ClancyâTMs HAWX Tom is a flight combat game of the first series of the popular video game Tom ClancyâTMs Universe. Cutting-edge technology, devastating firepower and intense duels award this new title a worthy place in the prestigious Tom Clancy franchise. Soon, flying at Mach 3 becomes a right, not a privilege.
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Tom Clancy's HAWX for PS3 puts you behind the throttle, in the fighter pilot's seat. As a member of the elite HAWX squadron, you'll find yourself manning cutting-edge aircraft, training on all the newest weapons, and carrying out dangerous top-secret missions set against the backdrop of a chaotic future, where private military companies (PMCs) are constantly putting your skills to the test and forcing you to defend your reputation as one of the top military pilots on Earth.
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 Perform tricky maneuvers to try and escape brutal dogfights alive. View larger. |
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Set between Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 and Tom Clancy's EndWar from the popular Ghost series, Tom Clancy's HAWX takes place in a world where warfare is constantly evolving--a time when state-sponsored militaries lack the funds and personnel to modernize their forces and elite, private mercenary groups have grown in size and scope to pick up the slack.
The Reykjavik Accords of 2012 defined the role of these PMCs in combat, and they made it fully legal for these groups to purchase from the international armaments market, leading to a shift in the structure of global military power. Over time, you'll do battle on the front lines of both sides as this shift reveals high-stakes arms threats and a terrifying glimpse of the future.
HAWX: The Elite, High Altitude Warfare eXperimental Squadron
You'll begin the game as former U.S. Air Force Pilot David Crinshaw, assigned to provide air support for the well-known Ghost Recon team. You and your fellow HAWX pilots are some of the most highly-trained specialists in the world. Based out of Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, you're tasked with everything from testing secret and experimental aircraft weapon systems to carrying out combat and recon missions, training other top pilots, and attempting to capture enemy technologies.
With the rise of the PMCs, your unique skills in higher demand than ever before. And with 49 playable planes available in game, plus additional planes available to some pilots through pre-order bonuses or VIP memberships, there's no shortage of sleek, fast, deadly aircraft at your disposal as you put your skills to use.
An Iconic, Enhanced Reality System to Help You Deliver Results
When you're in the midst of a firefight, E.R.S. in-game technology can help anyone survive, if you know how to take advantage of it. Featuring incoming missile detection, an anti-crash system, damage assessment, a tactical map, and weapons trajectory control, E.R.S. even allows you to issue orders to your squadron and other units, much like the iconic Cross-Com system in other Tom Clancy games. When you're getting started, you can ease into the rigors of flight and gain confidence by using a special assistance mode that offers support through the E.R.S. This mode can be switched off at any time, deactivating safety features and allowing you to perform advanced maneuvers.
Cutting-Edge Realism and Innovative Multi-Player Modes
Whether you're in a classic F15 Fighting Falcon or a new-generation Gripen, the controls and flight graphics are designed to keep you on your toes. And the game's photo-realistic environments have been created using detailed satellite data. When you pull back on the throttle to jet all over the world, you'll experience this authentic world from a variety of viewpoints.
Game play options aren't limited either, with the campaign featuring solo and multiplayer options with seamless jump in/jump out functionality, and a PVP mode where players can challenge each other to dog-fights for bragging rights, earning experience points and cash, and unlocking additional weapons.
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A great arcade air combat game
HAWX is a game with an interesting moral dilemma. Realism or arcade. Which one to be?
Flight sims are more at home on a PC, where you can assign a million different functions to the keyboard. On a console, you've got a lot less buttons. The developers decided to balance the entire spectrum of realism vs arcade flight sim aspects and wedge it all onto a console.
With that in mind, we have HAWX. The controls are not perfect, but I feel they are a good balance for a flight sim that is decidedly more arcade that "real." The control layout is as intuitive as you can get. Throttle and weapon selections are spot on for a flight sim. It is the gameplay package that surrounds the controls that many will love or hate. I mean you only have so many buttons, how much control can you really have?
HAWX main hook is its assistance modes. You can turn them on and off by double tapping L2 or R2. Most of your time will be spent with assistance on. In this mode you are in a third person view of your plane. You can maneuver and engage in general combat fairly well.
It is the assistance off mode that will separate the fighter jocks from the boys (i.e. the rest of us). Trigger this mode and the camera pulls way back. With this mode, your point of view is oriented relative to the target you are locked on to, but your controls are not. This will disorient some gamers. But, this is where the magic happens. You can make your aircraft perform some truly amazing acrobatic feats, like somersaulting over a missile or instantly reversing course to get the drop on your enemies.
