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Console XP: Starhawk beta impressions

Zhill Olonan writes: "Back in 2007, I was an avid Warhawk player. I loved the strategic, team-oriented, third person action element to the game. It was less about twitch skills and more about communication and planning. And while that type of gameplay didn’t appeal to everyone, I adored it. Even to this day, an active community still keeps the game alive and kicking.
Starhawk is the successor to Warhawk. And while the core gameplay is still intact, small tweaks and additions give Starhawk a unique, decidedly different feel. For example, you can now zoom in and aim, which changes things quite a bit. If you are used to the circle strafing technique in Warhawk, prepare to switch up your strategy. This and many more additions have a positive effect on Starhawk, making it feel like the next step in the series rather than just Warhawk in space."

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Major_Nailson5189d ago

so disappointed with the beta, seriously. It seems they didn't improve the engine at all. In some areas, Warhawk looked better (lighting & rich colors). Why does Starhawk try to be Halo Reach?

Emilio_Estevez5188d ago

Couldn't disagree more, it's like the author said at the end; 'So if you aren’t feeling the game at first, give it another couple of matches. And if you still aren’t impressed, play with friends. It makes Starhawk all the more enjoyable.' - It's a beta and things will be changed, so you can say things here, or be constructive and deliver the message to the devs and hopefully they will use your input.

Major_Nailson5188d ago

but they've had 4 years to improve the franchise. that's more than enough time.

LOOK_AT_THIS_I5188d ago

I'm with you on this one. Warhawk was a good alternative from all the fps that were/still are over saturating the market as a 3rd person shooter. It was my alternative to socom. I just can't get into this game. It changed so much in my opinion of what was awesome about Warhawk. If I wanted to play with transformers I would buy a transformers game. At least they tried to innovate rather than copy cod which every other franchise seems determined to do. Guess I will wait for Warhawk 2.

BitbyDeath5188d ago

I'll pick this up but damn i wish they made Warhawk 2 instead.

plumber155188d ago

Really Iam totally oposite, I hated warhawk but love the beta for starhawk , building stuff in the middle of battle is unique to me . I bought warhawk just for the headset but hated the game . I can't remember if you could build stuff in that game I never got into it to know ,can some one let me know if you acn build stuff in warhawk because I might have missed a gem just because I didn't put enough time into the game .

LOOK_AT_THIS_I5188d ago

No building just a wide open huge world game with lots of variables and delicated servers :). Lots of fun playing it. . I didn't spend much time in the planes as I got my ass handed to me in them. The ground battles were great. I just can't get into the star hawk building concept and transformer feel to it. Not my cup of tea, but i hope they do as good a job supporting it as they did Warhawk for all those who enjoy this title. Might pick it up down the road.

BitbyDeath5188d ago

You couldn't build in Warhawk.

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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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zaanan748d ago

Not a single Reistance? Fuck this article.

mastershredder748d ago (Edited 748d 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.

FreeckyCake748d ago

Nobody should listen to you either with that attitude.

OtterX747d 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.

Friendlygamer748d ago

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

YourMommySpoils748d ago

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

Friendlygamer748d ago (Edited 748d 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 )

jznrpg748d 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.

RPGer1824d 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.

titans99991824d 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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