Fun for a while, but pay to win – HAWK: Airplane Space games Review

Fun top-down shooter like Tiger Heli, 1942, the Raptor series, but with a permanent bro instead of a power-up that those other games use to boost firepower. Kind of bullet hell in some cases, but usually not so tense. Planes are interesting with varied super attacks, same with bros. Gameplay is very simple. Leveling up and progressing is not very clear, and becomes quite grind quickly, unfortunately. There is enough growth for free2play players to keep you engaged, although the “story” is quite convoluted and disjointed (we’re talking DOOM levels of story here). At some point, grinding out the necessary resources to level both the plane and the bros you want to use becomes tedious. There is a grind for most games these days (find me one that doesn’t), but the core feedback to the player here is: stop and just pay for what you want, or you won’t progress for months. Not like, wait until the next event, but an indefinite good-luck grind. Good for a while, but easy to drop once the grind starts.
Review by Orokusaki on HAWK: Airplane Space games.