HAWX (1)

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. (“High Altitude Warfare eXperimental squadron”) is an aerial dogfighting game for the PS3 (Playstation 3) Xbox 360 and PC. The game features a mix of Dogfighting and ground attack missions as well as a limited online team deathmatch mode and an online co-operative mode.

• HAWX – Aircraft
  
• HAWX – Challenges
  
• HAWX – Unlocks
  
• HAWX – PS3 Trophies
  
• HAWX – Xbox Achievements
  
• HAWX – Videos

Reviews:

HAWX recieved average and sometimes poor reviews. However despite it’s many flaws it is enjoyed by many players online.

Gameplay:

The game features an Enhanced Reality System (ERS), which can include radars, incoming missile detection, an anti-crash system, damage control system, tactical map, information relay, weapons trajectory control and the ability to give commands to an AI squadron. When fully activated, ERS provides assistance to the player. Some or all of these assists can be turned off to make the game more difficult and give the player more maneuverability. ERS can be disabled by a double-tap button press which gives more direct control over the plane.[13] A cockpit view, ‘first person’, and ‘third person’ views are selectable. Many were skeptical about the success of the simulation after developers first refused to mention the existence of the cockpit view.[14] An additional distant third person view is supported that gives the player an external view of both their plane and the target.[13] The Ace Edge flight stick and throttle control, designed for the limited edition Ace Combat 6 package, is fully compatible with the game on both Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360. ~ Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy’s_Air_Combat

Plot:

The player begins the game in 2014 as a former U.S. Air Force pilot David Crenshaw who, as part of an elite unit called H.A.W.X, provides fire-support missions for the Ghost team. However, shortly after the mission, the Air Force decides to deactivate the H.A.W.X. squadron and its pilots, including Crenshaw, are recruited into the PMC Artemis Global Security. Over the next six years, Crenshaw and his squadron perform various missions for Artemis and its clients, including defending valuable facilities and attacking insurgent bases. In 2021, Artemis signs a lucrative defense contract with Brazil, making it one of the most powerful PMCs in the world. However, shortly after the contract is signed, Las Trinidad, an alliance of anti-US South American states, launches an invasion on Rio de Janeiro. With the help of Crenshaw and his squardon, Artemis and the Brazilian military are able to push back the assault. The United States then sends in forces to help pacify the area and stages joint operations with Artemis. However, during one mission, Artemis breaks their contract with Brazil and betrays the United States, stating that Las Trinidad had offered them a better deal. Unwilling to turn on their own country, Crenshaw and his squadron side with the United States and help them destroy the Artemis forces in the area.
After the United States orders Artemis to disarm, the PMC launches a massive preemptive attack on United States soil. Though H.A.W.X. manages to prevent them from taking Washington DC and assassinating the President of the United States, Artemis manages to attack and capture numerous American cities and military facilities. Crenshaw and his squadron then assists the American counterattack against Artemis. However, as the United States begins gaining the upper hand, Adrian DeWinter, the CEO of Artemis, announces that he has stolen some of the United States’ nuclear weapons and gives the President an ultimatum, surrender in 24 hours or watch the United States be destroyed. H.A.W.X., along with the Ghost Recon team and the US military, manage to restore the SLAMS missile defense shield (which is found in Tom Clancy’s EndWar) and retake the stolen nukes, but Artemis still has a trump card. Artemis forces managed to smuggle one nuclear warhead into Los Angeles, California and threatens to detonate it. With the warhead eventually located by AWACS Citadel and destroyed by Crenshaw, the Artemis threat was destroyed once and for all.
In the epilogue which takes place several weeks later, it is revealed that Artemis has been completely destroyed, however DeWinter and other Artemis executives have managed to escape and are now international fugitives. The conflict between the United States and Artemis also caused over 40,000 civilian deaths all across the United States, prompting the United Nations to begin a crackdown on all PMCs. The PMCs are now either forced to take on small scale support and logistical roles, or they will be dismantled. Meanwhile, Crenshaw alone is sent on a black operation to assasinate DeWinter and his subordinates. Thanks to intelligence provided by Third Echelon, Crenshaw destroys Dewinter’s hideout located above a series of canyons. With DeWinter and his subordinates finally dead, they will never be able to harm the world again. ~ Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Clancy’s_Air_Combat