The Tale of Warhawk 

This game needs to be remastered SO badly

32 players, perfect balance, 4 player split screen. This game DESERVES a remake. Fantastic piece on one of the classics of our younger years. Still fun to play too. Makes me nostalgic dude. I love that montage at 16:15, smacked those cheaters.

I’m 44 years old today… I remember being 30 and playing this game ALL the time! I actually met some really cool people and formed a clan. I would go to work during the day and couldn’t wait to get home and play some Warhawk. I remember being excited for Starhawk, but after playing the demo I never even bothered picking it up. It wasn’t the same. Long live Warhawk!!!!

Warhawk is easily the most underrated game of all time. I will never forget the memories I have playing this game as a kid.

Warhawk holds up extremely well. I’m still playing it in 2022!!

You know this was good when I played it more than Call of Duty during its peak

I was crying by the ending, thank you for the trip back to Eucadia.

This is brilliant. What a great tribute to my favourite multiplayer game.

I was a sniping victim in this video, but I forgive as this was very well done! I'm glad the community is still active, but I wish they would remake or at least re-release this on newer consoles. The gameplay is like nothing else out there.

The fact that there's no remaster of this game is absolutely criminal

As one of the crazy collectors of Cores who was more comfortable looking through the crosshairs of my beloved digital sniper rifle (I was a Sniper in the Army and couldn't play FPS games for obvious reasons) I'm loving this tribute to the game that helped me learn to live with the PTSD that Uncle inflicted on me...I played thousands of hours in the game from 2008-2017 when my PS3 bit the dust...I am considering finding a used one so I can get back and play on Steedly's server again... BurnoutN9 SUGA Clan

I still HAVE PTSD from the WarHawk Cluster Bomb Dump

bro what a FANTASTIC video! We share a lot of similar memories with this game too! I was also in love with the sniper rifle. I remember setting and waiting on some hill for an enemy to come by in the distance only to miss most of my shots because the aiming controls sucked for the sniper lol. have so many fond memories with Warhawk, everything from the soundtrack you first hear when hovering over the icon in the PS3 menu, to the spltscreen choas i had with my brother. those were the good old day :') You earned a sub my friend, well done!

I have so much time put on this game when I was in high school. I was part of a big group who would play every day after we got home from school. Learning, improving, and eventually becoming a name others would remember and fear. There were so many players we would continuously run into, some only a few of us could take on alone in the skies. Everyone had their own playstyle, maneuvers and tactics that once learned could be countered and punished. I wonder if we have crossed paths a few times back in the day, I definitely remember a few usernames that would always be playing spilt screen. I miss this game a lot, maybe I'll have to jump back on the private server to get a massive kick of nostalgia. Thank you for making this video, brought back a lot of memories!

This was my first PS3 game and is the only game I ever bought because of the trailer. I definitely dont regret it and am sad that many people dont even know that this game existed.

Warhawk is my favorite game of all time. For every reason that you mentioned and more. I played from 2008 - to the day the servers were shutdown. Once I got word they were closing the servers I made the push to finally get General rank! I was Brigadier General for atleast 5 years lol! You made a great video that highlighted moments that we all experienced and told stories in a way that very few people could do. I thoroughly enjoyed this but I do wish you went more into what grinding for ranks was like and that feeling of finally achieving the rank you were going for. Like the first time I got Commander rank was soooo hype! I still remember the moment that rank up sign popped up on screen. And also the customization options that came along with ranking up. It was amazing and so addicting. All in all awesome video and thanks for letting us know there’s still a way to play online! I definitely will look into it and be playing again ASAP! *Shoutout the goat Kebap96* (LeGN)CWMIII

This is literally the perfect video to describe this game, if I ever get into a conversation about this game, I’m sharing this video The only thing I wish you went into more detail about was the ground vehicles and turrets

I remember receiving this game as a gift, when i was a kid. We didn’t have wifi at home, but thankfully, the game had split screen, so me and my would have the craziest 1v1s

Played thousands hours of Warhawk, then switched to Resistance:Fall of Man ,Cod4mw and PsHome.There was a time I made a youtube video to recruit people to join my clan. Remembering those days made me cried 😢

