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(More customer reviews)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 tofly 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.
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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.
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