Product Description

"Though I fly through the Valley of Death, I shall fear no evil. For I am at 80,000-feet and climbing." - SR-71 USAF base (Kadena, Japan)

The setting is 2012. As the era of the nation-state draws quickly to a close, the rules of warfare evolve even more rapidly. More and more nations become increasingly dependent on Private Military Companies (PMCs) - elite mercenaries with a lax view of the law. The Reykjavik Accords further legitimise their existence by authorising their right to serve in every aspect of military operations. There goes the neighbourhood...

Tom Clancy's HAWX is the next-gen console game primed to revolutionise the way we think about combat in the sky. Cutting-edge technology, devastating firepower, and intense dogfights award this new title a deserving place in the prestigious Tom Clancy Franchise.

• Enhanced Reality System (E.R.S): E.R.S. is in-game technology that helps turn novice aviators into elite pilots of the future. The Enhanced Reality System is the backbone of your flight experience: radars and incoming missile detection, damage control system, tactical map and information relay, and weapons trajectory control. E.R.S. also allows you to issue orders to your squadron, making this system as iconic to Tom Clancy's HAWX as the Cross-Com system is to Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter!
• Dual Gameplay: Want to ease into your flight missions and gain a level of comfort? Turn on the assistance mode and take full advantage of your E.R.S. Need to evade your enemy and execute advanced dog-fighting moves? Switch off the assistance mode and feel the adrenalin rushing through your veins as you play in stunning 3rd person views.
• Innovation in Multiplayer: For the first time ever in the Air Combat genre, experience the entire solo campaign in four-player 'jump in' coop mode. In PVP mode, challenge your friends in intense dog-fighting sessions

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #414 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: UBI Soft
• Released on: 2009-03-06
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Original language: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
• Subtitled in: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

You've often relied on them in other Tom Clancy games, but for the first time you get to play as an advanced fighter pilot in the most exciting combat flight sim of this generation. Taking the role of a U.S. pilot the game's plot contains elements from both Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 and EndWar as you end up defending the United States from corporate mercenaries.

You start the game as a mercenary yourself, fighting in the Middle East

The F-22 Raptor will have to fight both older planes and brand new prototypes

Play with and against friends in the online multiplayer modes

Dogfighting above mainland America is a stunning experience

Although it features plenty of realistically modelled aircraft and other military vehicles this is an accessible, fast paced arcade action game - not a stuffy simulator. You'll engage dozen of bogeys at a time and never have to worry about running out of missiles, let alone targets.

The unique Enhanced Reality System (ERS) allows you to customise the difficultly level however you want, with a set of pilot assists that let you give control of things like radar, damage control and anti-stall measures to the computer. Or you can simply take control of everything yourself and prove yourself the real top gun.

Key Features

• Xrossover: The first flight sim to be set in the Tom Clancy universe, where you actually provide fire support for one of the missions from Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2.
• Autopilot: Enhanced Reality System handles everything from damage control and incoming missiles to crash prevention and squad commands, so you can get on with the piloting.
• Wingman: Four player co-operative mode lets you create your own virtual squadron of friendly pilots as you collaborate and compete online.
• World tour: Stunning graphics simulate over 12,000 square kilometres of realistically modelled land - from Chicago and New England in the U.S., to Rio, Chile and the Middle East.
• Plane choice: Over 60 licensed aircraft from the F-22 Raptor and Eurofighter to Russian fighters and experimental prototypes - all with fully customisable weapon payloads.

About the Developer: Ubisoft Romania
Based in Bucharest, this was the first Ubisoft studio to be established outside of France. It specialises in simulations such as submarine series Silent Hunter and flight sims Blazing Angels and Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. The company also distributes other publisher's products within Romania.

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Customer Reviews

HAWX
I was really excited to hear there was going to be a game similar to Ace Combat finally being released on the PS3 after 360 got the exclusive.

After reading IGN's review, (6.8) I was concerned that the game I had pre-ordered would be a disappointment, how wrong I was! It's pretty much identical to Ace Combat only with a few additional features such as the Assistance on/off feature.

Basically this means you can gain more freedom while dog fighting, as it gives you a different perspective of the flying, something which I began using more when I got to grips with it.

I've yet to beat it, but from the first few levels I've played have decided it is worthy of the four stars. I think the story is good and the gameplay is exactly as I've come to expect of these types of games.

If you liked Ace Combat you'll love this.

decent enough
this game isnt bad at all, exactly what i imagined it to be, an arcade shooter featuring planes, in the tom clancy/ghost recon world.

its fine, honestly, very pretty, lovely terrain, great plane models/skins, realistic and pretty looking enough.

and it has a good story arc, the usual tom clancy type of story, and intertwines nicely with the rest of the sort of "series" ie adv warfighter, end war etc.

its not my most favourite game of the year so far, and not the most amazing, but it is fun and immersive.

i must laugh at people who have said that its simply not realistic and not a good flight sim at all and marked it down accordingly,

what did you expect? im sorry but if youre after realistic flight sim material, youre barking up the wrong tree, and not even in the right park!

it may have a pc release, but believe me, its aimed squarely at consoles, you want realism and inch perfect flight models and avionics etc, get on your pc and get black shark/LOMAC/falcon 4. you want a fun tom clancy world plane game almost in the vein of a top gun/stealth/generic military buddy film, then get this, as thats exactly what it is, and its fun too.

EDIT: as at 31 may 09

i still am amazed at people being disappointed or shocked at this not being a sim???????? telling flight sim fans to steer clear?????????

what did you expect? its a console..... its a tom clancy game......... read between the lines.

but that doesnt mean it deserves low stars because of this, its an ok game, it really is. and yes, im a huge flight sim fan, i own and am good at lomac, falcon 4 and black shark among others. am i disappointed at this game? no, its a good game to play on the console, if youre a console owner and are after a "flight sim" buy a pc.

if you have this on a pc and are moaning its not a flight sim, my advice would be..... buy a flight sim.
why would you have a high end gaming system, capable of multithreading, multiple calculations superior horsepower to a console and the keys/peripherals to operate a sim correctly, only to play a console game on it?????

Superb!
Purchased this game the morning it came out (ie today!) as part of a trade in at a local shop. Got rid of Mirror's Edge, End War and Pure to get this and only had to pay 19p!

Anywho back to the review. What can i say, the visuals are stunning, their isnt any jumps or stop starting as you can get in some games. It is very smooth. Missions are good, not to easy and not to hard.

My only moans are the tendency to accidently hit the 'flares' button when you are trying to ivade flak and missile locks. This results in not having enough flares when a missile does lock... Also, i would really like a PS3 flight game, where taking off and landing are part of the mission...

Overal though, i would give this game 4.7 out of 5. Certainly my favourate game of the year so far...