Recent reviews by xenixx

Biggest problem with this game is it's AI. It's terrible and dated. The games success depends entirely on it's AI both working and being believable (immersive). It accomplishes neither.

Loads of potential if they manage to figure that aspect of it out.

Sadly, a miss. Played a bit of the campaign, watched more of it, it's universally disliked. It's not good. Never cared about playing a HW game competitively so multiplayer doesn't interest me, and they're clearly trying for an eSport here which irritates me. Not every RTS needs to aim for eSport... Skirmish mode shows the poor design decisions that were made, which could be fixed, however the combat is boring and uninteresting. The maps and game play are way too small, way too fast. So that left the Wargames mode which is just not good enough, I found it nothing special, and because this game has Denuvo that means mod support will be minimal.

I don't see much of a future for HW3, therefore it's not worth $60+ but maybe I'll revisit it years down the road.

Shooting mechanics still leave a lot to be desired. Weapon customization still blows. AI is just not good, they have the typical two states, complete moron or wall hacky, aimboty, god. There's no inbetween. For the money, there's just better tactical shooters out there on both sides of the spectrum (arcade/simulation).

Never feels like this game is going anywhere. Year after year.

Scope, scale and speed were surprisingly less than I expected and what I think the game would need to be good. I could see staleness on the horizon after just an hour of gameplay, that was shocking.
Specifically, the UI is terrible, one of the worst I've experienced in an RTS. Unit variety and the various environments of the game are lacking, the orbital layer being the most shocking one, what a missed opportunity. Having installed this just after feeling the urge to play SupremeCommander again, and of course playing SupCom:FA just an hour or two before, the direct comparison was inescapable. PA is the lesser game, by far.

Is it worth $39.99? Absolutely not. It's not a horrible game but I don't think I'd ever consider paying more than $15 for PA:Titans. There's just nothing epic about the game.

Not worth the price tag at full price. Needs a sale, probably one bigger than 33% off.