Warhawk - 48 days later

It's been about 48 days since Warhawk was released on the PS3. While not quite two months, I wanted to go back and revisit the game now that it's been out a while.

I haven't actually played Warhawk in a few weeks. That's mainly because I'm so used to the four maps available on Sony's official CTF Large servers. Yes, there are five maps in the game, but somewhere around the time the first bug fix was rolled out, the Destroyed Capitol map was removed from the map rotation on the official CTF servers.

Anyway, I like playing CTF. And I like playing defense. So it's the same thing every time I play. Sure, I can go on offense, but I usually end up on a single-man suicide mission, and that does my team no good. Zones is an okay mode, and I'm not very fond of Deathmatch.

Also, I absolutely suck at aerial combat. The moment I jump into a Warhawk or Nemesis, I'm considered dead. A few seconds after I start flying, I get a Missile Lock-On warning, and I don't have enough time to react before I'm a fireball streaking across the sky.

One other problem with the game so far is that there are still bugs in the Ranking system. I'm ranked 2nd Lieutenant, but I'm not qualified for anything above Chief Sergeant. This, among other minor bugs, haven't been fixed yet. Granted, the game is playable. It's hardly broken. Just a few minor things are. I can't complain much, as the only real bonus to gaining a rank is more customizations, and I love to customize.

The maps have multiple layouts, but you only ever see other layouts on the official servers, when you play on a different sized server. I like playing on the Large servers. But I'd have to play on a Medium or Small server to get a different map layout. And I don't want a smaller map with fewer people. I like big maps, and lots of players.

All in all, I want more maps. There has been no official word on any future content, other than they confirmed there would be more maps and stuff back before the game came out. It's been almost two months. Sure, bug fixes are a priority, but it would still be nice to have some more maps to play with. My only concern is that, when new maps are made available, that the official servers won't include them.

Overall, the game is still good. It's not the gameplay that has dulled. It's the lack of maps. Lack of variety. It'd be nice to have some extra gameplay modes, as well. But the game hasn't held up for me. That's just my opinion. But I need more maps.