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Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. PC Demo Released

by Nick Breckon, Mar 02, 2009 11:45am PST

Related Topics – Tom Clancy's HAWX, xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC

Ubisoft today released the PC demo for Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X., the actiony flight sim from Ubisoft Romania.

The 1.24GB file can now be grabbed from FileShack. The full game is hitting the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 tomorrow, with the PC version arriving on March 10.

No doubt some will wonder whether they can run it at all, so the system requirements are copied below:

Minimum Configuration :

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz/ AMD Athlon XP 2000+ or higher
Operating System: Windows XP (with Service Pack 3) or Windows Vista (with Service Pack 1)
RAM: 1 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista
DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM speed 4x, dual-layer drive
Drive Space: 1.5 GB
Graphics Card: 128 MB DirectX compliant, Shader 2.0 enabled video card
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 compliant sound card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0 or 10.0 libraries (included on disc)

Recommended & Preferred Configuration:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 6320 / AMD Athlon X2 4000+ or higher
Operating System: Windows XP (with Service Pack 3) or Windows Vista (with Service Pack 1)
RAM: 2 GB
DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM speed 4x, dual-layer drive
Drive Space: 1.5 GB
Graphics Card: 256 MB DirectX 10.0 compliant video card or DirectX 9.0 compliant
card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0 compliant sound card
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0 or 10.0 libraries (included on disc)
Peripherals: Xbox 360 Controller for Windows

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Downloaded the PC demo, the game freezes when I press create profile.

Mar 02, 2009 2:04pm PST

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Downloaded the PC demo, the game freezes when I press create profile. : Subacious
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- Same here - just get a "ding" from Windows and the game is dead. Nothing on the ubisoft forums about it... : lemongalaxy
- I'm pretty sure that it is the windows firewall message popping up and then the application fails when it... : RumpleForeSkin72

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Ugh, No thanks

Mar 04, 2009 11:05am PST

Ugh, No thanks : RookieCAF

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i may be in the minority but i really had fun with this demo on the ps3. more so than i did with that combat aces demo. i actually enjoyed the assistance on/off parts.

visually i think hawx has a little better terrain detail. planes are about the same.

Mar 02, 2009 12:01pm PST

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i may be in the minority but i really had fun with this demo on the ps3. more so than i did with that ... : vassili_zaitsev
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Anyone else notice a quick scene from End War in one of the smaller vids during a cut scene?

Was of a satellite over the earth with a grid covering the planet, was a close-up shot. I got a kick out of that, and then to learn the game had voice support too was a happy moment. Be really cool to see the series tied together somehow, like if you call for air support in EndWar a player in HAWX can blow up your target, but otherwise the two battles simply rage on in different playing fields.

That is sadly, about the only nifty IDEA I can say about this game. I am highly disappointed in the lack of training wheels anywhere in the game. Has potential if you can fly FROM the cockpit WITHOUT assistance and still have EXPERT control over the airplane. I don't mind having the hand holding for people who want it, but come common....give those of us who want to really fly the opportunity too, eh?

But we do we gamers know. So hard for a developer to go BOTH ways with a game....having the "easy" mode and "expert" mode from the ground up. Wishful thinking. :P

Mar 03, 2009 10:10am PST

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Anyone else notice a quick scene from End War in one of the smaller vids during a cut scene? Was of a ... : WTHInac
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- You can't fly in cockpit mode without assistance? Ouch :( : humbleone

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Balls, was giving this a whirl on the PS3 only a few hours ago. The game itself seemed pretty pants though, so I doubt I'd like the PC version any better.

Mar 02, 2009 12:31pm PST

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Balls, was giving this a whirl on the PS3 only a few hours ago. The game itself seemed pretty pants thoug... : etherealrhythm
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  pants isnt an adjective : SniperWolf22
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    'tis in the UK, which is where the poster is from, I would wager. : fuzzydevil
    - Well wagered, mio amico. : etherealrhythm
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  This is a weird comment. That's why I felt I needed to comment. : JackAxe
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    So what exactly does "pants" mean? Bad as in a shitty game or just meh or what? explain please. : Savoy2001
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19342961#itemanchor_19342961 : etherealrhythm
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  So unlike expensive jeans this is just pants?? : hashd
  - This game is unlike anything that's expensive. : etherealrhythm

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The graphics are pretty nice for an air combat shooter... and the voice command stuff actually worked pretty well, definately helped with the lack of keys on my controller. Gameplay was pretty much what I expected, fairly simple arcade like shooter, which isn't terrible, but I was hoping for a slightly more realistic feel.