Awesome video BloodCell47. What an advertisement for one of the greatest shooter games ever developed. Every year some publication puts out a Top Games List and Warhawk never even gets a notable mention. I would add two additional selling points that made the game unique. One, the rookie servers which gave noobs the ability to learn the maps and weapons while playing against similarly inexperienced players. Two, Private Servers and Clans. I know many games have both now but I think this really bonded the Warhawk community. I played for WYLD and remember scrolling the private server list hosted by clans like SUGA, BSK, GI, NmE and I could predict the players in those games. I’ve played all the major titles since and I have yet to find a game that has as many people on the mics as Warhawk, which helped to make friends (and sometimes enemies). One last thing and then I’ll shut up. I Love the crazy stuff you can do that isn’t realistic but adds so much fun to the game. Silly things like planting mines on jeeps and running them into enemies and Warhawks pushing vehicles off bridges. I made a montage several years ago that highlights those anomalies: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qkH5_St90oM.html I also want to compliment you on your narrative and editing style, good mix of clips that work well with the music. I know from my video that it takes a boatload of hours to produce and so glad you spent the time to do it. OuchMyBawls

My favorite map was probably Close Corridors, i remember probably being the first to do the ladder trick where you jump on and off the ladder to get to the second floor to avoid being sniped

I used to wake up super early before school to play this game all the time, good times.

Really well done! I had sunk most of my free time during high school in this game. Hundreds of hours. Nothing today can match the simplicity and intensity of Warhawk. Hearing the main menu music just now gave me chills. I'd hope some day Sony would look at some of their old franchises and consider renewing this one.

I still play the game today. I recall a time when (this was 3 years ago) I was on Archipelago CTF. It was close to the end of the match. I was on the Eucadian side. Respawned at zone three right by my base. Our team had the enemy’s flag. The flag carrier was in a jeep on the bridge leading to the base. Then he got airstriked. One of our teammates was nearby and grabbed the flag. Knowing he wasn’t going to make it on his own, I jumped into a jeep without hesitation, drove over to him, and brought my teammate back to base to win the match. I even got the Taxi Driver Trophy

I'm in the same boat with this. That last story about having one bullet to save your game, I think we've all experienced that. It's a brilliant game

It’s crazy that a game that that’s nearly 20 years old is funner than anything out right now and is refreshing to play. I wish devs got passionate again and made something similar to this.

Very nice. Great tribute. I whole heatedly agree about balance. No one gets to buy or earn better weapons.....everyone is on equal ground.....or air. Awesome video!

It amazes me that someone hasn't reworked warhawk... honestly the best multiplayer game I've ever played.

Golden age of PS3 multiplayer. Warhawk, MAG, Uncharted 2, Army of Two, Bad Company 2 and even Killzone 2.

Thanks brothen for all the great times playing this together! Great air support! (Not that these times are over necessarily but just saying)

This vid brought tears to my eyes Warhawk was my childhood ‘when times were rough Warhawk was my outlet Met so many good friends have such great memories in wh

This was the best game of all time. Me and my little bro were fortunate enough to have our own ps3's, and we spent probably hundreds of hours playing this game. I was never that good with the warhawk, so I spent most of my time sniping and in tanks. I wish they would remake this game for the PC. Someone needs to start a petition or something... just so the devs can hear that people still love this game. Imagine if they made a Warhawk 2. Maybe one day...

Most addictive game ever hours flew by can even now play the game in my head.

Terrific video. I miss Warhawk so much, I wish they'd remake it. I love COD and loved Battlefield but it never captured that same magic or feeling Warhawk did. So many amazing memories from playing this game, hopefully one day it gets a reboot because I genuinely think there's a market for a game like this right now.

The was the first online game that I had played…I took the next four days off work playing it. Amazing game.

We truly are a special breed with our own special corner in the multiplayer community. A lot of us clocked thousands of hours into that game. I only know one person with the platinum. She and I are still close today. I wasn't even close to getting that platinum. 😂👍

I remember playing this game everyday with friends. Took me 8 months to get to general after getting reset for joining a lobby that had the 50 point ribbon exploit. As a kid i didn’t care that I got reset cause I was only a marshal rank. Just continued playing for 8 months straight till I became a general. Thanks for making this video 👍

Duude this was on freaking point. It's hard to convey in a review just how intense, hectic, riveting the gameplay was but you nailed it. My wife and I played the craaaap out of this game and we still talk about it sometimes today. I had no idea what I was getting into when I bought this game and I wish more people could have experienced it. One of my favorites of all time. I really wish a remaster or sequel were possible.

