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The FPS genre might not be my favourite in gaming (it’s platformers, in case you were wondering), but it’s one I still have a lot of love for. From Medal of Honor and Overwatch to Titanfall and Team Fortress 2, I’ve put a lot of time into shooters over the years, and have given pretty much all of them a good old-fashioned college try.
While I like to think that I’m well-versed, there are a few gaps in my FPS resume, such as Goldeneye and Quake, that I’ve intended to play but simply never found the time. The same can’t be said for Delta Force, a series of critically acclaimed tactical shooters from the ‘90s and early ‘00s that flew under my radar to the point that I was unaware it even existed.
With the series lying dormant for more than a decade, there hasn’t been much for Delta Force fans to get excited lately. That’s all about to change thanks to Hawk Ops, an upcoming free-to-play shooter from Tencent’s Team Jade, the developers of Call of Duty Mobile, that aims to bring the series back for both long-time fans and a whole new generation of prospective tacticians.
I recently had the chance to go hands-on with Hawk Ops at a preview event that let me try out two of its three distinct game modes while chatting to Team Jade's studio head Leo Yao about bringing the series back. The first of Hawk Ops' core modes is a more traditional multiplayer shooter experience called Havoc Warfare, which is essentially Delta Force’s answer to Battlefield’s Conquest mode and features two large teams either trying to take control of or defend points around a map.
Right off the bat, the most important thing to note about Hawk Ops is that it nails its gunplay, which feels weighty and satisfying. Considering Team Jade’s past with Call of Duty Mobile, I expected it to be similarly twitchy and fast-paced, but it’s more in line with Battlefield’s heavier and more realistic feel.
I’m not enough of a gun guy to be able to name any firearms more complicated than a Desert Eagle or AK-47, but every weapon that I used felt responsive and had a hefty amount of kick, just like DICE’s staple series. In fact, there’s a lot about Hawk Ops’ Havoc Warfare mode that reminded me of Battlefield, from its use of vehicles (which I wasn’t good enough to unlock) to its bigger and more destructible maps.
8 сен 2024
