Warhawk (PlayStation 3)
Manufacturer: Sony Part number: 98162
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Gamespot editors' review
Warhawk (PlayStation 3) price range: $27.41 - $29.99
- Reviewed by: Jeff Gerstmann
- Reviewed on: 08/29/2007
- Released on: 08/28/2007
Warhawk is a 32-player, multiplayer-only shooter from Sony. It has ties back to another Warhawk, an early game for the original PlayStation that focused on the warhawk itself, a fighter jet that can convert to hover mode and back again. You probably don't remember it, which hardly matters, because the multiplayer focus of the PlayStation 3 Warhawk game leaves it with no real story and no real sense of the war you're fighting. This game has a stripped-down feel, but the exciting gameplay certainly makes up for those feelings. This is blue versus red across multiple modes and maps, in the land or in the air. And it's excellent fun.
You definitely don't need to know anything about the old PlayStation 1 Warhawk game to play this one.
The real story of Warhawk isn't about the epic conflict between two opposing sides. It's about how this game has been made available. If you want it immediately, it's a downloadable purchase from the PlayStation Store for $39.99. If you're desperately in need of more things to put on shelves, or if you want a voice-chat device, you can buy the game in stores for the standard $59.99 in a package that comes with a wireless headset, some behind-the-scenes video, and a full manual. There's no functional difference between the two games, so it really comes down to personal preference. The downloadable version does not come with instructions at all, which is sort of messed up. Other games on the PlayStation 3 have had Web browser links built in to load up offsite manuals and things like that, but Warhawk has none. So the only way you'd know that you need to push the L3 button to talk or find out about the zones mode is to fumble around for yourself or go to Sony's site, where it has a downloadable manual available. But even that manual, which comes in the box with the retail version, doesn't explain everything, such as some of the terms used in the ranking screen.
It's a good thing, then, that most of Warhawk is incredibly straightforward. It's easy to jump right into a game using the game's server browser, and there seem to already be plenty of people playing at all hours. If you've ever played something like Battlefield 2 or Star Wars: Battlefront, you'll probably take to Warhawk's brand of team-based multiplayer shooting quickly, as it's a simplified take on that experience. The maps have bases strewn about that your team can capture. Capturing them gives you a place to spawn, or if you're playing in the zones mode, it'll help you earn points toward winning the game. You spawn on foot, with nothing but a lowly pistol and a couple of grenades. But at bases and spawn points, you can usually find a host of weapons. These include an assault rifle, flamethrower, sniper rifle, rocket launcher, and binoculars, some of which you can use to call in air strikes. You'll also find plenty of vehicles, such as jeeps, tanks, and the warhawk itself. And in some fortified areas, you'll find turrets that shoot flak or homing missiles, which are very, very effective against incoming aircraft. All of this balances out nicely because the ground troops can take out vehicles with the homing rockets from the rocket launcher, the turrets can defend base positions against air--but not as well against other vehicles--and the tanks are usually sitting ducks for warhawks to plink away at with swarm missiles or cluster bombs.
One of the major gameplay differences between Warhawk and other similar shooters is that you'll find a ton of aircraft on most of the maps. Sometimes you'll feel as if half of the game's 32-player limit is buzzing around, dogfighting overhead, or attempting to strafe ground targets. This gives it a unique feel, and it's a lot of fun. Warhawk controls well regardless of what you're piloting too. You can play around with controller sensitivity to get things just right, and, if you like, you can fly the warhawk using the tilt sensing of the Sixaxis controller. However, the tilt support never feels responsive enough to be useful in tense situations.