Loved Warhawk, like you said, there was nothing like it at the time for years to come. Eventually got Killzone 2 in 2009 which was also 32 players and with it's graphics... there was nothing like that game either. But the scale Warhawk had was something Battlefield wouldn't be able to do until years later on console... even so, there could be a ton of Warhawks dogfighting at any one time, not just a plane or two like Dice games, entire lobbies devoted to dogfights is just one aspect of this game. Fuck man. PS3 multiplayer was just generally sick as hell. Warhawk, Resistance Fall of Man, Resistance 2, MAG, Killzone 2, MGO, Demon's Souls, UT3, COD in it's PRIME MW/MW2/Black Ops, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3... these games had so much heart and soul, and at a time when I was growing up and didn't have to ask my parents for extra money for a PS plus/gold subscription. Ohh man, and playing RPGs like Oblivion for the first time in 2007(Was seriously nothing like that game at the time). Full back compat with PS1/PS2. PS3 was just so great.

Just rewatched your video. Brought back so many great memories. I met so many great people playing Warhawk. Some of them I still keep in touch with after all this time. Sony would have such a gold mine bringing back some of the ps3 games. Hopefully someday 🙏🙏🙏

i used to wait at least 1 cycle of the main music before diving into the first game this game....was intense af it was a blast a total adrenalin rush til the end

the ranking system in this game has yet to be matched by any other game. Your rank truly represented what you were good at. Some people only played ground and thier max rank was commander cause they didn’t acquire 50 Air Hours . Others didnt play long enough in air to get 5000 a2a kills and remained Brig Gen. Also just the grind it took to obtain these ranks and the skins that came with them. It was such a badge of honor to finally have the cosmetic and emblem of any rank, but especially a General. In game you knew who put in the work and their stats also showed. Take me back to the days of grinding this game. Took me 4 years to get general. so satisfying. I’m bout to start playing again now that i know it’s possible! [x]Holc8

I didn't play this game but my dad did! It was the only game I ever saw him play, he played until it was shut down for like 12 years 🥲 I would sometimes play too and it was a great game. I hope they remaster it one day

Let's GOOOO. Thanks for showcasing the music. I was definitely one of the guys dominating the skies. Now I can only play ace Combat to scratch that itch. This is the only game I ever played until SUNRISE. C'mon Warhawk PS5!

Man, this is a real gem on youtube. Thank you BloodCell47!

Thank you for making this video! It reminded me of some good childhood memories! It was so tense when you herd those binoculars while screaming to your teammates that you need backup because you had the flag. Or when the enemy took all the bases you would go on a warhawk and secretly take the corner bases that no one was watching and make your team spawn there and 180 the match. It was so underrated I only played with my sister and father. None of my friends had this game and many people had that experience too but because of that I felt like the community was more together than other games at that time. Randomly got this game bundle from gamestop and it's still one of my favorites and most played game. Wish they would make a remastered one for PS5.

great video brother so nostalgic for me I'm almost 30 and this game was amazing i loved playing online split screen.

That comp you made was the definition of "Line 'em up and I'll cut 'em down."

For me it all about the creative ways to nail other players with mines. Moving a keep, placing a mine down, then moving the keep back to its original spot. Placing mines inside a vehicle. Placing them right next to the inside of a door. Hahah. Man those were the days

This game was my childhood. I used to play this almost everyday on ps3. those times were beautiful

man i was like 2 years old when this game dropped but my dad would play this game so much. he was a casual gamer so this was the only game he really spent time on. i pretty much grew up just watching gameplay of this and even seeing this is nostalgic. they for sure need a remaster

I remember when I first picked up this game I was slaughtered for more than 5 hours straight. It took a while to master shooting and flying the warhawks but once I had it down, this game was frikkin' a w e s o m e

Island Outpost is truly a classic. Great video man, miss playing this game with my brothers

Awesome video. I miss this game so much. I sold my ps3 a year ago and I’m possibly thinking about buying another one just to play warhawk.

