History VideoGame / HAWX

* CoolPlane: The cover and cinematic trailer features the extremely cool [[GaulsWithGrenades Dassault Rafale]]. In game, you can fly over ''50'' different aircraft. DLC increases that number to ''[[BeyondTheImpossible over 60]]''.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: AceCombat and HAWX have almost the exact same controls... except for the teensy fact that the missile and gun buttons are switched. Luckily, HAWX has controller customization.

* SpiritualSuccesor: To ''VideoGame/BlazingAngels'', another series of flight games by Ubisoft Romania.

The protagonist is a Captain in the U.S. Air Force named David Crenshaw, who is part of the titular High Altitude Warfare Xperimental Squadron. He begins the game on his last day on the job, supporting covert operations being conducted south of America's border (GhostRecon fans should recognize the mission as [[ContinuityNod being a part of GRAW 2's storyline]]). Afterwards, the H.A.W.X. squadron is deactivated and subsequently headhunted, along with Crenshaw, by Artemis Global Security. The team quickly proves themselves to be one of Artemis' most valuable assets and helps secure them a place as one of the richest and most powerful [=PMCs=] in the world. Life has never been so good. Right?

''H.A.W.X.'' is an arcade flight combat game and part of the TomClancy brand. The story is set in [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture the near future]] where PrivateMilitaryContractors are recognized as lawful combatants by the fictional Reykjavik Accords.

* ImprobablePilotingSkills: Due to the game's arcade-style gameplay, this trope is a given. Then, the game [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerates]] it by introducing OFF mode, which, while adding the ability to stall, turns your plane into a super fast, super maneuverable death machine.

* CameraLock: OFF mode keeps the camera glued onto a targeted enemy, avoiding one of the more annoying aspects of combat flight simulators: enemies flying off the camera and away from your view.

* MultiTrackDrifting: You can drift with ''airplanes'' in OFF mode. It's actually very useful as it allows you to basically spin in mid-air and lock onto targets, whereas in other flight simulators, you would've had to manually turn and attempt to catch the enemy plane. Drifting ability varies between planes, from the incredibly slow and sluggish A-10 Thunderbolt II to the extremely maneuverable Su-47 Berkut.

* MultiTrackDrifting: You can drift with ''airplanes'' in OFF mode. Drifting ability varies between planes, from the incredibly slow and sluggish A-10 Thunderbolt II to the extremely maneuverable Su-47 Berkut.

* {{Sequelitis}}: The second game managed to have less landmark locations and less flyable aircraft ttionGame: Very much on the arcade side. The second one adds some sim elements, like take off, landing, and mid-air refueling.

* GameBreaker: You thought QAAM's were bad in AceCombat? The All Aspect missiles here are even worse.

* {{Sequelitis}}: The second game managed to have less landmark locations and less flyable aircraft than the first, and subsequently sold much less than the first installment.
* ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon: Not as bad as AceCombat, but still much shorter than RealLife.
* SimulationGame: Very much on the arcade side. The second one adds some sim elements, like take off, landing, and mid-air refueling.

After a war in Brazil breaks out between U.S-friendly Brazil and "Las Trinidad" (an anti-American alliance of South American countries), U.S involvement within the conflict hurt Artemis's bottom line, causing them to [[FaceHeelTurn backstab]] the U.S, side with Las Trinidad, and [[InvadedStatesOfAmerica launch a full scale invasion of the U.S]]. This, of course, didn't bode well with the patriotic ex-Air Force pilots, who defect back to the U.S and have their old HAWX squadron [[UnCancelled reactivated]], as a result. Now they must work together with U.S military forces to beat back the invading PMC military.

The protagonist is a Captain in the U.S. Air Force named David Crenshaw, who is part of the titular High Altitude Warfare Xperimental Squadron. He begins the game on his last day on the job, supporting covert operations being conducted south of America's border (GhostRecon fans should recognize the mission as [[ContinuityNod being a part of GRAW 2's storyline). Afterwards, the H.A.W.X. squadron is deactivated and subsequently headhunted, along with Crenshaw, by Artemis Global Security. The team quickly proves themselves to be one of Artemis' most valuable assets and helps secure them a place as one of the richest and most powerful [=PMCs=] in the world. Life has never been so good. Right?

* MacrosseMissileMassacre: Some points in the game has you constantly dodging missiles. Thank God the game gives you the ERS and OFF mode. Of course, due to the exorbitant amount of missiles you can carry, it's easy to return the favor.

''H.A.W.X.'' is an arcade flight combat game and part of the TomClancy brand. The story is set in [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture the near future]] where PrivateMilitaryContractors are recognised as lawful combatants by the fictional Reykjavik Accords.

The protagonist is a Captain in the U.S. Air Force named David Crenshaw, who is part of the titular High Altitude Warfare Xperimental Squadron. He begins the game on his last day on the job, supporting covert operations being conducted south of America's border. Afterwards, the H.A.W.X. squadron is deactivated and subsequently headhunted, along with Crenshaw, by Artemis Global Security. The team quickly proves themselves to be one of Artemis' most valuable assets and helps secure them a place as one of the richest and most powerful [=PMCs=] in the world. Life has never been so good. Right?

* EnemyDetectingRadar

* WithThisHerring: You start with dinky planes and have to work your way up. Planes that are unlocked, however, stay unlocked, allowing you to refly old missions with the best hardware.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: You only know your wingmen by their call signs. Surprisingly, your real name is used a lot more times than your call sign.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Operation Typhoon has you playing a random U.S Navy pilot that was stationed in Tokyo. You still have all the skills and hardware of Crenshaw, though.

* [[GoodGunsEvilGuns Good Planes Evil Planes]]: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Enemies, being PrivateMilitaryContractors that bought aircraft from all over the world, can fly any country's plane to attack you. Likewise, you can choose any plane you want, too, regardless of nationality.

* KillSat: Different in most respects as the particular KillSats in question are actually on the side of the good guys, and must be repaired and reactivated after Artemis used an ElectroMagneticPulse to disable it for their invasion.

** FridgeBrilliance: One way to disable a nuke is to [[CutTheKnot shoot it]], because nukes require precisely timed explosions to go critical, with only a small fraction of a second of error. Thus, blowing it up will still cause radiation to blanket a rather large area, but it will not destroy a whole city.

* RealLife: One of the main things that HAWX had differently from AceCombat was the fact that HAWX took place in the real world, albeit TwentyMinutesInTheFuture. It seems like AceCombat has FollowedTheLeader with AceCombatAssaultHorizon.

* FlyThroughTheRings: The ERS in this game is possibly the only [[JustifiedTrope justified]] use of this trope. Not only is it actually helpful and not very frustrating to use (and there are only a few instances in the game where you ''have'' to use it), this sort of technology is actually in development right now.

* {{Sequalitis}}: The second game managed to have less landmark locations and less flyable aircraft than the first, and subsequently sold much less than the first installment.

* UniversalDriversLicense: HandWaved by you being in an "elite", experimental squadron, but it's still pretty ridiculous to be able to fly many different planes (including [[RarePlanes rare or non-existent ones]]) with ease.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Artemis is more than willing to invade the U.S, assasinate the president and detonate nukes simply because the U.S's involvement in a war cost them a few points on the stock market.