Recent reviews by Spiked

I love hardcore, but while playing with friends the game has too many instances of taking damage that isn't on my screen or being told i walked right through a beam attack that I specifically avoided on my client. In addition, being killed after waiting 10 seconds to portal to town "entering town" being shown on screen the whole time is too infuriating to continue.

The game seems fine if you love to solo... I do not

griefers and afks in every game
teammates tk with no repercussions and then you shoot back to salvage the game and get a 30 min cooldown
what a joke

pretty heavy on the RNG vs strategy, but solid gameplay and well polished

was pretty good before they revised it all of the tasks and UI

Deserves at least 1 steam award, seriously

1,000 hours in; I'm still an exile.

no signs of slowing... ridiculous

Some things to know about this game:

Nothing is destructable, not maps, not mech parts.
Infinite ammo, there's no ammo mechanic aside from rate of fire.
There's no idea of armor. Seriously, everything is life based. Hitting someone in the arm, leg or body all has the same damage effect.
Limited customization. Check the website, everything you see there is exactly how it is. Every mech gets 2 guns, one of which is swappable with a limited number of options (1-2 alternates).
Using micro-transactions, you can make any mech look like a different model mech. This makes battlefield identification pointless.
Visual distinction is kind of funny. You can unlock one alternate model and one camo for each mech. Everything else must be purchased. The funny part is that you cannot use the camo on the alternate models.

This is not a mech game. It's a standard fps with jetpacks where your player model happens to be shaped sort of like a mech.

Hawken is not a bad game. I spent $10 to buy into the early entry and played it up to 14 hours a day during a week waiting for a different game to release a new content patch. I don't feel like I want a refund, but I also don't feel like it's worth much more than $10 or more than a casual play style.

Overall: extremely underwhelming