One of the best Online Multiplayers I have ever played!
Warhawk is one of those special games where you pop it into your console and you seem to forget everything of great importance. Assessments to hand in tomorrow? You'll do it later. Bills to pay? That can wait. Killing that sniper who blasted you earlier on takes top priority! Time, in Warhawk, has no meaning. Time does not exist. You can play for hours on end and still enjoy every moment!
How does it manage to do this? Well, first of all there is such a huge variation of well...everything. If you get bored of Death Match, you can play capture the flag or Zones. If you're not a flying type then you will be perfectly happy in a jeep or tank and if you're REALLY cool, you can place yourself at a perfect vantage point and pick off helpless foes one by one. And the people who you play against? Well, lets just say you can come across a team of brilliantly co-ordinated attacks or a team where the only thing of importance is their own personal point count! Either way, its YOUR duty to find the best way to destroy them all.
The graphics are also worth a mention. The draw distance is immense- you could easily just fly around and awe at the view even though this will result in your plane being blown to smithereens.
The soundtrack for this game is also fantastic. With a star-wars type tune in the background you truey feel like you are on a frontier of some kind and as the music loudens and quickens as you begin to dogfight, it is enough to get your palms all sweaty as you sit on the edge of your seat. Of course, there are some downsides to the game. The first problem is the current bugs which, although can be fixed, just somehow spoil the experience. Many a time i have been crushing an enemy only to experience some terrible lag and be cut off from the network- which is horribly frustrating. Also, the games controls take some time to master, so playing a ranked game may result in instant "pwnage". But, the ranked system is enough to motivate one to keep on at it! The nline community is also rather...quiet. For a game which was packaged with a headphone unless bought off the psn) there seems to be an extreme lack of people actually talking (which is sometimes a good thing.) But you may find that talking to people whilst being chased by someone with a rocket launcher isn't a top priority.
I've had this game since launch... and it hasnt left my ps3's disk tray which is a grand statement in its replayabilty and overall addictivness. In fact, after writing this review i feel like having a good fly! So to sum up before i leave: if your a ps3 owner and enjoy 3rd person action/ online/ flying/driving/war games then thisis certainly a must have for your collection!