it's a bird, it's a plane, crap im dead...
It has a steep learning curve for beginners, but once you play a little...well to be honest you will still probably get womped on. The controls take a little getting used to, especially the no melee button. After you get those down though...well you'll probably still die a lot....but after a little longer...i promise you...you'll be king of the castle.
I lied..there's no castles, but ya you will hold your own. Rocket launchers are your friend and tanks, unless you are in them, are not. Once you get the hang of flying the game gets a whole new layer to it. Its fun to fly but I am nowhere near as good as some of the people on it. You will wonder how many hours they put in the cockpit to do some of the stuff they pull off.
There are a limited number of maps, but the maps are so big you won't get tired of them. There are spots i still havn't been to.
The modes are somewhat skimp on the pickins. If people play as a team the game is definatly more fun. The only problem with this is no one usually does. They don't talk much either. Unfortunatly when someone does its either a 12 year old schooling you or some prick yelling at everyone because he plays too much.
One last complaint...it is hard to rank up. Incognito just added a patch that fixed rankings so i lost all my upper rankings and all my different skins...that i thought i earned bc i won a couple times...so if you wanna rank up be prepared to put in some time.
Warhawk is a great multiplayer game that will last quite a while. It's a must have for any ps3 owner with internet.