Tom Clancy's Hawx is essentially geared towards fans of arcade shooters. I have to admit I found the word 'simulation' hardly appropriate to describe Ubisoft's latest production. Physics wise, gravity is practically non-existent. Rolling the plane left or right wil still keep you going as straight as an imaginary ruler will go in the sky. To actually turn, you would have to apply backward stick pressure. Speed is the key factor in the game.
Having said that, I found this game highly entertaining. Its fun! That is if you are willing to forget everything a real flight simulator taught you. Once you get past that, it's the dodging of missiles and high G-turns that will keep you hooked. The single player mission is pretty standard, go there shoot that, go here shoot more of that. But, once you get to online team death match, it's a whole new ballgame. Set it to realistic mode (where you only get the number of missiles a real plane can carry) and you can expect decent dogfights, cannons blazing.
Having played Falcon 4.0 and IL2, I've always wanted to get my hands on the Ace Combat series, but since I don't have a Xbox360, Hawx is the closest thing a PC gamer is going to get.
Like others who have said, it's a good game but not a great one. Just some of my thoughts after playing the PC demo.
