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    WooHoo! HAWX Demo Monday!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Feb 28, 2009.

  1. Citizen86

    Citizen86 Notebook User Guy

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    Program Files/Ubisoft/Demo/Hawx
    Or something like that. Wherever it was installed there is hawx.exe and hawx_dx10.exe

    Although if you're running it through Games Explorer you should be able to right click and select DX9 or DX10... at least that's how it is with other games.
     
    Citizen86, Mar 4, 2009
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  2. oile

    oile Notebook Evangelist

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    I haven't it..maybe because installed from XP..
    could anyone upload it please ??
     
    oile, Mar 4, 2009
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  3. Citizen86

    Citizen86 Notebook User Guy

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    Just reinstall it through Win7 and that should get rid of any problems.
     
    Citizen86, Mar 4, 2009
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  4. arfett

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    Looks sweet. I'll probably have to play it on my desktop though.
     
    arfett, Mar 4, 2009
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  5. ahl395

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    I did. ;) :D

    Try re-installing. ;)
     
    ahl395, Mar 4, 2009
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  6. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    H.A.W.X. will now be released March 20th for the PC.
     
    usapatriot, Mar 4, 2009
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  7. FoxTrot1337

    FoxTrot1337 Notebook Deity

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    Its been pushed back? Shoot...
     
    FoxTrot1337, Mar 4, 2009
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  8. Red_Dragon

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    Looks they pushed it back....oh well :D
     
    Red_Dragon, Mar 4, 2009
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  9. Citizen86

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    Longer time to get Blazing Angels from Steam for free?? hehe

    Via preorder that is....
     
    Citizen86, Mar 4, 2009
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  10. ahl395

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    aww, cmon! :( :mad:

    Oh well.
     
    ahl395, Mar 4, 2009
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  11. mobius1aic

    mobius1aic Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Played the demo, really does try to be all Ace Combat-ey. Thought it was alright but it really needs to be played with something better than a keyboard and mouse.
     
    mobius1aic, Mar 4, 2009
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  12. HTWingNut

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    yeah, I sucked with kb/mouse, but as soon as I hooked up my MS gamepad, I ate bandits for lunch.
     
    HTWingNut, Mar 4, 2009
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  13. kal360

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    kal360, Mar 5, 2009
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  14. Citizen86

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    lol, he talked about how "dumbed down" it is. Good for him, actually. It's not very often you see reviews talk about the decline of video games in the sense of there is no thinking involved.
     
    Citizen86, Mar 5, 2009
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  15. kal360

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    im still gunna pick up hawx, there are some games that just call out to ya XD
    as for reviews in general metacritic gives a better perspective
     
    kal360, Mar 5, 2009
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  16. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Actually I agree with the IGN review more than any other I have read. They make valid points that really illustrate the games shortfalls.
     
    usapatriot, Mar 5, 2009
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    I tried this on Xbox, it seems ok but kinda simple. Also, the camera angle with assistance off is horrific. Not only does it impair your gameplay, but it's pulled back too far and thus negates the graphical effects. They probably should have added takeoffs/landing, assuming the missions are relatively similar.
     
    billiam, Mar 5, 2009
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  18. HTWingNut

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    I'd like to see an interview with the devs considering the assistance off camera view is the biggest gripe overall, and see what their thought process was on it. I can't believe that major feature decision was overlooked, or at least brought up by the beta testers, even though it isn't really a beta test problem, it's an inherent design flaw.

    To be honest, I hope it sells well so that maybe they will patch it to fix this, and/or improve on a sequel. There's few of these games in existence on the PC.
     
    HTWingNut, Mar 5, 2009
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  19. billiam

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    Well given Ubisoft's recent record, I wouldn't hold my breath. I'm not sure which studio created this, but I agree patching it would be very welcome.
     
    billiam, Mar 5, 2009
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  20. Lum-X

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    takeoff and landings are just perfect.

    no reason to play game without them, there is no point to start the mission from the air and i think that's the fun part of it.
     
    Lum-X, Mar 6, 2009
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  21. usapatriot

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    Hopefully, they will introduce a few more features to the PC version that were left out in the console version for the sake of simplicity. On the consoles the game is nearly perfect IMO, it's on the PC where it's too simplistic.
     
    usapatriot, Mar 6, 2009
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    couldn't agree more. it feels too easy when everything is done for you.

    Hopefully there will be patches, it was pretty fun, didn't like having so many missiles, but then again this game is not trying to be that realistic.
     
    Tanthalus, Mar 6, 2009
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