Comments on: Starhawk Review

By: Jarrod Nichol

Jarrod Nichol — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:14:32 +0000

Thanks for the nice comment :) I enjoyed it, but can fully understand why everyone is waiting for a price drop. It’s mainly an online-only multiplayer game and if you weren’t too into Warhawk it makes sense to wait a bit.

By: ManuOtaku

ManuOtaku — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:30:55 +0000

Nice review as always guys, and iam with Ahmed here, i will wait also for the price drop, i didnt like that much warkhwak in the first place, i hope this is albeit different for the better, again as soon as gets a price drop i will be picking it up, thanks

By: Jarrod Nichol

Jarrod Nichol — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:36:08 +0000

It got an 8 on 10 because it’s of the super high production values, and the great online multiplayer, but it is very jarring when you move across the three different gameplay modes. Anyone who says differently is being way too nice. Sure it teaches you the ropes, but the truth is the gameplay is vastly different depending on which mode you play through. If you rely on the same tactics you did in the single player campaign you will be utterly destroyed in the multiplayer. The same can be said for the horde mode.

Glad you enjoyed the review, and thanks for the nice comment. I like going in a different direction than the crowd when I feel differently than the rest of the media outlets out there. We have our own unique voice, and it’s extremely fun being able to show that. Most of the time we follow the current without even realizing it, simply because the game is either so good or so bad, but when a game like this pops up I’m sort of happy to be on opposing sides.

By: Ahmed Mosly

Ahmed Mosly — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:14:31 +0000

Very fair review. In contrast to the 9s I’ve been seeing everywhere, you actually managed to be more fair and address the lack of a true single-player and offline multiplayer. It is what it is because we all know that Starhawk is supposed to be a multilayer-focused title, so the single-player aspects are definitely phoned in just to try and grab a wider audience. You’re the first review I’ve read that mentions the disparity between single-player, horde, and multiplayer. I never even knew that was an issue since everyone’s saying that single-player teaches you everything you need to know about multiplayer, but that’s not the real case here. It’s only a basic tutorial and a lot of aspects in multiplayer are different. Also, thanks for mentioning the lack of 4 player offline as a fault. No other review I’ve read even addresses that.

Sadly, I’ll be skipping on Starhawk until its price drops or something. It’s not worth a 60$ investment from me because it’s not a complete game without having a deep offline multiplayer experience…and since it removed 4-player split-screen, it basically killed the appeal I had for it.