Warhawk comes with five different maps. Before you get all up in arms about how low that number looks, each map can be configured for different game sizes, so there are configurations for small, medium, and large-sized games. Each map also has a dogfight configuration, giving you more warhawks to use. The different configurations make the maps feel totally different, giving you different strategies to work with and so on. This means that playing in an eight-player game can be just as thrilling as a 32-player fracas. There are also multiple modes. Team deathmatch works as you would expect, with control-point captures giving you new places to spawn but no real points benefit. Capture the flag is a standard two-flag CTF mode that puts flags in each team's main base. Zones mode creates colored circles around each base, and the goal is to earn points faster than the other guys by holding more zones than the other team. The zones link together if you hold the right ones and level up your control over them to make the colored circles bigger, which brings in even more points. Lastly, there's a deathmatch mode, which can be fun for dogfights, but this is very much a team-based game, so playing with no team to back you up isn't as much fun. You can also play online with a split-screen, which allows multiple players to play online from the same machine. On top of playing on the Internet, the game has support for LAN games.
Outside of the game, you can chart your progress to look at your rank and medals. You'll earn ribbons for a variety of round-specific accomplishments, such as finishing first on the winning team, getting 10 antiair kills, not shooting your teammates, and so on. Badges and medals also take your global counts into consideration, giving you awards, such as a meritorious service medal. You'll get this award for capturing the flag 100 times, defending 100 zones, capturing 500 zones, and then getting two flag captures in the same game. That's sort of steep, but it certainly gives you something to shoot for as you play. As you rise in rank, you'll unlock additional head, shirt, and pants types for your soldiers, giving you a clear way on the battlefield to see if someone's totally raw or a honed online killing machine.
Warhawks aren't fragile, but a few well-placed shots from a homing rocket launcher will bring one down, so be careful.
Warhawk will run in 480p, 720p, or 1080i, and the game looks really nice overall. Its greatest visual feature is that you have a very long draw distance, giving you a clear view of things that are really far away. For example, on one map, which is made up of a series of high islands, you can sit in your base and see turrets moving in bases far, far in the distance. Armed with a sniper rifle, you can practically reach across the entire map and knock fools out. The equipment looks good, and it also blasts apart really well. Exploding warhawks cause burning hunks of metal to fall out of the sky, and it looks great. The game sound is also effective, with good weapon noises and explosions. Warhawk, unlike most online PlayStation 3 games, has voice chat, which comes in handy.
Regardless of how you get it, Warhawk is a great multiplayer shooter and one of the first of its kind to land on the still-new PlayStation 3. It offers just enough content to justify its price tag, but more importantly, it plays well, with just the right mix of tactical considerations and finger-on-the-trigger action. With hooks in there for additional map downloads, it'll be interesting to see how this one develops from here.
User reviews
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Good game full of action
by skywalker1980 on August 29, 2007
Pros: Lots of on line players, cool effects and split screen/online capable
Cons: not many wepons little cartoonish, poeple not propotionate.
Summary: I just got this game and have only played for an hour. My first review of this game is that the controls are hard to learn, there is a tone ...
Summary: I just got this game and have only played for an hour. My first review of this game is that the controls are hard to learn, there is a tone of action going on at one time. I would defenatly sugest it for any one out there that likes action games, but if you are look ing for a first person shooter experiance this is the wrong game for you.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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COMING FROM XBOX LIVE THIS GAME IS JUST OK
by question4seller on March 20, 2008
Pros: YOU CAN PLAY AGAINST OTHERS
Cons: CARTOON LIKE GRAPH./ MUCH INFERIOR TO BATTLEFIELD 2
Summary: Coming from xbox live and played battlefield 2 for over 400 hours, this game really disapoints... There is no comparison between warhawk and cod4 or battlefield 2 on the 360... ...
Summary: Coming from xbox live and played battlefield 2 for over 400 hours, this game really disapoints... There is no comparison between warhawk and cod4 or battlefield 2 on the 360... graphics are subpar, with cartoon like images... unrealistic... not much detail like the above mentioned games...
You can right away tell that the budget and quality which went into this game is uncomparable to those of Cod4 or bf2...
its probably ok young kids... 11 - 15.. but if you dont have to, skip this game... pay a little more and get cod4 or wait until battlfield bad company comes out...
i am also very disapointed that ps3 hasnt brough over battlefield 2 as the xbox360 has it... that is the most amazing game ever created... even better than cod4... -
This Game is a Blast
by colmaboy on November 15, 2007
Pros: Fun, once you get used to the controls
Cons: No single player mode
Summary: I downloaded the game for $39. A great price point that I would like to see more games establish. At first I was disappointed with no single player mode, but ...
