It has to be the fantasy of every bloke in the world. Tanks, aircraft, war and hanging with your mates. So, most men were ecstatic when all these aspects came together to form one superbeing. So, to all the blokes (and the women, for the sake of political correctness), I give you Warhawk.

Warhawk, as we know it on the PlayStation 3, is a remake of the 1995 PSone flying sim of the same title. However, quite unlike the 1995 retro version, this Warhawk is a multiplayer online frag-fest exclusive to PlayStation 3, in which you can kill your friends with tanks, aircraft, vehicles (yes, you can run people over), and also various non-mounted weaponry.

Graphically, Warhawk was good compared to the standard of other games released at a similar time. It ran at a good, solid framerate; the graphics were good and weren't pixelated or jaggedy; and, despite the rather cartoony look and feel of the visuals, they felt immersive and attractive.

Gameplay was decent and solid, although could at times feel slow, and often the almost ragdoll physics (hitting the ground and bouncing off, jumping, dying from grenades etc) could get slightly irritating. Controls and the feel of tanks and flying were particularly good, probably some of the best seen for a very long time; the thing that made them so brilliant was that they were just so simple.

Warhawk also came packed with some nice features. The option to customise both your planes and characters for both teams (Eucadians and Chernovans), even including a full 256-colour RGB colour picker - which allowed you to choose in any colour imaginable. Online and LAN split-screen was also a really nice idea, similar to the options available on newer shooters such as Resistance 2.

So, what does Warhawk look like now, compared to other games released recently? Graphically, it's still good - but lacks some of the 'shapow' which nearly everything possesses now; the cartoony graphics can get tiresome for the more serious gamer. Gameplay is still excellent, feeling exactly how it should; the weapons can feel a little weak though. And the splitscreen feature is on par with the online splitscreens on games being released now.

The real question, however, is this: should you buy Warhawk with all the new and amazing games coming out this Christmas? The answer, at least in my opinion - yes. At the £14.99 it now costs on the PlayStation Store, it's a bargain - especially if you want trophies or a game with in-game music. Oh, and there's one more reason...

It's really quite good.

Linford

Labels: Looking Back On, Warhawk

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