Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X 2 (2010) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X 2

Aerial warfare has evolved. So have you. As a member of the ultra-secret H.A.W.X. 2 squadron, you are one of the chosen few. One of the truly elite. You will use finely honed reflexes, bleeding-edge technology…

52 3 September 2010

What Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X 2 is

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X 2 is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Bucharest and released in 2010. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, OnLive Game System and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

You will do so by mastering every nuance of the world’s finest combat aircraft. You will slip into enemy territory undetected, deliver a crippling blow and escape before he can summon a response. You will use your superior technology to decimate the enemy from afar, then draw him in close for a pulse-pounding dogfight. And you will use your steel nerve to successfully execute night raids, aerial refuelings and more. You will do all this with professionalism, skill and consummate lethality. Because you are a member of H.A.W.X. 2. And you are one of the finest military aviators the world has ever known.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Tom Clancy’s series

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X 2 is the 45th of 108 entries we hold in the Tom Clancy’s series. The next entry was Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator in 2010. Its critic score of 52 is 18 points below the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint - Red Patriot at 96.

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How it was received

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X 2 holds a critic score of 52 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 18 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X 2 launched on 3 September 2010, within three weeks of Sid Meier's Civilization V, Halo: Reach, Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Pokémon Black Version. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Sid Meier's Civilization V, Halo: Reach, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Pokémon Black Version.

Official trailer