Summary: I downloaded the game for $39. A great price point that I would like to see more games establish. At first I was disappointed with no single player mode, but that quickly went away. When you first start playing, expect die, A LOT. Once you learn the game, it is fun. Set people up with mines, blow them up with a tank or take to the air. No regrets buying this game.
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Much Bang for the Buck
by SheonMD on September 28, 2007
Pros: Excellent visuals, fun and addicting
Cons: No practice mode, no bots, and the network needs work
Summary: Thirty seconds into your first combat in this game and you will understand why this game is so addicting. There is really no music to speak of, but the sound ...
Summary: Thirty seconds into your first combat in this game and you will understand why this game is so addicting. There is really no music to speak of, but the sound of the Warhawks flying overhead and the explosions and gunshots around you and off in the distance puts you right in the middle of what feels like a real war.
All of the weapons take some practice to learn how to use (especially the vehicles), but once you get effective, the game becomes an all night experience. -
Very Fun and Addicting
by PlayDog7 on September 25, 2007
Pros: Graphics, Sounds, Multiplayer Split Screen Online play
Cons: Online Only and some Wacky Servers
Summary: This is the best online war/shooter game i've played since the original socom 2 on ps2. The graphics and sounds are great and the fact that you and ...
Summary: This is the best online war/shooter game i've played since the original socom 2 on ps2. The graphics and sounds are great and the fact that you and a friend can both play together online is a first for a war style game. The only negative is that you can only host certain amounts of players, based on your connectivity and service, i.e I can only host 4 player game, which is almost pointless unless i get 3 other friends to play.
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The stable of PS3 games just improved immensely!
by wildcat1999 on September 23, 2007
Pros: Incredible landscape, fast action, the most fun you will ever have gaming!
Cons: Hours will waste away before you even realize it.
Summary: I've honestly been down and out for a few weeks knowing that I own a PS3 and Halo 3 will soon be out. Whether you're a Sony person ...
Summary: I've honestly been down and out for a few weeks knowing that I own a PS3 and Halo 3 will soon be out. Whether you're a Sony person or a Microsoft person, everyone loves the Halo Series. Well, let me tell you that Warhawk is the cure for the blues. I was a bit skeptical at first when I heard that there's only online play. I was also a bit closed minded thinking the game revolved around flying and the Warhawk itself. You can fight on foot, in a jeep, in a tank, or in a warhawk. You can even man a surface-to-air missile site or an anti-aircraft gun. The weapons available are immense. You spawn with a knife, a pistol, and two grenades (close hand to hand combat with the knife is lethal by the way). Along the way you can pick up a machine gun, a flame thrower, shoulder fired rockets, a sniper rifle, more grenades, these lethal binoculars that send a green laser beam that packs one heck of an explosion. There's even my favorite, the land mines. They're pretty stealthy and in the heat of the battle will sneak up on most anyone. I think they're great because even if you die and you're in the process of respawning, you get a nice green message at the top of the screen that you killed so and so because they walked into the land mine you set. I have really enjoyed playing Resistance, Call of Duty 3, and Rainbow Six, but I have never fallen in love with a game the way I have Warhawk. It is so hard to put the controller down once you start playing. Get this game and you'll be addicted too!
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Unbelievable
by Scottrosenberg91 on September 17, 2007
Pros: 32 multiplayer online, awesome controls, graphics are amazing, many different styles of play
Cons: too many sever drops
Summary: This game is so addicting, once you start it is nearly impossible to stop. the game is fun, exciting, and fast paced. Of you own a PS3 and are able ...
Summary: This game is so addicting, once you start it is nearly impossible to stop. the game is fun, exciting, and fast paced. Of you own a PS3 and are able to connect to a network this is a must own. i was skeptical about buying an online only game, worried that no one player would ruin the game, IT DOESN'T. It is great even without the single player. So if you are skeptical like i was, don't hesitate, BUY THIS GAME
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Great Game for PS3 owners!
by Invierno1894 on September 1, 2007
Pros: Graphics up to 1080i (if you have 1080i/p HD tv), no lag, headset compatible, sensitivity of controller is adjustable, choice whether to use sixaxis sensitivity, future downloads available.
