Ubisoft recently revealed yet another potential franchise starter in the world of Tom Clancy, and I must say, that truly warrants a little attention around these parts. GRAW and R6:V can be some good fun, but it’s high-time we saw something that, you know, didn’t have you playing in the perspective of a rugged camera man packing heavy artillery. So at least with EndWar, we’re getting a game where you instead TELL rugged men packing heavy artillery where and what to shoot, and now with HAWX - we’re getting a game where you have rugged men sitting in jet planes, packing heavy artillery. Hey, it’s a start.

Honestly, I’m a fan Ace Combat, so I in no way can possibly see this as a terrible initiative. Well, not until Ubisoft decides to show off actual snippets of gameplay and reveal more on what sort of features we can be expecting. The prospect of four-player co-op in campaign unquestionably raises a few eyebrows. You can’t have an arcade flight shooter without ye ol’ dogfights, and the incentive for players will to be compete for cash and experience points, which will later be spent on upgrading their personal doomsday baby into a full-fledge warmonger. Then there’s the whole Enhanced Reality System (ERS), which to my understanding, is supposed to encourage irresolute first-timers to jump in the cockpit and get a feel of things without having to much be bothered about.

Blazing Angels developers Bucharest Studio will be dirtying their hands for this one, but no judgment calls there. It took time for Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six to shed their pimples and measles before their glossy current-gen makeovers finally came into realization. Not that the Blazing series has anything to do with that comparison…Whatever, start instigating the denial mojo when the game comes out, hmkay?

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