HAWX,,,RAWX?

[Sledgehammer427]

has anyone played this game?
i know this forum is full of old-school fighter jocks...but still..i want to buy it and i want to know if anyone here tried it yet

[Fincuan]

Well, it does say Helosim and flight sims in the forum name, so probably not many HAWX fans here

[Sledgehammer427]

haha, true, from what ive read elsewhere its arcadey

[Dowly]

I've been eyeballing it, used to play Ace Combat on PS1, was arcade but fun as heck.

Hello Sledgehammer427

As far as i understood (by reading other players opinions on boards) thise is a arcade, and not a bad one. In any case i will look in my local game store for it, and after that i will give my opinion. Cheers

[Seeadler]

I rented a copy over the weekend from my local video store. It's a good looking game and I play arcade games aswell but this one held me only two hours to play.

Enemys are small markings and I must attack them first before they draw attention on me. For a jetfighter-game, it gives me no feeling of speed, unlike for example the jetplanes in Battlefield2. The potential for this game has not been exhausted, it would have be done more, even for a arcade game. So for me it is just a dull shooter game in a beautiful dress, not worth the money to buy me a copy.

[Sledgehammer427]

Originally Posted by Dowly

I've been eyeballing it, used to play Ace Combat on PS1, was arcade but fun as heck.

Me and my best friend play Ace Combat 3-0 (still have to play 6) and we actually have a little friendly competition...i say the Falken is better, and he likes the eurofighter, so we both dogfight each other. haha.
but i just thought it was a little like Ace Combat, not CFS or IL2 with modern military jets (theres over 50 liscensed planes in HAWX)

[Oberon]

I think this is probably a flight game for the consoles more than anything, although that's not necessarily a bad thing, I'm a big fan of the Ace Combat series, loved Five and Zero because what they lacked in sim, they made up for in story and characters.

RIP Chopper

[Dowly]

Here's what Yahtzee thinks about it:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vide...lancys-H-A-W-X

[Arclight]

HAWX is based on Ace Combat. It's an arcade version of those games...

Once you get your head around that statement, you'll understand how I feel about HAWX.

At least with Ace Combat, a f-117 would handle differently from an f-15. With HAWX it's all the same.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Arclight

HAWX is based on Ace Combat. It's an arcade version of those games...

Once you get your head around that statement, you'll understand how I feel about HAWX.

At least with Ace Combat, a f-117 would handle differently from an f-15. With HAWX it's all the same.

Umm.. how can ANYTHING be more arcade than Ace Combat? I havent played the few newest ones' but I did play the older ones and the only difference between the planes were hoe much damage your missiles and guns do. Sure, there was the stability etc. stuff, but it was all the same even if one play had -600 stability and the other +99999999, it was 100% the same.

HAWX, I have mixed feelings about it. I've heard alot of good about it, and heck, pretty much every review gives it ok or good rating (not counting the ones who run and scream how it isnt realistic. WELL IT NEVER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YOU TITS!)

Prolly going to get this one later on, like Battlefield Heroes showed me today: an arcade game can be great fun.

[Arclight]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Umm.. how can ANYTHING be more arcade than Ace Combat?

That's the whole point. :rotfl:

It really is. Like that "evasion" mode (turn of assists): view pops to chase cam and the plane magically becomes ultra maneuvrable. Don't ask me how, and I know the aim is not realism, but they made an arcade version of Ace.

[XabbaRus]

Crimson Skies works on my XP machine...a couple of crashes but still works.

I loved that game.