I played Island Outpost most. The game was phenomenal. Saberfly was my name on it. I bet I played 100s of hours

omg i loved Warhawk this brings back memories

Great video! Thank you for taking the time to make something so good.

In this game's honor, our Arma group uses the callsign "WARHAWK" for our fixed-wing aircraft :)

This is like my 4th watch through. I revisit this video from time to time. Great story telling.

My favorite game of all time. So many fond memories and friends made. I dream of a remaster someday 🙏

I am glad I played the game and became a General in 3 years I wish they could do a remastered, especially the tournaments where you can win the Champions Blade 😔

What a great tribute! Me and my friends legit would get multiple ps3s and all try to be a team of 8 or dare I say 16! My war story would be me speeding across the map, game winning flag in hand. In heavy pursuit, the enemy warhawks swoop in, hailing a barrage of bullets and metal. We reach the bridge, knowing its a death sentence with the wide open, our jeep bursts aflame! The final moments of our charge were near, when all of a sudden your squadmate picks you up with a fully loaded dropship! The doors all open and begin blasting the enemy. We descend on our base, seconds left to score, spin up our jeep tires, and clutch the win!!!!! (Did all of this with the song "Dragon Rider" by TSFH playing). Would have loved to play with/against ya brother! Thanks for stoking the flame within that all started with Warhawk!!!

Great video so many memories and awesome personal accomplishments. Top on the leader board multiple times, impossible sniping kills, squad wipe, most flag carries just to name a few. Short story sadly I started playing this in 08 and didn't actually get the DLC until 2015 but nobody was on it. It felt so sad and lonely being the only one only to realize that just a few years later it became a reality. I created a second account because I made Sargeant and was getting slaughtered by the vets and choose to play at the lower ranks because to me it wasn't about the competition it was about the fun. Made great friends through the chat who I still am with today and will forver have everlasting memories of this game. I listen to the soundtrack often and you can probably find my older comments on them. This game is truly timeless and is perhaps the only game that captures the spirit of true multiplayer. I was only a teenager then and as a man now my feelings for this game still haven't changed, I definitely miss the community and what it was out youth and how the generation was as gamers back then. I'd gladly add anyone who are vets of this gem onto my psn and perhaps we may all come together and tell tales of a time that once was. PSN: STRESSOUT19

You really let loose on your montage making heart on this one. No crawling by linkin park, but still pretty good. I'm also taking note of the good use of cutaway gags and memes. You don't linger on them and let them overstay their welcome, which is good. Just short and sweet. the screaming of BINOS!! at 10:43 was hilarious. I dunno what my favorite map is, but I DO know that my best memory is on Island Outpost. That was the first time I drove a flag in a jeep all the way back to our base while you covered me and I still remember how hype we were lol the way you mix footage of Warhawk, movies and different games all to make certain shots in the video feel more dynamic is sick, my brother. I'm glad to see that this video is kinda popping off. Look at all these comments. You deserve this, bro. Great video. I had no idea it was gonna be about Warhawk. What a nice surprise.

That main menu unlocked so many memories holy shit

My man, such a sick video! I never played this game back but you made me sit and watch this whole video hype as fuck the whole time.

Dude when you showcased the VOIP comms I had a huge nostalgia blast, haha

fire video when u said that strat of keeping the enemy warhawks weak and then shooting it unlocked a memory i didnt even know i had

Used to play it with my dad, brother and my mom on split screen, miss it so much

Good to see you back! I never grew up playing warhawk but listening to your retrospective made me sad I never got to experienced it myself. Despite that, it was nice to hear your analysis and memories youve had with this game.

5:10 back then that was WAY more unheard of, now days its way more accepted

This was fantastic. See you in the game! P.S. LOVED seeing the modders get theirs!

This will forever and always be my favorite multiplayer game. I miss it greatly!

Never was a fan of multiplayer but this one was one of maybe two or three games that had it click for me in all my years of gaming.

I only played this game a few times at my friends house as a kid but it still is incredibly vivid in my mind

Masterpiece of a video bro, couldn’t have explained the wonderment of Warhawk any better myself. Subbed.

This was class mate! I loved Warhawk and it was my first proper experience for playing multiplayer online. I'll never forget it. Thanks for bringing back so many memories.

