PSM reviews lair and warhawk

[goku3]

Originally Posted by supabilly8

well the usa one is out

and guess what?

it got a 7.0, too

how ironic.....

The reason that most reviewers are not willing to give it a good score is because they are trying to compare it to GOW. They feel HS did not live up to the hype so for that it must be punished through a low score. If you read the review, they say there is nothing wrong with the game except that it was expected to deliver more and fell short.

[supabilly8]

Originally Posted by goku3

The reason that most reviewers are not willing to give it a good score is because they are trying to compare it to GOW. They feel HS did not live up to the hype so for that it must be punished through a low score. If you read the review, they say there is nothing wrong with the game except that it was expected to deliver more and fell short.

it also said like the pacing was bad...whatever that means

and the gameplay is repetitive, i doubt thats possible since the combat system is so much fun...

i guess your right, it just didnt live up to its hype

killzone suffered the same thing

[actionhank]

Oh well, more blu-ray movies and oblivion then. And Folding@Home, PS3's pushing 583 TeraFLOPS wow! Talk about raw horsepower
http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/...?qtype=osstats

[Horrorview]

Yeah, I read those reviews, too. Sigh....
Still, while PSM is a decent rag, they have a lead time of weeks-to-months like all magazines, and that doesn't always reflect final builds. Lair was reportedly pushed back because of control issues or something, IIRC, and they can continue to tweak that before pressing a single BD, and then address other gameplay issues beyond that through updates. As a person who plays a ton of PC games, I'm used to product being dumped on the shelves when it's in a barely playable state (the Battlefield series!) and then being fixed through countless patches. The flaws PSM sees in both games are all easily fixed by an update, as Lair's issues seem to be primarily due to the control scheme, while Warhawk strikes me as a game that can (should) be tweaked forever, as it's essentially an MMO war game, like the Battlefield games, and new maps, new modes of play, and gameplay tweaks are essential to the longevity of such games (and also serve as a great excuse to fix any little bugs and performance issues along the way).

I think Sony should worry a little less about a "tentpole" game, though, and focus their advertising on making the U.S. buyers aware of the fact that the system IS a total media hub (BD player, Web Browser, Media Center, *Tivo, Games Machine) all in one unit. That more than justifies the price difference between it and the X-Box 360.


*potentially!

[Zarathustra]

I have Warhawk pre-ordered, I read PSM...but honestly for giving the game a 6.5 all they said was...

1. No bots (ok...I'm playing an online multiplayer game, I don't want bots)
2. Unbalanced weapons/Vehicles (like that isn't going to be fixed in an update/patch)

...So PSM if they fix those two flaws, whatcha gonna give the game?

Hell, they could put bots in with an update/patch. Then they complain about the price. You're getting a headset and PS3 game that essentially has an unlimited replay value, I'd say that's worth 60 bucks . Finally though, the game is somewhat big for Sony and basically an MMO war game online (as someone else said). They are going to tweak Warhawk to perfection (I hope).

I'll be playing this week...hit me up online
Zarathustra7

..and if I hate it, I'll trade it in and keep the headset

[cdot2four]

and madden 08 and ncaa 08 suck balls too. gameplay is horrible.

[Zarathustra]

Originally Posted by cdot2four

and madden 08 and ncaa 08 suck balls too. gameplay is horrible.

huh? I don't know...I have the Xbox 360 versions and they play and run as smooth as butter

gameplay is goooooooood!

[Blu-Ray Buckeye]

Originally Posted by cdot2four

and madden 08 and ncaa 08 suck balls too. gameplay is horrible.

I disagree. The gameplay is not "horrible". It feels a lot like every version of Madden in recent years. It seems that people want to go back to teh old fast action "arcade" style of gameplay form teh 80's and 90's. While that might feel more responsive it is also far less realistic and these games are sims. Humans beings don't change direction instantly.