History YMMV / HAWX

* DemonicSpiders: The Su-37s you go up against in Operation Backhand. Moreso than any other highly-skilled enemy planes because your objectives require you to ''ignore them entirely'' and follow a complicated flight path to avoid heavy anti-aircraft fire, all while said Su-37s are continuing to chase and fire at you.

** While OFF mode tries to avoid camera issues by keeping its camera pinned to your target and quickly transitioning between targets mid-combat, the initial transition can also be jarring at times, due to the game wanting to be "dynamic" and thus causing your camera to focus on your plane from a front angle first before ''very slowly'' panning over to your targeted enemy. This causes a delay between when you switch and when you can actually fire (since what you can lock onto is determined almost entirely by what's on-screen - you can also usually lock onto targets at angles you can't possibly hit them from with the standard missiles by holding the target-switch button to focus your camera on them), which can be pretty jarring when you're trying to attack something. This also makes switching targets a bit harder, especially when the game decides, since you switched to OFF mode, [[UnwantedAssistance that means you clearly wanted to change targets]] to whatever happens to be behind you at the dynamic angle it switched to. However, the game is smart enough to realize that if you switch in the middle of a heated battle you're ''probably'' preoccupied with something more important than bullet points on the back of the box like dynamic camera shifts, and the view will just immediately change.

* DemonicSpiders: The Su-37's you go up against in Operation Backhand. Moreso than any other highly-skilled enemy planes because your objectives require you to ''ignore them entirely'' and follow a complicated flight path to avoid heavy anti-aircraft fire, all while said Su-37's are continuing to chase and fire at you.

** The buffing of the enemies was probably inevitable, given the unrealistic way that a single fighter could cut through entire armies in the first game. It can still happen in the second game, but the enemy planes are now smart enough to dodge some of your attacks.
* SurprisinglySimilarStories: Let's just say the whole plot of ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyAdvancedWarfare'' is a copy and paste of the first ''HAWX'' with some minor changes and additions.

** The buffing of the enemies was probably inevitable, given the unrealistic way that a single fighter could cut through entire armies in the first game. It can still happen in the second game, but the enemy planes are now smart enough to dodge some of your attacks.

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: People who watched the trailers but never picked up the game will insist OFF mode is pointless action movie-esque nonsense and the 3/4 perspective it uses makes it impossible to keep track of where your plane is flying. OFF mode in the first game (less so in the sequel, see {{Sequelitis}} below) is in reality a massive gamebreaker; it actually has very little learning curve, the tutorial teaches it just fine, and enemies simply aren't good enough to handle it unless the player makes a major screw-up.

* FandomRivalry: With ''Ace Combat'', though this may be confined to a few silly Website/YouTube comments. Generally, ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} H.A.W.X.]]'' fans disparage ''AceCombat's'' gameplay and visuals while ''Ace Combat'' fans disparage ''H.A.W.X.'s'' story.
* GameBreaker: You thought QAAM's were bad in AceCombat? The All Aspect missiles here are even worse.
** QAAMs are close to the only way to hit players in AceCombat PvP. All Aspects deal very low damage and are very short-ranged. Standard missiles and many other air-to-air weapons are actually useful in HAWX, unlike AceCombat.
** The QAAMS are the only way to hit another player if they are going mach 2 perpendicular to you.Think a few moves ahead like a game of chess,get on the opponent's tail aspect,and any weapon is devestating, from standard missiles to rockets to unguided bombs.QAAMs also have a drawback, aside from low damage.Fly straight at the oncoming QAAM, and jink at the last possible second.The QAAM can not track you that fast.
* {{Sequelitis}}: The second game managed to have less landmark locations and less flyable aircraft than the first, and subsequently sold much less than the first installment. Enemies are buffed compared to the first game so it's harder to [[CurbstompBattle curbstomp]] them by easily evading their missiles and getting an angle to shoot one of your own, but the effect is so pronounced that there is no longer any advantage to OFF mode and, as such, no point in using it.

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: People who watched the trailers but never picked up the game will insist OFF mode is pointless action movie-esque nonsense and the 3/4 perspective it uses makes it impossible to keep track of where your plane is flying. OFF mode in the first game (less so in the sequel, see {{Sequalitis}} below) is in reality a massive gamebreaker; it actually has very little learning curve, the tutorial teaches it just fine, and enemies simply aren't good enough to handle it unless the player makes a major screw-up.

* {{Sequelitis}}: The second game managed to have less landmark locations and less flyable aircraft than the first, and subsequently sold much less than the first installment. The campaign plays out in an extremely fragmented manner and gives one the impression that the game had budget and/or deadline problems. Enemies are buffed compared to the first game so it's harder to [[CurbstompBattle curbstomp]] them by easily evading their missiles and getting an angle to shoot one of your own, but the effect is so pronounced that there is no longer any advantage to OFF mode and, as such, no point in using it.

* ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch: People who watched the trailers but never picked up the game will insist OFF mode is pointless action movie-esque nonsense and the 3/4 perspective it uses makes it impossible to keep track of where your plain is flying. OFF mode in the first game (less so in the sequel, see {{Sequalitis}} below) is in reality a massive gamebreaker; it actually has very little learning curve, the tutorial teaches it just fine, and enemies simply aren't good enough to handle it unless the player makes a major screw-up.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Artemis is more than willing to invade the U.S., assassinate the president, and detonate nukes simply because the U.S.'s involvement in a war cost them a few points on the stock market.
** This is because they are being hired by a terrorist group as their main assault force in a world where most warfare is outsourced.

* {{Sequelitis}}: The second game managed to have less landmark locations and less flyable aircraft than the first, and subsequently sold much less than the first installment.

* FandomRivalry: With ''Ace Combat'', though this may be confined to a few silly YouTube comments. Generally, ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} H.A.W.X.]]'' fans disparage ''AceCombat's'' gameplay and visuals while ''Ace Combat'' fans disparage ''H.A.W.X.'s'' story.

* FandomRivalry: With ''Ace Combat'', though this may be confined to a few silly YouTube comments. Generally, ''[[VideoGame/{{HAWX}} H.A.W.X.]]'' fans disparage ''AceCombat's'' gameplay and visuals while ''Ace Combat'' fans disparage ''H.A.W.X.'s'' story.