The bad things are the annoying camera whenever you switch off the assistance and the price, it just doesn't feel like a fifty dollar game. If this was 40, I'd possibly buy it, at 30 it'd be an easy purchase.

Mar 02, 2009 2:20pm PST

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The graphics are pretty nice for an air combat shooter... and the voice command stuff actually worked pre... : EvanC
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  hmmmzzz....i think i MIGHT buy it for 50...the game was pretty cool once you got into an actual mission p... : knights543
  - You can play the demo in DX10, right click the start menu item and select "Play Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. in ... : EvanC
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  How does the 'voice command stuff' work? Like EndWar? : humbleone
  - Exactly, minus the whole "Voice Setup" part, since there are only a handful of commands that are basic on... : WTHInac

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I'm downloading the demo now, but while its doing I wanted to ask the people who have played it if you think it would be any fun to someone who owns a joystick and is very much into realistic flight sims? I get the feeling that its very arcadey by looking at some of the videos.

Mar 02, 2009 6:41pm PST

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I'm downloading the demo now, but while its doing I wanted to ask the people who have played it if you th... : Stucky_101
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Anyone else miss the days of real flight sims? Falcon 3.0 days? Back before there was this lowest-common-denominator BS to pander to consoles with only 8 or 10 buttons available? Has there even *been* a "real" flight sim since the falcon 4.0 series?

I'd love to see it but I'm scared we'll never see that quality/complexness of game again due to the consoles taking over the gaming market :(

Mar 02, 2009 1:34pm PST

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Anyone else miss the days of real flight sims? Falcon 3.0 days? Back before there was this lowest-commo... : arcterex
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Its not a BAD game. It's just not a realistic simulation. It does feel arcady. The unassisted mode is almost useless. While its sort of fun to be able to do loops, and lemme tell you, pulling off pugachev's cobra was pretty satisfying....but it seems like every plane in the game can do thrust vectoring, that's whats putting me off currently, that and the number of weapons you get.

Reminds me of Aerofighters Assault for the Nintendo 64 way back when.

I'll probably pick it up after it drops in price a bit. Multiplayer could be pretty cool, and I'd like to mess around with some of the more obscure jets, but if the only way to play the game is to constantly use thrust vectoring on planes that don't have it, I'm gonna get bored pretty quick.

Mar 03, 2009 7:25am PST

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Its not a BAD game. It's just not a realistic simulation. It does feel arcady. The unassisted mode is alm... : unholydonuts
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- Wanted to add: Playing on the Saitek X52 Flight Control System without any SST profile, just the default ... : unholydonuts

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Judging from everyone's comments, I'll happily avoid this game for all time. Not because it sounds like a BAD game, but it's just nothing special. I only play special games. Especially for $50.

Mar 02, 2009 2:52pm PST

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Judging from everyone's comments, I'll happily avoid this game for all time. Not because it sounds like ... : Jobos
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- +1 -- I have reached this level as well. : grmreapr
- Yeah exactly, i played the demo, it's not bad but not special, not worth buying for sure : neo69

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ANGER.... Must resist arcade-flight game.... Not resisting... Downloading... DAM YOU UBISOFT!!!

