Besides an absurd backstory, what does Homefront bring to the table?

[twesterm]

richardhutnik said:

themanwithnoname said:

twesterm said:

Why does it have to have something no other game has done before?

Richard has had a number of these threads the past few weeks where he's implying that every shooter has to be completely different from everything that's come before it to deserve to be made. I completely disagree and will add Homefront brings dedicated server support to all platforms to the table.

How about bring enough new to the table to justify me spending $60 to buy it?  I feel tapped out as far as FPS goes, that I would even be hard-pressed to get the next Call of Duty title.  I feel I have enough.  Bioshock Infinite does pique my interest though, more for the game world.

Something doesn't have to be fresh and new to be fun though.  A game can bring nothing new at all to the table but as long as it's done well and it's fun, that's completely cool.

If the game is fun, what does it matter that it plays like something else?