Berserk and the Band of the Hawk
Behold the fierce blend of "Warriors" and "Berserk"! The action of cutting through hundreds of enemies, fundamental to the Warriors series, is fused together with the dark and gruesome atmosphere of the world…
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Omega Force, released 27 October 2016 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Berserk and the Band of the Hawk is
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Omega Force and released in 2016. It was published by Koei Tecmo Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk, known in Japan as Berserk Musou , is a Musō game developed by Omega Force and published by Koei Tecmo for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Microsoft Windows. It is a collaboration between Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors video game series and Kentaro Miura's Berserk manga series. Berserk and the Band of the Hawk was released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Japan on October 27, 2016, and worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in February 2017.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 40 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Musou series
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk is the ninth of 11 entries we hold in the Musou series. The next entry was Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition in 2018. Its critic score of 67 is 5 points below the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is Dragon Quest Heroes II at 82.
How it was received
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 34% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Core i7 870 over, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA Geforce GTS 450. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Berserk and the Band of the Hawk launched on 27 October 2016, within three weeks of Dishonored 2, Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dishonored 2, Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Berserk and the Band of the Hawk yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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