Homefront: The Revolution is a Continuity Reboot to the 2011 videogame Homefront. It is 2029, four years into the North Korean invasion of the United States, Philadelphia is under occupation by the KPA. The new Philadelphia is a heavily policed and oppressed environment, with civilians living in fear as the Korean People's Army patrol multiple districts in the city. In the city, a revolution is brewing and the resistance grows stronger. The story follows Ethan Brady, a young resistance members as he and The Resistance attempt to retake Philadelphia.
The Revolution is a retcon of the original Homefront in regarding to the universe's backstory, but follows the same premise. Originally developed by Crytek, the production was affected by financial issues until the game was eventually sold to Dambuster Studios and published by Deep Silver.
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- Aborted Arc: Brady and the Resistance spent half of the main story trying to rescue Ben Walker, the Resistance's hype man, until they found out that Walker was taken to somewhere else after they fell into a trap and leading to the Resistance almost being crush by the KPA thanks to a traitor. The remaining half of the story is the heroes trying to incite the people of Philadelphia to rebel.
- Alternate History:
- North Korea lost the Korean War but embraced a progressive free market economy and underwent a period of economic and technological growth in the 1970's that is not unlike the Japanese economic miracle. Kim Il-sung lost credibility after failing to respond to a series of major floods damaging the country and got replaced by a progressive government. However, North Korea is currently ruled by a corpocracy, which many argue is how the USA is currently run.
- The Soviet Union is presumably still alive and kicking in the 21st century after they became the first nation to land on the moon and controlling much of the Middle East's oil reserves.
- The War on Terror went out of hand as the 2003 invasion of Iraq (which the country was militarily supported by the Soviets) brought the U.S. into further interventions in almost the entire Middle East including Iran, Syria, and Egypt. For some reason, John McCain won the 2008 Presidential Elections and refused to back down America's military commitment in the Middle East.
- All Your Base Are Belong to Us: After Crawford's treachery was revealed, the KPA launched a series of assaults on Resistance outposts and almost wiping out the Resistance.
- The Beyond the Walls DLC begins with the Resistance making a fighting retreat from Philadelphia as the KPA attacked their base.
- China & Korea Take Over The World: In this continuity, North Korea and China established a major economic partnership that allowed them to dominate the international market. Also North Korea, after presumably taking over South Korea, invades the United States.
- Invaded States of America: The United States is completely under the authority of North Korea.
- Mega-Corp: The APEX Corporation. Initially, it was just like Apple Inc. (creating next gen smart phones, computers, and web services) in which it was mainly responsible for North Korea's technological prosperity to the point that it became culturally entwined with the nation. But under the reign of Joe Tae-se's son John, APEX established an arms industry that produces high-tech weapons that are highly demand in the world (and are secretly monitored and capable of being remotely turn off by its creators), and Tae-se became Premier of North Korea.
- La Résistance is the main theme of the game as was the prequel.
- Silent Protagonist: Ethan Brady, the protagonist of the main campaign, never speaks, even when doing so would seem to be rather important (such as when Dana is threatening to slice off his penis because she thinks he's a Korean spy). Averted with Ben Walker in The Voice of Freedom DLC; the first few minutes make it seem that he's going to be a silent protagonist for no clear reason, but he starts speaking after the first combat encounter and continues to talk like a normal person for the duration of the DLC.
- Suddenly Voiced: Averted in the Aftermath DLC as Brady is now fully voiced. Parrish even lampshade this: "I preferred it when you kept your mouth shut."
- What Happened to the Mouse?: The Resistance abandoned the search for Ben Walker when they learned that he had turned against them while in KPA custody. In the Aftermath DLC, Brady rescues him.
- Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: The Resistance, naturally, are labelled as terrorists by the Korean occupational authorities and collaborators.