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Starhawk Review | FanBolt

FanBolt writes: "Starhawk certainly brings a unique feature to its gameplay. That's the ability to build and battle on the playing field. Whether you are playing online or in a single player campaign, building structures is not only important to the game, but it is the game."

detroitmademe5125d ago (Edited 5125d ago )

"Unfortunately for me I was not the biggest fan of the gameplay. The overall character movements are too loose, which means that you can dance your way to an enemy and knife him."

Thats how its meant to be played,Starhawk is a fast paced game,it plays much faster than a game like uncharted or battlefield. characters have to be able to change direction swiftly to avoid danger,this is not a cover&shoot type of game its an arcade shooter.The rifle in the game isnt designed to kill someone in 2 or 3 shots.In most shooters ur usually gonna spend most of ur time in ground combat as a foot soldier,not the case for starhawk.u may find urself on the ground then spawn a hawk ,fly to the enemy base,land, shoot some baddies in mech mode,jump out the hawk,shoot someone with a rocket launcher,grab the enemies flag, spawn a jet-bike and head back to ur homebase all in about 15 seconds.

FanboltGaming5125d ago

I completely understand that and agree with you on that. However, for those instances of when I am not in a hawk and I find myself in a ground combat situation, I want to have a much better experience when it comes to the feel and control of that ground combat situation. I tend to find myself in those situations quite a bit as well. I get the need to be able to get yourself out of hot situations, especially with the things you have to go up against, but it's simply not as smooth as it could be. That's just my opinion though and I completely respect and understand anyone who may think otherwise.

dragonyght5125d ago (Edited 5125d ago )

STARHAWK DUMMY GUIDE 101
How to own the ground as a foot soldier

1.triangle to open the build n battle wheel drop a supply bunker or head into one
2.armed yourself to the teeth with shotgun, grenade and rocket launcher
3. Head to a jetpack station pick one for "Oh shit" situation

There you have it these are the 3 step to survive any encounter (hot situations)

Congratulations you just rank up from a noob the decent starhawk player

(Bonus).drop a sniper for sniper rifle.

Gl and have fun:)

BabyTownFrolics5125d ago

fanbolt,

I love the game myself but voicing any negatives about it here on N4G (where the ps3 is king) wont lead to a meaningful discussion, just disagrees and people shouting how much you suck. There are a handful of issues that I trust the devs will sort out over time, but I agree with you that there are some elements that could use some fine tuning.

Hicken5125d ago

I'm not sure I get the "smooth" aspect that seems to be missing, honestly. Ground combat is frantic; I tend to feel like any given encounter has a 50/50 chance of me coming out on top. Granted, I HAVE fallen prey to a connection issue or two, but by and large, I feel it's pretty balanced and intense.

@BabyTownFrolics: if the PS3 was king, why are there so many more articles bashing it submitted and approved? And why are there so many so-called PS3 fanboys who have far less than their 360 counterparts?

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Best Sci-Fi Games on the PS3

From the cosmos to crash-landing back on good old planet Earth, come read through the best sci-fi-nastically games on the PS3

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zaanan778d ago

Not a single Reistance? Fuck this article.

mastershredder778d ago (Edited 778d ago )

Starhawk over Warhawk?...... Dude, NO ONE should listen to you.

Odd choices for "best" more like you settled as these being the "best" that available to you at the time, cause a lot of these blow or were average to poor performers that ended up in bargain bin.

Missing too many great sci-fi titles here. The Void, The Resistance Series, Killzone 2 and 3, Enslaved, man.. there were so many, this is redicu-list.

FreeckyCake778d ago

Nobody should listen to you either with that attitude.

OtterX777d ago

I agree that Starhawk shouldn't be above Warhawk, however I must say that Starhawk multiplayer was incredible for its time! Many people wrote it off bc the single player was quite terrible, bc it was basically 1 huge tutorial for the multiplayer. But I can tell you never spent any significant amount of time in MP. It was doing incredibly tense base building w air, foot and land vehicle (and mech!) combat long before Fortnite was ever a thing.

I bet it would have been much better received if it had just ditched the story mode all together. So many people like yourself completely wrote it off based on reviews by reviewers that let the criticism of single player weigh heavily on their scores. I bet you didn't even play it.

Friendlygamer778d ago

The riddick games are some of the best stealth titles ever, highly underrated

YourMommySpoils778d ago

What games? All recall plating was Escape from Butcher Bay.

Friendlygamer778d ago (Edited 778d ago )

There's also the less acclaimed 'assault on dark Athena'

( also, not saying this to you specifically but there's both resistance and killzone games on the list, it's amazing how even something so simple and innocent as a game list can be turned into misinformed vitriol here lol )

jznrpg778d ago

Glad to see Resonance of Fate. Enslaved was pretty good too. I’m sure there are others nobody has listed but I’m too tired to try and think of anything

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Roundtable: Dead Game Franchises We Miss

With every big game now belonging to a big intellectual property, there are those that have become redundant. Here are the series' we miss.

RPGer1854d ago

I miss Dark Cloud I mean damn, Dark Cloud 2 is one of the best Action RPG game ever made. The game have: Rich Worlds, different setting, tons of contents, vareity in gameplay like never before (and even after), best buliding mechanics, crafting system like no one did and finally impressive graphics.

Most underrated game ever. It deserved the popularity and sales of Zelda and Final Fantasy. ut unfortunately, Level-5 and Sony didn't advertise it at all.

titans99991854d ago

My franchises I wish would make a come back, are Battlefront by pandemic studios - galactic conquest was the best, mercenaries 1 and 2, and prototype 1 and 2...great games!

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Pure Reminiscing: Starhawk

Pure PlayStation: Pure Reminiscing is a brand new feature from our very own Kyle Durant. It’s… different. Think of it like a mini-novel full of Kyle’s most weird and wonderful musings about games of yesteryear. If nothing else, at least it’s long enough to give you something to do on your journey to work in the morning….

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