Once inside the quarters become tight.

K. Hawk is made further frustrating by the enemy AI.  The advantage you gain by the AI's tendency to get lost during pursuits is trumped in spades by their deadly accurate fire.  The AI never seems to miss and can take you down with a few shots.  If an alarm is set off, you're assured of having to reload your last save.  You'll come under withering fire from many angles and be dropped in a few moments while an enemy soldier takes four head shots from your weapon at close range and be none the worse for wear for it.

Since getting into combat will more often than not end your game, K. Hawk is primarily focused on sneaking around which really just involves constantly keeping your eyes on the EPU.  There's not much puzzle-solving in the game beyond switch-flipping and looking behind crates for guns and ammo, making gameplay pretty simplistic.  Simplistic is not necessarily a bad thing in and of itself (think Tetris), but the game's poor graphics, sounds, control, and voice acting don't help matters.  You're left with repetitive and non-compelling gameplay that is just not all that interesting.

In The End, This Game Hath Been Rated: 48%.  There are certainly worse budget titles out there, but if you tire of a game after less than an hour of play how much of a bargain is it?

System Requirements:  Pentium III 500;  128 MB RAM;  16 MB Video RAM; 8x CD-ROM;  500 MB Hard Drive Space;  Mouse.

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