Warhawk and Metroid Prime 3

lanion

Just picked up 2 games this week, and both are incredibly awesome.

Metroid Prime 3 has absolutely amazing controls (when set to 'advanced'). I don't know if it is more precise as a mouse and keyboard, as I havn't had that much practice with it, but it is certainly more fun.

Warhawk is the most fun I've had with a multiplayer game since Unreal Tournament 2004. Considering I needed a bluetooth headset anyway, the game is a real bargin. I will be playing a ton of this game on the weekdays.

Shizelbs

What system is Warhawk for?

I preordered Metroid. I'll be playing it plenty this weekend. I will pick up my copy on Friday.

avelanchefan

Warhawk is PS3 exclusive, and for the first time since release the PS3 has a game out that piqued my interest.

Give us some more info on Warhawk! Gameplay, interaction with other players, laggyness, strenghts, weakness?

PoLk FaN

whats cool is when you buy warhawk, the game comes with a bluetooth head set.

lanion

I'm in my first week of teaching public high school, so my currently 14 hour days arn't going to leave much, so I'll just post first day impressions.


Graphics are very clean, but not ultra-impressive when nothing is going on. There are up to 32 players at a time with frequently insane dogfights going on overhead, so the graphics are certainly good enough. I have had absolutely no lag at all yet, and the free headset is very nice.

I am not totally sure how the gameplay works, but it feels a lot like Ut2004 (more of a battlefield style capture system though) if it were designed for a console. I just played in team death match and CTF, and the capture system was still in place, however it only changed possible spawn locations -- not score (I think!). 3rd person camera is nice, and the warhawks are the ultimate fighter/helicopter, but the map design is quite excellent so the game is not completely sky-dominated.

The sound is quite good. Nothing like Bioshock, but the guns have a very nice impact to them.