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Starhawk Dev: 'We'd Be Silly To Compete With CoD'

NowGamer - Newly-announced PS3-exclusive shooter Starhawk isn't about to try and dislodge Call of Duty's online crown, according to senior producer Harvard Bonin.

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-Mezzo-5407d ago

A Wise Choice, BE Your Own Identity & I'm Sure Starhawk Will Succeed In Making An Identity Of It's Own.

More Developers Should Stop Chasing COD.

newn4gguy5407d ago

I can't seem to find the "First Letter Caps Lock" button...

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Anon19745407d ago

That's what I loved about Warhawk, and Killzone for that matter. They aren't COD, and they aren't trying to be.

Back when KZ2 came out, I had shooter friends who complained about every aspect of KZ2 - from the weighty feel of the character to the non-COD button layout. It always came down to "It's not like COD this way, and that way."
I replied "Dude. If you want it to be like Call of Duty, why not just play Call of Duty?"

Personally, I can't wait for this game.

colonel1795407d ago

I agree and disagree.
Killzone 2 was a completely different game than CoD and was an extremely well done master pice. I loved everything in the game.

Killzone 3 on the other hand, is trying really hard to be CoD and it fails miserably. Even though the game is great, I felt like I was playing COD wannabe. The vehicle levels, the feel of the controller (it wasn't "heavy feel" anymore). The action, was more CoD style instead of KZ2;s. I don't play MP but I heard that even MP was ruined by the fact that it was trying to be COD.

I hate that developers try to always follow what it sells, and change their games, specially with COD and Wii.. this gen, every developer either tried to go casual or go COD and all of them have failed.

Muerte24945407d ago (Edited 5407d ago )

I totally agree with you about the differences between Killzone3 and Killzone2. I felt like Guerilla Games abandoned their existing fan-base to accommodate the COD players. I loved the weighty feeling of Killzone2 alot. KZ2 made to where if all you had was a pistol, you to get a headshot with just one bullet, no problem. KZ3, it almost never happens and that's why I haven't played it for some time. Warhawk community had extremely long legs. I'll be revisiting this classic when psn is back live.

case in point: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

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ATiElite5407d ago (Edited 5407d ago )

"Dam COD we are looking to fry much bigger fish...watch out Master Chief, Emmit Graves is "glowing mad" and driving a Warthog. pew pew pew!

I thought it was funny but hey I'm no comedian.

I think the gaming industry took a huge step BACKWARDS trying to battle/copy/clone COD. I'm glad Starhawk and the Devs are like screw COD we are on some New Sh!t".

hazeblaze5407d ago

Funny enough, I thought the first Warhawk has a far more addictive gamefly formula than any of the Cod's have. The unlockable's & killstreaks keep COD fun, but the moment to moment gameplay in Warhawk was way better imo.

ivant5407d ago (Edited 5407d ago )

Rubbish

DICE isn't/hasn't with Bad Company and with Battlefield 3.

They are already better games but simply not as popular due to the MW fanboyz that like that sort of gameplay.

I am a diehard Warhawk fan that hates the confined twitch ground warfare in MW.

But I want all the modern looks, weapons, vehicles of MW and Battlefield in a FPS. And there are clearly alot of "modern-equipment" shooter fans out there -- more than futuristic.

So competing with -- copying the best from -- MW would have been a good idea, as you would be producing a game that could pull the fanboyz away from their beloved CoD.

Warhawk would have been so much better and popular, if it had modern environments, equipment and vehicles....and was a FPS. Many more would have likely played this game rather than MW2.

MARKUS_MAX1MUS5407d ago

The bad company series were terrible Battlefield games if you were a BF2 player, they were like stripped down versions with a sevre lack of community features like in game clan support and in game clan matches, smaller maps, less vehicles, poorly designed conquest maps, inconsistent shooting system.

BF2 & BF2:MC > BC 1 & 2

and BC2 was so blatantly trying to appeal to the COD community with perks, regen health, low health & twitch shooter mechanics

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user94220775407d ago (Edited 5407d ago )

Starhawk is a man's game; none of that COD bullshit.

At least it tries to do things differently. Activision are milking gamers by using the same fucking engine over and over again.

I'm coming for you, Kotick: you fat bastard.

Joni-Ice5407d ago (Edited 5407d ago )

I agree. I love when developers go against the grain and do something different. I like how Light Box added a tower defense mechanic in Star Hawk. As for MW3 I hope they add something fresh and new to the next COD because they are milking gamers by doing the same thing over and over. I don't think developer should compete with one another but learn from one another.

fluffydelusions5407d ago (Edited 5407d ago )

Blame the people who buy it. Why would they change it if it keeps selling better...e.g blops

LarVanian5407d ago

Unless you want to try and get at least one sequel out every year (with no improvements whatsoever) that millions of 'sheep' will buy no matter what, I don't see any other way of competing with COD.

Speakindatruth5407d ago

And that's why I love Incognito/Lightbox. They're not trying to be better than anybody. They're not trying to be anyone else. They're just trying to be themselves.

user94220775407d ago

Exactly.

Speak the truth, as your name says.

I'm sure many N4G readers have played Warhawk and loved its concept; it was so fun playing with N4G members I remember years ago; just such a great game.

Starhawk is going to be amazing.

Hawks fighting in space? Sign me up.

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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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zaanan689d ago

Not a single Reistance? Fuck this article.

mastershredder689d ago (Edited 689d 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.

FreeckyCake689d ago

Nobody should listen to you either with that attitude.

OtterX688d 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.

Friendlygamer689d ago

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

YourMommySpoils689d ago

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

Friendlygamer689d ago (Edited 689d 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 )

jznrpg689d 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.

RPGer1765d 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.

titans99991765d 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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