System: PS3
Dev: Incog Inc.
Pub: Sony
Release: Aug. 28 2007
Players: 1-32 (Online Only)
ESRB Rating: Teen
Review by D'Marcus Beatty

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Review Rating Legend
1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
2.5 - 2.9 = Average
3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
3.5 - 3.9 = Good
4.0 - 4.4 = Great
4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
5.0 = The Best

In addition to the variety of weapons and vehicles, there are also a lot of different options for maps and games, including the possibility of Warhawk only flight battles. There are five maps which shift in size depending on how many people are playing. When you reach the upper limit of 32 players, the full map ensures that the landscape stretches as far as possible, but with smaller skirmishes between two-eight people, the maps are smaller, making certain that you won't have to search long to frag your opponents. There are all of the expected modes, including deathmatch, team deathmatch, and CTF, as well as the teamwork encouraging Zones. In Zones, your objective is to capture bases for your team. Once a base is captured, your team's zone grows, providing your team with more spawn points, more points, more vehicles and weapons while conversely denying these privileges to the opposing team.

The visuals in Warhawk aren't astounding, but are functional for its multiplayer purpose. While the game has excellent draw distance, the character models are a little blocky and cartoony and lack that realistic look. Some of the environments look great, while some are a little bland up close, although most probably won't notice it because they're too focused on blowing apart an approaching Warhawk.

The game controls well, with fairly standard shooter controls. The player does have the option to utilize the Sixaxis motion sensing controls when driving vehicles and this works well for the most part. It's a little difficult to get used to, especially when using the Sixaxis to drive a ground vehicle. The Warhawk controls a little better with the Sixaxis and actually is a lot of fun when you get used to it, but if it is too cumbersome or difficult, you have the option of controlling the vehicles in a standard fashion without the motion sensing.

Warhawk is available for direct download through the PlayStation Network or as a retail bundle in stores that comes with a Bluetooth Headset. The core game is unchanged in either method, although it is nice to be able to chat with others during gameplay. It seems a little odd to not have any single player options (outside of learning maps and practicing on a LAN game), but for those gamers that spend the majority of their time playing against others online, Warhawk is a good investment either way.

By D'Marcus Beatty
CCC Co-Site Director

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