woah

The first game was successful enough that they thought it needed a sequel? I was always under the impression the first game sort of flew by in a fireball as it crashed and burned....guess I was wrong!

I loved the first game, can't wait for this.

That's cool.

It looks pretty cool...
 
ok maybe not "cool" but it sure looks pretty.

The first had this weird soft glow that I don't see in these pictures. It also had the coolest "garage".

The first HAWX was alright I suppose, but I didn't like the whole super far camera angle for the special manouver thing they touted, it just felt confusing. I just went back to Ace Combat 6 instead.

I actually laughed out loud when I read the third paragraph. Well played Matt, well played.

Did the first HAWX really warrant a second one?

One of the funniest articles ive read in a long time. Kudos to you Matt.

"The X stands for "eXperimental squadron." They didn't change what the X stands for in H.A.W.X. I was lying. Sorry. "
 
HA called it.

" The first game was successful enough that they thought it needed a sequel? I was always under the impression the first game sort of flew by in a fireball as it crashed and burned....guess I was wrong! "

matt kessler is actually kind of funny.

but yeah, hawx looks just as bland as ever. preemptive bias ftw.

MattBodega: Not funny.

I don't get why people are freaking out over the X standing in for eXperimental. The X has been used to denote experimental stuff forever. Including most of the military technology that was developped in the last 60-70 years. X-35, X-1 (First plane to break the sound barrier), etc. Actually...it goes all the way up to X-58.
 
 
Still an awesome joke in the article btw lol.

Will it be in 3D?

I really like the comedy Matt adds to his news posts, they make them even more enjoyable haha

The big question is that, being a Tom Clancy game, will it involve blowing up Mexicans? Because if not, it's not a real Tom Clancy game.

Played the demo for the first HAWX and, to be honest, thought it was pretty terrible. The enhanced reality system, if used at all, makes the game a little too... concrete? Like it just gives you a set guideline to follow, instead you being forced to make your own tactics and decisions. I also thought that the third person perspective (forget what it's called, something about some performance inhibitor I think) was incredibly difficult to use, since it's near impossible to keep your bearings in 3 dimensions when the camera shifts around. I don't have much experience with aircraft games, but it just seems like Ace Combat 6 is infinitely better at making this genre of game entertaining.

The ONLY reason I clicked on this was to see what the X stood for.
 
You win this round.

The first game's demo was kind of fun, I've just never been into flight games.  Maybe I'll give this one a try.

Poor Sub-arcade game
Sequel news with bullshots X
Cherry Blossom shit.

I got HAWX for free
It came with my graphics card
Still deserved refund

I totally forgot HAWX existed.

XTREME!

Does anyone really care?

I didn't play the first one, but I'll play this one. I haven't played an air combat game in a quite a number of years, and I'm in need of something different from yet another FPS, RPG, or Action Game. Then again, I guess this could be considered an FPS with no floors and a requirement to always move forward. So, really, who knows how long I'll end up playing. But, hopefully it'll be a fun changeup while it lasts.

HAWX was better than Ace Combat 6. The online was actually good. Glad to see a sequel in the works.

" MattBodega: Not funny. "

ugh. just give me ace combat 7 already bandai so i don't have to put up with this

Hopefully they can polish the shit up for the game. Wasn't expecting it to warrant a sequel though.

" ugh. just give me ace combat 7 already bandai so i don't have to put up with this "  

Also, 50 bucks this has Night Vision Goggles in it.

H.A.W.X. is great only because it leads to people saying Hawwwwwww.

The first game had this really interesting "crash to desktop" feature.  I can't tell if this is still in the second?  I guess only time will tell!  Can't wait!  Seriously, I really love my desktop.  It contains shortcuts to so many games that actually run properly.

Awesome!! I can't wait to buy this game and take it to the skies!

Falcon 3.0 or GTFO

eh, I was disappointed with the mission design/structure/whatever in the first HAWX... it was very much lacking in levels I wanted to play over and over... just give me a level that's nothing but other jets to shoot down, and don't make me break off from that to do some tedious BS like chasing down tank-dropping cargo planes
 
also don't make it such a pain in the ass to gain levels, I got to level 32 or something and then the progression slowed to a fucking crawl because I didn't have any other challenges to get xp from

Gimme a new Ace Combat over this! Pleeeeeeease world!

Damn you Kessler! I read this story for nothing!

I actually liked the first game, for the most part, but felt the camera angle on the special maneuvers was too irritating. (Honestly, I took advantage of the GameStop deal that had the game pegged at $40 during its release week, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered). Eventually I just stopped playing it. I know quite a few people who loved the game, and it was reviewed well enough. So I don't get the confusion over a sequel. It's kind of a no-brainer. The threshold for sequels this gen has been pretty low. Still, there's a lot of things I hope they fix. I'll need to play a demo before I'd even consider it. With all the other games coming out this fall, it's going to be pretty low down on my list.

" @Hamz said:

" The first game was successful enough that they thought it needed a sequel? I was always under the impression the first game sort of flew by in a fireball as it crashed and burned....guess I was wrong! "

Yeah, doesn't make much sense to me either. "

Anyone remember Joint Strike Fighter?
This game kinda reminds me of it.