With each new installment in the Call of Duty franchise realism takes a blow to the head and inches ever closer to the cliffs of madness. What started as "Man that turret! Repel the Nazis!" soon turned to "Survive a nuke!" and "Discuss your amnesia with Ed Harris!".

I am now 27, and over the years have played hundreds of games. In that time, I found myself getting engrossed in the most bizarre things. I can care about a marine in a bulky green suit, and a boy in a green tunic.

First off, it should be noted that a big boost to the game comes from an area which is often overlooked by many FPS developers, and that is the story. John Milius, of "Red Dawn" and "Apocalypse Now", does a fantastic job of setting up a near future dystopian America in which they are no longer a...

In Homefront , Kim Jong-il is not just ill, he's now dead. His son, Kim Jong-un, has taken over and managed to unite Korea. However, they go on to invade the US, along with Japan, and so things aren't so good after all.

Homefront is a terrific experience and definitely worthy of breaking THQ's pre-order record. The single player campaign is thoroughly enjoyable and tremendously satisfying until the end, the multiplayer is extremely addictive with some fantastic perks and the writing is absolutely superb all around.

Formats: PS3 (tested) | Xbox 360 | PC Developer: Kaos Studios Publisher: THQ Release Date: Out Now

A fantastic multiplayer shooter with a lacklustre single player mode.

, THQ's new first-person shooter, is that the game lacks ambition.

Homefront. This game is in many ways a decent game but then it is also in many other ways bad. The good things about this game is that it is more realistic than other games such as the Call of Duty's, and Medal of Honor Games.

Large maps; realistic gameplay; good connection to servers

not many guns; too much health; hard to level up; graphics aren't very good; vehicles

Good visuals, interesting storyline, but slow controls in terms of response. Not as easy to fire off a few rounds, duck, sprint, reload as COD