Warhawk 😍 Woooow we loved that game very hard 👏👏after this game I didn’t love any game online 🔥 🔥😱

I’m still friends with people I met on this game till this day. ❤ this game so many great memories

This video essay is as good as any I've seen, dj peach cobbler, soviet womble, pyrotechnical... equally as amazing!!

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im 2:36 into this video and i have to say, this is beautiful. thank you for this amazing trip to the past 😭

Me and my brother played this like crazy it was so dope with the split screen

This game was heaven .....I forgot it's name for a very long time , I kept remembering world of warcraft even though I haven't played that game but that's what kept popping out.....but now I remembered WARHAWK omg dude that game was everything idgaf

I was what was called a 'squeaker' back in the day now their called 'Fortnite Kids' but even though I was the least 'liked' group this game still had one of the best communities ever, that crappy voice chat gives me flash backs to the good old days, ranking up actually felt real compared to how other games did it doing a series of challenges to get to the next felt challenging and fun just so you can have new outfits and hawk camos, I remember searching the internet to the color glitch on your costume that every 'try hard' was wearing, making 1v1 servers with people joining and leaving repeatedly and my favorite memory was playing Close Corridors CTF on Archipelago all day on a school night this is one of my Warhawk highlights. Now more than a decade later I'm now 18 and I wish I knew at the time Warhawk and other games like PS Home, Little Big Planet and Burnout Paradise would be the best days of gaming I will have, but as I grew, I didn't realize and moved on to play Starhawk, BO2/Ghosts and then right after moved onto PS4 and it never felt the same the more I grew. I did try Warhawk again on PS Now but it didn't feel the same then back when I used to play on PS3. I still love gaming but I would do anything to get a predecessor to Warhawk in 2022 but ever since Incognito defunct in 2009 and Starhawk not doing so well, I don't think we will be seeing another entry to the franchise any time soon. Thank you for this video, it deserves more recognition, it's very well made, especially for a channel of your size.

I had nearly the exact same experience with this game lmao. Man, I wish it was still possible to play this game today. This is why games preservation is so important.

32 players,4 player splitscreen (groundbreaking especially for its scale and kind),popularized communication in online shooters,perfect balance,immersive and expansive level design and smooth and tight gameplay This game remade would sell like hot cakes

Holy shit, this nostalgia trip made my day, man! Can't thank you enough for putting together such a high quality piece together for this amazing game (and informing me that servers were resurrected!). I have a trove of fond memories of Warhawk, and even more of its sequel: Starhawk (~3,000 hours vs 200 in Warhawk) -which I could gush about for hours on end. Would you possibly consider doing a video on that as well?

I played this game when I was like 8. I was hella ass but still had so much fun

You brought a lot of nostalgic tears to my eyes. Your description of your expereince and emtions were dead on of how I also felt playing those many moons ago. You did this game justice with your deep dive dude. Good sht lol

Best Warhawk Video I’ve seen THANKYOU! I use to do night shift security and play this all night! I reached rank 2221 in world it said out of 5 million players it use to put me in games with pokerggg and markjayw who were 1st and 2nd on the leaderboards I played a lot of zones but CTF was so good too 😊

I miss this game & my PS3 so much... I need to get one again

Thanks for the wonderful video.. I still play this game and love it

Really impressive that bloodcell ...great watch !!

SOMEONE NEEDS TO SEND SOMEONE A LETTER TO GET THIS GAME BACK ON THE MARKET

Loved this game. I managed to really skill up on the Warhawk and could totally dominate the skies. I was always obsessed in getting the highest K/D ratio I could in all onlilne games. The lack of a story mode really opened up the potential for our own imaginations to fill in the blanks regarding the lore of the Warhawk universe, which I did almost mindlessly during the loading screens. Probably my favourite game on PS3

I played Warhawk constantly in college with my roommates and other friends. We used to setup 2 tvs/ps3s in the same room so we would have 8 players locally while online for one big team, or just random deathmatch insanity. If there was ANY game that deserves a remaster, it's warhawk.

Fuuuck I miss this game so so much. This as got to be one of the best MP games ever.

Nothing can compare to this game. The simplicity, equality of gameplay (not talking cheaters), aesthetic is one thing, but the community is what really set this game off during the golden era of warhawk 2008-2011. Good times I wish I could have played more of

The music in this game went so hard