Tom Clancy's Ace Combat
I didn’t think much of HAWX at first. It seemed like an Ace Combat clone at first glance. It controls almost the same. For the most part in the single player campaign you are just locking onto brainless targets and firing away. But it begins to truly show its depth once you go online.
Graphically this game is very pretty. The planes all look very impressive and the environments are very fun to fly around in. It sounds great for the most part. The whole presentation is very similar of Ghost Recon which is pretty great if you like that game. If you played Ace Combat on 360 then you will feel right at home with the look and feel on HAWX. The gameplay has some nice additions that make it unique and fresh.
The heart of this game is the co-op and versus online. Co-op is pretty neat because you can play through all 18 missions with up to 4 different people and each player can have there difficulty set separately. This creates a lot of replay ability for the missions. The versus mode is pretty basic with only a team deathmatch but I found it much more playable then Ace Combat’s online and very addictive. The game also has a ranking system that progresses both online and off which will continue to unlock new planes and weapons as you go.
This is a pretty solid first effort from Ubisoft on its first game. It is worth a shot if you’re into Ace Combat.
