I saw couple of trailers on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VorCe8bzeKM ( warning: french guy introducing the game with heavy accent ) of this new Air Combat action shooter called HAWX. I guess air combat game fans who have been familiar with this genre would find this game remarkably similar to the Ace Combat Series. However, what I’m looking out for, as with all Tom Clancy’s games is storyline behind the action.
From what I understand, HAWX is gonna be one of the first of upcoming games that link up the entire Tom Clancy universe of Ghost Recon, Rainbow 6 and etc. Featured in this game would be the latest 4.5-5G fighters like the F-16 (my personal fav), the F-22 Raptor, Typhoon, Rafale, as well as a couple of oldies such as the Harrier, Tomcat and Jaguar.
Naturally, its not gonna match up to any hard core sims such as F4AF, it sure makes up with all the pretty graphics and creative gameplay style. (Ref 2min 45s of the youtube video… like WOW! man…) Having a Godly load of missiles, and fuel sure makes the action a lot more fun too. I always figured 6 AMRAAMs was not enough for me. =D
I seriously cannot wait for this one to hit the stores. Thankfully, there’s gonna be a PC version as well, so a rig upgrade seems necessary in the months to come.
I am a big fan of Clancy games and ace combat, so it’s going to be interesting to see how they pull them together. Also they are saying there is going to be 4 player co-op for the campaign. =)
By: mangomanak on January 23, 2009
at 12:28 pm
I’m just wondering, what is a F4AF?
By: Chuang Shyue Chou on February 1, 2009
at 8:11 pm
Falcon 4: Allied Force. Its a remake of Falcon 4.0 by Lead Pursuit. They spiffed up the netcoding so its a lot more stable for online play. Also has an interactive campaign engine so that you make strategic and tactical changes to how the war is going.
More importantly, its one of the most accurate military flight simulations out there that models the F-16 accurately in terms of flight performance, weapons and avionics. Despite its age, theres no other military flight sim that has surpassed it yet.
Check out http://www.lead-pursuit.com/ for more details.
By: Shotgun on February 2, 2009
at 1:21 pm
Hi guys, well, i just downloaded the Demo on 360. Graphics are amazing and controls are great. There is a new feature where you can turn off automated control!? dont ask me what this means, but it allowes you to do all sorts of crazy moves.
Looking forward to the full release.
Divinity.
By: Divinity Magic on February 13, 2009
at 8:54 am