Early on in the PlayStation 4 gestational process it was made known that Sony?s aim was to design the console in close parity with a PC architecture. As a result, several prominent PC free-to-play franchises have made the jump over to the PlayStation platform. One such title is the recently released mech-infused first person shooter, Hawken. Can a game that planted its roots back in 2012 still flourish in the current console gaming landscape, or will it prove that sometimes even the most mature of games sometimes cannot survive the transition"
Compelling Technology
On the surface, the elevator pitch for Hawken?s PlayStation 4 re-release is great. ?Remember the amazing part of Titanfall, where you would get to control a gigantic mechanical god, and wreak havoc on a battlefield full of cannon fodder" Now just imagine you could control a monstrosity of engineering all of the time!” Despite the fact that the game was initially released over a year and a half before Respawn?s freshman outing, Hawken proved to be way ahead of its time. Unfortunately, it doesn?t appear that the game has evolved enough in the last four years to keep up with the rest of the Joneses in the online multiplayer space. As a player, the first time you take the helm of an overpowered mechamonster, it is an amazing feeling. The sheer euphoric power at your fingertips is borderline intoxicating. The problem is, if the battlefield is chock full of mobile weapons of mass destruction, it is h...