MRG
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When I first heard about this game, I must admit that I was very excited. After all, I rather enjoyed pretty much every game thus far released with Tom Clancy somewhere in the name of the game. Add in the fact that a decent flight Sim had not been released for quite some time & well, my expectations were running high. Perhaps a little too high. So it was with a fair amount of excitement that I installed "Tom Clancy: H.A.W.X" & headed in game.
It took only a few moments of actually playing the game, that I found my excitement rapidly start to fade. What was excitement only moments before, was now quickly turning to one of puzzlement. Since when did Tom Clancy allow his name to associate with what I felt to be a bargain bin quality game? Perhaps I was expecting a little too much to start out with, but after giving the game a decent, if admittitly short 3 hour play test, I ended up feeling the same way at the end of those 3 hours, as I did after those first few initial moments of actually playing & that was that I felt "Tom Clancy: H.A.W.X" was nothing more than an overly simplified & very arcade like flight Sim.
That's not to say that the game isn't any fun, it's just NOT the type of quality you have come to expect from a game that Tom Clancy is associated with. Such as with the Rainbow Six series.
Quoted from official site:
It was while reading through the "Official" info about the game posted on Ubisoft's website after having played the game for awhile previous to writing this, that got me thinking. I simply have to be missing something here, because everything I have read, would indicate that H.A.W.X would be an excellent game. True, what game released does not garner it's fair share of hyperbole, but even taking that into consideration, the game still left me wanting... & in a big way. While I am trying hard to not be negative, I am finding very little ( So Far ) that makes the game stand out, let alone worth spending $49.95 on.
Perhaps the game looks better under Vista & DirectX 10, but running it under WinXP & DirectX 9 does not ( in my opinion ) look anywhere near like the cutting-edge game it is being called. I have every setting in options maxed out, with AA & AF the highest they will go, with a screen resolution set to 1280x1024, which is sadly the highest my old monitor supports. Even so, I feel that the visuals are not all that impressive. ( Don't let the below Screenshot fool you. My Game does not look anywhere near that nice. )
I'm in no way trying to provide a review for the game. I'm more like venting my frustrations with the way a game is, because it did not meet my expectations. I will continue to play, with the hope that it gets better.
If you are thinking of getting this game, I would only advise you to really give it some thought. As it stands, I do not feel the game is worth it's current price tag in any way. I would be interested in reading what others here who have the game, thought about it.
Am I in fact just simply wrong in my assessment?
Official site:
http://hawxgame.us.ubi.com/
-MRG
It took only a few moments of actually playing the game, that I found my excitement rapidly start to fade. What was excitement only moments before, was now quickly turning to one of puzzlement. Since when did Tom Clancy allow his name to associate with what I felt to be a bargain bin quality game? Perhaps I was expecting a little too much to start out with, but after giving the game a decent, if admittitly short 3 hour play test, I ended up feeling the same way at the end of those 3 hours, as I did after those first few initial moments of actually playing & that was that I felt "Tom Clancy: H.A.W.X" was nothing more than an overly simplified & very arcade like flight Sim.
That's not to say that the game isn't any fun, it's just NOT the type of quality you have come to expect from a game that Tom Clancy is associated with. Such as with the Rainbow Six series.
Quoted from official site:
It was while reading through the "Official" info about the game posted on Ubisoft's website after having played the game for awhile previous to writing this, that got me thinking. I simply have to be missing something here, because everything I have read, would indicate that H.A.W.X would be an excellent game. True, what game released does not garner it's fair share of hyperbole, but even taking that into consideration, the game still left me wanting... & in a big way. While I am trying hard to not be negative, I am finding very little ( So Far ) that makes the game stand out, let alone worth spending $49.95 on.
Perhaps the game looks better under Vista & DirectX 10, but running it under WinXP & DirectX 9 does not ( in my opinion ) look anywhere near like the cutting-edge game it is being called. I have every setting in options maxed out, with AA & AF the highest they will go, with a screen resolution set to 1280x1024, which is sadly the highest my old monitor supports. Even so, I feel that the visuals are not all that impressive. ( Don't let the below Screenshot fool you. My Game does not look anywhere near that nice. )
I'm in no way trying to provide a review for the game. I'm more like venting my frustrations with the way a game is, because it did not meet my expectations. I will continue to play, with the hope that it gets better.
If you are thinking of getting this game, I would only advise you to really give it some thought. As it stands, I do not feel the game is worth it's current price tag in any way. I would be interested in reading what others here who have the game, thought about it.
Am I in fact just simply wrong in my assessment?
Official site:
http://hawxgame.us.ubi.com/
-MRG
Makes it more worth the money IMO.
