HAWKEN

 PlayStation 4
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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 33
  3. Negative: 9 out of 33

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  1. CenkAlp
    Mar 1, 2018
    6
    Hikaye = 0
    Oynanış = 8
    Grafikler = 6
    Sesler = 6
    Keyif = 7
    Atmosfer = 6
    Süre = 7
  2. FriedConsole
    Aug 5, 2016
    5
    I am not a framerate snob but this is unplayable with severe jerks and stutters. Disappointing because despite being ugly it looks like it could be fun but it is disorienting to try to follow what is going on with the poor performance.
  3. caligatio
    Aug 30, 2017
    6
    The game feels a bit like a beta. It has some Server issues and you cant join a game while you are in a Party with ppl who dont play this game. There are framerate drops en mass at the beginning of each round but it doesn't effect the gameplay.
    The grafics are good for a game that is 4 years old but surely not up to date.
    The gameplay feels nice and is relatively fast paced for a mech    The game feels a bit like a beta. It has some Server issues and you cant join a game while you are in a Party with ppl who dont play this game. There are framerate drops en mass at the beginning of each round but it doesn't effect the gameplay.
    The grafics are good for a game that is 4 years old but surely not up to date.
    The gameplay feels nice and is relatively fast paced for a mech game.
    The mechs are well balanced and there are many of them.
    Most of the game modes are fun to play but some wont work correct...

    There is NO pay to win in this game! You just need a bit practice and you can even destroy heavy tank mechs with the first mech you get!
    Yes you can buy heavier, stronger or faster mechs for real money, but you also can buy them with the ingame currency you get for playing the game and anyway they wont give you any advantage if you dont know how to use them. Also every mech has its downside like heavy mechs are slow, fast mechs are weak and so on...
    Everything else you can buy are cosmetics and emotes.

    Overall it's a nice but unpolished game with good potential. Maybe it will be awesome in a few month... or maybe not, who knows.
    Right now you can have a lot fun with it if you can ignore the issues.
    Anyway, it's for free, so if you like mechs, give it a try.    … Expand
  4. Seethman
    May 12, 2017
    6
    If there were another mech-type PS4 game out there, I haven't hit it. Hawken can be fun, though my late arrival to the game means that there isn't as large a player base as I would like. TL;DR: Give it a go, it ain't bad.

    The gameplay is tight. Shots generally feel like they are going where they should, and hit when they should. There's a massive difference in high caliber players    If there were another mech-type PS4 game out there, I haven't hit it. Hawken can be fun, though my late arrival to the game means that there isn't as large a player base as I would like. TL;DR: Give it a go, it ain't bad.

    The gameplay is tight. Shots generally feel like they are going where they should, and hit when they should. There's a massive difference in high caliber players versus newbies, and learning to use your mech can take some time.
    Graphics are a bit sub-par; everything looks gray or brown, and the customization options are lousy. I wanna dress up my mech dolls pretty, give me some damned options.
    The maps are great; I love the layouts. You have to pay attention all over the place, because there is pretty nearly always at least 3 ways to get to any point. I usually die to where I'm not looking.

    There are several different game modes, but again, the lower playerbase means that it's a little tricky to play the one you may be interested in at the time.

    Finally, their pay model. I like to give companies money. No, really. I especially like to do it early on, when I feel like I'm getting the best boost. Here, you can buy your mech directly, or work your way up to it. There seems to be roughly 25 different mechs to play; (there's a lot of playstyles). But, earning them is totally possible. However, there's not a lot of incentive to put money into the game after you have the mech you like. Most cosmetic options cost some cash, and some actually do look kinda cool, but there's not really nearly enough options to make me feel like, "wow, let me put the money into that!". Hard to see what you would put the money down for, as a result, unless you are really in a hurry. Averaging it out for me, it looks like about a mech a week with 2-3 hours gameplay a day. More or less, depending on your game mode, and success in crunching other people's giant robots.    … Expand

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58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. GameCritics
    Nov 18, 2016
    65
    Hawken may not make the grade as a mech title, but when stacked up next to other free-to-play FPSs, it doesn’t have anything to be ashamed of. The combat is faster and less impactful than I would have liked, but it’s still solid, and I spent more time with it than any other online FPS since the first Titanfall. While there’s not much chance I’ll eventually unlock everything in the game, Hawken has me thinking about going back and spending more time with an F2P FPS, which has never happened before.
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  2. Everyeye.it
    Aug 1, 2016
    65
    Hawken wasn't born under a lucky star, and carries on Ps4 many of the problems of the troubled PC version.
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  3. Destructoid
    Jul 24, 2016
    45
    Hawken has never been a terrible game, but it has never made a case for itself as anything more either. This console version puts up even less of a fight.
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