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Like Chess: easy to learn, hard to master

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: November 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A new PS3 owner, I haven't played console games since I gave away my PS1 a decade ago as I began college. As my first game for my PS3, the only drawback I see is that it can be too addictive.

Why? Like any good game with replayability, Warhawk is simple to learn but difficult to master. Anyone with fingers can log into a frentic game with 31 others and have some success blasting away. But it takes some time to learn. Which tactics work best in any situation is not so easy to immediately determine. Plus, I like to mix it up by cycling through the types of games (capture the flag and return it to yours, capture a zone and hold it, or team death match), the types of maps, and size of teams and maps (12 is close quarters while 32 is more epic with occasional close quarters fighting).

I recommend playing with other newbies at first so you're not discouraged and how badly you do. But like any other team multiplayer, a great player can get crushed if their teammates bite, or be victorious if they luck out to be with some veterans. This is all about the competition, trying to better yourself and learn how to work together in a team while you beat the other guys.

Complaints about cheaters and glitches seem misplaced. I never saw any cheating or glitches. Since the update I've heard that those problems went away totally. There should be some new maps coming and a new vehicle. My only suggestion would be to let people create maps or have random generated (but equally balanced) maps to mix things up even more.

For those who complain that experienced players have too much of an advantage, shouldn't that be how it is? I mean, a newcomer should have room to improve. The game is not one without skill requirements, it is more like Jeopardy than Deal or No Deal.

Warhawk - One of the best online shooters made

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: September 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Warhawk has quickly become one of Sony's top PlayStation 3 games of this year and there is no question why.

Warhawk supports up to 32 players in one server at once making wonderful and fun 16 v 16 matches.

There are many great weapons and vehicles that aren't to far from being realistic. The graphics can be considered beautiful, they look to be in the middle between realistic and cartoony.

The sound is spot on, truly great.

The gameplay is fast and furious with a nice mix of calm.

If you love shooters, looking for a great online experience or to show that your purchase of the PS3 was worthwhile, get this game.

game is worth 10 stars

It's an excellent game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: September 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Warhawk is a very fun game.

Features:
-You can play offline split-screen with 1-4 players.
-You can online by yourself with up to 32 other players over the internet.
-You can play online split-screen with up to 4 players at your house, and with up 28 other players over the internet.
-Third-person view point.
-You can play on foot and in tanks, jeeps, and planes.

Game modes:
-Death match
-Team Death match
-Zones
-Team Capture-The-Flag

Graphics:
-Incredible draw distance, player models, and textures.
-9/10

Sound:
-Sound track consists of realistic sound effects and stereotypical "flight" music.
-9/10

Controls:
-You can use the Six-Axis motion controls or traditional controls.
-When using the Six-Axis motion controls, the movement of the controller varies on whether you're on foot or in a tank, jeep, or plane. The plane controls are the most difficult because the controls differ between flight and hover modes. In either flight of hover, you control using BOTH analog sticks and tilting the controller. This is quite difficult. If you use the Six-Axis controls, be prepared to spend 5-6 hours to get used to them.
-9/10, just be VERY patient.

Fun Factor
-It's really great, especially when you're in a game with 31 other players.
-The fluidity of the game play is also amazing; there's no lag!
-10/10

9.3/10

I highly recommend Warhawk.

There are ways to practice with out single player

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: October 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best online games I have ever played. The graphics are smooth and lag does not live in the Warhawk world. I am not going to repeat some of the praise that people have already stated so I will add some things that I noted are missing.

1. The issue with finding and getting into servers to play has finally been solved. I can find a game and join in under a minute.

2. If you have a difficult time with the controls, they can be adjusted just press start go to control. You can turn on or off the sixaxis motion control. You can adjust sensitivity for air, ground, and foot control.

3. The biggest gripe that I have noted is lack of opportunity to practice without getting shot out of the sky by better players. All you have to do is create your own game and lock it. Once you do that you will be in a map by yourself, or you can give your friends the password to get in. I have spent much time in a locked map with friends working on our skill set. (We are getting better everyday).

I really recommend getting this game. There is a lot of content that will be added in the future and you want to be one of the more experienced when it comes. Good luck.

This is a good game, but has some major design flaws.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 16 / 32
Date: September 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Warhawk for PS3 is a good game. The online experience creates a very fast paced game environment which is ruined by "glitchers, and cheaters." None the less, I enjoy playing Warhawk very much. Also, the ranking up system leaves a bit to be desired. The game proports to have customizable look and feel for your character and aircraft, however you can only unlock these things after ranking up, which appears to be tedious at best. I got a couple of rank ups quickly, but was soon disappointed by the unlocked items. Honestly, I'd rather have had the game content unlocked from the start.

From their literature "You can play the game however you want..." implying that you could always choose to drive a tank or always be a ground troop. However they fail to mention that you'll never make it past certain ranks if this is how you want to play the game, and you won't unlock all of the content. So, let me say this to Insomnia Games, "You can't have it both ways, choose to say that you can customize your stuff, or choose to say you can play it any way you want, you can't say both the way it is currently setup."