Cons: All multiplayer play, hard controls to get used to, 5 maps, only 3rd person, need internet connection with adequate speeds.
Summary: You may only be able to play online, but playing online is not the only thing you can do. You can also go online, lock your map, then VALA! You ...
Summary: You may only be able to play online, but playing online is not the only thing you can do. You can also go online, lock your map, then VALA! You just made it so you can only play with your siblings or friends without any random person strolling right into your battle. You can throw some squad markings onto your guy that you choose, you can design the "squad markings" that goes on your person and plane. There is also a cool ranking feature where you unlock more possibilities to design your person with.
4-player offline
32-player online
Beautiful levels, although there are only 5 levels, each are VERY large (able to support 32 players each easily. For example, the clouds are no longer random white specks you see in the sky. You can fly straight through them with you warhawk (plane), and it'll seem/look just like your in a real plane flying through a cloud (for those who have actually flown in reality).
I also said the controls were hard to get used to, they are but after say 2-4 hours worth of play you will begin to master the controls. (I made it so my controls aren't "inverted", if you do this it may ease the mastering.)
Again, with the maps, you may be asking why only 5 maps?
There will be downloads available throughout 2008 according to SCEA (creators).
I gave it a nine because this was the game that i was definitely waiting for, just what i was looking for!
For others, this may not be the correct choice, like if you have an EXTREMELY short attention span or if you hate 3rd person shooting. If you are interested in 1st person shooting then i would recommend Call of Duty 3 or the soon-launching Call of Duty 4.Updated
on 1 ps3, 4 people can all play ONLINE, with just 1 ps3.Updated
To see more information, Warhawk has its own site...
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DO NOT BUY THIS WORK OF CRAP
by faronhemlock on February 28, 2008
Pros: NONE. IM PISSED OFF AT INCOGNITO
Cons: JUST WASTED $40 BUKS
Summary: THIS GAME SUCKS. DONT BUY IT UNLESS YOU HAVE INTERNET.I REPEAT DO NOT BUY IT UNLESS YOU HAVE INTERNET. INCOGNITO SCREWED ME AND MAYBE ALOT OTHERS OUT THERE FOR ...
Summary: THIS GAME SUCKS. DONT BUY IT UNLESS YOU HAVE INTERNET.I REPEAT DO NOT BUY IT UNLESS YOU HAVE INTERNET. INCOGNITO SCREWED ME AND MAYBE ALOT OTHERS OUT THERE FOR NOT STATING ON THE BOX "ONLINE PLAY ONLY". SURE IT SAYS 2-4 PLAYERS AND 1-32 ONLINE. BOTH MODES ARE ONLINE. YOU CANT DO **** WITH THIS GAME IF YOU DONT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS. PLEASE,SAVE YOURSELF THE STRESS AND HEADACHE AND DONT PURCHASE THIS ****** ASS GAME UNLESS YOU HAVE INTERNET.I WOULD GIVE IT A ZERO BUT IT ONLY GOES DOWN TO 1. AS FOR ME....INCOGNITO DRILLED US GOOD. PEACE
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WARHAWK SUCKS!
by josecaos1 on September 28, 2007
Pros: There are no pros - I hated this game
Cons: All cons - no refunds in my purchased
Summary: This game is boring and the graphics are the worst I have seen so far in PS3. The game play is terrible!
Summary: This game is boring and the graphics are the worst I have seen so far in PS3. The game play is terrible!
1 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Sony
- Part number: 98162
Product Basic Spec
- Platform Playstation 3
- ESRB rating Teen - Blood,Violence
- Genre Action
- Number of players 1-4 Players
- Connectivity Voice Chat,Online
- Offline modes Competitive,Team Oriented
- Online modes Competitive,Team Oriented
Game
- Developer Incognito Inc.
- ESRB Teen
- ESRB descriptors Blood,Violence
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