Mar 02, 2009 12:17pm PST

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ANGER.... Must resist arcade-flight game.... Not resisting... Downloading... DAM YOU UBISOFT!!! : JackAxe
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  NOOO, thou shalt not covet thy Ubisoft game! : Thund3rball
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    The plague is on my PC.... ARRRGGGHHH!!!! OK, not bad at all. The ground textures are VOMIT and I don't... : JackAxe
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      Vomit, really? Just the other day I watched a video where they touted the ground textures as the NEXT BI... : Jobos
      
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      Yes. VOMIT! Low rez PUKE. PIxelated blah.. Only looks good up high. Instead of questioning my experienc... : JackAxe
      
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      Well I'm sure a real jet pilot would never dream of flying in between skyscrapers, but none the less real... : Stucky_101
      
      Nor would they ever dream of having hundreds upon hundreds of missiles at their disposal, let alone fly a... : JackAxe
- OK, my last ramble. This demo was poorly thought out. If I had just skipped the first mission and gone t... : JackAxe

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Thanks for posting the minimum / recommended specs. The game should barely run on my machine.

Mar 02, 2009 11:03pm PST

Thanks for posting the minimum / recommended specs. The game should barely run on my machine. : Lukiopimp

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lol at the "DRIFT" dogfighting...man that was awful. Pretty graphics, but after 30 minutes of playing that second mission over until unlocking all 3 jets in the demo, I cant imagine putting any more time into it. The "assistance off" mode is completely unplayable. Wait until you get the Su-33 or was it 35 - it has lock-on missiles that require you to hold the reticule over a target....completely impossible in the "toy jet" camera mode.

Mar 02, 2009 10:41pm PST

lol at the "DRIFT" dogfighting...man that was awful. Pretty graphics, but after 30 minutes of playing th... : jigstah

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For anyone who has already played this(360 Demo), is it any good?

Mar 02, 2009 11:58am PST

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  Its ok. Though the assistance on/off stuff is just, well, odd. Seems like an utterly arbitrary addition t... : Beady
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    I'm really annoyed this isn't a faster, flashier, more polished Blazing Angels as far as the controls go. : kungfusquirrel
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      That was the only time you're locked into it, but in the end of the real mission, when the "ace" enemy fi... : kungfusquirrel
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    I tried it on the PS3 and I HATED the assistance crap! It's like flying a model airplane. I was literal... : schnitz76
    - I'm with you on this point. I think this mode as a function of game play has pretty much killed any chanc... : CoreContingency
- When you read the comments here.. It seems to be pretty hard to come up with a great game when you have a... : Johnnsen

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Does demo have multi? What is included in the demo? (timed mission, one mission...?)

Mar 02, 2009 1:10pm PST

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Does demo have multi? What is included in the demo? (timed mission, one mission...?) : jane911
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- There is a tutorial mission and then an actual mission. both over Rio. : bdiddy74

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I got a headache after playing this for half hr. But while i wasnt feeling the dizzy factor, i kind of liked it but unless something really interesting happens in this game other than firing rockets (as dogfights werent easy with my 360 controller) i think this is a miss.

Mar 02, 2009 4:46pm PST

I got a headache after playing this for half hr. But while i wasnt feeling the dizzy factor, i kind of l... : Dodgy

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Are those screenshots or bullshots?

Mar 02, 2009 2:15pm PST

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Are those screenshots or bullshots? : Schnapple
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- The game is kinda bloomy like that during the replay sequences though. : SkeezPimp

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How does this compare to Ace Combat? I should probably just download the demo...

Mar 02, 2009 3:35pm PST

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- I'd say as far as the piloting goes, it follows along the same lines. I'm a huge fan of the Ace Combat s... : SkeezPimp

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Recommend playing this with a 360 controller, and in direct x9. Not bad, maybe when the price comes down this would be an ok game to buy and play.

Mar 02, 2009 1:35pm PST

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- A joystick works just fine too, I've got an old ass microsoft sidewinder and it was fun. : SkeezPimp
- eww. gamepad. : senor135

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I'm getting a strange error when launching the installer:

>SetupNew\setup.cpp (140)
PAPP:
PVENDOR:
PGUID
$

and some other gibberish. Going to redownload the file :/

Mar 02, 2009 2:01pm PST

I'm getting a strange error when launching the installer: >SetupNew\setup.cpp (140) PAPP: PVENDOR: ... : r_picmip 5

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There you are. DLing now.

Mar 02, 2009 11:56am PST

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There you are. DLing now. : thejm4n
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- Awesome game. : thejm4n

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