Starhawk

[woodyear99]

Anybody picking this up? Looks pretty good.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/122/1224407p1.html

The greatest asset in Starhawk's arsenal is that it's capable of doing what no other shooter can.Starhawk creates a kind of chaos, unpredictability, and extraordinary spectacle that can't exist in any other shooter. This speaks to something more important. Starhawk dares to do what many others aren't: It subverts convention with original ideas.

Starhawk is an action game that's comfortable in its own skin and carries itself with confidence.It doesn't let struggles slow it down, and it makes the most of a mechanic that changes how you'll think about shooters on large-scale and microscopic levels. It throws caution to the wind and goes all in on a risk, betting that players will be receptive to something other than what they're used to.It was a smart bet.

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[Berzerk]

if i decide to keep my ps3, id most likely get it.

[woodyear99]

Good news for those getting this game. All future map packs will be free, warhawk got pretty fractured with all those additional map packs they had for sale....

http://thecontrolleronline.com/2012/05/all-starhawk-map-packs-will-be-free/

It’s only been a few hours since Starhawk was released for the PS3 and now LightBox Interactive have announced that all future multiplayer map packs will be free for everyone.

Via a posting on the official Playstation Blog , Lightbox Interactive’s President, Dylan Jobe, made the announcement.

“We really didn’t like how in Warhawk when we released a new map pack, it forced these divisions on our players. And after we released three expansions, our player community was pretty fractured. With Starhawk that ends! We are incredibly excited to announce that all map packs for Starhawk will be free.

Yeah, you read that right…FREE. Whenever we release a map pack you won’t have to pay a friggin’ dime! And we’ve already started the early stages of our next map pack for you guys.”

Though no other details were revealed as far as how many map packs would be released, they did reveal some concept art for the first new planet called Cypress. This doesn’t mean that all of the Starhawk DLC will be free, only the map packs, as they have other paid DLC in the works, but did not elaborate on it yet. Either way, this is a huge move by the developer and if only more would get behind it, the world would be a better place.

Jobe also announced that Lightbox had teamed up with Major League Gaming to run a Starhawk competition with over $20,000 in prizes.

[Berzerk]

first review. Somehow i don't see this catching on. Sad though it looks like it could be fun.

[ViCe]

first review. Somehow i don't see this catching on. Sad though it looks like it could be fun.

locally? no
cod needs to srsly die for ppl to mass gravitate to any other game on ps3
watch everyone shift from mw3 to BO2 later this year

just dont get how ppl cud play pretty much the same game every year and keep paying 60US for it

was gonna buy starhawk but sadly rarely any time, no one in clan really gettin it and dont feel like playin with randoms and currently in the DUST 514 closed beta

[woodyear99]

Game looks decent will try to get it this week. The main complaint seems to be the single player campaign which is a glorified tutorial. Multiplayer is where its at.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/starhawk

[woodyear99]

Did not see this before, there is a Dogfight mode similar to the one from Warhawk

[Rion]

I was thinking about picking this up at launch (since I'm a Warhawk junkie). But I reconsidered.

For $60 US I expect a "blow-mind" game experience and right now it doesn't seem blow-mind solely on account of some of the other players. Now I did get into the beta a tad late (about 2 weeks before close) but, to me, people seem abuse the good qualities of the game and end up spoiling the whole experience. It looks as though people say "Ok, I'm gonna drop walls... lots and lots and lots of walls. Oh, and turrets... yeeeah... all around the flag. I'm gonna cover every square inch."

Where's the skill at? Why are they turtling to the point where I die the moment I think about looking at the flag? I got tired of all that very quickly. Maybe I'm complaining too much? Ehhh... perhaps.

So maybe later on I'll jump in when folks get a little more classy and the price tag is right. Only problem then is I'll just be learning the ropes. Then it'll be a different kind of increased death rate. lol

[woodyear99]

Hehe yeah it definitely isn't perfect, apparently there is a torpedo weapon in each level to prevent the base camping you described. Going to give it a chance tomorrow though. Trying to get in a clan so I can avoid playing with lame people. Will post what I think of it here.

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[Berzerk]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/122/1224407p1.html


Hmm Ign seems to love it.

Best Ps3 Shooter?? Wow.

