GN:"Tom Clancy's HAWX is an arcade-style flight sim that tries to find ways to innovate in a genre that is somewhat limited; you fly a plane, you shoot down other planes with missiles and guns, and attack ground targets. HAWX largely manages to hit all the necessary high notes, the massive air battles (which, as your teammates repeatedly remind you, are apparently "worse than the last Gulf War"), the ground assaults, and the whole expected air war scenario. HAWX tries to do a lot of things; have a politically relevant story, detailed graphics, innovative gameplay, and engaging multiplayer, and when HAWX does well, it soars like an eagle. When it doesn't, though, this game looks more and more like a pigeon than a bird of prey."
