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Delta Force: Hawk Ops has a real shot at knocking Call of Duty and Battlefield off their perch


From playing the alpha, Delta Force: Hawk Ops feels like a genuine challenger to the military shooter establishment.

Player movement has that perfect balance of momentum and physicality that Battlefield always provides, the familiar assortment of M16s and sniper rifles are all fundamentally satisfying to wield, and it has that all-important capacity to dazzle with player-driven spectacle, with the frontline constantly popping and billowing with exploding vehicles and ordnance. | Image credit: TiMi Studio Group / Eurogamer All of which is a long-winded way of saying that Hawk Ops feels good to play, Moreover, while Havoc Warfare is undoubtedly heavily inspired by Battlefield, it isn't a carbon copy. | Image credit: TiMi Studio Group / Eurogamer It's a great synthesis of the tension of both spec-ops operations and extraction shooters, although I do wonder about the optics of Western military units infiltrating a conflict-ridden Middle Eastern nation and robbing it blind.

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