Set in the town of Montrose, Colorado, Homefront tries to drive home an emotional impact that this could be any small town in America. At points it succeeds, such as the opening sequence on the city’s main street where you’re given a sense of people’s plight and desperation. Unfortunately, it’s unable to sustain that impact amid a sea of bottlenecked firefights that are so linear and packed with obvious cover points that they never feel organic.

The controls are very simple. Each time your turn comes up you have the option to call (A), fold (B) or raise (Y). Holding down the right trigger while selecting your play shows confidence while the left demonstrates uncertainty, allowing you to tentatively raise your bet or slam down your cards in disgust when folding. If you already know what play you’re going to make you can pre-load it and your avatar will act as soon as its your turn. A number of chip tricks, such as making one dance across your knuckles, are unlocked as you level up and can be performed with d-pad combinations to pass the time.

The new add-on wastes no time in getting things moving as it opens with an assassin infiltrating your castle and making an attempt on your life. After besting your would-be killer you learn that he had recently escaped from Ravenscar Keep, an island prison housing dangerous criminals and psychopaths aplenty.