[woodyear99]

YMMV, really need a good team that communicates. Most random people playing online don't use mics, nothing new to psn though :p It goes 10 times better with an organized team. Heading into a clan soon hehe.

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[ViCe]

does it have a party system?

[woodyear99]

Yeah you can invite everyone into a lobby before launching. Clan support is decent as well.

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[ViCe]

Yeah you can invite everyone into a lobby before launching. Clan support is decent as well.

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well thats good, doubt ill have time to pick it up and play tho
shame that both DUST and Starhawk droppin same year

PS: lobby? not the pre-game lobby right? but an actual party lobby? and do u end up on the same team ALWAYS when u join a game as a party? or is it like Battlefail 3 where it cant even put a measly 4 members on the same team?

[woodyear99]

Yeah you can invite everyone into a lobby before launching. Clan support is decent as well.

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well thats good, doubt ill have time to pick it up and play tho
shame that both DUST and Starhawk droppin same year

PS: lobby? not the pre-game lobby right? but an actual party lobby? and do u end up on the same team ALWAYS when u join a game as a party? or is it like Battlefail 3 where it cant even put a measly 4 members on the same team?

Nah it pretty much forces your party onto the same team when you join a game, if you end up on the other side it always puts you on the same team the following round. The big difference compared to BF3 on console though is that Starhawk lets you create your own servers where you can kick people. This is pretty useful since there are clan servers that ensure your clan will always be on the same team. Custom rules etc are also allowed.

[ViCe]

Yeah you can invite everyone into a lobby before launching. Clan support is decent as well.

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well thats good, doubt ill have time to pick it up and play tho
shame that both DUST and Starhawk droppin same year

PS: lobby? not the pre-game lobby right? but an actual party lobby? and do u end up on the same team ALWAYS when u join a game as a party? or is it like Battlefail 3 where it cant even put a measly 4 members on the same team?

Nah it pretty much forces your party onto the same team when you join a game, if you end up on the other side it always puts you on the same team the following round. The big difference compared to BF3 on console though is that Starhawk lets you create your own servers where you can kick people. This is pretty useful since there are clan servers that ensure your clan will always be on the same team. Custom rules etc are also allowed.

BF has custom servers now
paid tho but w/e

[woodyear99]

Oh yeah forgot about the paid servers on BF3.

[Rion]

I got my copy a week or two ago, so if anyone wants to stomp a complete newbie sometime or other... add me.

ID= Webinok

[woodyear99]

Add me, wodyer, wouldn't mind playing this sometime.

[Rion]

Starhawk's getting better!
LBI recently added 3 new gamemodes.
Haven't had a lot of time to play lately but I loaded it up yesterday and found these updates.



http://www.psu.com/a017004/Starhawk-patch-v14-brings-three-new-game-modes

Coming in patch 1.4, will be three new modes Gatekeeper, Assault and Arena Deathmatch. They'll also be completely free for owners of the game.

Gatekeeper takes players into hawk-only battles, where teamwork will be key to winning battles. Players will have to pick up an energy ball which they will then have to fly through several target gates to increase the value of the ball, without being blown apart, and fly it through the centre target gate to gain points.

Assault consists of teams defending territory from attacking clans, but when territory is lost they cannot re-capture it and must then fall back to hold the next area of the map. In each round the objective will switch for each team, from defender to attacker and vice versa. The team that holds the most territory at the end of the round wins.

Arena Deathmatch brings sheer madness and chaos to keep you on your toes. Players are on their own, with sparse vehicles, random dropping buildings, fast drop pods, smaller maps and faster spawn times.

I LOVE assault mode. In a good game, it actually forces you to attack and defend strategically.
CTF was my fave in Warhawk. But in Starhawk CTF can get a little frustrating, for me at least, when the flag blazes by on a sidewinder and you're there with no real way to help.

Also tried out  the new grizzly exo armor which is basically a smaller, lighter version of the hawks when in mech mode (gonna buy soon... $5US for that? sheesh...). They've got an EMP weapon that affects vehicles and structures. Finally a cheap (rift-wise) way to stand up to those mech-hawks when they come stomping through base when beam turrets aren't available.



And here's a vid with a well-rounded explanation of the dlc including the "pod launcher" (another 5 bucks I believe).



Hope this post isn't overkill.