Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. (game)

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Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. s an arcade flight video game developed by Ubisoft Romania and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and by Gameloft for Android, webOS, and iOS and the first title in the Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. series.

Gameplay

The Heads-Up display.

H.A.W.X. is a flight simulator game which included many features. The HUD has many elements, like the weapons' number, the plane's damage, voice command, and so on. The player can make use of the ERS to simulate a flight path to intercept an enemy aircraft or to evade missiles. Missiles can also be evaded by switching to a mode named Assistance Off mode and drift sideways to break the missile's lock and send it in another direction. Furthermore, the game included a voice command function and commanding wingmen of the H.A.W.X. Squadron, the commands were 'Attack' and 'Defend'.

Plot

The player assumes the role of David Crenshaw, a U.S. Air Force pilot and squadron leader of an elite unit called H.A.W.X ("High Altitude Warfare Xperimental squadron"). The game begins in 2014 with Crenshaw providing air support for the Ghost Recon team carrying out covert operations in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. After the mission, the Air Force deactivates the H.A.W.X program and Crenshaw is recruited into Artemis Global Security, a private military company (PMC). Over the next six years, Crenshaw and his squadron fly missions for Artemis and its clients, such as defending valuable facilities and attacking insurgent bases. In 2021, Artemis signs a lucrative defense contract with Brazil that makes it one of the most powerful PMCs in the world. As expected, Las Trinidad, an alliance of anti-U.S. South American states, launches an invasion on Rio de Janeiro. But with the help of Crenshaw and his squadron, Artemis and the Brazilian military are able to repel the invasion. In the wake of the conflict, the United States sends its forces to intervene, thereby subverting Artemis' role and causing its stock to drop. In response, Artemis takes up a profitable contract with Las Trinidad and launches a surprise attack on the United States Navy in the Strait of Magellan. Unwilling to turn on their own country, Crenshaw and his squadron destroy the Artemis forces in the area. After the battle, the U.S. sends Crenshaw and a group of B-52s on a retaliatory mission to bomb the Artemis HQ in the Caribbean. The PMC however, knocks out the U.S. communications and intelligence satellites and launches a massive preemptive attack on U.S. soil, capturing numerous American cities and military facilities. H.A.W.X and the U.S forces defend Washington, D.C. and the President of the United States. Crenshaw and his squadron then assist the American counterattack against Artemis in Chicago and Naval Station Norfolk. As the U.S. begins gaining the upper hand with the help of Japan and NATO, Artemis, which has stolen some of America's nuclear weapons, issues an ultimatum: surrender in 24 hours or watch the U.S. be destroyed. H.A.W.X and the Ghost Recon team manage to restore the SLAMS anti-missile defense shield (see: Tom Clancy's EndWar) and help the U.S. capture the Artemis launch facility. However, in a last ditch effort, Artemis smuggles one nuclear warhead into Los Angeles and prepares to detonate it. Only a minute before the explosion, H.A.W.X locates and destroys the nuke and concludes the war. The three days of conflict between the U.S. and Artemis has caused over 40,000 casualties. In response, the United Nations forces all PMCs to disarm and either take on small scale support and logistical roles or be terminated. Several weeks later, Artemis is completely wiped out. Crenshaw then kills the founder of Artemis and destroys his hideout in a black operation.

Usable Aircraft

• F22 Raptor
• F16 Fighting Falcon
• A-10 Thunderbolt II