Tom Clancy's HAWX Comments by Kristan Reed

consoles and flight sims are like drinking and driving

fun? ;)

The external view sounds like a bit of a turn off for me though I'm certainly going to give it a chance.

As for the flight sim comment; I think there might be a little difference between something like this or Ace Combat when compared to FSX or whatever. Or are you just one of those zealots who always claims console=dumbing down and thinks anyone who doesn't use KB+Mouse is some kind of dangerous mutant?

i think i just got a little sick in my mouth

+1 for the Top Gun reference

Your ego's writing cheques your body can't cash, etc

Fucking hell! It might be good !

@ Scimarad

I think he was referring more to the arcadey nature of flight sims on consoles. Those who grew up on flight sims on the pc during the late 90s and early 00s, console flight sims must be pretty off putting. They're incredibly arcadey compared to the games that came out then. Plus, joysticks on the pc made a huge immersive difference too as they were essentially tailored for such games.

There are times when i'm running through Ace Combat 6 and all I can think of is IL2 does it so much better. I like both types anyway.

Hopefully this can give Ace Combat 6 a stern challenge. Shame on Namco for charging money for extra co-op maps, the greedy buggers.

Comparing games like Ace Combat (and, I assume, Hawx) to "real" sims doesn't make much sense, really. They're pretty much different genres.

Really looking forward to Hawx - the more I read about it, the better it sounds.

I would rather have an arcade flight game rather than a sim, mainly because the sim's verge on being tedious.

Really looking forward to this :D

I so hope this is good. So far i haven't played a console flight game that was appealing, they're all too arcadey and like Afterburner. Give me something with a decent sim aspect to it and i'll be happy :)

Best flight sim ever, IMO, has got to be F-29 Retailiator on the Amiga.

What was wrong with a cursor showing you where the enemy is? I've seen these extrenal tracking cams before, and the just don't do it for me. As long as it's just optional though, I'm all for it.

It's bloody good actually - had a go on it at Leipzig and was very impressed. Had a nice surprise when I was at Saitek's stand as well - they're producing new versions of their Aviator stick for consoles (one for PS3 and another for Xbox 360 - apparently they can't combine the two in one due to licensing restrictions) which they say will work perfectly with HAWX (as well as Blazing Angels and Ace Combat), so that should improve things a lot; I always found the Ace Combat games far too fiddly on a gamepad.

Flight sims vs arcade = Racing sims vs arcade

Opinion on both is so divided that they might as well be different genres. For me, sims are too hard, I don't have the dedication or attention span to get good at them. Arcade = instant fun. I WANT to be able to do things in video games that aren't possible in real life.

"I would rather have an arcade flight game rather than a sim, mainly because the sim's verge on being tedious."

I kind of agree, I used to really like flight sims on PC, Commanche Hokum was the best sim ever (helicopters rule) but then I got Lock On and it was sooooo realistic it was boring. Just the way all the instruments worked like a real plane, which sounds great but in reality is actually very difficult and boring. The way radar works in an SU-27 is just plain shit, you have this tiny little cone you have to keep slewing all over where you're searching. All this 360 degree radar picking up targets at any height is bullshit. I honestly can't believe anyone can find a target in real life without an AWACS. And Falcon 4.0 was so realistic it was also boring.

The only reason I'd play a PC flight sim nowdays is because using a Joystick/Throttle/Rudder system is awesome. And only then if it wasn't 'realistic'.

Just playing through Ace Combat 6 at the moment - it's excellent - just the right balance of arcade and sim for my tastes. Sounds like Hawx will be my next purchase in the genre.

Planes and co-op missions.

I should be pissing my pants about this game yet I can barely raise the effort required to type this and lots of other people didn't even get this far judging by the lack of comments.

Clancy-fatigue??

this is an action sim, an arcade sim, presented very well, so it is for people that like quick fun sessions with big explosions and interesting missions imho, so yeah this could work.