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Blood GamerDad actually didn't see much blood, if any. Most death sequences appear bloodless Violence The entire game involves shooting at the human opposition with firearms and melee weapons, on foot and in vehicles Mild Language As this descriptor is not present for the downloadable version of this game and we never actually heard any mild language in the game itself, we can only assume this refers to the video trailers for other games provided on the disc version Loosely based on an old PS1 game, Warhawk provides a multiplayer-only battlefield where two warring factions fight to gain control of strategic points - or just to kill each other repeatedly - in a vaguely futuristic universe where standard military jets have been replaced by highly maneuverable hovering aircraft, the titular Warhawks. If I added "It's good" to that opening paragraph, I probably could end the review right there, because that's pretty much all there is to Warhawk. There is no plot to speak off, just a blurb of a backstory, so anyone looking for more than online battles should look elsewhere.  If team-based battles are your thing however, you'll find Warhawk to be extremely capable. The basic gameplay is straight from the popular Battlefield games or the old classic Tribes, with players spawning in and around bases, immediately able to stock up on various weapons or jump into any of the game's vehicles: tanks, jeeps, and of course the flying Warhawks. Motion control can be used for the Warhawks and works acceptably, or you can use traditional control methods instead. The more defensive-minded amongst you might opt for manning several types of gun turrets or grabbing a rocket launcher to take down vehicles by yourself. The game types available are quite standard - deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag, and zone control - so no surprises there. The maps provide quite a lot of variety despite there only being a handful of different "levels", as each level is large and can be configured several different ways according to particular game type of number of players. As far as being a graphical showcase for the PS3, it's subtly impressive. It won't wow you with special effects, but it does look good and successfully presents a state of large-scale war. Likewise, the audio is solid but not particularly memorable. So Warhawk does one thing and does it well. For a full-price title that wouldn't be enough, but as this game is available for a budget price, the total absence of a single-player portion should not stop any PS3 owner from snapping this up. 
This is a violent game where the sole purpose is to kill the opposing players represented by realistic (male) avatars. There is no moral ambiguity, every character is a soldier (or pilot), there are no innocent civilian deaths. Despite the ESRB's "Blood" descriptor, I didn't really see anything of note, it is certainly not a bloody or gory game. The game itself has no bad language (no speech at all, really), though as it has voice support you can and will hear every racial epithet and obscene term under the sun through the headset (or TV speaker) when playing in public matches. Luckily, voice can be turned off, or matches can be set up to be private amongst friends only.
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