I suppose after my previous aside, this particular post shouldn’t be surprising to you. I.e. I’m currently spending most of my time on Warhawk as a rocket-riddled corpse rather than a living, breathing soldier. In case you’re wondering, yes- it’s soul-destroying.
Reverse gear
Let’s recap shall we? I now possess Warhawk because I did indeed go down the download route and snagged the game off the PlayStation Store for £19.99. Bargain or what? There’s a couple of drawbacks: first, the game can only be played from your PSN account that you bought it with, and secondly, you must be signed into the PlayStation Network to play the game. Seen as this game is online-only, I didn’t think this was a major problem.
I also bought all three expansion packs, which probably brings my total spend to nearer £30, but that’s still not too bad. Headset? I’ll probably acquire the official PS3 headset when it comes out. Before I continue, It is worth noting that the install size is under 800MB. Seriously. That’s some really impressive compression
Earning my wings
Before I was going to take to the skies online, I thought I’d go through the new training scenarios that have been added in the new v1.5 patch (which included trophies). I progressed well through ground combat and vehicles, but when it came to piloting the Warhawk I found evading constant missile attacks to be a bit tricky. Sure, everything’s simple when you have chaff, but that’s not always to hand so evasive manoeuvres are required. I half considered that this may be a problem if I were to venture online. Hey, I got about 4 trophies for completing the training anyway. Yea!
Crash and burn
On the ground, I’m not too bad; I shoot people, I man the turrets and have managed to take a few planes out of the sky, and I’ve dealt serious damage in a tank. As soon as I step foot inside a Warhawk though, I’m toast. Within a few seconds several missiles have locked onto me and before I can think of what to do my burning corpse is flying through the sky- sans aircraft. A few times though, I have managed to shake off quite a few missiles, but they come so thick and fast that eventually I get hit in the end anyway.
Lessons? Well, I’m pretty sure that I’m not quite ready for the online world and so I’m going to hopefully play a few local games to get my flying skills up to scratch and then I shall take my place amongst the hardened warriors and do battle, rather than take my place amongst the fallen. I’ll post more updates on my Warhawk experiences as and when.
Does anyone have any similar experiences of joining a hardcore group of players online? If so, I’d like to hear from you!
Oh completely the same thing for me =D
Grabbed Warhawk preoned for £17 (disk obviously) and already had a headset lying around (something I’ve realised very few Warhawk players actually use), then downloaded all three expansions. The game is fantastically fun but very hard to get into cos everyones already so awesome. Oh and the trophies tend to just be pot luck =P
PS: Great blog btw, Im a new reader/commenter…
Hey, thanks for popping by and sharing your experiences. Yea, I totally agree- some of these players have been roaming the skies for a good 12 months! Gradually, I think I’m getting a bit better at it. Though only slightly!
Cheers! It’s great to know that you find my humble ramblings entertaining.