Homefront is a game that takes place ten minutes into the future, where America has been invaded by a united Korea. With a story that treads a thin line between fiction and reality, this is a game that’s sure to court controversy. Kaos Studios general manager Dave Votypka, however, isn’t very worried about the backlash.
“It seems inevitable that there will be some that may not agree with the events in the game, or don’t believe them. The thing that should be remembered here is that this is a work of fiction,” he explains. “It’s not a prediction, there is no political statement being made, and it’s not a condemnation of any current day situation, country, or person; it’s simply a ‘what-if’ scenario.
“The North Korean government has been publically vehement toward the West since the Korean War, so we’re not inventing anything new in this regard. It’s simply a stepping stone that a fictional scenario has been extrapolated from, and it has not been designed to cast the Korean public in a negative light.
“The game focuses on a military occupation: professional soldiers following orders that come from within a fictional alliance (the Greater Korean Republic) that is made up of Korea, Japan, and numerous other south-east Asian countries.”
I think it’s rather bold stuff and I’m glad that Kaos isn’t concerned about people deciding to get offended. One has to wonder how this is going to go down in North Korea, though.