What this state of affairs leads to: Cheating, glitching, and rank up servers. These servers are dedicated to getting people rank up. I was reading one forum about flag throwing, so you can increase the number of points you get per game, and I also experienced the "tank" glitch myself personally. This kind of behavior is of course frowned on by the server administrators. I can't help but think that originally this game probably was going to have a mission oriented single player campaign in which you could also gain rank, and it was scrapped at the last minute because it was too much work, and the deadline was coming up for release.

So lets take stock in what we really have. We have a bunch of hosted games, with fast and furious battles, on a very small number of maps. This means that the folks in the beta test know these maps so well that new players have a very hard time playing. Every little trick and nook or cranny in the map is known very well. The learning curve is steep, and the controls of the airplane are not configurable enough. I would be very happy if you could customize the look inversion on the gunsight for the airplane, but you can't, so I constantly look the wrong way with the guns. So what do we have? 4 maps, 3 game types. I can tell you now it will tire quickly as you are repeatly blown up by people who know the maps by the back of their hands.

Sincerely,

Ira Carmel.

Good online shooter

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: August 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Warhawk puts you in the role of a soldier with a handgun, a couple grenades, and a club. You appear somewhere on a battlefield, and can pick up all sorts of other weapons (machinegun, missile launcher, etc.), extra grenades, and health. It is a 3rd person shooter, with different modes of gameplay including zone capture, capture the flag, kill everyone, or kill everyone on the other team.

There are vehicles that you can get into and control including jeeps, tanks, and the aircraft known as a warhawk. Each of these vehicles has its own special controls which actually handle pretty intuitively, although flying the warhawk may take some practice. Each vehicle also has its own weaponry, and the warhawk has many different powerups and health to pick up in midair.

Warhawk features online play capable of supporting 4 players from your console in a split screen mode, so you and three friends could all play together at your house against each other or online players. This game also supports offline multiplayer modes.

Warhawk is a welcome addition to the PS3 library, and recommended for fans of modern shooters. Action-adventure fans who enjoy a modern 3D game may want to pick this one up if you can find a good deal on a used copy.

Great fun!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is my new favorite PS3 game. Many say this game is difficult to begin with, but I disagree. If you take a quick look at the manual before you play you shouldn't have any problems. Great fun!!!

Almost perfect, but I wish it had a single player game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I just downloaded this game from the Playstation store, and it's a lot of fun. I find myself going back to this game more than any of the other games I own for the PS3. My only gripe with this game is that there is no offline, single player game. A single player game would be great to practice your skills and prepare yourself for the chaos that awaits you when playing against online opponents. I am by no means a hard core gamer. I might play it for an hour a day at the most. So it's kind of frustrating to get into a game, find a warhawk, and then get shot down by some techno-geek who's been playing this game non-stop for the last 5 days. I consider myself lucky if I can fly the warhawk longer than a couple of minutes. Also, I don't know if it's just me, but my rockets seem to do very little damage to the other planes, yet I seem to get killed with a single rocket all the time.

The best advice I can give to new players is to find a game with the least amount of players, and that should give you a chance to fly around a bit and figure out what you're doing without getting killed right away.

Pros: Fun to play. Easy to connect to servers and find a game. Easy to figure out how to play (you really don't need instructions, so the $39.99 online price is a bargain, and I rarely, if ever, hear anyone talking through the headset)

Cons: No single player game. No "training" mode. Too many hardcore gamers waiting to kill you the second you enter a warhawk.

Overall, a good game and a good purchase. Just be patient and give yourself some time to figure the game out, even though you'll probably get killed a thousand times in the process.

Halo has nothing on Warhawk

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Halo 3 brought a huge media hype and anticipation, I almost buy into it and got an xbox but after a couple of weeks playing warhawk neither I nor WH palyers miss Halo, believe me.

Warning: Extremely addictive online multiplayer ahead!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought the downloadable version on the PS Store about a month ago and I've been playing ever since. I usually don't like online multiplayer (I prefer single player games like MGS), so I was worried that I would regret the purchase. Not so! I've put by far the most hours into this game out of any PS3 game to date.

The graphics are not mind-blowing, but they are very smooth and everything runs at a good framerate. The vehicles and characters animate very well. The graphics have a cartoony feel, but they are eye-pleasing. The sound is incredible. If you're in a bunker and a Warhawk explodes above you, the shrapnel will rain down around like an orchestra!

It can be difficult at first against better players, but with some practice, you'll do better. There are many vehicles and modes of play. If you don't like flying, you're not forced to do it. You can stick with ground combat, which is very fun. Planting mines in enemy territories, invading their bases with tanks, and defending bases can all be very invigorating. It's hard to get bored. If you get tired of the game, you're probably not doing everything the game is offering.

The game does have some issues that can be resolved through updates. For example: You try to enter a room with 25/32 players and after 10-12 seconds, it finally tells you that the room is full. The servers don't seem to update the actual number of players in the room very often.

Also, ranks are working odd. Players without the prerequisite points are getting higher ranks than they should be getting, but players with the right amount of points are not getting the ranks they should be getting. So, everyone could be a Commander. It's not a big deal and can be fixed.

Go get it! It's still one of the most addictive PS3 games out there right now! Hopefully there will some downloadable maps soon.

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