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PS3vault: Starhawk E3 2011 Hands-On Impressions

Back in 2007, Warhawk was the first full retail game available for download on the PSN and provided many of the early PS3 adopters with hours upon hours of fun. The huge maps, deep gameplay, and steep learning curve provided a truly enjoyable online experience that is still active to this day. Rumors of a successor by the name of Starhawk have been circulating for a long time, so it was a pleasant but not shocking surprise when the game was finally announced. At E3 2011, we finally get some hands on time with a multiplayer map by the name of “Acid Sea”, which is of course a large island that is surrounded on all sides by a deadly green liquid, and have the chance to test out what could be one of next years biggest games. Read on to see what we thought of Starhawk.

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frostypants5450d ago (Edited 5450d ago )

So this guy complains about players having to earn a Starhawk in battle, instead of simply being able to take one, and also complains about sniper positions being given away. Sounds like a complete dweeb (wants uber-weapons easily, and wants to camp). I hope they keep those features.

Dark_king5450d ago

Well the sniper shouldn't have a laser on it,just seems a bit stupid.Would make a sniper a easy to find target especially from the air.
Now the starhawk requires points to drop not to use.I am sure I heard there would be main bases they should have some hawks.It could get a bit unbalanced if not imagine joining a game against some pros.You would need 9 points to drop the hawk then the second it drops they destroy the building.So you need another 9 points to drop another.They destroy it to while that goes on they keep building more getting more players in the air and your pinned at your home base.
Now call him what you want but hes right.An did you ever play warhawk because camping is not a issue.People can camp all day long but they won't score to well.Also the hawks are not "uber-weapons" they are the best armed vehicle but can easily be taken out by a jeep or tank.Should be even easier now that they are also mechs.The game should end up being as perfectly balanced as Warhawk though.

clarick015450d ago (Edited 5450d ago )

I might have come off a bit harsh, but what I was really trying to say is that they need to work on balancing these things out. All too often a person would earn enough points for a Starhawk, get in one, and then immediately be slaughtered, all that effort for nothing. Obviously this is because we were all just getting our hands on the game for the first time and didn't know what we were doing, but then again I suppose that's the whole point of writing an initial hands on impression. I'm not offering up any solutions, just saying what it was like playing the game.

Dark_king5450d ago

Did not seem to harsh to me.The game has alot going on and balance is what will make or brake the game.Balance is extremely important take Warhawk your soldier can take Warhawk's out with a machine gun and a grenade.Or two rockets,three rounds from a sniper rifle and everything but the pistol damages the hawks.While the hawk can take out the soldier with everything but the chaff.Its that balance that makes it fun to play.

xyxzor5450d ago

I would say that's a bit of an issue. Of course you should have to earn them, however they still need to find the right balance. I think that was more of the authors point.

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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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zaanan764d ago

Not a single Reistance? Fuck this article.

mastershredder764d ago (Edited 764d 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.

FreeckyCake764d ago

Nobody should listen to you either with that attitude.

OtterX763d 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.

Friendlygamer764d ago

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

YourMommySpoils764d ago

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

Friendlygamer764d ago (Edited 764d 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 )

jznrpg764d 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.

RPGer1840d 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.

titans99991840d 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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