Warhawk is Officially Bad. As in 1980's Michael Jackson Bad.

When I think to myself "Yeah this isn't bad for a console game," what I really think overall is that I could find a more refined and ultimately better use of my time elsewhere.  That's what I think most hermits from the QuakeWorld days react if they manage to put themselves into a situation that has them controlling the foot soldier portion of Warhawk.  They've played Battlefield 2 on the PC to death, and a side by side comparison between it and a seemingly watered down shoot-em-up (granted, Warhawk's over the shoulder so it's not a 1-to-1 taste test) played with a Dualshock 3 just amounts to a mound of meh.

Then you pick up an actual Warhawk (re: the things that fly and go boom in midair), spend a few hours merely getting shot down and running into things.  Finally, you get your first kill, and declare the game the true spiritual successor to the multiplayer component of Starfox 64.  In fact, it's like dogfighting in an Arwing while loaded on ecstasy.  I guess. I've never done drugs, but that's what the kids do these days, I'm thinking.  Anyway, Warhawk's flight combat component is one of the most frenetic and challenging contests you can find online on any platform.  And it's $30.  You should consider buying it.