nice video!
Yeah the port of San Francisco is far more valuable. There aren't any beaches that are able to easily access the area so that port would be a the one controlling the seas.
@@desertdude8274 take the bridge out and attempt an amphibious landing yup. My thoughts too., But we got to have the bottomless pits and machine guns vs tanks in every FPS. Not to mention a 40 year old tank that takes 4 RPGs to take it out lol.
Kinda funny how they accurately predicted Kim Jong Il's death, even down to the year. As well as a major global plague and the sudden and sloppy abandoning of our allies (albeit in the Middle East) The plausibility of this game goes down the tubes with the US heavy investment in fracking tech starting around 2011, allowing us to be more energy independent than portrayed in the game. But if we HADN'T done that, it becomes possible, if only infinitesimal
Sometimes fiction and Truth kind of intermix in The ether of speculative history always give it time there's always going to be some bright spots and dark spots
I love how this game is somewhat controversial because of how the developers viewed North Korea at the time. It was never a controversy of bad imagery because North Korea will never ever see this lmao.
Hate to say this but changing North Korea to China makes a lot more sense in lores. IRL China would be a major opposer to Korea reunification, as a divided Korea is safer for it.
I think it was originally China but then they got offended and since they’re a profitable market they decided to change it to North Korea. The same thing happened with the Red Dawn movie remake, where they changed the invading force from China to North Korea. Basically: depicting China in war equals to -130,000,000 social credit points.
19:34 "Lets just totally ignore the armored column crossing the bridge and lets go after that guy who went over the side. Send the Special Forces even and a freaking Gunship to get one random guy" LOL
the most ironic part in the intro is that a lot (if not most) of these events happened irl after the game was released, like the death of kim jong-il (actually happened at the same year this game was released), north korean nuclear testings, oil and energy crisis (scaled back, 2021-2022), a more partisan politics (2017-), george floyd protests/riots (depending on your call, 2020), covid-19 recession (2020-), covid-19 pandemic (holy shit 6.5 million deaths at the time of writing. not that far from the asian bird flu epidemic, 2020-), among others
@@brizzled5193 Realistic if you have no brain. One plane fighting off another doesnt tip scales esspecially beacuse of other factors like industrial might, SAM etc...
I suppose if the North Korean annexation of South Korea was like the 1938 German Anschluss, whereby the majority of South Koreans welcomed the unification based on economic and pan-Korean nationalism (since it's stated North Korea has a thriving economy in this timeline, then it could make sense. But then I don't believe a unified Korea of 77 million would be able to conquer Japan, South East Asia, and especially the US.
Greatest practical joke of all time was "Korean annexation of Asia" LOL From a military, economic and geographic perspective, Korea would've been sunk the first month of their expansion. Military - Japan has the upper hand because crossing the Japanese sea is nearly close to impossible without losing a huge chunk of landing vessels and the best landing zone would be Tokyo and you'd have to go around from either Hokkaido or Osaka to reach that area, they could easily blockade both areas to slow or even stop the invasion. Both Hokkaido and Osaka have different geographical advantages. Osaka is close to the island chains and can easily create a blockade while Hokkaido has weather. Naval warfare is quite difficult in cold weather. Honshu on the other hand is a mountainous region. Economic - sanctions would've been placed to stop Korean expansion by both Japan and China. Japan would've blockaded raw materials from entering the Korean peninsula while China would've felt challenged by its neighbor and cease support for their war effort. Geographic - I don't need to say anything about this other than to tell you to look at a map. The Korean peninsula is literally sandwiched between China and Japan. Any ideas of expansion and you're shotdown as soon as your armies step out of their area of responsibility...
Ya know this game was originally made keeping china as the enemy and not North Korea... Apparently there was some backlash by the chinese which forced the devs to change it to North Korea... Imagine china in this scenario it'll make much more sense 💀
Imagine a game where: 1. The gunplay is not just worse than the 2yr old MW2, but more akin to an outdated C-tier FPS 2. The graphics look like they were made by people who couldn't get hired anywhere else 3. The story is the erotic WWIII fanfic of that cringey communist kid from your highschool who wore stanky, sweat-laced, 1960s Soviet surplus winter gear to class everyday...
Idk what's wilder, the fact that the resistance was able to find stealth jet fighters in such quantity or the fact those CAS planes at the end couldn't differentiate friendlies (infantry) from hostiles (tanks)
@@bardocomunista them stealing jet fighters is not that surprising (well maybe a bit surprising if they all luckily happen to be ex US air force fighters that for some reason the Koreans didn't scrap, sell or take home), but the fact they are all stealth fighters and in such number
@@bardocomunista yeah they steal, but you do not seem to understand how unlikely it is for a resistance to not only capture modern day jets (impossible to maintain, have them take off and hide) but that it would be 10 times harder if they are stealth jets. Just admit the game was stupid here lol
It's not the resistance flying those jets, it's remnants of the U.S. military who have been in hiding with them since the occupation began. The whole goal of the campaign is getting stolen fuel to the military so they can use their vehicles to attack Sand Francisco. Personally, I'm more curious to how the military couldn't obtain fuel by themselves in 2 years, or that they're confident in flying aircraft that they probably haven't been able to test since everything was hit by an EMP without at least 1 thing failing and causing them to crash
Lesson of the story: if countries have great power ambitions, develop you economy first and become rich. This usually means lots and lots of able-bodies and healthy people.
Lesson of the history: first you need to lift oil embargo (because oil and gas are economy's blood). Then lift trade embargo, because you always preach about freedom of trade and then and only then talk about "develop you economy first and become rich".