Combat is very enjoyable. It is exciting and fast paced. Your wingmen earn their keep. If you order them to attack a target, then they will almost certainly take it out.
The only thing that is truly "broken" is the sense of speed. I never felt like I was truly zipping along at Mach 2 in an F-14. It is made even more frustrating by the fact that your wingmen seem to be able to fly much faster than you can. This is a shame considering all the times I was racing from one furball to the next.
The missions are good, but the lack of secondary objectives will bore some gamers. The story unfolds during combat. It just does not feel "fleshed out." If anyone remembers all the storytelling done during gameplay in the old TIE Fighter game for the PC, then you know what I mean.
The graphics are incredible. There are times I almost forgot I was playing a game and not watching a movie.
At the end of the day, HAWX is a very worthwhile game. Flight sims are a very much underrated genre on consoles. Most gamers overlook them for FPS and racing games. Fortunately, HAWX does not disappoint.
UPDATE:
I have tooled around in multiplayer mode. For the most part, it works well. There is some occasional lag during an online death match. This is frustrating when you have an opponent in your sights only to have him jump to a different position. The game assumes you will play multiplayer when it comes to experience points. Your ability to earn XP in the campaign is basically over when you finish it. Players will need to turn to multiplayer to obtain higher ranks to unlock new aircraft and weapon configurations.
Not bad, but not great...
As many other reviewers of this game, I'm a long-time fan of the AC titles and was also disappointed when they decided to drop Sony. Very few flight games have found their way onto the PS3 and I think that this game missed a golden opportunity to really shine. As I mentioned in the title, this game is good, but not great. It may have gotten a few extra bonus points for being the first modern jet game for the PS3, but you'll have to judge for yourself.
The Good - This game has an amazing selection of aircraft, including some pleasant surprises. The cockpits are all well done from what I've seen (I've used about 20 different aircraft thus far) and the aircraft themselves are also look pretty good. The missions are slightly more reality based than many in the AC series (real jets, ships, tanks, etc), and is, overall, a lot of fun. The game is easy to get into with a fairly low learning curve and is quite addicting. Also, GeoEye did an outstanding job of integrating real imagery, even though it isn't the highest resolution and really starts to pixelate at less than about a thousand feet.
The Bad - For starters, this game is S-H-O-R-T! With a grand total of 19 missions, none of them lasting more than about 15 minutes, you can easily beat this game 2 or 3 times on a Saturday afternoon. The experience points process is an interesting approach, which does help with replayability, but I would rather have seen the accumulation of money instead since you are, essentially, a mercenary. I enjoy unlocking planes and being able to purchase what you want. As good as the graphics are, they are lacking in a few areas as well. The aircraft are pretty good, but I don't think they took advantage of what the PS3 is capable of. The jets in Ace Combat 6 on the Xbox definitely look better, which is sad considering the game is almost a year and a half old. One thing that especially bugged me was the afterburner flames - they are essentially orange ellipses. I think a few old PS2 games, including Aero Elite, did a better job of rendering them. Not just that, but some jets, most notably the A-10 (I haven't used any of the other sub-sonic aircraft) don't even have afterburners, so I found it a little ridiculous. Also, they got at least one name wrong - the "Mig-25", is actually a Mig-31. I know this is nit-picky, but come on! There is also no real sense of speed, which is particularly evident with low-level flying. The ability to land aircraft would also have been a nice option, but oh well.
In conclusion, when I first started playing this game, I might have even given it five stars. After 4-5 hours of gameplay it would've dropped to 4. Now that I've beaten the game and started reflying missions just to accumulate XP, it's dropped to a 3. I still own Aero Elite and Ace Combat Zero for PS2 and in 6 months will almost certainly prefer playing them to this game. Ubisoft gets a B for effort and a C for delivery. Maybe next time...
Waited so long for something good and this is what we got?
I hate to be a debbie downer, but I was really unsatisfied with this game. Its the same ole thing, mission after mission - the only thing that changes is the landscape.
If I were smart enough to be a game developer, I would have a flight game that includes take off and landings, take off and landing from an air craft carrier; take off and landing with a harrier jumpjet; airstrikes that get called in from ground personnel; joint strikes with helicopter gunships. I mean,the list goes on and on, and this game fell short on just about every level.
The only thing this game gets good marks for are the graphics and dogfights. But really, how many dogfights can you do before you're wicked bored.
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