Review Round-Up: Starhawk
Starhawk is a 3rd Person shooter that incorporates mechanics from the adventure and RTS genres. Factions build and battle over a resource known as Rift energy and you're right in the middle of it. Lets take a look at what the critics had to say. MetaCritic: 78/100 IGN: 9.0/10 Like its protagonist, Starhawk is a half-breed, something out of the ordinary and against tradition. It picks up the narrative slack on the battlefield, where a simple strategy system is an inspiring spin on the third-person shooter. This hybrid form of thinking and shooting has a layered depth that comes completely to life in multiplayer, where building a fortress to protect a flag is as fun as flying headlong into the enemy’s HQ. Combining these gameplay elements seems so obvious that, in hindsight, it’s a wonder it’s taken this long to take off. The defining factors of Starhawk will, in all likelihood, garner a strong community to support it for years. Deservedly so: This is multipla...