Warhawk Review

Just earlier today I picked up a copy of Warhawk for the Playstation 3, this is my shorthand review.

First off, this game is a downloadable game available on the Playstation Store, there is no hardware requiredfor the game itself.  The basic game costs $30 and their are 3 Packs you can buy bundled at $15.  This is very cheap for a game of this quality.

The basis of the game is a 3rd person shooter set in a war between two opposing sides. The weapons and vehicles remind me of other WW2 shooters but they are also somewhat futuristic. The game has your standard weapons: Knife, Wrench (repair), Flame Thrower, Assault Rifle, Sniper, Rocket Launcher. And your standard vehicles: Heavy and Light. But the thing that it really brings to the table is aerial combat.

Yes, there have been shooters before it that have had aerial combat, christ even Halo shoved some in there. But this is just phenomanol.  It is so fluid the way you evade missiles with spinning barrel rolls than dive down into the base and fire off a couple of bombs before skyrocketing back into the sky and engaging in dog fights. No predesessor does it better. You use the R1 button to fire your Machine Gun, your L1 to fire your alternate heavier weapon (several you can pick up). The R2 and L2 buttons speed up and slow down your flight, or raise or lower your plane when in hover mode.  Your trajectory is controlled with the left stick and you do your aerial manuevers with the right stick.

The aerial combat really brings it all together but there are some other mechanics and elements I would like to mention.  The vehicles have an excellent "Power Slide" feature that is, when you press the Brake/Reverse button and Accelerate button at the same time while driving you can do a sliding turn. The weapons switcher can be a little awkward to use if you don't know exactly where the gun you want is, but with time it is very easy and handy to use.

Another big thing in the game is the fact that it has NO single player. There is no campaign to go through. A big factor with this is that people might think that there is nothing to help you learn how to play the game, but, in fact, the game has a set of 3 tutorials that tell you just about everything you need to know to get started. Once you go through them taking ~20 minutes you are set and ready to pwn some noobs!

This game is definitely worth the money and is a very unique and well down shooting game.  Seing this game I wouldn't be suprised if it were a full blown title, but instead, you get a full quality, addicting, game for half the price.  I definitely recommend going and- Oh yeah! You don't even have to leave your house to get it! So just walk downstairs to your Playstation and download a copy! It is well worth $30.

I give it 9 out of 10 geeks.